Movie composers create music that defines pivotal scenes and stirs deep emotions, making these scores inseparable from the iconic moments in films and series. Their work is celebrated at live tribute concerts in Copenhagen, where the importance of film music comes to life. Illuminated by thousands of candles, these concerts let fans re-experience the emotional essence of their favourite scenes.
The Candlelight concerts film score series in Copenhagen are some of the most popular movie tributes in the city. Movie music by Joe Hisaishi and Studio Ghibli, scores in Christopher Nolan films and many more are celebrated with the help of classical musicians and thousands of candles.
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Featured Candlelight soundtrack concert
Candlelight: A Tribute to Ludovico Einaudi
Breathtaking pieces composed by the talented Ludovico Einaudi are being brought to life by candlelight at Odd Fellow Palace. “I Giorni, Le Onde”, “Primavera” and “Elegy for the Arctic” are some of the awe-inspiring works set to be performed. Sit back and relax as a solo pianist captivates you with famous, soothing melodies carrying an ineffable weight of depth and emotion.
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Where to see live film score concerts in Copenhagen
The Candlelight series in Copenhagen is lighting up some of the city’s most remarkable settings, including Odd Fellow Palace and Moltke’s Palæ. What’s more, there are other film score tributes taking place in Copenhagen venues, including DR Koncerthuset, that are guided by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
“Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be.” – Martin Scorsese
How do great soundtracks help storytelling in film?
Movie soundtracks use tons of different techniques to create dramatic effect. Certain characters even have their own scores so that the audience can anticipate their arrival or revel in their success. There’s also the crescendo – a technique that involes a rising pitch and tells us that something dramatic is just around the corner. It’s eerie but what’s even more eerie are tunes with an innocent tone, the calm of which you know is just about to be broken. The mockingbird’s whistle in The Hunger Games is a perfect example of this.
Soundtracks are made up of several elements. The Bond films use famous names to decorate the audio, like Adele. There are also instrumental tunes like those in Lord of the Rings and then songs that characters themselves sing. All are important in telling us how to sympathise and empathise with characters, or whether we should hate them instead.
A Fun Film Score Fact
Whitney Houston’s Grammy-winning soundtrack for the 1992 blockbuster film “The Bodyguard” remains unparalleled in its success. It stands as the highest-selling movie soundtrack ever, with over 44 million copies sold worldwide and an impressive 20-week reign at number one on the US music charts.