Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra | A Season of Light
Dec 14, 2025 / 4:00 p.m.
Celebrate the season with festive favorites, a holiday sing-along, joyful traditions, and a visit from Santa Claus in this family-friendly musical celebration.
The symphonic world of Hans Zimmer with music from No Time to Die, The Lion King, The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Top Gun, Dune, and more!
The Music of Hans Zimmer & Others is an unforgettable concert and audiovisual experience for all age groups, film enthusiasts, music lovers, and families. The best music will be performed by the Hollywood Film Orchestra in an impressive show with light installations, laser projections, and selected film clips. Star soloists from the Original Broadway Production will perform excerpts from The Lion King, Zimmer’s most beloved box office smash hit.
No other composer has influenced the film world in the past two decades as much as the Oscar-, Golden Globe-, and Emmy-winning composer Hans Zimmer with his staggering compositions for films such as No Time to Die, The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Man of Steel, Inception, and Interstellar.
Hans Zimmer wrote the film scores of more than 200 movies, won his second Oscar for Dune (2022), following his first Academy Award for The Lion King (1994). he named Ennio Morricone as his idol and role model, whose work will be featured with excerpts from the films The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. Zimmer followed Morricone’s example of composing the film music often before—instead of after—filming, and shaped the entire film. He changed the beginning of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator for example, and the world-famous director moved into the studio of Hans Zimmer.
The press has been giving enthusiastic response:
“…What a successful event and ecstatic audience...”
“…Fascinating how the spark jumped over at this concert...”
“…Very impressive were the titles with large orchestra …”
THE HOLLYWOOD FILM ORCHESTRA
The Hollywood Film Orchestra has been created for this concert series and works usually with state Orchestras from Europe. It has performed in the leading music venues of the world, from the Koncerthuset in Copenhagen to the Konzerthaus in Vienna, from Großes Festspielhaus Salzburg to Salle Pleyel in Paris, from Laeiszhalle Hamburg to Tonhalle Zürich.
Hans Zimmer™️ is a trademarks of their respective owners. This concert is an independent event and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the studios, production companies, or respective trademark owners.
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