London Symphony OrchestraFilmography

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Crew: Musical Performer

Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes

Synopsis: Directed by Mike Newell, the fourth installment to the Harry Potter series finds Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) wondering why his legendary scar -- the famous result of a death curse gone wrong -- is aching in pain, and perhaps even causing mysterious visions. Before he can think too much about it Read More

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Crew: Musical Performer

Actors: Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson, Ian McDiarmid, Jimmy Smits, Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor

Synopsis: George Lucas draws the Star Wars film series to a close with this dark sci-fi adventure which sets the stage for the events of the first film and brings the saga full circle. After a fierce battle in which Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin (Hayden Christensen) join Republic forces to help free Read More

The Sights and Sounds of Christmas

Actors: Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole, Connie Francis, Pat Boone, London Symphony Orchestra

Synopsis: "Deck the Halls," "Silent Night," "White Christmas" and "Joy to the World" are among the songs presented in this volume. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Birth

Crew: Musical Performer

Actors: Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Danny Huston, Lauren Bacall, Alison Elliott

Synopsis: Directed by Jonathan Glazer, Birth takes place in New York's Upper East Side, where Anna (Nicole Kidman), a 35-year-old widow, resides. Just as Anna has shaken off what she thought were the final remnants of her old life -- she has even found love with a new man, Joseph (Danny Huston), whom she Read More

Barbie of Swan Lake

Crew: Musical Performer

Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Kelsey Grammer

Synopsis: Barbie of Swan Lake is the third direct-to video computer-animated feature starring a CGI Barbie, following Barbie in the Nutcracker and Barbie as Rapunzel. In this loose adaptation of the Tchaikovsky ballet, Barbie appears as Odette, a young girl who follows a unicorn into a forest. Kelsey Grammer Read More

Paul McCartney: Working Classical

Actors: Paul McCartney

Synopsis: The title of this PBS film displays the punning ability of Paul McCartney as he proudly points out his working-class heritage. Paul McCartney: Working Classical is a 1999 concert, demonstrating his belief that all music should be accessible. It features three new orchestral pieces: "Spiral," "A Read More

Deep Purple: In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra

Synopsis: In 1969, British hard rockers Deep Purple attempted a trailblazing experiment when they recorded their album {^Concerto for Group and Orchestra} in collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Thirty years later, the group revisited their concerto for the first time in three decades when Read More

Paul McCartney's Standing Stone (London Symphony Orchestra)

Synopsis: This video presents the premier performance of Paul McCartney's symphonic composition Standing Stone, which was commissioned by EMI in celebration of their centennial in 1997. Written to accompany a poem that ponders how the ancient Celtics might have confronted the mysteries of life, this Read More

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

Crew: Musical Performer

Actors: Gabriel Damon, René Auberjonois, Mickey Rooney, Danny Mann, Laura Mooney

Synopsis: Adventure is only limited by imagination in this exciting animated fantasy from The Goonies writer Chris Columbus. Warmly welcomed to the Kingdom of Slumberland by the king himself, young Nemo is christened heir to the throne and given a magical key that will open any door in the kingdom. Though Read More

Concerto for the Earth

Solti at Barbicon

Frank Zappa Presents: The Amazing Mr. Bickford

Synopsis: A claymation video. Bruce Bickford animates a fantasy world of strange creatures to music by Frank Zappa and Pierry Boulez performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Ensemble InterContemporain. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 and Piano Concerto No.1

Synopsis: For the first time in nearly two decades, Sir Georg Solti returns to the London Symphony Orchestra to present three compositions by Beethoven in this performance captured live by the BBC. Compositions featured in this release include "Overture to 'Coriolan,' Op. 62", "Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Read More

Sleeping Beauty on Ice

Synopsis: The London Symphony Orchestra provides the music as 16 of the world's best skaters show their talent in this adaptation of the fairy tale. Lar Lubovits did the choreography to compliment Tchaikovsky's music. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Pirates of Penzance

Actors: Keith Michell, Alexander Oliver, Janis Kelly, Paul "H.R." Hudson, Peter Allen

Synopsis: Gilbert & Sullivan's immortal musical The Pirates of Penzance is performed live on-stage in this release from Acorn Media. The play tells the story of a young man who's accidental pirate apprenticeship threatens to do in the titular band of swashbucklers. Along with the London Symphony Orchestra Read More

The Yeomen of the Guard

Actors: Elizabeth Gale, Joel Grey, Alfred Marks, David Hillman, Claire Powell, Geoffrey Chard

Synopsis: Claire Powell stars as Phoebe Meryll in this production of one of Gilbert & Sullivan's more serious operas, which revolves around the impending execution of Colonel Fairfax. Phoebe's father, who has twice saved Fairfax's life, devises a plan to disguise him as a yeoman to help him escape. Read More

