{"id":27589,"date":"2026-10-23T18:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=27589"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T23:12:21","slug":"danish-national-symphony-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/danish-national-symphony-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish National Symphony Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (or DR Koncerthuset) has a bunch of performances on their channel. For the soundtrack music, the arrangements are sublime &#8212; bringing out aspects you didn&#8217;t hear in the movie. Regardless of whether they&#8217;re doing a piece you&#8217;ve heard other orchestras do many times before, they&#8217;re top notch.<\/p>\n<p>They do lots of <strong>James Bond<\/strong>, <strong>Lord of the Rings<\/strong>, and <strong>Star Wars<\/strong>, but also pieces you may not have heard from orchestras playing them live before. The orchestra members are having fun and they bring in superlative guests when there&#8217;s a part to sing. Here are some of their pieces&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CoI8ltxk30g\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringWhiteSpacePreWrap\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\">David Arnold &amp; Michael Price&#8217;s &#8220;Sherlock Suite&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ciAFYdxVJLo\">John Barry&#8217;s &#8220;Mountains and Sunsets&#8221; (You Only Live Twice)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=etjqSe1D_sU\">John Barry&#8217;s &#8220;On Her Majesty&#8217;s Secret Service&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=avtDz5vFHgo\">Danny Elfman&#8217;s &#8220;Main Title&#8221; (Men in Black)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sw4dg89xCOg\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringWhiteSpacePreWrap\" dir=\"auto\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\">Michael Giacchino<\/span><\/span>&#8216;s &#8220;Glory Days&#8221; (The Incredibles)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PAeR6e9ZnWk\">Jerry Goldsmith&#8217;s &#8220;No Escape&#8221; (Planet of the Apes)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bfwiy9JQ-PI\">Goldsmith, Rosenman, Eidelman &amp; Giachinno&#8217;s &#8220;Star Trek Suite&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-U4u5TzEJo0\">James Horner&#8217;s &#8220;Aliens Suite&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hb8Swo3a6U8\">James Horner&#8217;s &#8220;Elora Danan&#8217;s Birth&#8221; (Willow)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Zc49vKg7tI\">Whitney Houston&#8217;s &#8220;I Will Always Love You&#8221; (The Bodyguard)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EU5LJf4B0BM\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringWhiteSpacePreWrap\" dir=\"auto\" role=\"text\">Gladys Knight<\/span>&#8216;s &#8220;License to Kill&#8221;<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Emma Smith knocks this out of the park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8keqyIolWWk\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringWhiteSpacePreWrap\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\">Gy\u00f6rgy Ligeti<\/span><\/span>&#8216;s &#8220;Lux Aeterna&#8221; (2001: A Space Odyssey)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>this requires the best of the best and that&#8217;s what this choir is<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p_Zow4wrBMo\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringWhiteSpacePreWrap\" dir=\"auto\" role=\"text\">Henry Mancini<\/span>&#8216;s &#8220;Meglio Stasera&#8221; (The Pink Panther)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3roQbeRyme4\">Henry Mancini&#8217;s &#8220;The Pink Panther&#8221;<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>the piece that every saxophonist wants to play<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n_U_bDaQM6c\">Randy Newman&#8217;s &#8220;You&#8217;ve Got a Friend in Me&#8221; (Toy Story)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TvHsN5-YBLI&amp;list=PLysPxrQwj2Ye15guvnfKb4N0Ahqbmn7Zl&amp;index=4\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringWhiteSpacePreWrap\" dir=\"auto\">Monty Norman<\/span>&#8216;s &#8220;James Bond Theme&#8221; (Dr. No)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>you always have to watch out for snipers in the audience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cYj2zcHBcxI\">John Powell&#8217;s &#8220;Main Title&#8221; (The Bourne Identity)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>this will make you want to watch the movie again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yig0k6tsZ_A\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringWhiteSpacePreWrap\" dir=\"auto\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\"> John Powell&#8217;s &#8220;Tango de los Asesinos&#8221; (Mr. And Mrs. Smith)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MxXu_8Kxijc\">Eric Serra&#8217;s &#8220;Diva Dance&#8221; (The Fifth Element)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>it&#8217;s not everyone that can sing this one, Jihye Kim is ethereal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ahVRy4Sy3js\">Howard Shore&#8217;s &#8220;The End of All Things&#8221; (The Lord of the Rings)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hMd5_DcLNdE\">Vangelis&#8217; &#8220;Blade Runner Suite&#8221;<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>this is stunning, I&#8217;ve never seen it performed live before<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uCFy7iU7FgY\">John Williams&#8217; arrangement of Cole Porter&#8217;s &#8220;Anything Goes&#8221; (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0CiNYmX79oQ\">John Williams &#8212; &#8220;Closing In&#8221; (Catch Me If You Can)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rEhZamychJ4\">John Williams &#8212; &#8220;Duel of the Fates&#8221; (The Phantom Menace)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>drop everything and listen to this right now<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WT1T6BwojXI\">John Williams &#8212; &#8220;Princess Leia\u2019s Theme&#8221; (Star Wars)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>a startlingly beautiful arrangement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vlZB2bvTbNQ\">Hans Zimmer&#8217;s &#8220;Interstellar Suite&#8221;<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>the piece that every organist wants to play<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SJgH2T78iJU\">Hans Zimmer&#8217;s &#8220;Once Upon a Time in Africa&#8221; (Madagascar 2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nxtdSB-HwBA\">Hans Zimmer&#8217;s &#8220;Themyscira&#8221; (Wonder Woman 1984)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (or DR Koncerthuset) has a bunch of performances on their channel. For the soundtrack music, the arrangements are sublime &#8212; bringing out aspects you didn&#8217;t hear in the movie. Regardless of whether they&#8217;re doing a piece you&#8217;ve heard other orchestras do many times before, they&#8217;re top notch. They do lots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[13,72],"class_list":["post-27589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-web","tag-music","tag-soundtracks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27589"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27626,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27589\/revisions\/27626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}