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Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder music events at BFI Southbank with Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Yoda, the Radiophonic Workshop John Foxx, Steve D'Agostino,...(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder music events at BFI Southbank with Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Yoda, the Radiophonic Workshop John Foxx, Steve D'Agostino, Charlotte Hatherley and Roly Porter LONDON, Oct. 16 -- The British Film Institute issued the following news release: Music is a planet-size part of almost all great Sci-Fi films and will play a major role in the BFI's Sci-Fi blockbuster, Days of Fear and Wonder this autumn. BFI Southbank will draw on the tradition of music in science fiction with a selection of world premieres, screenings and events throughout November and December each complete with special guests and rare and unique live musical performances. Stuart Brown BFI's Head of Events says: The BFI's major Sci-Fi project, Days of Fear and Wonder has inspired an exciting Sonic Cinema programme at BFI Southbank. films set against the vastness of space or the brooding electronically synthesised soundtracks applied to the dystopian Sci-Fi of the 70s and 80s, the genre has inspired some of the most iconic film music ever written. We're presenting a series of premieres and events from British artists who are exploring and the celebrating this tradition through live cinema. For the World Premiere of DJ Yoda Goes to the Sci-Fi Movies, the BFI have teamed up with DJ Yoda, one of the world's finest manipulators of music and moving image, to embark on a cut, paste, scratch and mix odyssey into science fiction to boldly take audiences where no audience has gone before. November also sees the World Premiere of Evidence of Time Travel with a remarkable audio-visual performance led by John Foxx and Steve D'Agostino to compliment the haunting visuals by Karborn. Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Charlotte Hatherley will be performing her heart-pounding soundtrack to The Last Man (2014); this post-apocalyptic short film - written and directed by Gavin Rothery, known for his visual effects work on Duncan Jones' Moon - follows a lone soldier as he journeys through a haunting wasteland, desperately searching for signs of life. In the special event Sonic Cinema Presents.... Taking place on Friday 21 November, expect an expertly curated series of live audio-visual performances navigating bass rumbles, glitches, beats and bleeps in a dazzling cinematic voyage followed by a special sci-fi club night hosted by DJ Jonny Trunk in the Benugo bar. December sees the BFI welcoming legendary musical pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa, to discuss Afrofuturism, cinema, music and more with DJ, musician and filmmaker Don Letts. Also in conversation will be the Academy Award(TM) Winning British film composer Steven Price. To celebrate the BFI DVD release of the re mastered and rarely seen The Boy From Space (1971), Sonic Cinema in December kicks off with a 70mm screening of the film followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with The BBC Radiophonic Workshop who will, later in the day, take the themes of Days of Fear and Wonder to perform a unique live set that highlights their seminal work in TV and radio and their influence on electronic music in the UK. The month is rounded off with another World Premiere, this time in conjunction with London Sinfonietta who, with Sonic Cinema, presents: Blue Touch Paper: Alternative Visions, a meeting of sci-fi inspired new music and film featuring emerging composers and students of the Performance Design and Practice course at Central Saint Martins. TNS 24KuanRap-141018 30FurigayJof-4905395 30FurigayJof (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |