Hallé Orchestra - A Night at the Oscars

Stephen Bell conductor Akash Parekar sitar Moross The Big Country Arlen arr. Campbell Somewhere Over the Rainbow Herrmann Taxi Driver Mancini arr. Bateman Breakfast at Tiffany’s Korngold The Sea Hawk Morricone Cinema Paradiso Rózsa Parade of the Charioteers (Ben-Hur) A.R. Rahman Slumdog Millionaire John Powell How to Train Your Dragon Michael Giacchino Up John Williams Jaws Hans Zimmer Interstellar John Williams Catch Me If You Can Hans Zimmer Gladiator John Williams Star Wars: Imperial March As the lights go down, be swept away by blockbuster music from a hundred years of cinema. Hear the most memorable tunes from the Oscar-winning scores for Ben-Hur , Up , and Slumdog Millionaire . And the nominations are … the enchanting soundtracks to Gladiator , Interstellar and How to Train Your Dragon . The orchestra brings its own magic to Morricone’s nostalgic theme for Cinema Paradiso and the lush Golden Age melodies of Korngold’s The Sea Hawk . Highlights include the menacing theme to Taxi Driver , written by Hitchcock’s favourite composer and master of suspense Bernard Herrmann, John Williams’ suspenseful two-note motif, which brings the shark in Jaws to horrifying life and the symphonic jazz stylings of Henry Mancini’s score for Breakfast at Tiffany’s , which made Audrey Hepburn dub the composer ‘the hippest of cats’. Sponsored by Siemens