By Kelundra Smith
Ladies and gentlemen, grab your popcorn and Coca-Colas: The music of Hollywood is coming to Alpharetta. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is teaming up with Turner Classic Movies to celebrate some of the most unforgettable film scores ever written at the new Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park.
The Aug. 16 concert will feature music and film clips from movies such as Gone With The Wind, North by Northwest and King Kong. Robert Osborne, a film historian best known as the face of Turner Classic Movies, will narrate the concert, bringing his wealth of behind-the-scenes film knowledge to the stage. Osborne began his career in Hollywood as an actor, but comedian Lucille Ball encouraged him to combine his love of movies with his talent as a writer. He has been a columnist for The Hollywood Reporter since 1982 and host of Turner Classic Movies since its 1994 launch.
Richard Kaufman, who has spent much of his life conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, will conduct the Orchestra. Kaufman is the recipient of two Emmy Award nominations (Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for “The Pink Panther” and Outstanding Original Song for “All Dogs Go to Heaven”) and a 1993 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for a Nuremberg Symphony recording he conducted.
For more information, visit atlantasymphony.org or vzwamp.com.
