Les musiques de John Williams et Hans Zimmer

New program. On 7 March 2027 at 4:00 PM at the Zénith Nantes Métropole, The Music of John Williams and Hans Zimmer in Symphonic Concert returns to the bill. On the program: Interstellar, Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter, Inception, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean. More than 70 musicians will be on stage, under the direction of conductor Nicolas Simon, with the Yellow Socks Orchestra, a French symphonic orchestra specializing in film music, which will perform works by these two composers in concert.

John Williams, the regular composer for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, wrote the scores for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Indiana Jones, among others. He has won 5 Oscars and received 54 nominations.

Hans Zimmer, a German-born composer who became an American citizen, combines orchestral writing with electronic sounds. He has collaborated with Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar) and Ridley Scott (Gladiator). He has received 2 Oscars.

The concert lasts nearly two hours. The d&b Soundscape audio system will be used.

The composers will not be present on stage. Their works will be performed by the Yellow Socks Orchestra under the direction of Nicolas Simon.

Nicolas Simon is the musical director of the Yellow Socks Orchestra. He has been principal conductor of the Orchestre de Caen since September 2020, and is the founder and artistic director of Symphonie de Poche and Philharmonicoeur, associate conductor of the Orchestre Les Siècles, and conductor of the Démos project.

The Yellow Socks Orchestra is a French symphonic orchestra specializing in film music, founded in 2015 by the production company uGo&Play and placed under the musical direction of Nicolas Simon.