I'll be in the front row. To think that this will be the first time large portions of this score, outside of the concert suite, will have been performed since the original recording sessions (though the Australian Ballet Company did use it for a production of Othello in the 1970s).
I'd also wonder about the etiquette of applause when music ends while you're watching a movie lol.
In any case, I'm in! Ticket just arrived in my inbox. Seems like a once-in-a-lifetime type of thing.
Well the audience generally stays quiet and just enjoys the movie with the live music. I'd recommend any soundtrack fan to experience a movie screening this way, I had a great time at the last one I went to (Suspiria with live performance by Goblin) and it's great to hear the music played to the movie and getting to see the artists perform it live on stage. In the case of Planet of the Apes, where there are lengthy parts with no music, the anticipation will factor as well, especially if it's a movie you've seen a ton of times.
"Please note that there will now be a free pre-concert talk at 6.15pm.
Conductor Robert Ziegler and producer Tommy Pearson will discuss the daring, landmark score by Jerry Goldsmith for Planet of the Apes and its influence on film music and composers."
