Via Starwars.com:
LISTENING TO THE EPIC JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE PERFORMED LIVE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
I’ve watched Yoda lift Luke’s X-wing out of the murky swamp and cheered as the Millennium Falcon navigated through the treacherous asteroid field in The Empire Strikes Back more times than I can count, but seeing these scenes unfold with a live orchestra Friday evening was like no other viewing before it.
Leia’s theme takes on a new poignancy and the Battle of Hoth a fresh urgency when you’re sitting in the room where the score is being played in real time. In fact, the entire film, shown with subtitles on the big screen hovering just above conductor Emil de Cou inside theLouise M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, was full of new discoveries, musical nuances, and even lines that, much to my dismay, I had never before noticed.
The recent series was just one of many international concerts that bring the original trilogy to life in this way. The Los Angeles Philharmonic will present screenings of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back on the Hollywood Bowl’s big screen Aug. 7 through Aug. 11, with other showings set at venues across the country and around the globe, including shows in London and beyond.
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