Film Music Reporter

The Los Angeles Film Orchestra has announced their debut performance, Basil Poledouris: The Music and The Movies at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 22, 2022 at 8:00pm PT. The orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Steven Allen Fox, will be joined by the SoCal Chorale led by Choir Maestra Marya Basaraba. The concert will feature suites from some of Poledouris’ best known film scores including The Blue Lagoon, The Hunt for Red October, Free Willy and more. Special presenters and guest conductors will include composers John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book), John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Office Space), John Ottman (X2, The Usual Suspects), Christopher Lennertz (The Boys, Lost in Space), and filmmakers Randal Kleiser (The Blue Lagoon), Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Starship Troopers), John Milius (Conan The Barbarian, Red Dawn), and surprise guests. The concert, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the release of Conan the Barbarian, is produced and hosted by Robert Townson who collaborated with Poledouris on twenty of his albums. Visit The Music Center’s website to purchase tickets.