Star Trek & Into Darkness & Beyond - Live to Projection

[crocodile 8,540]

Also my hunch is that either Alice Eve or Cumberbatch will do the intro tonight with Giacchino.

Would be cool. 12 minutes to go.

Karol

[Richard P 4,214]

The score for STID hasn't appealed to me as much as the first one, so I didn't bother booking this one. Plus getting back home at midnight isn't fun.

I'm sure it'll be great though - the orchestra last night was superb - it seemed to come together a little better than Gladiator, although I wonder how much of that was down to the re-orchestration need. And the atmosphere in the RAH was electrifying whenever the music took centre stage. (huge round of applause a few seconds into the opening logo).

Actually, the guy to my right seemed far from enthralled by Gladiator, taking his phone out at one point. But no doubt, the audience was loving Trek and the music

[antovolk 95]

Dammit that one on hell of a moment to end on, slap bang middle of my favourite cue. (excluding the two Odes) They may replay the cue from the start like they did last night...who knows haha.

Crowd tonight is fantastic too, lots of laughs, scream and cheer at My Name is

was hilarious

[crocodile 8,540]

Yeah I'm actually having better time watching film tonight than before. The atmosphere is great.

Karol

[antovolk 95]

And that cliffhanger was resolved beautifully by an Ode to Harrison reprise...

That was even better than last night, what a fantastic effort from all! Absolutely amazing.

And for those wondering they played the Apes suite again. Likely that they'll do the same for the showings tomorrow.

[Jim Ware 555]

And the atmosphere in the RAH was electrifying whenever the music took centre stage. (huge round of applause a few seconds into the opening logo).

Actually, the guy to my right seemed far from enthralled by Gladiator, taking his phone out at one point.

Gah! Stupid audience!

[crocodile 8,540]

The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes snippet sounded more impressive played live. But it still feels like he's been there before... Lost... Let Me In... We'll see, it's just a teaser after all.

Karol

[crocodile 8,540]

Just before today's performance:

http://instagram.com/p/oqcqnJldn2/

Karol

[Jim Ware 555]

Just arrived home. Great to see the two films (almost) back to back with a really enthusiastic audience. The stamina and ability of the 21st Century Symphony and Ludwig Wicki never cease to amaze me.

[Trent B 340]

Just arrived home. Great to see the two films (almost) back to back with a really enthusiastic audience. The stamina and ability of the 21st Century Symphony and Ludwig Wicki never cease to amaze me.

Did they play "Harrison Attack" and the three parts of "Earthbound and Down" like as heard in the complete score or how it was in the film?

[crocodile 8,540]

And they played some Lost for a change (Parallelocam/Oceanic 6/very end of the show) with chorus.

And yes, Jim. The orchestra was amazing, especially that they're essentially playing one evening after the other. Shouldn't surprised me, really. They do a lot of these concerts in a year.

Oh I really liked how Mind Meld sequence worked with music. It would have been great to have that in film.

Karol

[Alan 702]

Into Darkness seemed to be closer to what we hear in the film than Star Trek. I did like the additional choir during Sub Prime Directive though (at the start as the Enterprise rises out of the water and during the main title).

[Jay 39,593]

Hotel booked for July 31st in Philadelphia. No stopping us now!

[Jay 39,593]

Touchdown in Philadelphia!

Marcy and I are in the city, ready for tonight's concert!

[Wojo 2,456]

Welcome to the Commonwealth!

[Jay 39,593]

Wow the concert was really great! The Mann Center is a terrific venue, and the Philadelphia Orchestra really played well.

Giacchino was here and spoke a bit before the show started. Mentioned growing up in southern NJ and showed pictures of him as a young Phillies fan. Nothing about this project or any others, and after the show he came out twice to wave but there was no encore.

The sound was great, music mixed really loud. It drowned out the dialogue and sound effects at times which is totally fine for an event like this.

Big bummer was that there was no live choir, it played through the speakers though with the other film audio.

Also no fancy booklet like those in London got.

That's all I can think of for now. Bar time!

[Joe Brausam 221]

Ah, I was sure he'd be there! Now I'm mad I wasn't there to get some backstage time!

[Jay 39,593]

It would have been well worth your time. Audience was great, laughed at all the big jokes and applauded at many character appearances and heroic moments.

[crocodile 8,540]

While I'm not a massive fan of two scores, it's terrific fun to hear them in context. I've never enjoyed those two films as much as I did during those concerts.

Karol

[fommes 155]

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Audience was great, laughed at all the big jokes and applauded at many character appearances and heroic moments.

That sounds like a terrible movie experience!

[gkgyver 1,647]

Sounds like an even worse concert experience.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,424]

On 8/1/2014 at 9:41 AM, fommes said:

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Audience was great, laughed at all the big jokes and applauded at many character appearances and heroic moments.

That sounds like a terrible movie experience!

Apparently it's not unusual in the US to applaud during the film, or even when the credits start to roll.

[Jay 39,593]

A lot of the applause and laughter where in between music cues, not during.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,424]

*shakes head*

That sort of loutish behaviour is not common here on the european continent, thankfully!

[Jay 39,593]

It was a movie everyone in the audience had already seen. And Giacchino encouraged us to applaud, laugh, boo, etc.

[Joe Brausam 221]

To be completely honest, and speaking as a classical musician, I hate the idea of not clapping between movements of a work (unless there is a SOLID musical reason not to) and even during the playing of virtuosic works like concerti. The reason why is that it alienates audience members. If an audience is appreciating something, then why not show that as they go along? It's fine in jazz, pop, rock, etc. Historically even opera allowed for it, heck in the old days people barely even watched the opera, it was a social event! Not a place to sit quietly for 3 hours. By pushing concert etiquette upon audiences to the point where they're confused as to when they're allowed to clap or not it just makes us seem all the more high brow and inaccessible. It's ridiculous.

