The program was set to end with “Adventures on Earth” from E.T. An emotional performance of the Schindler’s List theme still has an effect on Spielberg and to the audience as well. “The Duel” from The Adventures of Tintin was up next with video from several “swashbuckling” films playing above the orchestra, including clips from Pirates of the Caribbean.įollowing the action-packed scores came a different mood. Then scene was then showed again with the music played live to illustrate how important the film score is. The scene was first showed with only dialogue and a few sound effects. Spielberg then introduced the circus train scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The symphony played along to a few scenes from the film. Steven Spielberg spoke about how important the music for Close Encounters was because that was how humans communicated with the visitors in the film. “Movies will bring us to tears, but music will make them fall.” Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg was then announced and took the stage to another standing ovation. Williams and the SF Symphony began to play the theme from Jaws. Though it was not listed in the program, coming back from intermission Mr. The second half of the program had music from the forty-one year collaboration between Mr.
The crowd erupted when the first few notes of the Star Wars main title began.
The first half of the program also featured music from the films Far and Away, Harry Potter and Star Wars. The show began with Hooray for Hollywood with a video montage. The moment John Williams took a step on stage he was greeted with the first of several well deserved standing ovations. Ironic because that is where Spielberg filmed the “Fools! Bureaucratic fools!” scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Iconic film director and friend Steven Spielberg served as the guest host for the night. Davies Hall is located across the street from San Francisco city hall. The characters battle true terror as they race to survive or outlive each other, they're all just a part of a race to see who will prevail and who will die.The legendary maestro of the movies, John Williams conducted the San Francisco Symphony on September 16 at the Davies Hall. It's more like "survival of the fittest". The plot is also not another Hollywoodized cliché. The music is unrelenting and combined with Scott's cinematography, sound and visuals it adds to the eeriness. Kudos to director Ridley Scott for using crafty cinematography and combining it with shadows and lights in an eerie way. The performances are all equally realistic and do deliver. They're just people which makes them even more threatened. They are not Hollywoodized heroes, in fact, there is no hero. What I particularly like is how the characters are written.
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The creature is also better adapted to the ship's interior making a big part of the movie feel like a sinister game of cat and mouse.
The design of the monster is what's the most terrifying (and it still holds up despite Alien being released in 1979). It does have humanoid form but it doesn't give a single emotion. Enter Alien, a ruthless parasite with humanoid form yet it lacks any civilised traits of a human. It's huge, and with its halls and corridors, it feels almost like a maze. We're introduced to a crew who is not exactly too friendly to each other add to that the ship. Not only that but Alien has an unnerving atmosphere right from the beginning. What makes Alien great is it's synchronization of sound, visuals and showing great attention to detail.