Todd Phillips’ ground-breaking, award-winning film Joker will be screened with the accompaniment of a live orchestra performing composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s award-winning score next year at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 7th February. Tickets HERE
Presented by Senbla, the show follows on from the premiere of Joker – Live in Concert in 2021, when it toured the UK for a sold out run of dates.
Central to the emotional journey of Joaquin Phoenix’s character Arthur Fleck in the film is Guðnadóttir’s beautifully haunting score The fusion of looming industrial soundscapes with raw, emotive string-led melodies – led by a lone cello – creates a melancholic shroud marked with moments of hope, which unfolds gradually to become a fever pitch of disquieting tension.
This extraordinary music will be brought to life by a full orchestra to create a vivid, visceral and entirely new Joker viewing experience. Performed live, Guðnadóttir’s inimitable score illuminates further the emotional weight, texture and atmosphere of Phoenix’s captivating portrayal.
Joker, released in 2019, Joker garnered critical acclaim as well as awards, including Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Original Music / Score, Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice and BAFTAs for Best Actor and Best Original Score, and a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtack.On Joker – Live In Concert, Hildur Guðnadóttir said: “I’m thrilled to get to see and hear Joker with a live orchestra. When we recorded the music, the orchestra brought such depth and detailed attention to the performances that we were all literally holding our breaths during most of the recording sessions. It was a beautiful trip. I’m so happy to get to go there again and for an audience to experience that too.”
Director Todd Phillips said: “I speak for the entire Joker team when I say how thrilled we are to be working with Senbla on Joker – Live In Concert. I think its a wonderful way for audiences to experience Hildur Guðnadóttir‘s haunting and immersive score while bearing witness to Joaquin Phoenix’s descent into madness as Arthur.”
Joker – Live In Concert
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
Wednesday 7th February 2024
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