November, 2024
Bram Stoker's Dracula in Concert (U.S. Premiere)
Event Details
U.S. Premiere of Bram Stoker’s Dracula in Concert
Saturday, November 9, 2024
7:30 PM
Auditorium Theatre
Diego Navarro, Conductor
Chicago Philharmonic
This movie is Rated R for sexuality and horror violence.
Chicago Philharmonic
Mark your calendars for November 9, 2024 as Chicago Philharmonic performs the U.S. Premiere of Bram Stoker’s Dracula in Concert! Experience Bram Stoker’s Dracula like NEVER before with Polish master composer Wojciech Kilar’s chillingly thrilling score as the film is projected above the orchestra in HD on a large screen.
In 1992, two decades after THE GODFATHER (1972), Francis Ford Coppola was again looking for an European composer to write the music of his new film. According to Coppola’s diary, the expectations were gigantic:
“Here we go, I’m going again, and it’s DRACULA, it’s going to be Bram Stoker’s DRACULA. I have to do a lot of listening to music because I want to have a truly great composer. I want the score for DRACULA to be like a Prokofiev score for Eisenstein. I want it to be performed by symphonies. I want great music. Not just theater music, but great music.”
— Dracula Director, Francis Ford Coppola, February 15, 1991
Kilar’s music was truly a masterpiece: a cinematic cantata for choir and orchestra that was completely different to anything heard in a Hollywood film before. Genuinely theatrical, his music finds its element in concert halls when played live-to-picture. It is also inseparable from Coppola‘s sensual conception of fantasy and horror, which owes much to masters like F.W. Murnau and Jean Cocteau.
Coppola’s cinematographic retelling of Bram Stoker’s novel became a box office hit in 1992, crowned by three Academy Awards. Its fresh and bold conceptual energy turned the movie into the most influential vampire film in decades—a film whose opulence and sense of spectacle triggered a whole new wave of contemporary horror films. One of the film’s strengths was coming back to Bram Stoker’s original novel instead of adapting the more popular theater play from the 1920s.
Starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves and Sadie Frost, the film became a box office hit and gathered three Academy Awards. It remains as the most influential vampire film and score in decades – and resurrects now live in concert!
This movie is Rated R for sexuality and horror violence.
Celebrating Polish Master Composer, Wojciech Kilar: Pre-Show Talk
Join us on November 9 at Auditorium Theatre for a special pre-show chat before Bram Stoker’s Dracula in Concert! Available only to Dracula in Concert attendees, this FREE pre-show talk dives into Kilar’s powerful score and the influence of Polish classical music in film. Featuring special guests LaRob K. Rafael, Prof. Beata Bolesławska, Magdalena Miśka-Jackowska, and Aleksander Dębicz. Don’t miss this rare chance to explore the genius behind Dracula’s iconic music before the show!
Preshow event: 6:30-7:15 PM
Concert: 7:30-10:30 PM
This event is free exclusively for attendees of Dracula in Concert. Must have a ticket to the show to attend.
THE VIP VAMPIRE EXPERIENCE: Meet Svengoolie!
Your favorite Chicago-native horror host, Svengoolie, will open the show for the U.S. Premiere of Bram Stoker’s Dracula in Concert. This fall, Saturday, November 9 at Chicago’s very own, Auditorium Theatre.
Fans will also have the opportunity to add on a special VIP Vampire Experience… A fun pre-show Meet & Greet with Svengoolie himself! Act fast—limited tickets available for this exclusive pre-show event.
Preshow event: 6:30-7:30 PM
Concert: 7:30-10:30 PM
Please note: Must be attending Bram Stoker’s Dracula in Concert in order to purchase a ticket.
This experience is an add-on.
Check out the trailer!
Dracula’s Backstory | Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Introduction to Francis Ford Coppola’s “Dracula” (1992)
Check out the music!
Music Composed and Orchestrated by Wojciech Kilar
Film Directed and Produced by Francis Ford Coppola
FilmConcert produced by Fimucité and FMF (Krakow Film Music Festival) in cooperation with Sony Pictures and Robert Townson Productions.
Music Arranged by Thomas Bryła
Score Synchronisation by Don Davis
Distribution and Artistic Supervision by Europäische FilmPhilharmonie – EFPI
Film with permission from Sony Pictures
Music with permission from G. Schirmer, Inc.
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