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The Music of Hans Zimmer VS John Williams by Williams, John, Zimmer, H., Wed 10 Jul 2024, From (2024/2024), Conductor Michalis Economou, Amphitheater of Lycabettus, Athens, Greece

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Michalis Economou

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Sebastien Lanoue

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The Music of Zimmer Vs Williams

Tuesday 27 December 2022 7.30pm

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An epic concert celebrating the very best epic scores from two of the greatest film composers of all time. Includes music from:

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The 75 piece  London Concert Orchestra  performs epic scores celebrating two of the greatest film music composers of all time,  Hans Zimmer  and  John Williams . Performed alongside a stunning choir and set to a mesmerising laser show.

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Immerse yourself in the epic musical frescoes that have marked the history of cinema.

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Interstellar, Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter, Inception, Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean…

Rediscover your favorite film scores in an exceptional symphonic concert with over 70 musicians on stage! Under the direction of conductor Nicolas Simon, the Yellow Socks Orchestra – a French symphony orchestra specializing in film music – will perform live the greatest scores by these two genius composers.

For almost two hours, you’ll be immersed in the epic musical frescoes that have marked the history of cinema: E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Gladiator, Schindler’s List, Jaws and many more…

Unforgettable melodies by John Williams and Hans Zimmer have contributed to the success of Hollywood’s greatest films for decades!

A totally “immersive” musical experience made possible by the ©d&b Soundscape audio system: a high-fidelity sound diffusion technology offering perfect clarity and spatialization of sound, whatever your position in the auditorium.

After a triumphant tour in 2022, The Music of John Williams & Hans Zimmer in Symphonic Concert returns to France in January/February 2025 with a new program to (re)experience an unforgettable musical adventure!

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The Music Of Zimmer Vs Williams

The london concert orchestra, conducted by robert emery, is joined by the côr choir to perform epic scores celebrating two of the greatest film music composers of all time..

The Lion King

Man of Steel

Harry Potter

Jurassic Park

The Dark Knight Rises

Pirates of the Caribbean

The Da Vinci Code

Indiana Jones

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The Music of Zimmer vs Williams

It's a composer-off, with the film scores of John Williams and Hans Zimmer played live, conducted by Anthony Inglis.

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Enjoy the very best scores from the two greatest film composers of the 20th Century.

Who’s better? You decide…

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London Concert Orchestra

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Hans Zimmer Rocks Out on His Birthday With ‘Dune,’ ‘Lion King’ and His Daughter at Madison Square Garden: Concert Review

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Hans Zimmer had a long guest list for his 67th birthday: some 19,500 people at his sold-out Madison Square Garden concert on Thursday night.

The legendary composer rocked the stage for nearly three hours, proving that film scores can captivate audiences just as much as set lists from any other popular artist nowadays, be it Chappell Roan, Linkin Park or Sabrina Carpenter (though Zimmer’s fans skewed a bit more middle-aged — and left the glitter and eye shadow at home).

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After the show began promptly at 8 p.m., Zimmer soaked in the applause with his band, full of electric guitarists, violinists, cellists, vocalists, drummers, bassists and more. Zimmer and his band started with songs from Jenkins’ DC superhero hit “Wonder Woman.” The stage lights flashed gold, red and blue — a nod to the colors of Gal Gadot’s famous costume — and the violinists’ bows cut through the air like Themysciran swords.

The show jumped right back into the action with music from Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy, the first of which kicked off the partnership between the Oscar-winning director and composer. A giant screen above the band showed a flurry of bats flit across the stage, and white floodlights panned over the audience, like Gotham City’s bat signal searching for crooks. After a quick detour with songs from “The Last Samurai,” it was finally “Dune” time. Before the music started, three dancers appeared in the crowd dressed in the black robes of the magical, mysterious Bene Gesserit. Loire belted out her fierce “Paul’s Dream” vocals from the stage, as an electric guitar punctuated her lyrics.

“Sometimes you come across a musician who can do the impossible. Then you think she’s doing the impossible, she just pushes it a little bit further,” Zimmer said of Loire.

