Varese Sarabande 35th Anniversary Concert

For film music fans living in the Southern California area, a phenomenal treat of a concert is set for May 11th at the Golden State Pops Orchestra located in San Pedro.  Varese Sarabande, a record label notable for producing many phenomenal film soundtrack albums throughout the years, celebrates its 35th Anniversary with a concert featuring the who’s who of popular film composers.  John Debney, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, Mark Isham, Christopher Lennertz, Joel McNeely, Diego Navarro, John Powell, Brian Tyler and more.  Check up on the information below to order tickets and secure your spot or visit the GSPO website for more details!

Varèse Sarabande 35th Anniversary

Golden State Pops Orchestra,
conducted by Maestro Steven Allen Fox
with the Golden State Pops Chorale, led by Maestra Marya Basaraba
Hosted by Robert Townson

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Sara Andon on Flute

SPECIAL GUESTS:
John Debney, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, Mark Isham, Christopher Lennertz, Joel McNeely, Diego Navarro, John Powell, Brian Tyler and more…

INCLUDING MUSIC FROM:
The Sea Hawk, Driving Miss Daisy, City Slickers, Fast Five, How to Train Your Dragon, Dolphin Tale, Rudy, The Matrix, Spartacus, A Little Romance, Shrek and many more…

For over three decades, Varèse Sarabande Records has been home to more of film music’s greatest composers than any other label. Founded in the spring of 1978, Varèse Sarabande became the first label solely dedicated to film music – releasing dozens of new film scores each year, along with countless classics from Hollywood’s glorious Golden Age. Many of the label’s first recordings were produced by the great George Korngold and conducted by the legendary likes of Miklós Rózsa and Elmer Bernstein.

Over the years, the Varèse film music family grew to include virtually everyone you could think of, but with over 80 releases, no composer’s music appeared more frequently on the label than Jerry Goldsmith’s. Now with a catalog of over 1500 soundtrack albums, which grows by 60 to 70 titles each year, Varèse Sarabande remains the most prolific film music label in the world.

On May 11, 2013 the Golden State Pops Orchestra will stage a historic concert in celebration of Varèse Sarabande’s 35th Anniversary and host a gathering of the label’s roster of composers, along with other dignitaries from the film music world of Los Angeles.

A special concert program has been prepared specifically for the GSPO by Robert Townson, producer of over 1200 of Varese Sarabande’s soundtrack releases since 1986. Townson will host the evening and present highlights from the label’s past, with music by Jerry Goldsmith (Rudy), Alex North (Spartacus) and Georges Delerue (World Concert Premiere of Academy Award-winning A Little Romance, featuring flute soloist Sara Andon), plus a wide selection of contemporary blockbusters by Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino, John Powell, Danny Elfman and many others.