Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Is Performing Hans Zimmer's Iconic Film Scores Live Across Two Big Nights

When Hans Zimmer composes a film score, audiences remember it. His list of credits is as massive as his love of music, spanning everything from Dune, Top Gun: Maverick and No Time to Die through to Prehistoric Planet, Wonder Woman 1984 and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run in just the past three years alone. Also on the German composer's resume: helping put the bounce in The Lion King's score — both versions — and the droning in Inception's memorable tunes, plus Thelma & Louise, Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, Blade Runner 2049 and more.

We could keen naming titles — flicks like Hidden Figures, The Boss Baby, Dunkirk, Widows, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, 12 Years a Slave, Sherlock Holmes, Mission Impossible II and Pearl Harbour, for instance — but all movie lovers know that the best way to appreciate the the Oscar-, Golden Globe-, Grammy- and Tony-winning talent is to listen. And, that's exactly what the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra wants you to do on two big autumn nights, thanks to its upcoming The Music of Hans Zimmer performances at Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne.

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Sadly, especially if you caught his 2019 Australian tour, Zimmer himself won't be there. But Australian conductor and composer Nicholas Buc will lead the charge as the MSO plays through a selection of Zimmer's work, focusing on tunes from flicks like The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lion King.

Buc is no stranger to Zimmer's tunes, after conducting the world-premiere live concert for The Lion King. And, he's no stranger to this kind of event in general, with doing the same for Beauty and the Beast, and just leading live film concerts around the country and the world, also on his resume.

Taking place on Wednesday, May 3 and Thursday, May 4, The Music of Hans Zimmer will also feature The Art of the Score podcast hosts Andrew Pogson and Dan Golding talking audiences through the music with Buc.

The event sits on a growing roster of movie-themed performances for the MSO, including Toy Story and Home Alone gigs in 2022, plus Frozen and Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back also coming up in 2023.

The Music of Hans Zimmer will hit Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne on Wednesday, May 3 and Thursday, May 4. Tickets go on sale from 10am AEDT on Thursday, March 2 — for further details, visit the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's website.