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Movies in concert

EmilieT — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:15:43 GMT

Hi everyone,

Tomorrow I will be off as I have tickets to go see a movie in the afternoon at the Royal Albert Hall. The twist is, this movie will be accompanied by a live orchestra playing the soundtrack throughout!

I saw another film with a live orchestra a few months ago, and it really makes for a magical experience. The Royal Albert Hall, amongst other venues, organises similar events for various movies regularly, and although it's a bit pricier than a simple cinema ticket, it's well worth it if it's a film with a good soundtrack.

I was wondering if any of you had been to something like this before, and how you found it? If you could have a live orchestra accompanying any film you're watching, which movie would you pick?

Looking forward to hear about your experiences and favourite movie soundtracks!

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viridis — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:48:52 GMT

I was very fortunate to buy tickets to a movie in concert at the Albert hall, I say fortunate as the queue was 1000+ people waiting and when I got through only the third tier pricing was available, luckily on auto seat allocation, I was smack bang front row.

So yep, I had an amazing time seeing one of my all time favourite films on the big screen, just as I did aged 12... Only this time I had a live orchestra.

Luckily, I took a Sony QX100 and got some footage...

Yeah, that close.

Yup, there's the goat..

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Cleoriff — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:55:13 GMT

@viridisWas that the Hans Zimmer one? Where they did Pirates of the Caribbean?

Edit...No it wasn't as that one is all about Jurassic Park! Shoot me now

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gmarkj — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:57:29 GMT

Some friends have seen a couple like that - one was Jurassic Park and another was a Harry Potter if i remember correctly. Both say it was a fantastic experience.
How does it work @viridis? Have they removed the music/scoring or do they mute the output or something?

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viridis — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:57:43 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
@viridisWas that the Hans Zimmer one? Where they did Pirates of the Caribbean?

Edit...No it wasn't as that one is all about Jurassic Park! Shoot me now

Nah, they were different ones, they were "Hans Zimmer live" on the UK tour two years back, I went to the Birmingham one first and absolutely loved it, in fact I immediately went and got tickets to the Manchester arena one a few weeks after.

Another great night.

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viridis — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:59:40 GMT

@gmarkj wrote:

How does it work @viridis? Have they removed the music/scoring or do they mute the output or something?

Yeah it's a remade version of the movie with all sounds except the score, so all is normal and surround sound, but the orchestra just adds that extra WOW to it all, really makes you appreciate the art.

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Cleoriff — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:24:29 GMT

Oh goody. Being dim got me the Pirates of the Caribbean again.

Superb.

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viridis — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:29:45 GMT

Lol

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jonsie — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:49:45 GMT

That sounds like an amazing experience I would love to go somewhere like the Royal Albert Hall or the Halle Hall to get that sort of atmospheric effect.

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EmilieT — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:58:33 GMT

@viridis

Looks fantastic Jurassic Park is a great one to see with an orchestra I bet. I did see Hanz Zimmer maybe a year ago at Wembley, and it was amazing. Although that was a medley so not the same effect as sticking to one single movie and its full soundtrack.

@gmarkj

Funnily enough the one I went to see before was Harry Potter and Philosopher's stone, and the one I'm seeing tomorrow will be Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ... This setting suits Harry Potter movies perfectly, I'm sure you'll agree!

@Cleoriff

I guess if you had to pick one to watch with an orchestra it'd be Pirates of the Caribbean then

@jonsie

Definitely very atmospheric! Which movie(s) would you want to see like this? There are a lot of amazing soundtracks out there but we all have our favourites

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viridis — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:03:58 GMT

Ooh, Wembley..
Forgot, I went to see Game of thrones in concert there this year too

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EmilieT — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:24:21 GMT

@viridis I went to see that in June there as well! It was a good one

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TallTrees — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:09:08 GMT

Hi @EmilieT

It is an old one but I like it~

The Big Country ~ Philharmonica Orchestra ~ Jerome Moross

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jonsie — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:30:16 GMT

@TallTrees wrote:
Hi @EmilieT

It is an old one but I like it~

The Big Country ~ Philharmonica Orchestra ~ Jerome Moross

One of my favourites of all time.

Re: Movies in concert

EmilieT — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 08:42:44 GMT

@TallTrees & @jonsie

That's a great pic, it'd be lovely played by the Philarmonic Orchestra!

Here's a sneaky and blurred-up picture of the concert I went to yesterday, no video I'm afraid, I was too focused on the movie and the orchestra.

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TallTrees — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 09:01:07 GMT

Hi @EmilieT

Thanks for your message about "The Big Country"

? I think it was actually "The Philharmonia Orchestra"

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EmilieT — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 09:03:20 GMT

@TallTrees wrote:

Hi @EmilieT

Thanks for your message about "The Big Country"

? I think it was actually "The Philharmonia Orchestra"

Oops my bad, thanks for the correction @TallTrees! That's what typing before finishing my first coffee gets me ...

Re: Movies in concert

TallTrees — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 09:28:38 GMT

Hi @EmilieT

No problem it all started with my typo!

You didn't say whether you enjoyed the concert?

Maybe you were overwhelmed!

Movie Music ~

Seemed to me that the Big Orchestra's time was when there were Movie Epics 1950s ish

The Epics were sensational then. Everyone wanting to see beautiful things and dreams of the more

wonderful after the wars ~ and the thrilling music was part of that?

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dgilbert2 — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:36:12 GMT

I've not been to the Cinema for years, in fact I cannot even remember the last film I saw.

Watching a film with a live orchestra though does sound like it would be a brilliant experience. Need to put it on my to-do list

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jonsie — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:53:20 GMT

Star Wars number something....about 3 years ago on the first cinema showing. It was a complete plot rehash of the first Star Wars film. It was rubbish to be honest and that was my last visit to the cinema. The film score was quite decent though but it would have been a much better experience with a live orchestra.