"Devil Music Ensemble has established itself as one of the primary American groups composing and performing scores for silent films, and can be spoken of in the same breath as groups like The Alloy Orchestra and the Tin Hat Trio." Dylan Skolnick Director of Programming Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington NY

"Plowing a broad furrow behind God Speed You Black Emperor! On a rotary paved with high-minded inventions, instrumentalist genre-smelters Devil Music likely will jump off from their recent take on Terry Riley's 'In C' with contrails of 'Sister Ray', Goran Bregovic, and Maurice Ravel streaming behind." E. McMurtrie Village Voice

"DME's score for 'Caligari' musically reimagines the film's nightmarish plot of mind control and murder at a sideshow. The eclectic composition includes motifs from Industrial music, circus instrumentation and electronica." Jay Blotcher Woodstock Times

"DME's take on the western soundtrack won't be like any you've heard before. Their compositions employ tweaked-out electric guitars, lap steel, vintage analog synthesizers, traditional drums and surprising percussion. The horrific nature of The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari lent itself to haunting strings, creepy bells and a low-hum bass line. Even as the music matches and enhances the moving pictures, the tunes are more abstract, more avant garde than traditional Hollywood soundtracks. Plus, the live performance brings immediacy to the connection between movie and music." Paige M. Travies Knoxville Metro

"A band capable of covering Terry Riley's InC, the ever-shifting collective known as Devil Music [Ensemble] are paving the coolest avant-rock off ramp since Sonic Youth got off the expressway to yr. Skull - with spacious, elusive, found-sound dronescapes that don't skimp on melody, sprawling Branca-esque power-chord symphonies matching concussive fury with gong-toned harmonic majesty, hectic gypsy fiddle speed-metal rave-ups, and evil hardcore rants transmogrifying into bop and back." Review of "Mastul" by C. Carioli Boston Phoenix

"I had not seen this new David Shepard restoration yet, so seeing it was a real treat. The music score was not what I would consider to be "traditional", for instance, there were strong sounds of electric guitars, bass and drum, but it worked well, and the musicians played the score with great enthusiasm, which I think added to the experience for the members of the audience unaccustomed to seeing silent films. I am glad that this group took the time to compose and perform a score for this film. The use of the violin added incredible atmosphere to the film as well." Review of live performance of Nosferatu at the Senator Theatre in Baltimore MD by John Timorey