Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back to be screened in Birmingham with live orchestra

Following on from the success of last year’s arena tour of Star Wars: A New Hope Live with Orchestra, promoter Senbla will present the next installment of the Star Wars: Film Concert Series.

The second film released in the franchise, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, will be performed at Arena Birmingham this October featuring Oscar-winning composer John Williams’ musical score performed live to the film.

In The Empire Strikes back, Imperial Forces launch an all-out attack on the Rebel Alliance as Han Solo and Princess Leia flee to Cloud City where they are captured by Darth Vader.

Luke Skywalker journeys to the mysterious, marshy planet of Dagobah, where the wise Jedi Master Yoda teaches the young hero the ways of the Force. Little does Luke know that all his Jedi training will be called upon so soon when he comes face to face with galactic dictator Darth Vader.

Since the release of Star Wars: A New Hope more than 40 years ago, the Star Wars saga has had a ground-breaking impact on both cinema and culture.

Legendary composer Williams is well known for scoring all eight of the Star Wars saga films, beginning with 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score.

His scores for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens were also nominated for Best Original Score. Star Wars: The Last Jedi was released on December 15, 2017, and was the UK & Ireland’s biggest film of 2017.

Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, and 22 Grammy Awards. With 50 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the Academy’s most nominated living person and the second most-nominated individual in history, after Walt Disney.

In 2005, the American Film Institute selected Williams' score to 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope as the greatest American film score of all time. The soundtrack to Star Wars: A New Hope also was preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry, for being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'.

He was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the National Medal of Arts in 2009, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back With Live Orchestra comes to Arena Birmingham on October 1.

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