The Chicago Symphony Orchestra just announced more films with live music for their upcoming season, with an emphasis on classic silent films: Ben-Hur (1925), Metropolis (1927) and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).
These films may be classics, but some of the music is new. During the screening of Ben-Hur on October 14, the CSO will play a new orchestral score composed by Stewart Copeland of The Police.
For this performance, Copeland will sit in with the orchestra on drum kit.
Many fans of the legendary rock band aren't aware that Copeland has written music for other genres, including film (Francis Ford Coppola's Rumblefish and Oliver Stone's Wall Street) and opera. Copeland's fourth opera, based on Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, was recently premiered by Long Beach Opera.
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