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The folk traditions of THE UNITED STATES are combined with traditional music of Ireland, Scandinavia, and Hungary from the American Café Orchestra. Not surprisingly ambitious-sounding name, the group is truly a duo offering New England-born fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld and Danish guitarist Morten Alfred Høirup. Dornfeld (a previous person in Boston-based contredance ensemble Yankee Ingenuity, eclectic string music group the Poodles) conceived the American Café Orchestra after conference Høirup in a bluegrass event in Denmark in 1985. During regular appointments to each other’s homeland, both instrumentalists began carrying out in cafés and folk night clubs through the entire Northeastern USA and European countries. The duo released their only recording, Egyptian Dominos, in 1992.
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Soundtrack
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Journey to Planet Sanity | 2013 | Documentary performer: "Music for a Found Harmonium" - as Penguin Café Orchestra | |
| Cedar Rapids | 2011 | performer: "Nothing Really Blue" - as Penguin Café Orchestra | |
| Buck | 2011 | Documentary performer: "NUMBERS 1 TO 4", "PRELUDE AND YODEL" | |
| Capitalism: A Love Story | 2009 | Documentary performer: "Music For A Found Harmonium" - as Penguin Café Orchestra | |
| (500) Days of Summer | 2009 | "Perpetuum Mobile" | |
| Mary and Max | 2009 | performer: "Perpetuum Mobile" - as Penguin Café Orchestra / performer: "Prelude and Yodel" | |
| Year of the Dog | 2007/I | performer: "Steady State" written by nm0420265, "Music for a Found Harmonium" written by nm0420265 | |
| The Good Girl | 2002 | performer: "Air" 1984, "Steady State" 1981 | |
| The Princess and the Warrior | 2000 | performer: "Nothing Really Blue" | |
| Au pays des Juliets | 1992 | performer: "When in Rome - live", "Broadcasting from Rome" | |
| Talk Radio | 1988 | performer: "Telephone & Rubber Band" - as The Penguin Cafe Orchestra | |
| Malcolm | 1986 | performer: "Music for a Found Harmonium", "Paul's Dance", "Yodel 1", "Telephone and Rubber Band", "The Ecstasy Of Dancing Fleas" - uncredited |
Music Department
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Bird | 2011 | Documentary short music by | |
| Stuck to Play | 2010 | Short musician | |
| Au pays des Juliets | 1992 | musician | |
| Malcolm | 1986 | music performers |
Composer
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Bird | 2011 | Documentary short | |
| Les pantins | 2008 | Short |
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