The Gondoliers

Actors: Eric Shilling, Keith Michell, Francis Egerton, Tom McDonnell

Synopsis: The London Symphony Orchestra assists Eric Shilling, Keith Michell, Francis Egerton, and Tom McDonnell in a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers. The story concerns two gondoliers who must choose a wife from two-dozen prospective mates. Royal intrigue and mystery add the plot Read More

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana

Crew: Musical Performer

Actors: Olivia de Havilland, Stewart Granger, Catherine Oxenberg, Dana Wynter

Synopsis: The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana was one of two 1982 TV movies inspired by the 1981 wedding of the Prince of Wales--and, like the competing Charles and Diana: A Royal Love Story was all glitter and no substance. Christopher Baines plays Prince Charles like a Monty Python imitation, while Catherine Oxenberg Read More

H.M.S. Pinafore

Actors: Peter Marshall, Frankie Howerd, Meryl Drower

Synopsis: Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore opens with the crew of the Pinafore busily and boisterously sprucing up the deck for the arrival of Sir Joseph Porter, a high-ranking admiral. They pause only to buy wares from the peddler called Little Buttercup and then return happily to work. But not all are Read More

Mozart: Requiem

All This and World War II

Actors: The Bee Gees

Synopsis: All This and World War II is a fascinating but singularly pointless "musical documentary". Virtually all the footage has been culled from the vaults of Fox Movietone News, and edited in a linear manner in order to visually trace the history of World War II. Complementing this priceless newsreel Read More

Cosi Fan Tutte (Glyndebourne)

Actors: Helena Doese, Sylvia Lindenstrand, Daniele Perriers, Thomas Allen, Anson Austin, Franz Petrie

Synopsis: Mozart's 1791 opera Cosi Fan Tutte (Women Are Like That) is presented live onstage in this 1975 performance from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Released by Art Haus Music, the production features Helena Doese as Fiordiligi and Sylvia Lindenstrand as Dorabella with music by The London Read More

Song of Norway

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Toralv Maurstad, Florence Henderson, Christina Schollin, Frank Porretta, Harry Secombe, Robert Morley

Synopsis: This musical biography of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (Torval Maurstad) is based on the play of the same name. Living in poverty after graduating from a music conservatory, Grieg scandalizes his family by marrying his cousin Nina (Florence Henderson). Grieg has an affair with a former Read More

I'll Turn to You

Synopsis: In this musical, a woman finds herself the apex in a triangle of love. On one side is her devoted husband, an ex-fighter pilot. On the other there is her old love. When her husband realizes that she is attracted to the latter, he does the noble thing and allows her to wealthy former love. In Read More

For You Alone

Synopsis: When blind veteran Whiley realizes that the love of his life, Brook, is in love with Griffith, Whiley bows out gracefully in this musical. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

I'll Walk Beside You

Synopsis: In this melodrama, two lovers plan to marry when the man returns from his stint in the war. The woman's life is shattered when she learns that he is listed as missing in action. She then becomes a nurse and falls in love with a doctor. Later the husband, an amnesiac returns. His memory also Read More

London Philharmonic: Secrets and Seductions

London Philharmonic: Passion and Pleasures

Synopsis: A collage of scenic images accompanies this collection of popular classical compositions performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, which have been recorded and mixed in the Dolby 5.1 surround sound format. Passion: Passions and Pleasures includes excepts from Bizet's "Carmen," Handel's "Water Read More

London Symphony Highlights: Handel's Messiah

Synopsis: This video features Roger Norrington conducting the London Baroque Players and the Cardiff Polyphonic Choir as they perform Handel's "Messiah." It's a special program based on Handel's original scoring for wind and strings. First performed in 1742, this oratorio has been praised by many other Read More

London Philharmonic: Dream Suite II

London Philharmonic: Dream Suite III

London Philharmonic: Dream Suite I

Synopsis: A dozen of the most lovely and relaxing melodies in the classical repertoire are brought together in this special audio DVD, which compliments the performance of the London Philharmonic Orchestra with the clarity and richness of six-channel surround sound stereo. Dream Suite I's selections include Read More

London Philharmonic: Night in Paris

Synopsis: Don Jackson conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in this release featuring performances of 14 beloved classical pieces. Released by Silverline, London Philharmonic: Night in Paris includes Ravel's "Menuet" from "Le Tombeau," Debussy's "Claire de Lune," and Faure's "Pastorale" from "Masques Read More

London Philharmonic: Night in Vienna

Synopsis: Celebrate the legacy of some of Austria's greatest composers with this special Audio DVD, which features the London Symphony Orchestra performing a variety of longtime favorites, recorded to take advantage of the clarity and realism of six-channel digital surround sound. London Symphony Orchestra Read More