By next summer, fans of Back to the Future will be able to experience the film on the silver screen for the first time since 1985, and at select locations an orchestra will play the score from the movie live.
According to Variety, the special screenings will mark the film's 30th anniversary and take place at different theaters around the world. Alan Silvestri's iconic score will be edited out of the movie so musicians can perform it live.
The first performance will feature the 21st Century Orchestra in Lucerne, Switzerland, in May 2015 and other venues are expected to book the event shortly thereafter. IMG Artists and the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, which put together the presentation, also previously paired live orchestra performances with West Side Story, Home Alone and Star Trek.
Silvestri will also be composing 15 additional minutes of music for the special engagements.
The live orchestra screenings will not be the only commemorations of the film's 30th anniversary. Original screenwriters for Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale are teaming up with Silvestri for a stage version of the film. The musical, Rolling Stone points out, will premiere in London in 2015 with the possibility for a Broadway run.
Back to the Future pulled in more than $380 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. Movie critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3 1/2 stars out of four.
"Because the movie has so much fun with the paradoxes and predicaments of a kid meeting his own parents, I won't discuss the plot in any detail," Ebert wrote. "I won't even get into the horrifying moment when Marty discovers his mother 'has the hots' for him. The movie's surprises are one of its great pleasures."
