On January 17, the Scott Dunn Orchestra return to The Wallis, Beverly Hills with a program of the finest film music from the 1970s.
Next January the SDO take a deep dive into the iconic films of the 70’s such as Star Wars, The Godfather (I&II), Chinatown, The Sting, Diamonds are Forever, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, and Murder on the Orient Express. The evening will feature music by Jerry Goldsmith, Michel Legrand, Marvin Hamlisch, David Shire, Richard Rodney Bennett, Johnny Mandel, Nino Rota, and John Williams during this concert of Hollywood’s third musical Golden Age.
The Scott Dunn Orchestra explore the music and influence on Hollywood of European émigré composers in the 1930’s forced to flee from the Nazi's. This concert will feature music by Max Steiner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Waxman, Friedrich Hollaender, Dmitri Tiomkin, Bronisław Kaper, Hanns Eisler, Erich Zeisl and others from such films as Gone with the Wind, King Kong, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sunset Blvd, Rear Window, High Noon, Sabrina, Mutiny on the Bounty, and others. Dunn’s program will also consider the influence of Arnold Schoenberg on an entire generation of film composers.
Scott Dunn Orchestra
Past Events
22 November 2025 | 7:30PM
The Wallis and the Scott Dunn Orchestra present:
THE HOLLYWOOD MODERNISTS
The Second Golden Age of Film Scoring
The program celebrates composers Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Elmer Bernstein, Leonard Rosenman and others, who introduced jazz and modernism into the language of film scoring through such iconic films as Psycho, A Streetcar Named Desire, North by Northwest, Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden and To Kill a Mockingbird.
22 May 2025 | 7:30PM
The Wallis and the Scott Dunn Orchestra present:
HENRY MANCINI AT 100
A Celebration of the man and his music
The SDO's inaugural concert, celebrating Henry Mancini's centenary, will chronicle music and songs from his early TV and Grammy winning recording work as well as his inimitable scoring for such films as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Pink Panther, Days of Wine and Roses, Moment to Moment and Victor/Victoria.
