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4 Sep 2025, Royal Albert Hall
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Prom 61
Classic Thriller Soundtracks
19:30 Thu 4 Sep 2025 Royal Albert Hall
Join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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
Join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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

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

    Performers

    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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer this season

    Edwin Outwater © David J. Kim