{"id":20849,"date":"2023-03-18T22:53:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T02:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=20849"},"modified":"2023-04-21T23:31:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T03:31:21","slug":"film-symphony-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/film-symphony-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Symphony Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of videos of orchestras playing soundtrack music, some of higher audio quality than others. There&#8217;s one orchestra that specializes in film music &#8212; it&#8217;s the Czech orchestra Film Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>The director is Constantino Martinez-Orts.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, they play lots of John Williams music. They do sometimes go overboard with lighting effects.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the best:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VgqgLXAO4ec\">1941 &#8211; &#8220;March&#8221; (John Williams)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jHNVKWLsxW4\">Am\u00e9lie &#8211; Suite (Yann Tiersen)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P8lkJq9O2S8\">Avengers: Endgame &#8211; Main on End (Alan Silvestri)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MxjbI294h0s\">Back to the Future &#8211; Suite (Alan Silvestri)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pKAF7uc180s\">Batman<\/a> (Danny Elfman)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JlLmO7WpUXE\">Chicken Run<\/a> (Harry Gregson-Williams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F_ALDLJHi58\">Dances with Wolves &#8211; &#8220;The John Dunbar Theme&#8221; (John Barry)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UQhN_Kxs3x4\">The Dark Knight<\/a> (Hans Zimmer &amp; James Newton Howard)\n<ul>\n<li>Look at how much fun the percussionists are having<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gjtkXM994QE\">&#8216;Fratelli Chase&#8217; The Goonies<\/a> (Dave Grusin)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=85vYBoiLpuE\">The Great Escape<\/a> (Elmer Bernstein)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5VsJ1Ch-LTA\">Indiana Jones: Raiders Of the Lost Ark &#8211; &#8220;Raiders march&#8221; (John Williams)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M-mAFarwU18\">Jaws &#8211; &#8220;The Shark Theme&#8221; (John Williams)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rssATcJtI2g\">Jurassic Park &#8211; Theme (John Williams)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nDnkLObGYZc\">Man of Steel &#8211; &#8220;Suite&#8221; (Hans Zimmer)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sPCrcHtwPtY\">Mission: Impossible<\/a> (Lalo Schiffrin)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yiaTqfE_qT4\">Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl &#8211; Suite (Klaus Badelt)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FeL1Hw9soss\">Sherlock Holmes<\/a> (Hans Zimmer)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F1XrDKtnsGM\">Star Trek<\/a>: First Contact (Jerry Goldsmith)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8A47wqQg_Dw\">Star Trek Into Darkness<\/a> (Michael Giacchino)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y2TZeUKj838\">Star Wars V &#8211; The Imperial March (John Williams)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-NTiqPIySCM\">Superman &#8211; &#8220;March&#8221; (John Williams)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Look at how much fun the bass players are having<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HT3WWlOZtN0\">Up &#8211; &#8220;Suite&#8221; (Michael Giacchino)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A7RX-cJcRn0\">West Side Story &#8211; Mambo (Leonard Bernstein)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Look at how much fun the conductor is having<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8e8NOf0SP44\">Willow &#8211; Main Theme (James Horner)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of videos of orchestras playing soundtrack music, some of higher audio quality than others. 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