Program Info:
Benjamin Pope – Conductor,
New Philharmonie Westphalia,
Choir of the University of Cologne

Music from:
John Williams – Harry Potter
Klaus Badelt / Hans Zimmer – Pirates of the Caribbean
John Williams – Star Wars
Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard – The Dark Knight
John Williams – Schindler’s List
Hans Zimmer / Lisa Gerrard – Gladiator
John Williams – Jurassic Park
and many more

Even in Hollywood, soundtrack specialists are not given much time to dress the freshly cut cinema pictures in the appropriate orchestral guise. And yet it is often the composers in particular who help a film become immortal – with brilliant melodic ideas and an unmistakable feeling for emotion and drama. John Williams and Hans Zimmer are the two great sound wizards of our day, who gave generations of cinema fans goosebumps and feelings of happiness and whose melodies everyone knows.

Williams has been nominated for an Oscar more than 50 times and of course the two figureheads of film symphony have recently been on the prominent list again. They both have their own tonal language, the stylistic range of which knows no boundaries and sets new standards. All the many catchy tunes and striking themes let the film music spectacle The Sound of Hans Zimmer & John Williams shine in a true festival of timbres! Film and cinema specialist Nina Eichinger takes the audience on a trip to the dream factory in Hollywood.