Tickets Onsale Monday for STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK In Concert

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" in Concert with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. The live-to-picture performance of Oscar-winning composer John Williams's musical score will arrive in the Walt Disney Theater on Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public Monday, December 4, 2017 at 10 a.m. Tickets start at $49.50 and may be purchased online at drphillipscenter.org, by calling 844.513.2014 or by visiting the Dr. Phillips Center Box Office at 445 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, or 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday. Online and phone ticket purchases are subject to handling fees.

Since the release of "Star Wars" 40 years ago, the saga has had a seismic impact on both cinema and culture, inspiring audiences around the world with its mythic storytelling, captivating characters, groundbreaking special effects and iconic musical scores composed by Williams. The Empire Strikes Back took the series down a darker, more romantic, and heavier path, a sad second act with a cliffhanger ending. Williams followed suit, plumbing new emotional territory and adding iconic new themes to his expanding musical tapestry.

Legendary composer Williams is well-known for scoring all seven of the "Star Wars" saga films, beginning with "Episode IV: A New Hope" in 1977, which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Score. His scores for "Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back," "Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" were each nominated for Oscars for Best Original Score.

Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards and 22 GRAMMY Awards. With 50 Academy Award nominations, he is the Academy most-nominated living person and the second most-nominated individual in history, after Walt Disney. In 2005, the American Film Institute selected Williams's score to 1977's "Star Wars" as the greatest American film score of all time. The soundtrack to Star Wars was also preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the National Medal of Arts in 2009 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. Williams has composed the scores for eight of the top 20 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for inflation).

"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" in concert is produced under license by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox and Warner/Chappell Music. STAR WARS and related properties are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United States and other countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. And/or its affiliates. © & TM Lucasfilm Ltd.

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