Into the Wormhole at the Royal Albert
Can you remember the last time you saw a film that completely blew you away? More so, can you remember the last time that film had a soundtrack so epic and so brilliant that the pairing of images and music stuck with you for days after, playing over and over in your mind like the best hookup you ever had or better still, the best burrito? That’s how I knew it would be as I left that mega screen over at the Westfield Vue after having watched Interstellar and that tiny, spinning spacecraft drift above a black hole in a last ditch effort to save humanity while Hans Zimmer’s score played in the background.
Say what you want about Christopher Nolan and Matthew McConaughey (say nothing negative about Michael Caine, this is forbidden) or just science fiction in general but 2014’s box office smash Interstellar was certainly my high point last year in film and music.
While Hans Zimmer clearly makes a living out of composing the most memorable film scores of all time (think The Lion King, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean) it’s not often that we get to witness him conducting the score with that very film screened as we listen. Such is the case on March 30th at the Royal Albert Hall when Interstellar will be screened along with Zimmer directing a sixty-piece orchestra as they play his BAFTA nominated score for the film.
What’s more, the evening will begin with an introduction from none other than Sir Michael Cain as well as a discussion with the film’s director Christopher Nolan and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne on the music, art and science behind the making of arguably the best science fiction film to come out in the last ten years.
Head over to the Royal Albert Hall website for tickets to this event and for information on other upcoming films to be screened with a live orchestra. Upcoming titles to be screened over the summer and into the autumn include Back to the Future, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and music from Star Trek.
Cais Jurgens
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