“Orchestras are increasingly looking to the great film scores of yore to appeal to both music aficionados and symphony newbies alike,” writes James C. Taylor in Sunday’s (5/22) Star Ledger (Newark, N.J.). “The most popular way to play film music these days? Have a full orchestra perform the score in sync with the full projected film…. Timothy Brock … conducted the New York Philharmonic for its presentation of Charlie Chaplin’s ‘City Lights’ on Thursday evening…. Last Sunday, the New Jersey Capital Philharmonic in Trenton performed a concert of music by composers from Hollywood’s golden age…. Next month the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will be performing a weekend series of concerts at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center celebrating the music of the James Bond films.… The NJSO … has already accompanied the films ‘Back to the Future’ (as part of the film’s 30th anniversary celebration) and ‘Home Alone,’ as a holiday season event…. Conducting the ‘Bond & Beyond’ concerts in New Jersey is Michael Krajewski … [who] has become a big proponent of film scores…. ‘All orchestras want to find new angles and audiences,’ Krajewski says. ‘Movie soundtracks offer a way for them to do just that.’ ”
Posted May 23, 2016
Pictured: The New York Philharmonic performs the score to Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights.” Photo by Chris Lee
