Soundtrack: Choral music from the world of film

Saturday 11 November 2017
Cupo, Fortitude Valley

What would movies be without a soundtrack? Can you imagine Jaws without the ominous rising semitones? Psycho without the screechy discordant violins? The opening sunrise in The Lion King without the Zulu chant? 2001: A Space Odyssey without Strauss?

Music brings films to life. It's what helps us connect emotionally with a film, making us want to laugh, dance, cry, or hide behind our hands until the scary part is over. So Fusion searched high and low for some great choral music from films (and some choral arrangements of orchestral and pop music) and came up with this fabulous program. Whether your tastes include action, drama, comedy, world cinema, musicals, romance, animation or the black & white classics, this was definitely a something-for-everyone kind of concert!

• Eatnemen Vuelie, from Frozen
• Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Libertango, from The Tango Lesson
• Suo Gan, from Empire of the Sun
• Theme from The Pink Panther
• Adagio, from Gallipoli
• Overture from Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville', from The Rabbit of Seville
• Gabriel's Oboe, from The Mission
• Theme from Mission: Impossible
• La Nuit, from Les Choristes (The Choir)
• Can't Take It In, from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Skyfall, from Skyfall
• Down to the River to Pray, from O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• When I'm Gone (The Cup Song), from Pitch Perfect
• Over the Rainbow, from The Wizard of Oz
• Hallelujah, from Shrek
• Gabriella's Song, from As it is in Heaven
• Another Day of Sun, from La La Land

Singers

Soprano: Madonna Forster, Bronwyn Mitchell, Bonnie Pearce, Agata Rybicka, Tamara Smith, Rebecca Thomas, Emily Young
Alto: Susan Creese, Amelia Fotheringham, Melissa Herron, Melissa Hutchinson, Nicki Jenkins, Alisen McLeod
Tenor: Tim Crisp, Elliot Rentoul, Adam Ruble, Tim Smetham
Bass: David Allen, Paul Kennedy, Connor Rigsby-Jones, Gino Sanidad, David Webster

Brett Gordon, piano