Omen II 1,235 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 The London Symphony Orchestra's film music concert for the 2014-15 season will feature the film music of Alexandre Desplat. The concert takes place at the Barbican in London on 11th December 2014. Here is a link:http://www.lso.co.uk/144/LSO-on-Film-The-Music-of-Alexandre-Desplat/937C'est formidable, n'est-ce pas? publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Oui, oui! Omen II 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,626 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 so he's going to play Benjamen Button...what else noteworthy cues can he play at a concert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Rise of the Guardians and Largo Winch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 The Ghost Writer and Zero Dark Thirty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I really like ZERO DARK THIRTY's Le Sacre-esque Main Title, though I'm less fond of the rest of the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,626 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 He's one of my biggest disappointments as a film composer. He hasn't really evolved beyond his basic style and failed in his attempts to score an epic movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 failed in his attempts to score an epic movie Have you heard Rise of the Guardians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Yes to Zero Dark Thirty's opening, and don't forget The Painted Veil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 He's one of my biggest disappointments as a film composer. He hasn't really evolved beyond his basic style and failed in his attempts to score an epic movieYou mean like so many others before him he failed to live up to what you consider great movie music? Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I might just go along to this. Any-one fancy a meet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 For a tenner, why not?Anyone else, or just me and Richard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 No? Looks like it's a date, Sharkey! BTW, £10 will get you a seat, but not a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Is Desplat going to be in attendance himself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Anyone going to this? I bought mi ticket today.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 It's funny how programme for this concert changes all the time. Some scores appear, some disappear. Weird.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Has it changed again? Let me see if I can obtain a definitive answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Yup, The Monuments Men is not there anymore but Godzilla is a part of the programme now.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Odd, seeing as Monuments Men was recorded with the LSO and Godzilla was recorded in LA. Not that I'm complaining about the LSO performing Godzilla!The Imitation Game has gone too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Who knows, they might be encores or something.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 https://twitter.com/JKMSlibrary/status/535178851715145730 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Hey, the programme changed again:Programme to include music from:The Imitation GameHarry Potter and the Deathly HallowsThe King's SpeechThe QueenPhilomenaTwilight: New MoonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonGirl with a Pearl EarringGodzillaThe Ghost WriterBirthThe Grand Budapest HotelCoco avant ChanelThis is the programme from 6 days ago:Programme to include music from:Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsThe King's SpeechThe Queen PhilomenaTwilight: New MoonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonGirl with a Pearl EarringGodzillaThe Ghost WriterIdes of MarchBirthMoonrise KingdomThe Grand Budapest Hotel Make up your mind Alexandre!(The pictures indicates they'll also perform something from A Self Made Hero)Karol - still hoping that he'll include The Monuments Men (as an encore or something) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Our very own Jim Ware (Our? What do you mean our? You never post here anymore, Burden!? ) is reviewing the LSO Desplat concert next Thursday for publication in the December issue of FSM Online. That's then and this is now.Here's a 12 minute audio promo with a look at the concert repertoire and clips from our 2012 conversation about working with the London Symphony.If you like it, please share and buy a ticket to the concert if you haven't already done so. No pressure though. Thanks and best wishes, Tim.Desplat & the LSO The Rehearsal from The King's Speech crocodile and publicist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 And it's a pity you don't here more often, Mr Burden!Yes, some of us are attending this. I personally cannot wait!EDIT: Oh, is it just me or did they change the programme... again? Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Still trying to decide if I should go to this concert or rather go see Wicked instead... Harry Potter and Pearl Earring would be cool to hear, don't know (or recall from watching the movie) much of the other pieces though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I will be there for Desplat AND Elfman...and probably will visit the Harry Potter tour because i'm sick of visiting London eye and Buckingham palace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Is Elfman on Friday then? Or is it Saturday. I've seen it already and was very entertained by the show.