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The rumbling sound effects tended to overwhelm the music in this late portion of the film, but the overall effect was as mind-blowing as when we first saw the film 47 years ago. The return of the monolith triggered a reprise of the Requiem before the orchestral clusters of Ligeti's Atmospheres, as Bowman leaves the Discovery and enters the Stargate ('beyond the infinite,' as Kubrick describes it in the film). There was considerable audience laughter as the desperate HAL made excuses to Bowman ('I know I've made some very poor decisions lately' among the more popular lines). The film is devoid of music until the HAL 9000 computer starts acting strangely, then murders Poole, and Bowman must lobotomize it to save himself and the mission.

Philharmonic to explore the classical music in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001. Almost 50 years ago, American actor Keir Dullea was shooting a film in London for. The Hollywood Bowl makes an ideal venue for the L.A. Kubrick chose to emphasize the long and lonely journey for astronauts Bowman (Keir Dullea) and Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) with Aram Khachaturian's Gayane ballet music. As 2001 is re-released in Britain, its American stars recall the thrill of imagining outer space - and beyond. Then, during the Moonbus ride to the Tycho crater where the monolith awaits, we heard the magical, mysterious Lux Aeterna, another Ligeti composition discovered by Kubrick as he edited the film in 1967. The grace and beauty of spaceflight was emphasized by Johann Strauss's Blue Danube waltz during scenes of the Pan Am space clipper performing the delicate docking maneuver with the space station (and again as Heywood Floyd takes the Aries lunar shuttle to the Clavius base).

As often as we have seen and heard this as played in the movie, it seemed even more effective, eerie and intense as performed by choir and orchestra. It recurs every time the monolith appears (during the 'Dawn of Man' sequence, later when one is discovered buried on the moon, and finally when astronaut Dave Bowman encounters one near Jupiter). Nine minutes into the film, Gyorgi Ligeti's Requiem began. The Bowl's five large screens (and eight smaller ones for those seated closest to the stage) shone with exceptionally vivid and sharp images, and the orchestra seemed to be mixed at a higher-than-usual level – entirely appropriate for a film that is as pure a visual-and-aural experience as any ever made. The weather was cool but the crowd was enthusiastic, bursting into applause and cheers as the title card appeared to the iconic strains of Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra. Stanley Kubrick's 1968 classic is often screened, but this was a rare opportunity to hear the music performed live with the movie's extraordinary imagery ('the ultimate trip,' as MGM once billed it). Programs, artists, dates, prices, and availability subject to change.Brad Lubman conducted the Philharmonic, and the 60-voice Los Angeles Master Chorale.

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From the ethereal music of György Ligeti to Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra and Johann Strauss, Jr.’s The Blue Danube, watch and listen as the Los Angeles Philharmonic performs the score live to picture while the movie shows on the Bowl’s big screens. A key ingredient in Kubrick’s cinematic alchemy was his clever use of classical music, which forever changed and gave new meaning set against stunning celestial imagery. A landmark film in the 1960s, it has topped many critics’ lists for greatest film of all time. celebrates 100 years of entertaining audiences around the world, the Hollywood Bowl will add a highlight to the yearlong celebration through Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Los Angeles Philharmonic: Caleb Young - 2001: A Space Odyssey Tickets Hollywood Bowl LA CA Hosted By M圜ityRocks Ticket Exchange.