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A Century of Film Music

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Since talkies first showed music’s power to transform moving images, composers have heightened on-screen action and illuminated unspoken drama with soundtracks as inventive and wide-ranging as the films they scored. Few have a greater appreciation for the history of film music—or a larger impact on its story—than John Williams, and the maestro of the movies curates this exploration of cinematic composition featuring landmark Hollywood scores—ranging from VertigoSpartacus, and Ben-Hur to The Godfather, Once Upon a Time in the West, and Back to the Future—all performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conducted by David Newman.

This event features performances of music from film scores with no accompanying video.

Film

Program

Alfred NEWMAN

20th Century Fox Fanfare
c. 1 minute

KORNGOLD

Main Title from Captain Blood
c. 3 minutes

RÓZSA

Prelude (Main Title) from Ben-Hur

WAXMAN

c. 5 minutes

Alex NORTH

“Forest Meeting” and "March" from Spartacus
c. 8 minutes

Alfred NEWMAN

Cathy’s Theme from Wuthering Heights (with Ms. Wang)
c. 4 minutes

Maurice JARRE

Suite from Lawrence of Arabia

Intermission

Danny ELFMAN

Main Title from Batman
c. 3 minutes

GOLDSMITH

c. 4 minutes

MORRICONE

Main Title from Once Upon a Time in the West (with Ms. Newman)
c. 4 minutes

Thomas NEWMAN

The Night Window from 1917
c. 4 minutes

ROTA

Suite from The Godfather
c. 4 minutes

Alan SILVESTRI

Suite from Back to the Future
c. 7 minutes

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