Zimmer then returned to Nolan once again with the emotional “Day One” and “Cornfield Chase” from “Interstellar.” After the electronic rock-and-roll, the music slowed as Zimmer played the light piano theme from the film. Spotlights shined down on stage, imitating the heart-wrenching, 4th-dimension scene from “Interstellar” where Matthew McConaughey’s astronaut finds himself separated from his daughter. Light reflected off a giant disco ball hanging above the stage, drowning fans in zooming stars as if they were time travelers themselves. An aerial dancer descended from the ceiling, twirling and flipping on a massive silk as the band played on.

For the grand finale, Zimmer brought out “Circle of Life” singer Lebo M. and a group of African vocalists to perform a nostalgic, booming “Lion King” medley. The stage was alive with colorful lights, dancers and singers as the packed audience grooved in their seats. Lebo M. then gave a touching tribute to James Earl Jones, the voice of “Lion King’s” Mufasa, who died four days earlier at the age of 93, and led the crowd to sing “Happy Birthday” to Zimmer.

Just as it appeared the night was over, Zimmer returned for two encore songs: his explosive James Bond theme song “Gun Barrel” from “No Time to Die” and “Time” from “Inception.” For the latter, he brought out his daughter Annabel to perform the heavy theme from Nolan’s twisty thriller. In a first-time duet for the father and daughter, the Zimmers sat next to each other at the piano, with Annabel resting her head on her dad’s shoulder. She smiled as her famous father closed out the concert with the song, then arose for a roaring standing ovation.

Not many people get to share their birthday with Batman, Wonder Woman, Paul Atreides, but for Zimmer it’ll be one to remember at Madison Square Garden.

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Two titans of the film music world compete head to head! In a concert featuring some of the best scores of John Williams and Hans Zimmer, the cream of recent movie music is brought together in one place.

Award winning soundtracks of some of the most iconic films of all time include Star Wars , Gladiator , The Da Vinci Code , Schindler’s List , Harry Potter , Interstellar , ET , Batman Begins , Raiders of the Lost Ark , The Last Samurai , Pirates of the Caribbean , Superman and many more.

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“From the evocative and poignant […] to the thrilling, full-on bombast of battle; a towering musical testament [to] two of the most gargantuan forces in contemporary film music.” 365 Bath

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Twin Cities classical concerts feature scores to your favorite movies

A few of the movie scores to receive orchestral treatment include “Star Wars,” “Hocus Pocus” and “Back to the Future.”

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Conductor Sarah Hicks has called it “a demented video game.”

While audiences at Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall are enjoying the marriage of music and film when the Minnesota Orchestra performs a film score — with the movie shown on screen above — Hicks has about a half-dozen different prompts coming at her simultaneously via a video screen. They combine to make certain that the orchestra’s 85 to 100 musicians are staying in perfect sync with the film.

And there have been no train wrecks, yet. In fact, audiences have been so appreciative of the orchestra’s cinematic offerings that they almost invariably sell well — despite costing ticket buyers considerably more than a trip to the movie theater.

This fall, the Minnesota Orchestra will devote four concert programs to film music, starting with four screenings of the original 1977 “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope,” Hicks leading the orchestra in John Williams’ score (Oct. 1-6).

“We usually do five or six a season,” said Grant Meachum, director for “Live at Orchestra Hall.” “We’ve found that one in the summer works very well, like ‘An American in Paris’ recently. There will always be a film at Halloween — ‘Hocus Pocus’ this year — and one at Thanksgiving, this year being ‘Back to the Future.’”

Hicks also will conduct a program of John Williams’ movie music. It’s all part of a big fall for film music in the Twin Cities, with a visit from one of Hollywood’s most successful composers, Hans Zimmer, and an evening of collaborations between composers and filmmakers with live orchestra.

“Overwhelmingly, we’ve found success in the film presentations,” Meachum said. “And not just for the big titles like ‘Harry Potter’ or ‘Star Wars.’ We’ve found the audience is willing to come with us on titles that might not be as commercially viable, such as ‘The Princess Bride.’

“The very first time we did ‘Star Wars,’ there was a crackling of energy in the hall, and you could feel it onstage, too,” Meachum said. “Something was about to happen. The orchestra played the 20th Century Fox fanfare and people cheered. Those opening bars of ‘Star Wars,’ you could tell the musicians were fired up to be playing that and hear that reaction coming back.”

“The Music of John Williams” will feature preconcert talks with Lynne Warfel, host of Minnesota Public Radio’s Saturday morning film music show, “Saturday Cinema.” We asked her to name her favorites among this fall’s movie and music combinations. She quickly cited “Star Wars.”

