Medici Museum of Art in Howland will host an exhibition in the fall focused on Ohio musicians’ contributions to movie soundtracks.

“Frequency and Vibration: Soundtracks and Music by Ohioans in Movies” will be the culmination of the Ohio Goes to the Movies, a celebration of Ohio’s role in the film industry planned in conjunction with the 250th birthday of the United States.

Medici Executive Director Katelyn Amendolara-Russo is at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with Ohio Goes to the Movies’ Executive Director Molly Kreuzman. They will take part in a panel discussion along with Jon Osbeck, founder of Big Deal Pictures in Columbus and Eric Mahoney, director, producer and founder of the Yellow Springs Film Festival. Cincinnati native Matt Berninger of the band The National also will perform as part of the event.

Medici got involved when Kreuzman accompanied Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to the museum in July for the opening of the exhibition “From Oil to Art: A Rockefeller Legacy Rooted in Industry, Innovation and Imagination.”

“I had the opportunity to speak with both of them about Medici’s potential role in the statewide initiative,” Amendolara-Russo said via email from Park City. “I asked if Medici could feature a major exhibition for the state’s celebration. While many institutions were planning to showcase individual films, Medici had the capacity and vision to develop a full-scale, museumwide exhibition.”

Additional conversations led to the idea “Frequency and Vibration,” the final and largest exhibition for Ohio Goes to the Movies, which also has arranged more than 300 film screenings in all 88 Ohio counties.

“Visitors can expect a dynamic, immersive, multisensory experience that explores the powerful relationship between music, sound, and film,” Amendolara-Russo said. “The exhibition will feature iconic Ohio-born composers, musicians and artists, alongside film clips, soundscapes, visual installations, historical materials and interactive elements. Each gallery will focus on a different aspect of how soundtracks shape emotion, memory and storytelling — transforming the entire museum into an engaging exploration of Ohio’s creative legacy in cinema.”

The exact opening date hasn’t been set.

Ohio’s connections to movie music run deep. Four-time Oscar-winning composer Henry Mancini is from Cleveland. Trent Reznor, a western Pennsylvania native who lived in Cleveland and recorded the first Nine Inch Nails album there, has won two Oscars in recent years for his film scoring.

Akron native Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo wrote the scores for several Wes Anderson films, and Devo is one of many Ohio acts who’ve had their music prominently featured on movie soundtracks.

At the film festival, the Hollywood Reporter Lounge at the Pendry Hotel is sponsored by the industry trade publication as well as Ohio Goes to the Movies, Medici, Heineken beer and Bognar Skiwear.

Among the celebrities who were scheduled to make an appearance there on Friday were actors Channing Tatum, Keegan Michael-Key, Topher Grace, Riz Ahmed and Domhnall Gleeson; music artists Charli xcx and Moby, and director Judd Apatow.

“These connections can lead to future exhibitions, artist partnerships and collaborative programming, while also raising Medici’s national profile,” Amendolara-Russo said. “It positions Medici as an innovative institution engaged with contemporary culture and helps bring new visibility and opportunities back to our region.”