“Superhero Soundtracks” Concert Features World Premiere of The Dark Knight,X-Men, The Amazing Spid

LOS ANGELES - April 15, 2015 - PRLog -- (Hollywood, CA) – April 15, 2015 – On Saturday, April 18, the Golden State Pops Orchestra (GSPO) will bring the most memorable and iconic superhero melodies to life with Superhero Soundtracks at the Warner Grand Theatre (478 W. 6^th Street, San Pedro, CA). The exhilarating concert will take the audience on an adventure with their favorite heroes of past and present, highlighted by several world premiere arrangements. The concert will feature scores from composers including John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, and many more. There will also be special guests in attendance. Past guests have included Zimmer, Elfman, Marco Beltrami, and John Debney. Tickets for this one-of-a-kind concert are available now at www.GSPO.com or by phone at 310-433-8774.

The concert will feature world premiere arrangements of The Dark Knight Trilogy (Composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard), X-Men: Days of Future Past (Composer John Ottman), The Amazing Spider-Man (Composer James Horner), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Composer Brian Tyler), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Composer Bear McCreary), and Agent Carter (Composer Christopher Lennertz). Emmy nominated composer Christopher Lennertz will be on hand to conduct the premiere of his score for ABC’s hit series Agent Carter.

The concert will also feature music from Batman (Composer Danny Elfman), Captain America (Composer Alan Silvestri), Iron Man 2 (Composer John Debney), Superman (Composer John Williams), The Avengers (Composer Alan Silvestri), The Incredible Hulk (Composer Joe Harnell), The Last Starfighter (Composer Craig Safran), and Thor (Composer Patrick Doyle). Emmy nominated composer Craig Safan will be a guest conductor for his The Last Starfighter overture. Composer Lolita Ritmanis will also be featured as a guest conductor for the musical suite “Heroes, Heroines, & Music Meisters,” featuring music from the Emmy nominated productions Justice League, Mystery of the Batwoman, and Batman and the Brave and the Bold.

The Golden State Pops Orchestra was founded in 2002 by conductor and composer Steven Allen Fox, a graduate of the USC Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television (SMPTV) program, fellow graduate, composer Joshua Godoy and L.A. based arranger and orchestrator Victor Pesavento. Since 2004, the GSPO has become the resident orchestra of the Warner Grand Theatre, and has grown into the leading film music orchestra in the U.S. It continues to specialize in live performances of film scores, and frequently introduces new film music repertoire to its audiences; music that has not been performed since it was first recorded at the original scoring sessions. In 2005, the orchestra gave the North American concert premiere of film composer John Williams' Battle of the Heroes from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith as part of its all-Star Wars concert. Since 2005, the orchestra has presented over seventy world premieres to its audiences, both from recent films such as Drag Me to Hell, Avatar, Astro Boy, Superman Returns, and Scream as well as older films such as Three Amigos, Mysterious Island, and The Fall of the Roman Empire.