A Big Night For Big Film Scores



On October 7, 2006, the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra followed its highly successful inaugural concert with another evening of exquisite symphonic music from the movies. Over 100 of Hollywood's top musicians and singers appeared on stage at UCLA's Royce Hall for an exciting gala event and concert program of world premiere and classic film scores performed by the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Founder and Artistic Director John Scott, with special celebrity guests. The concert program ranged all the way from Sergei Prokofiev's classic score for the 1938 film Alexander Nevsky to the World Premiere of music from Clint Eastwood's Flags of our Fathers and the World Premiere of music from Craig Armstrong's score to Oliver Stone's World Trade Center. Other composers represented included Elmer Bernstein, Ernest Gold, Maurice Jarre, Miklós Rózsa, John Scott and Dimitri Tiomkin.