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Hitchcock and his Composers

A celebration of Hitchcock's musical collaborators including Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, John Williams, Hugo Friedhofer, Miklós Rózsa, Alfred Newman, Maurice Jarre, Dmirtri Tiomkin and such films as Psycho, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rebecca, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Topaz, Family Plot and Dial M for Murder.

The Music of Bond

A look at the scoring of Bond over the years by John Barry, David Arnold, George Martin, Bill Conti, Michael Kamen, Marvin Hamlisch, Thomas Newman and Hans Zimmer from such films as Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Casino Royale, Skyfall, No Time To Die and others.

The Western

An examination of the creation of the 'western' sound over time by such composers as Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Ennio Morricone and Elmer Bernstein in films including The Searchers, Red River, High Noon, Rio Bravo, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Shane, The Magnificent Seven and Wild Wild West. 

Burt Bacharach, Marvin Hamlisch and Johnny Mandel

Celebrating the lyrical genius of these great Hollywood song writers and such films as Alfie, Arthur, The  Sting, The Way We Were, M.a.s.h., Butch Casidy And The Sundance Kid, Chorus Line and others

The Italians

A concert featuring scores by Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone Carmine Coppola and others from such films as The Godfather, The Mission, A Fist Full of Dollars, Once Upon a Time in America, Cinema Paradiso and La Dolce Vita.

The French

A concert featuring scores of Michel Legrand, George Delerue, Alexandre Desplat, Maurice Jarre and Gabriel Yared from such films as A Little Romance, Grand Budapest Hotel, Lawrence Of Arabia, Summer Of ’42 and The English Patient. 

The Jazzers

A concert celebrating the great influence of jazz and jazz musicians on film from composers such as Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Dave Grusin, Henry Mancini, Andre Previn, Alex North, Franz Waxman and others. Featuring music from films such as Anatomy of a Murder, Rear Window, Round Midnight, The Man with the Golden Arm, In the Heat of the Night, The Firm and others. 

Scores on the Cutting Room Floor
The unheard masterpieces of Hollywood

A fascinating look at rejected scores including those by Alex North for Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968), Richard Rodney Bennett for Sidney Lumet’s Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Lalo Schiffrin for Friedkin’s The Excorcist (1973), Gabriel Yared for Ridley Scott’s Troy (2004), Bernard Herrmann for Hitchcock’s Torn Curtain (1966), Henry Mancini for Hitchcock’s Frenzy (1972), Elmer Bernstein for Scorsese’s Gangs Of New York (2002).

Pixar

A celebration of Pixar's great films and their composers. Featuring special guests such as Randy Newman, Michael Giacchino and Thomas Newman with music from such films as Up, Toy Story, Ratatouille, Coco, The Incredibles and Elemental.

The Pioneers

A concert featuring the groundbreaking work of women and transgender individuals in film; Angela Morley, Rachel Portman, Jocelyn Pook, Wendy Carlos, Elisabeth Luytens, Anne Dudley and Hildur Gudnadóttir in such films as The Shining, Joker, Eyes Wide Shut, Emma, A Clockwork Orange, Watership Down, Chocolat and others.

Broadway On Screen

A look at the filmic treatment of such classic musicals as Bye Bye Birdie, Cabin in the Sky, Kiss Me Kate, The King and I, Music Man, My Fair Lady, Oliver!, South Pacific, The Sound of Music and West Side Story.

The Holidays in Hollywood

An examination of classic holiday films such as Meet Me in St. Louis, Holiday Inn, How The Grinch Stole Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas and Mimi and the Mountain Dragon.

Film with Live Orchestra

  • Leonard Rosenman: Rebel Without a Cause 

  • Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther

  • Leonard Rosenman: East of Eden (in progress)

  • Rachel Portman: Mimi and the Mountain Dragon

  • Joby Talbot: Vampyr

The Hollywood Songbook

A one-off concert featuring beloved songs from film with guest headliner vocalists.

The Hollywood Ballet

A look at classic ballet sequences with live film to orchestra from such works as West Side Story, Lili, Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma, Carousel and others

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