This year marks the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future, which, in addition to being one of the best movies ever made, features one of the most memorable film themes.
In celebration, the iconic movie has returned to the Royal Albert Hall for the venue’s Film in Concert series.
Taking place 40 years to the day when Marty McFly went back in time (October 26), the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra took to the famous stage, conducted enthusiastically by Stefan Geiger.
But before starting their engines, the packed-out 5200+ seat capacity Hall was treated to a surprise introduction by the Back to the Future trilogy score composer himself, Alan Silvestri.
The Oscar-nominee, who is currently working on the music for the next two Avengers movies, previously spoke with Daily Express about co-writing the music for Back to the Future the Musical, which is currently playing in London’s West End.
Back to Back to the Future in Concert: the orchestra kicked off the 1985 classic with an overture of the main theme – much to the audience’s delight – before the twinkly tune over the film’s opening titles appeared. Aside from the delight of watching the movie’s DeLorean time-travelling scenes with the iconic score played live, another treat was the fact that Silvestri had composed new pieces of music to feature in scenes that were previously silent. Meanwhile, the second half began with a special overture of the Wild West theme music for the 1885 scenes of Back to the Future Part III; another great surprise given that score doesn’t feature in the first film.
A slight disappointment was that the Enchantment Under the Sea dance music wasn’t played live. It would have been a cherry on top if an electric guitarist performed Chuck Berry’s Johnny B Goode on stage, just as one did for the James Bond films in concert. Nevertheless, overall, it was still a truly epic and unique way to see Back to the Future.
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