TRAILER MUSIC LIVE Holds Debut at Skirball Center, 2/19
By: Nicole Rosky Jan. 31, 2011
In a span of three minutes or more, the movie trailer, with its rich, graphic, and compelling narrative and sumptuous music, is the ultimate calling card, created to excite viewers and compel them to return to theatres and see films.
With more than 100 musicians and vocalists, TRAILER MUSIC LIVE has created a new epic, multi-media concert experience that mixes Hollywood movie footage with a LIVE orchestral performance of trailer music. Most importantly, the music used for trailers, which is not part of the actual film and does not exist on the movie soundtrack, is given a vibrant life of its own in these concerts.
On February 19th, TRAILER MUSIC LIVE will make its New York debut with a performance at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, featuring the New York City Master Chorale, members of the NYU Symphony Orchestra and featuring the legendary trailer music composers Immediate Music (Avatar, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Toy Story 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Iron Man, Spider-Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, among others).
Following this performance, on April 17th, the show will move to Moscow where it will take over the largest concert hall in Russia, the 6,000 seat State Kremlin Palace Concert Hall. In association with the Russian State TV and Radio Music Center, with contributions from the US Embassy in Russia, the concert will feature performances by the Grand Choir "Masters of Choral Singing", Artistic Director Lev Kontorovich, and conducted by Aleksandr Klevitsky, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of The Yuri Silantiev Grand Concert Orchestra.
"With all the new technology that exists in our society, the movie trailer has also evolved immensely over the years, and has become a surprisingly exciting art form," says Award-Winning Composer Yoav Goren, Co-Founder of Immediate Music. "TRAILER MUSIC LIVE has brought a new dimension to the classical concert by combining movie trailers with an innovative musical experience that has been embraced by diverse audiences that go far beyond the passionate film buff."
"We are thrilled to be bringing this tremendous concert experience, combining both vivid Hollywood film images and thrilling music, to the most prestigious concert hall in Russia," said Irina Gerasimova, CEO and Artistic Director of the Russian State TV and Radio Music Centre. "Russia is a growing film market and our audiences have a sincere appreciation for the art of symphonic music-this concert is the ideal combination of both."
Featured TRAILER MUSIC LIVE musicians include Composer and Pianist, Yoav Goren; Drummer Todd Waetzig (Blue Man Group); Bassist, Tate Simms (Christina Aguilera, Joe Cocker); and the accomplished movie soundtrack and trailer vocalist featured in Avatar, Transformers, Kingdom of Heaven, Shrek, Munich, and The Passion of the Christ, among others.
About Immediate Music
Launched in 1993 by composers/producers Yoav Goren and Jeffrey Fayman, Immediate Music is widely acknowledged as Hollywood's preeminent producer of original music for high profile, major studio feature film trailers. Recent trailer campaigns featuring Immediate Music include Avatar, Inception and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. With placement in more than 2,000 trailers in its history, Immediate Music's compositions are consistently being utilized in marketing campaigns-roughly 70% of the weekly top 10 box office Hollywood movies at any given time. Yoav Goren, recipient of the coveted BMI Composer Award as well as an Emmy award for his work on NBC's "Torino Olympic Games", produces Immediate's highly acclaimed "Trailerhead" CDs, which have pioneered the public distribution of trailer music and has enjoyed worldwide sales success.
For more information on TRAILER MUSIC LIVE and its performances in New York City and Moscow visit www.trailermusiclive.com.
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