Experience the magic of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner with a stunning live score

Experience the magic of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner with a stunning live score

Posted on: 26 Jul 2024

In September, the multi-Academy Award-nominated cult classic will be screened on a vast HD screen at the city’s premiere venue, Bristol Beacon.

 

Blade Runner Live will be screened at Bristol Beacon on Monday 30 September 2024.

 

Taking over the majestic Beacon Hall, this exciting screening of Blade Runner will be partnered with Vangelis’ acclaimed synthesiser-led score, performed by The Avex Ensemble for the first time in sync with the 1982 motion picture.

 

Tickets for this unprecedented event will go on general sale at 10 AM on Friday 26 July.

 

BUY TICKETS HERE

 

 

Ridley Scott’s stylish sci-fi noir thriller follows detective Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) who must continue as Replicant Hunter following the escape of four Replicants from colonies who have returned to earth. His mission, however, is complicated when he falls for Rachel (Sean Young) – a Replicant based at Tyrell Corporation.

 

Released in 1982, Blade Runner was based on Philip K. Dicks’ novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. The film was misunderstood by many when it first appeared in theatres, however, over the years it has become known as an undoubtedly sci-fi masterpiece, birthing a 2017 sequel, Blade Runner 2049, courtesy of Denis Villeneuve.

 

The film’s critically acclaimed soundtrack, composed by Vangelis, is regarded as the Greek electronic musician’s best-ever work and was nominated for both a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. It is perhaps most radical for its use of synths to re-create the atmosphere of a classic neo-noir jazz score.

 

The film will be brought to life musically by Avex Classics International, who aim to immerse the audience in classic films with scores that will forever be part of cinematic history. Experience feature films projected on vast HD screens with live musical accompaniment.

 

 

Blade Runner Live will be screened at Bristol Beacon on Monday 30 September 2024 with general sale tickets on sale at 10 AM, Friday 26 July – buy tickets HERE.

Read more:

 

Article by:

Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.