4th edition of the Ciné-Notes festival dedicated to ‘Monsters and Creatures’

The French festival Ciné-Notes will celebrate its 4th edition in Bordeaux (France), from Monday, March 7 till Tuesday, March 22, 2022.

4th edition of the Ciné-Notes festival dedicated to ‘Monsters and Creatures’

 

The festival had a successful 1st edition in 2018 (read more) and a 2nd edition in 2019 (read more), having unfortunately to cancel the 3rd edition in 2020 (read more), coming back now full of strength with a complete and very interesting program.

 

This 4th edition, dedicated to “Monsters and Creatures”, will have two symphonic concerts performed by the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine (ONBA) conducted by Diego Navarro, two exceptional live to picture concerts of Steven Spielberg’s ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’ conducted by Ernst Van Tiel, a Jazz concert with pianist Thomas Enhco entitled ‘Improvisations On Film Music’, a Jazz concert with Jean-Michel Bernard and Friends dedicated to the music of Jerry Goldsmith, plus conferences, film screenings with musical introduction, and more.

 

Following you can find a highlight of the festival’s program:

7, 8, & 14/3/2022 – FILM SCREENINGS WITH MUSIC

Projection of movies with a live musical prelude.

  • Monday 07 March 2022 at 20h – GREMLINS at the UGC TALENCE
  • Tuesday 08 March 2022 at 20h – HARRY POTTER 1 – THE SORCERER’S STONE at UGC BASSINS A FLOT
  • Monday 14 March 2022 at 20h – JAWS at the UGC BORDEAUX

 

The musical introduction will be provided by Les Caprices de Marianne who will play arrangements by Jean-Michel Bernard of film music by John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith in front of the screen, before the screening of each film.

 

More information and tickets:

https://www.opera-bordeaux.com/projection-projections-de-films-en-musique-19242

Ciné-Notes 2022 - Film screenings with music

 

8/3/2022 – CONFERENCES ORGANIZED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE ONBA

Lecture by Benoît Daldin, artistic director of the festival “Ciné-Notes” about John Williams and his music in the movie “ET, the extra-terrestrial”.

Ciné-Notes 2022 - Conference Benoît Daldin

 

10/3/2022 – “THE FILM MUSIC OF JERRY GOLDSMITH” BY OLIVIER DESBROSSES

Basic Instinct, Planet of the Apes, Alien, Mulan, Chinatown, Total Recall, The Omen… One man links all these great films: the musician Jerry Goldsmith, who composed the soundtracks.

 

As part of the “Ciné-Notes” festival and in partnership with the Librairie Mollat, film music specialist Olivier Desbrosses (author-host of the Total Trax posdcast – editor for the Underscores.fr website) will come and present, in pictures and music, the work of this immense composer.

 

 

The meeting will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel of the Librairie Mollat: https://www.youtube.com/LibrairieMollat

Ciné-Notes 2022 - Conference Olivier Desbrosses

 

11 & 13/3/2022 – E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL FILM IN CONCERT

Projection of the movie “E.T., the extra-terrestrial” with John Williams’ score performed live, sync to picture.

Ciné-Notes 2022 - ET in Concert

 

12/3/2022 – ALEX JAFFRAY – FEAR IN MUSIC: A PLAYFUL CONFERENCE

Film composer Alex Jaffray will talk about the techniques used to create anxiety and fear in movies with music, in an interactive conference with projections.

Ciné-Notes 2022 - Alex Jaffray - Fear in Music

 

17 & 18/3/2022 – MONSTERS & CREATURES – SYMPHONIC CONCERT

Beast, mutant fly, shark, alien, vampire, tyrannosaurus, gremlin, ghost… haunt this concert in homage to the great pages of fantasy and science-fiction cinema. Famous scores by John Williams, Philippe Sarde, Howard Shore, Georges Auric, Jerry Goldsmith and others will revive in everyone’s mind the unforgettable scenes of the big screen. Directed by Spanish conductor and composer Diego Navarro, a specialist in the film repertoire, this concert celebrates film music and shares it – exceptionally! – live, with the irreplaceable sound of a symphony orchestra: the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine – ONBA.

