Ronroco Tour During my interview last May, I asked Oscar-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla what we could expect from his concert in Amsterdam in October. He responded with “Very different from […]
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Category: Report
Agents Only Live Twice – 2025-08-16, Copenhagen
When you look on YouTube for live performances of film music, there is a reasonable chance you will find music performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Danish: DR Symfoniorkestret), […]
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The Magic of the Movies – 2025-07-04, Cologne
When I started Soundtrack World in 2017, I traveled to numerous locations in Europe to attend film music concerts. After a few years I stopped going for various reasons, including […]
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John Williams / James Newton Howard / Hans Zimmer – 2025-06-28, Ede
One of the film music concerts I always look forward to in the Netherlands are the ones by Het Nederlands Filmorkest (The Dutch Film Orchestra). As an orchestra fully dedicated […]
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Krakow Film Music Festival 2025
If you are a fan of film music, and especially film music composers and live performances of their music, the Krakow Film Music Festival (FMF) in Poland is the place […]
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London Soundtrack Festival March 19 – 26, 2025
Editor’s note: This is a guest report written by Jorg Oostendorp, who went together with Maurice Boeijen to the first edition of the London Soundtrack Festival. Anton Smit translated the […]
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Bear McCreary: Themes & Variations – 2025-04-26, Utrecht
As a film music fan, I have always had a list of composers I want to see perform live. Over the years, I have been privileged to be able to […]
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Joe Hisaishi in Concert – 2025-03-29, Rotterdam
Whenever I see an announcement that Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi is coming to Europe, I always check if it is a concert I want to attend. The reason why I […]
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Symfonische Soundtracks – 2025-03-13, Groningen
Something amazing has happened over the years regarding film music that I still need to grow accustomed to: the popularity of film music concerts has increased significantly. I have already […]
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Game Music in Concert – 2025-01-31, Groningen
I have been attending several game music concerts in my hometown recently. One was a month ago by the Metropole Orchestra, but most of them were by the North Netherlands […]
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