Does anyone here know whether or not they have the sound effects with the film? I'm not too excited about watching a film with all those SFX and a live orchestra. I wouldn't mind being there, though, with Jim attending. I'll have to think about this, as I already purchased a ticket. I once walked out of a concert where they projected the movie on a screen with a whole lotta sound effects. Sometimes I couldn't hear the orchestra at all, eventhough they were playing loud music for an action-y scene, but the effects were just so loud. So any more info on how Royal Albert usually plays their films with live orchestras is more than welcome. How was Gladiator? How was Star Trek?
Wow, this concert looks 15 years too late!! I saw Horner in Vienna and he let David Newman do all the leg work I wonder if he will bail on this one too. He prefers to take the plaudits from the stalls!!
So did the Hollywood in Vienna poster!!! (well, it said James Horner and David Newman, but when we got there, Mr Newman did all the conducting and Horner sat off and enjoyed the gush).
Wow, this concert looks 15 years too late!! I saw Horner in Vienna and he let David Newman do all the leg work I wonder if he will bail on this one too. He prefers to take the plaudits from the stalls!!
Well, he did conduct the lenghty suite from Titanic at Royal Albert Hall (with LSO, I think) at the premiere of the 3D version.
I would much prefer a concert of his Greatest Hits over the full score of Titanic being conducted to picture. I suppose Horner will have lots of years to conduct such concerts in the future, as his style of music becomes more dated and unwanted by today's sharper-eared suits
The launch of the European Titanic-Live concert tour takes place this weekend in Lucerne (March 13-15), with subsequent performances at the Royal Albert Hall in London (April 27, 2015), Prague, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels and Paris. To our great surprise, James Horner will conduct the first concerts in Lucerne.
It's tremendous that they got both Sissel and I Salonisti (for the first performances, at least).
I'm highly curious as to how these performances will deal with the tracking and editing in the movie. It's a prime opportunity to reinsert some cut passages, like Shore did for the LOTR concerts, but with the sheer amount of tracked music that would change large swaths of the score.
I got three extra tickets for this event, that I won't be using. The seats are in row 8, in the arena, and the price is 55 GBP (What I paid for them in the first place). Anyone interested can send me an e-mail (e-mail address: kimos AT fys.uio.no)
EDIT: I forgot to specify, this is for the London-concert, not the ones in Lucerne.
I'm highly curious as to how these performances will deal with the tracking and editing in the movie. It's a prime opportunity to reinsert some cut passages, like Shore did for the LOTR concerts, but with the sheer amount of tracked music that would change large swaths of the score.
Generally speaking, the Titanic performance presents the music as edited and tracked for the final film. This makes the second half of the film a little choppy from a musical perspective.
I'm highly curious as to how these performances will deal with the tracking and editing in the movie. It's a prime opportunity to reinsert some cut passages, like Shore did for the LOTR concerts, but with the sheer amount of tracked music that would change large swaths of the score.
Generally speaking, the Titanic performance presents the music as edited and tracked for the final film. This makes the second half of the film a little choppy from a musical perspective.
Horner's longtime co-orchestrator JAC Redford was in charge of re-orchestrating the score for this performance. I'd assume the score's post-edits were smoothed over in the orchestrations to become a decent performance this time rather than the cut/loop nature of the edits in the film.
Yes it's confirmed on the RAH website. Very disappointed but the Q&A should be great. Really looking forward to it!
I am also going to the BAFTA Conversation with Horner the Wednesday after so if one else is going and fancies a beer beforehand I will happily participate!
I think the reason is obvious. Horner is not a conductor. It is something else entirely to record a cue with multiple takes, even when it is a long cue, and to perform a two hour work live on stage.
I think the reason is obvious. Horner is not a conductor. It is something else entirely to record a cue with multiple takes, even when it is a long cue, and to perform a two hour work live on stage.
Yes, exactly. A scoring session - as you clearly know - is a very relaxed atmosphere compared to the concert hall. In a scoring session, there is no need for a skilled or efficient conductor to stand at the podium for those 6 hours.