 

 

PROGRAM

  • John Williams – Jaws, Main Title
  • Jerry Goldsmith – Star Trek, main title
  • John Williams – Jurassic Park, suite
  • Patrick Doyle – Frankenstein – To Think of a story & the Wedding Night
  • Wojciech Kilar – Dracula: Mina
  • Howard Shore – The Fly, suite & extracts
    • The Creature
    • End Title
  • Pierre Adenot – La Belle et la Bête (Christophe Gans) (world premiere: suite made by the composer for Ciné-Notes)
  • Georges Auric – La Belle et la Bête (Jean Cocteau)
    • Générique
    • Le départ de la Belle
    • La Farce du Drapier
    • L’envolée
  • Philippe Sarde – Ghost Story, suite (suite made by the composer for Ciné-Notes 2018)
  • Mathieu Alvado – L’attaque du monstre géant suceur de cerveaux de l’espace (world premiere: suite made by the composer for Ciné-Notes)
  • Jerry Goldsmith – The Planet of the Apes – The chase
  • Jerry Goldsmith – Gremlins, suite

 

This concert will have another performance on Sunday, March 20 @ 16h at the Théâtre de l’Odyssée in Périgueux. Tickets (9-30 €):

https://www.opera-bordeaux.com/symphonique-lorchestre-national-bordeaux-aquitaine-en-tournee-18892

https://www.odyssee-perigueux.fr/spectacle/spectacles-2022/monstres-et-creatures

Ciné-Notes 2022 - Monsters & Creatures - Symphonic Concert 

 

19/3/2022 – IMPROVISATIONS ON FILM MUSIC – THOMAS ENHCO

An eclectic pianist and composer, Thomas Enhco willingly shifts from jazz to classical music, and dedicates this recital to film music on which he weaves fascinating improvisations as part of the Ciné-Notes Festival.

Ciné-Notes 2022 - Improvisations on Film Music - Thomas Enhco

 

22/3/2022 – JEAN-MICHEL BERNARD AND FRIENDS PLAY JERRY GOLDSMITH

Jean-Michel Bernard, composer of Michel Gondry‘s film’s music, arranger for Ennio Morricone, stage companion of Lalo Schifrin, arranges Jerry Goldsmith‘s greatest themes (Alien, Star Trek, Chinatown, Gremlins…) for jazz sextet. This concert will mark the release of the album “The Singular World of Jerry Goldsmith as seen by Jean-Michel Bernard” by Cristal Records (read more).

Ciné-Notes 2022 - Jean-Michel Bernard And Friends Play Jerry Goldsmith

 

ARTISTS

  • Piano, Keyboards, Arrangements – Jean-Michel Bernard
  • Counterbass – Pierre Boussaguet
  • Drumming – François Laizeau
  • Percussions – Jean-François Durez
  • Tenor Saxophone and Flute – Frédéric Couderc
  • Trumpet – Eric Giausserand
  • Singing – Kimiko Ono
  • Guitar – Philippe Hervouët
  • Violin – Laurent Korcia

 

PROGRAM

  • Rudy, Fierce creatures of the zoo, A patch of blue, Chinatown, Flying dreams (songs)
  • The wild Rover (song), Rambo, First Blood, The Omen, The piper dreams (songs)
  • Our man flint Suite, The man form U.N.C.L.E, The Russian house, Poltergeist
  • Gremlins, Star Trek, Basic Instinct, Papillon (song)

Ciné-Notes 2022 - Jean-Michel Bernard And Friends Play Jerry Goldsmith

 

More information about Ciné-Notes in SoundTrackFest:

http://soundtrackfest.com/en/tag/cine-notes-en/

 

More information about the 4th edition of Ciné-Notes:

https://www.opera-bordeaux.com/festival-cine-notes-monstres-et-creatures-18345