Classic Thriller Soundtracks

4 Sep 2025, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Thu 4 Sep 2025 Next Event

19:30 Thu 4 Sep 2025 Royal Albert Hall

Join the BBC Concert Orchestra and its Principal Guest Conductor and Curator Edwin Outwater for a concert rich with suspense and drama, as they celebrate anniversary composer Bernard Herrmann and his iconic film scores

Programme

- - Bernard Herrmann
  - North by Northwest – Prelude(3 mins)
  - Psycho – A Short Suite for String Orchestra(7 mins)
- - David Raksin
  - Laura(3 mins)arr. Juliette Pochin
- - Bernard Herrmann
  - Vertigo Suite(12 mins)
- - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  - Cello Concerto in C major
- - interval
- - Quincy Jones
  - Ironside – Theme(4 mins)arr. Callum Au
  - In the Heat of the Night(3 mins)arr. Guy Barker
- - Bernard Herrmann
  - Twisted Nerve – Theme(2 mins)arr. Callum Au
  - Taxi Driver – A Night Piece(9 mins)arr. Christopher Palmer
- - Isaac Hayes
  - Shaft – Theme(4 mins)arr. Fiona Brice
- - Quincy Jones
  - The Italian Job – On Days Like These(4 mins)
- - Lalo Schifrin
  - Bullitt – Shifting Gears(4 mins)arr. Juliette Pochin
- - Quincy Jones
  - The Italian Job – It's Caper Time(3 mins)arr. Callum Au

Performers

Edith Bowman
presenter
presenter
Lance Ellington
vocals
vocals
Ashton Jones
vocals
vocals
Jonas Pap
whistler
whistler
Sumudu Jayatilaka
backing vocals
backing vocals
Louise Marshall
backing vocals
backing vocals
Melanie Marshall
backing vocals
backing vocals
Andrew Playfoot
backing vocals
backing vocals
Sterling Elliott
cello
cello
BBC Concert Orchestra
Edwin Outwater
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

From the shrieking strings of Psycho to the brooding jazz-club sleaze of Taxi Driver: Bernard Herrmann’s music is the soundtrack to the greats of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Join the BBC Concert Orchestra and its Principal Guest Conductor and Curator Edwin Outwater to celebrate the composer’s iconic film scores. A programme rich with suspense and drama also includes excerpts from film scores by Quincy Jones, David Raksin and Miklós Rózsa.

There will be one interval

Broadcast on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer this season

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