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Symphony Central Coast is opening its 2022 concert season with a celebration of the music of the movies.
‘Lights, Action, Music!’ features music from some the most loved films of all time, including ‘Ben Hur’, ‘Thunderball’, ‘Batman: The Dark Knight’, ‘Back to the Future’, and ‘Indiana Jones’ plus a selection of Australian films with music by Australian composers.
A full symphony orchestra of more than 50 musicians will bring works by John Williams, Hans Zimmer and Alan Silvestri to life, as well as a program that includes some of Australia’s most prolific and talented film composers.
Their names may not be familiar, but the music almost certainly is: ‘Babe’ from 1995, was composed by Australian Nigel Westlake, while Christopher Gordon, who is one of Australia’s most prolific composers, gave us the music to ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ winner of the Best Original Music Score at the 2009 AFI Awards, and Best Feature Score and Best Soundtrack Album at the Screen Music Awards Australia.
Buster Keaton’s classic comedy ‘Cops’ has a new soundtrack, compiled and written by Conductor and Artistic Director of Symphony Central Coast, Dr Steven Stanke and the orchestra will also be performing the world premiere of Nicolette Boaz’s ‘A Day in the Life Of’, accompanying the films ‘Iridium’ and ‘First Footprints’ by Murray Fredericks.
“Performing film music is incredibly exciting and satisfying because it is often the most complex and challenging music of our age.
“Composers are extremely creative when scoring films and a full symphony orchestra is often the only way to perform them completely.
“Our film concert last year was very well received and I’m also very pleased to again include Australian music in our program,” said Stanke.
‘Lights, Action, Music!’ will take place at The Art House, Wyong on Sunday 3 April at 2:30pm.