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Friday, afternoon and evening. I hope they're not too tired out from the earlier performance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I will boo them if... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 What did you all think of the concert yesterday? Here are two photos, neither of which will win any prizes but they do at least showcase the LSO's cool new Reservoir Dogs style outfits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 What was the final programme? Any inside tidbits, exclusive info, or insight into concert versions or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 What was the final programme? Any inside tidbits, exclusive info, or insight into concert versions or so?I am not an expert on Desplat's music so cannot name all the individual cues that made up the various suites, but the programme was as follows:The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Love ThemeGirl with a Pearl Earring - SuiteThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button - SuiteStephen Frears Suite (Philomena and The Queen)Ghost Writer - SuiteThe Grand Budapest HotelINTERVALGodzilla - Main TitlesThe King's Speech - SuitePelleas et Melisande: Sinfonia Concertante for flute and orchestraBirth - SuiteThe Imitation GameHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - SuiteENCORESCoco Avant ChanelA Self-Made HeroThere was plenty of flute action going on (not of the "This one time at band camp" variety, I hasten to add), with four flautists / piccolo all doubling on alto flutes, bass flutes and recorders at various times in the evening. Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Thank you, that looks like an excellent programme, wish I could have been there.How was the sinfonia concertante? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 It was a highlight of this evening, along with A Self Made Hero. Ironically, the two least known things.Harry Potter suite was a bit of a letdown. They played a lot of material - Obliviate. Sky Battle, Detonators, Fireplace Escape (I think), Destroying the Locket The Tunnel, Dragon Flight, Panic Inside Hogwarts, Statues, Lilly's Theme, Broomsticks and Fire, Showdown and Voldemort's End. Many of those cues were excerpts and not in order I listed them in. But it felt completely unstructured in a sort of start-and-stop kind of fashion. No flow to it whatsoever.Karol fommes and Incanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 It was a highlight of this evening, along with A Self Made Hero. Ironically, the two least known things.Harry Potter suite was a bit of a letdown. They played a lot of material - Obliviate. Sky Battle, Detonators, Fireplace Escape (I think), Destroying the Locket The Tunnel, Dragon Flight, Panic Inside Hogwarts, Statues, Lilly's Theme, Broomsticks and Fire, Showdown and Voldemort's End. Many of those cues were excerpts and not in order I listed them in. But it felt completely unstructured in a sort of start-and-stop kind of fashion. No flow to it whatsoever.KarolOh that is a shame. I have attended quite a few film music concerts where they do that, play cue after cue straight from the materials of the score and there has not been any adaptation at all, which gives them a choppy feel you describe without much direction or overarching structure that leaves you a bit dissatisfied. I don't mind performing concert suites back to back when those have been adapted for concert but performing unrelated cues from the same score without connecting material feels a bit lazy to be honest. In this case of course Desplat might not simply have had the time to adapt his music more thoroughly, being as busy as he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Yeah. But that was my only gripe about this thing. The pieces they picked are among thevstrongest material so that's fine. And that orchestra (I believe they call it LSO?) was ok. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Yeah. But that was my only gripe about this thing. The pieces they picked are among thevstrongest material so that's fine.And that orchestra (I believe they call it LSO?) was ok. KarolNo doubt you had a great time. That LSO is not half bad I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 My wee report: In short succession, i saw two concerts, one by Desplat (Barbican, one by Elfman (Royal Albert Hall), that pretty well reflected their respective approach, one classical and refined, one much more 'rough' and unpolished but brawny and fun - you take your guess who's who, though i hasten to add that Elfman only presented his collabs with Tim Burton, so the RAH concert was not representative of his whole output.Desplat gave a 45-pre-concert talk that was lead by the LSO principal flutist whose name was Gareth but whose last name i forgot. A bit too broad, as these things tend to be, it once at least threatened to become more interesting at the notion that Desplat and Kathryn Bigelow very carefully tried to apply an even tone to ZERO DARK THIRTY and how important Desplat found the political ballast that came with it. The rest was more