Is there a place for etiquette? Of course. But some of the attitudes people have about upholding that etiquette (not necessarily here, since it know most of it is in jest) only serve to push classical music further into a niche and drives another nail into its coffin.

[Jay 39,593]

If you don't think an audience of Star Trek, Giacchino, live film music, or all three fans won't laugh when Bones says something ridiculous like "Dammit Jim I'm a doctor not a torpedo technician", the you're out of your mind.

One of the biggest applauses was after the orchestra played their balls off at the end of Ship To Ship

[Alan 702]

I remember there being a good reaction to that from the audience in London too

[Richard P 4,214]

The key moments of applause I remember during the first one in London were the main theme rendition during the main title, the start of the end credits, and when Giacchino's name came up in the credits.

I think it's entirely appropriate - we're not there to watch the film in the cinema - the live music is the main attraction.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,424]

That is NOT appropriate!

Normal concert performance etiquette should be observed!

[A. A. Ron 1,938]

But they're just a bunch of fans casually watching a movie together... with an orchestra present.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,424]

That didnt happen during the LOTR concerts. People reacted to the film ofcourse. But no applauding during the performance/showing.

[Doo_liss 6,507]

But they're just a bunch of fans casually watching a movie together... with an orchestra present.

There must be standards!

[Wojo 2,456]

If you try to sell me tickets to something where I must sit on my hands and not make a sound for three hours, I'll just keep my money and stay home. When enough people have this attitude, live classical and instrumental performances in America will be wholly dead.

[Joe Brausam 221]

Exactly!

[Sharkissimo 1,974]

Thankfully Stepan and his kind are slowly dying out.

[nightscape94 966]

If you try to sell me tickets to something where I must sit on my hands and not make a sound for three hours, I'll just keep my money and stay home. When enough people have this attitude, live classical and instrumental performances in America will be wholly dead.

This is a bit different though then the normal experience. I think there is an unspoken rule book on social etiquette depending on what you're doing. If I'm paying to see a movie in a theater for the first time during its original run, then I expect, and everyone there should, to have a relatively uninterrupted time (laughter and scares at right moments are expected).

Same with a standard concert. If I'm going to the Philadelphia Orchestra's usual home to see a Beethoven symphony during the subscription season, then you are amongst the normal crowd for that type of thing. Everyone observes the unspoken rules.

But The Mann Music Center is an outdoor venue, people have purchased a ticket to a movie that was released the previous year, and that the wide majority already saw, and it doubles as a concert experience. This was designed specially as a family and community event. To not anticipate that many people, in that type of atmosphere, to clap and cheer is a bit ill-planned.

[Wojo 2,456]

Do you survey everyone in the theater to ensure it's their first time, too? Heaven forbid someone saw a midnight viewing days before you went on Sunday and knew exactly when to cheer.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,424]

Exactly!

Visigot!

[ocelot 554]

For all of you Giacchino lovers, I had the chance to go this afternoon to the Royal Albert Hall to see Star Trek in Concert. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (most of the RPO but not top tier as they had a concert conflicting the same day at Cadogan Hall) played the score absolutely beautifully. It was amazing to take a friend who had never seen Star Trek or a live orchestra. He kept turning to me with his eyes wide open and jaw on the ground which made me giggle all the time. I actually do love this new Star Trek reinterpretation and cast so I had a great time. I think Gia's timing and nuances in this are spot on. He sets the pace and tone beautifully. I personally just wish the theme was more a theme rather than a motif that doesn't really go anywhere. That's just a personal preference. I think it sort of thuds rather than flies. Other than that, the score is big, and really takes you on a journey with the film and hats off to him on this score. First Horn player Anna Douglas was a standout as was Wang Xiao on the Erhu!

Oh one other gripe. It wasn't because of where I was sitting, because these are our family seats since the 80s and never had this problem before. The trombones were landing late, but it wasn't the players. They were mic'd so I believe it was that causing the delay with the brass stabs throughout the film. They were about half a second to a second late each time and that was a tad annoying.

 

Next Week, 9th of June, I see Zimmer vs Williams (Oh Boy, lol) and the week after, 14th of June, I have Close Encounters in concert with the same orchestra again. Anyone going to either of these?

[Quintus 5,454]

All this riff raff music they're letting into the place lately, really bringing down the rep of a once prestigious and renowned symphonic hall.

[ocelot 554]

Its absolutely disgusting! lol

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,424]

"Yo bruv, we're going down to Roy Albi's tonight for some moosic, innit!"

[leeallen01 2,179]

I'm heading to London now for Star Trek Beyond. I heard his Yorktown theme at his 50th Birthday Celebration, so I'm looking forward to hearing it again, plus every single note of his score. 

[Quintus 5,454]

3 hours ago, Stefancos said:

"Yo bruv, we're going down to Roy Albi's tonight for some moosic, innit!"

 

Very typical Gia fans there.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,424]

Jason is the guy all the way in the back!

[crocodile 8,540]

2 hours ago, Quintus said:

 

Very typical Gia fans there.

I always thought Brian Tyler was supposed to be the chaviest of all composers?

 

Karol

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,424]

No, Zimmer/Nolan fans are.

 

"Them bass in Inception is well wicked, blood!"

[leeallen01 2,179]

 

I'm currently waiting for Beyond Concert to start, and I'm sat next to two annoyingly talkative women who saw an advertisement for Jurassic Park in concert, and one said "meh." And the other said "it's only one song." To which the first woman replied "yeah all you'd want to hear is the Jurassic Park theme, and that's it."

 

I'm gripping my seat and sweating just listening to their crap.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,424]

See! Naught but chavs these days!