REQUEST: Michael Giacchino at 50 � Oct 2017 Royal Albert Hall Concert

This took place on Oct 20 and folks have uploaded short clips to social media. But I’m hoping to find the complete concert. Video too, if possible.

https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2017/september/j-j-abrams-and-matt-reeves-join-stellar-cast-of-michael-giacchino-celebration

Hollywood directors J. J. Abrams and Matt Reeves will join their friend and collaborator, movie music titan Michael Giacchino, at the composer�s 50th birthday party at the Royal Albert Hall later this month.

Abrams (Star Trek, Lost, Star Wars: Episode VII) and War for the Planet of the Apes filmmaker Reeves have been added to the stellar line-up of Giacchino�s first ever major career retrospective, which will showcase his scores from the likes of Rogue One, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Super 8, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, and Up � for which he won an Oscar, BAFTA, Grammy and Golden Globe.

Michael Giacchino said: �I am honoured that these incredible filmmakers are taking the time out of their schedules to join me on that stage at the Royal Albert Hall.
�I am fortunate to call them friends, and thrilled that they will be there to celebrate with me. In many ways, this is their show as well, because it was their vision and storytelling that inspired the music we�ll be performing with the Cinematic Sinfonia that evening.�

Abrams and Reeves complete a virtual �who�s who� of hot Hollywood filmmaking talent appearing on-stage at Michael Giacchino at 50, alongside Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Gareth Edwards, Andrew Stanton, Colin Trevorrow and Carlton Cuse. They�ll be on hand to introduce musical suites from their films � and to share the stories behind them.

The concert will be hosted by self-described �maker of things� Adam Savage, (from US TV sensation Mythbusters), who said: �As a movie geek, it�s insane to think that Michael has penned music for many of my all-time favorite movies � hell, I think I have a costume or prop from nearly every one of his scored films! Being his friend is the icing on the cake. Emceeing his birthday at the Royal Albert Hall?! I have to pinch myself. It�s going to be a stellar evening and I can�t wait.�

Also announced today are Bond, the best-selling string quartet, who will play a new arrangement of �Married Life� with orchestra, from Giacchino�s Oscar-winning score to Up.

Giacchino himself will share conducting duties with maestro Ludwig Wicki, a familiar face to fans of the Hall�s acclaimed �Films in Concert� series, and the program will span Giacchino�s musical work from across the last 20 years, as well as giving the audience a personal glimpse of the composer through stories and home movies from his childhood.

Abrams and Giacchino have worked together since the hit TV series, Alias, and on feature films including Star Trek, Mission: Impossible 3, and Super 8. Reeves and Giacchino have collaborated four times, their most recent project being this summer�s critically acclaimed War for the Planet of the Apes.

Some stuff on youtube!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jRKWvL03fk

My wife and I were there and it was truly spectacular. Unfortunately I don’t have a full recording, just sections from various movies recorded on my iphone. I would be surprised if there was a full recording as it was approx 3 hours in length – I’ll keep my fingers crossed. I will upload some footage to: https://www.youtube.com/user/LemonJelly360 when I get the chance.

i wish i had been there … i doubt a full recording exists . I dont think it will be broadcast in any way either .

I was there with my wife, and I can confirm that no recording was made of the concert, either in audio or video. (I was also at the RHA Horner concert on Tuesday evening

and the same goes for that gig too) No BBC recordings were made, so the concerts will not feature on BBC Radio 2 etc.

There are no plans to release live recordings of either concert, and no official recording was undertaken by either independent recording engineers or RHA sound

technicians.

As previously noted recording wasn’t allowed in there, but I recorded almost all of the concert on my iPhone – only sound though, and I missed some parts that I videorecorded that would stop my sound-recording app. It doesn’t sound awesome (cause it’s a phone), but it’s decent enough to get an idea of the evening and, maybe for some of those others lucky enough to have been there, to relive some of those memories. I will upload that when I get the chance (I need to edit out some personal stuff of me first).

Thanks for the efforts — I hope more footage shows up someday! There are short clips on YouTube, but I really hope to see all the stuff with Gonzo.

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Yeah I’ve watched the Marvel suite on YouTube, sounded really good live 😀

This concert has become my number one wanted recording right now!

Same here! Still haven’t had any luck though 🙁