Produced by AVROTROS Klassiek in the Netherlands, this filmed live concert gathers a symphony orchestra and choir around the greatest film scores. The programme honours the compositions of John Williams, Hans Zimmer, John Barry and Howard Shore, four major signatures of film music, from heroic fanfares to intimate themes. Performed live by a full classical ensemble, these scores reveal the orchestral richness of works often known through the screen but rarely heard in the concert hall. The capture carefully renders the sections — ample strings, blazing brass, percussion and choral interventions — and reminds us how far film music is a symphonic art in its own right. This full concert appeals to music lovers and to cinephiles curious to hear, stripped of dialogue and effects, the themes of sagas that have become cult classics. A classical document ideal for appreciating contemporary orchestration and the vitality of the symphonic repertoire devoted to the big screen, to be discovered as a filmed live concert.
Setlist
- Alfred Newman - 20th Century Fox Fanfare
- John Williams - The Flight to Neverland (Hook)
- Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings, suite symphonique (arr. John Whitney)
- John Williams - Jaws
- Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar, medley (arr. Henry Mancini)
- John Barry - Out of Africa
- Hans Zimmer & Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean, medley (arr. Ted Ricketts)
- Lalo Schifrin - Mission Impossible
- James Horner - Titanic
- Hans Zimmer - Gladiator, suite symphonique (arr. John Wasson)
- Anne Dudley - The Endless River (Zwartboek)
- Elmer Bernstein - The Magnificent Seven, suite symphonique
- John Barry - James Bond, medley (arr. Calvin Custer)
- John Williams - Imperial March (Star Wars)
Personnel & credits
- Sander Teepen — conductor
- Maria Fiselier — vocals
- Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie — orchestra
