Hollywood in Vienna – A Tribute to Alexandre Desplat

Synopsis

In 2016, Hollywood in Vienna invited to an unforgettable musical journey through space and time and honoured the Hollywood composer, Oscar-, Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner Alexandre Desplat. First, A Space Odyssey leads us to outer space. We enter the infamous, global Star Wars and are rescued by Star Trek's spaceship “Enterprise” before Gravity pulls us back to earth and, finally, we fulfill E.T.'s wish, to phone home. In the second part, Desplat’s atmospheric melodies for Harry Potter, Twilight, The King’s Speech and The Grand Budapest Hotel let us virtually float through the universe. Featuring star singers from various musical genres – Verdi soprano Kristin Lewis, singersongwriter Katerine Ellis and pop star Grace Capristo – “standing ovations were preprogrammed” (Kronenzeitung).

Additional Info

• No: A045500670000
• Composer: Alexandre Desplat, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Jerry Goldsmith
• Conductor: Keith Lockhart
• Orchestra: ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Neue Wiener Stimmen
• Artists: Kristin Lewis, Martin Haselböck, Katherina Ellis, František Janoska
• Production year: 2016
• Run time: 01:34:00
• Director: Heidelinde Haschek
• Producers: A co-production of Interspot, Tomek Productions, ORF III and UNITEL
• Format: HDTV 16:9