the well-trodden stuff about how important it is to be a team player etc. Maybe these recent Sony leaks made me too hungry for some sweaty shop talk. Several directors (Stephen Frears?) also seemed to be in attendance.The concert itself was successful, though i echo Karol's sentiment that the Potter suite sucked and easily was the low point of the evening (not surprisingly, as the scores are more concerned with staying out of the limelight than to form the drama). High point: THE GHOST WRITER suite that beefed up the minimalistic soundtrack to huge Herrmannesque proportions, and a generally well-thought out selection of the various presented works (BUTTON, PEARL EARRING, GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, CHANEL, HERO TRÈS DISCRET, the here now much-maligned IMITATION GAME) though the brevity of some of the cues (TWILIGHT, GODZILLA, 2:30 and such) seemed to shortsell the potential of these scores. The impressionistic-yet-tangible flute piece that Desplat somehow found the time to write in 2013 (!?) was also a very good reminder that this composer has considerable chops as composer and can very well write a self-contained piece of music that doesn't has to rely on the crutch of a movie scene to work.The level of LSO musicianship was high, as expected though the venue seems to have shrinked considerably since my last Williams concert. Desplat gave a spirited conducting and won the audience over at last with GHOST WRITER - the excitement was palpable and instead of the great-but-a-bit-too-behaved pieces like BENJAMIN BUTTON finally unleashed the kind of mystical spell that a showman like Williams can bestow upon an audience by raising the button for the STAR WARS overture - which for me was a sweet adventure because with stuff like STAR WARS or INDY i usually start counting notes or flubs out of sheer boredom but a piece i don't really know (i only have the main titles of GW) still is a great experience on stage. More on Elfman at a different spot... Omen II 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I'd like to hear more about this flute piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I might be entirely wrong here but it somewhat reminded me of Williams' concert work, at least the more melodic ones. It has the same sort of contemplative but impressionistic and mysterious (not necessarily technically) tone. Especially in the string section. I loved it.Yeah, what pub says. Pretty much.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I might be entirely wrong here but it somewhat reminded me of Williams' concert work, at least the more melodic ones. It has the same sort of contemplative but impressionistic and mysterious (not necessarily technically) tone. I loved it.KarolThe second movement was performed. The first half was very impressionistic, at times recalling Ravel and Toru Takemitsu. The second was quite odd, with jazz-like inflections and unusual chord choices that reminded me of Alex North.Mesmerising and quite unlike his film music. Not particularly melodic but it felt like it could be if it wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Yes, I'd love to hear something like this in his film music.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 It was based on some fantasy by Maurice Maeterlinck (who also wrote THE BLUE BIRD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 I think it might have helped if the programme had listed which cues made up the various suites, as I sensed that many of the audience members were waiting for Desplat to drop his shoulders after the last piece in order to be able to tell when the suites had finished and therefore commence their applause. Alternatively, some of the suites might have worked better if the cues had been knitted together without a pause, in the manner of the Charles Gerhardt suites of Golden Age film music with which many of us are familiar.Desplat gave a 45-pre-concert talk that was lead by the LSO principal flutist whose name was Gareth but whose last name i forgot.Gareth Davies.http://www.garethdaviesonline.comThe stage at the Barbican can be extended forward to cover the first few rows of seats at the front of the stalls, so maybe this is what made you think the venue had shrunk, publicist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I might be entirely wrong here but it somewhat reminded me of Williams' concert work, at least the more melodic ones. It has the same sort of contemplative but impressionistic and mysterious (not necessarily technically) tone. I loved it.KarolThe second movement was performed. The first half was very impressionistic, at times recalling Ravel and Toru Takemitsu. The second was quite odd, with jazz-like inflections and unusual chord choices that reminded me of Alex North.Mesmerising and quite unlike his film music. Not particularly melodic but it felt like it could be if it wanted to.This is very enticing, and the fact that it takes inspiration from Maeterlinck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 The stage at the Barbican can be extended forward to cover the first few rows of seats at the front of the stalls, so maybe this is what made you think the venue had shrunk, publicist?Quite rare to see that though. It's always been a cosy venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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