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Like a miniature version of its namesake, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s is all over the map when it comes to invoking and celebrating nerd culture.
featured the CSO performing songs from the “Star Wars,” “Star Trek” and “Lord of the Rings” films alongside video game scores (including the work of Denver native and guest conductor , such as ), superhero themes and more.
This year’s event has promised to expand on last year’s successful first outing with more Batman (which makes sense, given the debut of “Gotham” on TV), Beetlejuice and some returning favorites.
Check out the full schedule for the Nov. 15 show at Boettcher Concert Hall below.
“Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con v2.0”
Theme from “The Walking Dead”
Music from “The Matrix”
Music from “Frozen” (a medley that includes “Let it Go,” and music from “The Lego Movie”)
Austin Wintory’s “The Banner Saga” (guest-conducted by Wintory himself)
Music from “Beetlejuice”
Music from Batman (exact theme TBD)
“Ghostbusters” theme
“Star Wars,” medley of favorites
“Star Trek,” theme, with solo from world-renowned saw player Carolyn McCaskey
“We are partnering with pretty much every geek-related organization in town, which is awesome and a very exciting audience development experiment for us,” CSO media relations director Laura Bond told me via e-mail. “For the first show in the ‘Geek Package’ (Animaniacs), roughly 50 percent of audience members were first-time CSO goers. There will be a mini-Comic Con vibe in the lobby once again.”
So what else can we expect at the show?
“(Conductor) Scott O’Neil will don a variety of costumes throughout the program,” Bond wrote. “I’m told there may be .”
