Exclusive: $1Bn+ global box office and 11 Oscar nominations isn’t enough for Warner Bros’ Joker. The pic is gearing up for an international live-in-concert run that will commence in London on April 30.
The news comes two days after the film’s composer Hildur Guðnadóttir picked up the Original Music BAFTA having also won the Golden Globe, cementing her as the frontrunner for Oscar. At the BAFTAs, the film also won Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix and the Best Casting award.
The live Joker event, featuring a full orchestra, will begin at London’s Eventim Apollo on April 30 before touring the UK until July. It will also expand to European and further international locations, with dates and venues to be announced.
The London opening will be conducted by Jeff Atmajian – the conductor and orchestrator of the original soundtrack – with Dave Mahoney of concert outfit Senbla conducting the UK Tour dates. Senbla...
The news comes two days after the film’s composer Hildur Guðnadóttir picked up the Original Music BAFTA having also won the Golden Globe, cementing her as the frontrunner for Oscar. At the BAFTAs, the film also won Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix and the Best Casting award.
The live Joker event, featuring a full orchestra, will begin at London’s Eventim Apollo on April 30 before touring the UK until July. It will also expand to European and further international locations, with dates and venues to be announced.
The London opening will be conducted by Jeff Atmajian – the conductor and orchestrator of the original soundtrack – with Dave Mahoney of concert outfit Senbla conducting the UK Tour dates. Senbla...
- 2/4/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Surely no composer can be said to have exploded on the 2019 film scene more than Hildur Guðnadóttir: Emmy-winner for the miniseries “Chernobyl,” Golden Globe winner for “Joker” and now Oscar-nominated for that film, all in less than four months.
The cellist-composer is a breakthrough artist in multiple ways: First, she is a female film composer whose work has garnered global attention; second, she is very much a citizen of the world, born in Iceland, based in Germany, working in both Europe and the U.S.; and third, her “Joker” music reminds filmmakers of the value of enlisting a composer early, even at the script stage, still a rarity.
Asked about her meteoric rise, she is quick to remind us that she’s “been doing film music for almost 20 years, so it’s been a long time coming.” She released her first solo album in 2006, scored her first feature (“The Bleeding House...
The cellist-composer is a breakthrough artist in multiple ways: First, she is a female film composer whose work has garnered global attention; second, she is very much a citizen of the world, born in Iceland, based in Germany, working in both Europe and the U.S.; and third, her “Joker” music reminds filmmakers of the value of enlisting a composer early, even at the script stage, still a rarity.
Asked about her meteoric rise, she is quick to remind us that she’s “been doing film music for almost 20 years, so it’s been a long time coming.” She released her first solo album in 2006, scored her first feature (“The Bleeding House...
- 2/1/2020
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Hildur Gudnadóttir won the award for best original score at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards. She is the first woman to win the award solo, and the second in 19 years.
Presenting the award was Hustlers star Jennifer Lopez and Living With Yourself actor Paul Rudd.
Fellow nominees in the category included Alexandre Desplat for Little Women, Randy Newman for Marriage Story, Thomas Newman for 1917, and Daniel Pemberton for Motherless Brooklyn.
Gudnadottir thanked many people in her acceptance speech, including her family and her agent as well as the conductor for the film, Jeff Atmajian, but her biggest praise was ...
Presenting the award was Hustlers star Jennifer Lopez and Living With Yourself actor Paul Rudd.
Fellow nominees in the category included Alexandre Desplat for Little Women, Randy Newman for Marriage Story, Thomas Newman for 1917, and Daniel Pemberton for Motherless Brooklyn.
Gudnadottir thanked many people in her acceptance speech, including her family and her agent as well as the conductor for the film, Jeff Atmajian, but her biggest praise was ...
Hildur Gudnadóttir won the award for best original score at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards. She is the first woman to win the award solo, and the second in 19 years.
Presenting the award was Hustlers star Jennifer Lopez and Living With Yourself actor Paul Rudd.
Fellow nominees in the category included Alexandre Desplat for Little Women, Randy Newman for Marriage Story, Thomas Newman for 1917, and Daniel Pemberton for Motherless Brooklyn.
Gudnadottir thanked many people in her acceptance speech, including her family and her agent as well as the conductor for the film, Jeff Atmajian, but her biggest praise was ...
Presenting the award was Hustlers star Jennifer Lopez and Living With Yourself actor Paul Rudd.
Fellow nominees in the category included Alexandre Desplat for Little Women, Randy Newman for Marriage Story, Thomas Newman for 1917, and Daniel Pemberton for Motherless Brooklyn.
Gudnadottir thanked many people in her acceptance speech, including her family and her agent as well as the conductor for the film, Jeff Atmajian, but her biggest praise was ...
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