Guitarist Olivier Mellano plays the third of the Edinburgh International Fim Festival's cinéconcerts in the city on Wednesday, with a live soundtrack fot the film Duel, the first film directed by Steven Speilberg.
Its the latest in the season of events being staged in collaboration with the Institut Français d’Ecosse.
The film which was made in 1971, based on a short story by I am Legend writer Richard Matheson, is a tense and atmospheric affair that manages to maintain a claustrophobic feel despite its wide desert setting.
The film was originally intended as a TV movie before it was given a wider theatrical release, which required extra scenes to be filmed.
Suffice to say the film was a success, and Spielberg's career as a film director
The live soundtrack is performed by Mellano on his own, with just a guitar and multiple effects.
Mellano,from Rennes, has had an accomplished career as a musican, as both a guitarist and a violinist andcrosses the fields of rock, classical and avant garde experimentalism.
After studying music in Rennes he worked with a number of bands, helped found the Rrose Sélavy record label and worked with the bands Miossec and Dominique A. He has worked with the rap group Psykick Lyrikah and also collaborated with Francoise Breut, Laetitia Sheriff and yann Tiersen, amongst many others.
His band Mobiil have released two albums, combining electric, acoustic and electronic instruments, and an album La Chair des Anges presents his piece for electric guitars, string quartet, organ, harpsichords and vocals.
There is more information about the series of concerts in Edinburgh on the Institut français d’Ecosse's website and full information about the Edinburgh International Film festival on their website.
Mellano also performs in Glasgow on Thursday at a cinéconcert at the GFT in collaboration with the Alliance Français de Glasgow as part of their Fête de la Musique events, where he plays along to the 1927 FW Murnau movie Sunrise.
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