“If you were lucky enough to see the original trilogy in its first run, Williams’ music was a big reason everybody was cheering and clapping as the credits rolled,” Warfel said. “And Alan Silvestri’s music for ‘Back to the Future’ remains one of the outstanding sci-fi-fantasy film scores ever written.”

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You could call Zimmer the successor to Williams as the king of cinematic music. Known for creating a scintillating synthesis of orchestral and electronic music, rock and classical elements, Zimmer’s regarded as one of the geniuses of the art form.

Zimmer also periodically puts together a rock band, orchestra and choir and hits the road, performing suites from some of his most popular scores. He’ll bring his expansive entourage to Target Center as part of a 20-city North American tour.

Expect new arrangements of suites from his Oscar-winning scores for “The Lion King” and “Dune,” as well as music from “Gladiator,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “The Dark Knight,” “Interstellar” and “The Last Samurai.” (8 p.m. Sept. 21, Target Center, 600 First Av. N., Mpls., $59.50-$164.50, targetcenter.com )

Warfel says: “‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ achieves what all great film music aspires to, recreating the images on screen, literally telling the story through the score. And ‘Dune’ is where he really shines as an innovator and inventor of instruments. It’s creepy, otherworldly and wonderful.”

Twin Cities-based uber-impresario Kate Nordstrum’s Liquid Music brought together four composers and four filmmakers to create three short films that will be offered at Northrop Auditorium with acclaimed and adventurous Brooklyn-based chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound.

The composers are all creating a buzz in the business, including Grammy best new artist nominee Arooj Aftab, Devonté Hynes, Daniel Wohl and Rafiq Bhatia. The films are by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Josephine Decker, Mati Diop and Manon Lutanie.

“In conversations with composers, I learned that several had a desire to collaborate more deeply with filmmakers than is possible in a traditional scoring relationship,” Nordstrum said. “I started thinking about an alternative vehicle for composers and filmmakers to create together from the outset, to mutually determine the story they wanted to tell through music and film.” (7 p.m. Nov. 21, Northrop Auditorium, 84 Church St. SE., Mpls., $30-$50, 612-624-2345 or northrop.umn.edu )

Warfel says: “If you want to see and hear the newest in the art of filmmaking, whether you call it avant-garde or experimental, it’s an audacious film series that shouldn’t be missed.”

Movies and music with the Minnesota Orchestra

‘Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert’: 7 p.m. Oct. 1, 4 and 5, 2 p.m. Oct. 6

‘Disney’s Hocus Pocus in Concert’: 7 p.m. Oct. 25 and 26

‘The Music of John Williams’: 7 p.m. Nov. 7-9

‘Back to the Future in Concert’: 7 p.m. Nov. 30, 2 p.m. Dec. 1

Where: Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Mpls.

Tickets: $50-$145, 612-371-5656 or minnesotaorchestra.org

Rob Hubbard is a Twin Cities classical music writer. Reach him at [email protected] .

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Nowa edycja, nowy repertuar! 

Spektakularne wydarzenie, łączące muzykę najsłynniejszych kompozytorów globu. Znakomici artyści z całego świata – orkiestra symfoniczna, chór oraz soliści stworzą zjawiskową atmosferę, która przeniesie widzów w niezwykły, filmowy świat. 

Usłyszymy największe utwory filmowe stworzone przez wybitne postaci: Hansa Zimmera, Ennio Morricone i Johna Williamsa. Unikatowe hity z filmowych arcydzieł takich jak: „Król Lew”, „Gladiator”, „Gwiezdne Wojny”, „Piraci z Karaibów”, „Dawno temu w Ameryce”, „Nienawistna Ósemka”, „Lista Schindlera” czy „Szczęki” sprawią, że ten wspaniały koncert pozostanie na długo w pamięci każdego konesera

„Tribute to Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, John Williams” to projekt, który oddaje hołd tym wspaniałym kompozytorom. Każdy z nich zapisał się złotymi zgłoskami w historii muzyki oraz kinematografii, a tworzona przez nich muzyka na zawsze pozostanie w sercach milionów osób. W sumie stworzyli ścieżki dźwiękowe do około 1000 filmowych produkcji. Zebrali mnóstwo nagród, w tym najsłynniejsze: Oscary, Złote Globy czy Grammy.

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