Hollywood in Vienna

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Hollywood in Vienna is a year in Vienna held-find film music gala concert, under which the Steiner Max Movie Music Achievement Award will be given.

overview

“Hollywood in Vienna” is an orchestral concert series and award show that presents contemporary works of film music. As part of the gala in the Wiener Konzerthaus , the world's most influential film composers will be honored by the City of Vienna and excerpts from their life's work will be performed by the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. The gala concert was initiated in 2007 by Sandra Tomek, Best of Film Music , and has since been produced by Best of Film Music and echo medienhaus . Michael Balgavy is the co-producer. The gala also commemorates the composers who emigrated from Vienna in the 20th century to establish the classic Hollywood sound in Hollywood. Erich Wolfgang Korngold was one of the composers, Max Steiner , Arnold Schönberg and others.

The concerts originally planned for October 2020 have been postponed to September 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Performed works

2010
No. Movie composer title additional information
1 Warner Bros fanfare Max Steiner
2 The Sea Hawk Erich Wolfgang Korngold suite
3 Ben Hur Miklós Rózsa Parade of the Charioteers
4th Rocketeer James Horner Suite - To the Rescue
5 North face Christian Kolonovits suite directed himself
6th Indiana Jones John Williams Raiders of the Lost Ark - Raiders March
7th Jurassic Park John Williams Theme
8th AVATAR James Horner The Bioluminescene of the Night
9 Pirates of the Caribbean Klaus Badelt The Curse of the Black Pearl / Suite World premiere
Break
10 The Fly Howard Shore Main Title
11 Best of Howard Shore Howard Shore medley Maghréad McCrann - violin, Alexander Frey - piano
12 Lord of the Rings Howard Shore Grand Suite World Premiere, Wiener Singakademie
13 Into the west Howard Shore sung by Rebekka Bakken
Award MAX STEINER AWARD to Howard Shore
14th In dreams Howard Shore From the Fellowship of the Ring directed himself
15th Gone with the Wind Max Steiner final with choir
2011
No. Movie composer title additional information
1 opening Max Steiner , Bruce Broughton Hollywood in Vienna Fanfare first concert performance
2 From time to time Bruce Broughton first concert performance
3 Hook John Williams Flight To Neverland
4th How To Train Your Dragon John Powell suite
5 Harry Potter John Williams , Patrick Doyle , Alexandre Desplat suite World premiere
6th A Harry Potter Farewell Nicholas Hooper suite conducted by Alastair King
7th ET - Extra Terrestrial John Williams Suite for harp and orchestra World Premiere, arr.Gottfried Rabl, Xavier de Maistre - harp, 1.)
Break
8th Kings Row Erich Wolfgang Korngold fanfare
9 Silvestri Medley Alan Silvestri 2.) arr. Erich Hofmann, Vienna Singing Academy
10 Polar Express Alan Silvestri Believe conducted himself, sung by Nadine Beiler
11 The Mummy Returns Alan Silvestri suite Vienna Singing Academy
12 Forrest Gump Alan Silvestri suite Wiener Singakademie, 3.)
Award MAX STEINER AWARD to Alan Silvestri
13 Back to the future Alan Silvestri suite directed himself
14 / encore Captain America Alan Silvestri suite directed himself
15th Gone with the Wind Max Steiner final with choir

1.) At the beginning of the performance, each visitor was given a flashlight, with which the audience created a starry sky at the end of "ET" at the sign of the conductor.

2.) Films: Abyss , Father of the Bride , Contact , Mouse Hunt , Death Becomes Her , Van Helsing , Night at the Museum , Polar Express .

3.) During Forrest Gump , as with every title, film clips were shown. The feather that could be seen in the film then flew over Vienna and into the concert hall, at last a real feather fell from the ceiling of the hall.

2013
No. Movie composer title additional information
1 opening Max Steiner , Bruce Broughton Hollywood in Vienna Fanfare
2 Metropolis Gottfried Huppertz Prelude
3 Space Mountain Steve Bramson De La Terre A La Lune
4th Star Trek Alexander Courage , Jerry Goldsmith , Leonard Rosenman , Cliff Eidelman , Michael Giacchino suite
5 Gattaca Michael Nyman The Departure Piano: Stephanie Timoschek
6th AI - Artificial Intelligence John Williams Where Dreams Are Made Soprano: Ildikó Raimondi
7th Independence Day David Arnold suite
Break
8th Universal fanfare James Horner fanfare
9 Star Trek: The Wrath Of The Khan James Horner End Titles
10 Braveheart James Horner End Titles Irish bag pipe: Geza Frank
11 Horner Medley James Horner 1.)
12 An American Tail James Horner, Barry Mann , Cynthia Weil Somewhere Out There Piano: Jeremy Schonfeld , Singer: Deborah Cox & Jeremy Schonfeld
13 Avatar James Horner
13 Titanic James Horner suite Soprano: Ildikó Raimondi
Award MAX STEINER AWARD to James Horner
15th The Amazing Spider-Man James Horner End Titles Singer: Deborah Cox

1.) Films: Willow , A Beautiful Mind , Apollo 13 , Aliens , The Mask of Zorro , Rocketeer

Choir 2013: New Vienna Voices

Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award

The Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award is presented by the City of Vienna for extraordinary achievements in the field of film music in memory of the Viennese film music pioneer Max Steiner , who went to Hollywood in the 1920s .

Award winners

Conductors

orchestra

literature

  • Teresa Huemer: Production of film music as an independent art form based on the example of “Hollywood in Vienna” . Master thesis. University of Vienna, Vienna 2016 ( othes.univie.ac.at [PDF; 4.0 MB ]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From film festivals to concerts: the cultural scene in Europe stands still. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper . April 14, 2020, accessed April 15, 2020 .