Cult classic Blade Runner offered with live music on stage

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Ridley Scott’s multi-Academy Award-nominated cult classic Blade Runner is presented live in concert for a UK tour taking in the Brighton Centre on September 23.

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00:00Good morning, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers, lovely to

00:06speak to Lucy Noble, Artistic Director at AEG, about a fabulous sounding project. Blade

00:12Runner is going to be performed in, well, screened, but performed in concert with the

00:17music live in front of you, and you'll be able to see the musicians, and it's going

00:21to be at the Brighton Centre on September 23rd. Lucy, what is it that the music live

00:26before your very eyes, and before your very ears, adds to it, do you think?

00:31I think, well, firstly, you're seeing a film that hopefully, if you're coming along to

00:36see, love this film already, but you're seeing a film that you know well, but in a different

00:41way, because the music, as you say, will be played there, live in front of you, and the

00:46musicians are completely visible on the stage, below a huge screen, you know, the screens

00:52are used in some of the biggest, kind of, cinematic screens in Europe, so it's just

00:57a whole new experience, a whole new way of watching the film, in a spectacular way, really.

01:04Absolutely, and tell me a bit more about the music.

01:07Well, the music is written by Vangelis, so a great kind of 80s vibe score, and there's

01:16about 40 musicians in the band, so smaller than other films that have been done in this

01:21kind of context before, and there are synthesizers, of course, because it's that kind of 80s score,

01:27and then all the string instruments are electric string instruments, so to just recreate,

01:34obviously, the original sound, so, and they will, as I say, will be there for everyone

01:40to see on stage.

01:41And you've done this live music experience for lots of other films, but you're saying

01:44this one's slightly different insofar with, you've got a smaller orchestra, it's going

01:49to be much more intimate, isn't it?

01:51Yeah, I think, yeah, it is definitely more intimate, because it's smaller, and because

01:55there's fewer instruments, you'll be able to hear the music in a different way, when

02:00you have an orchestra that can be very loud, you know, you can have a 90-strong orchestra,

02:04but it's very intimate, and different style of music, so kind of a first in this genre,

02:10so I think it would be something really different and really appealing to the audience that

02:16love that kind of music from the 80s, and Van Gellis scores, and the film fans.

02:22Fantastic, and the film itself, it's not bad, is it?

02:26No, lots of exciting moments.

02:29Have you always been a fan of that film?

02:32I am a fan of the film, I'm a fan of Harrison Ford as well, so quite excited to see it all

02:39come together, so, you know, really looking forward to it personally as well.

02:44Fantastic, so that's Blade Runner in concert, Brighton Centre,

02:48September the 23rd. Lucy, lovely to speak to you, thank you.

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