On 30 April, Todd Phillips' ground-breaking, award-winning film Joker will be screened with the accompaniment of a live orchestra playing composer Hildur Guðnadóttir's award-winning score for the first time ever, for a limited engagement. The tour's World Premiere will take place at London's Eventim Apollo on the 30th before it embarks on an international schedule.
Central to the emotional journey Joaquin Phoenix's character Arthur Fleck takes throughout the movie is Guðnadóttir's beautifully haunting, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated score. The fusion of looming industrial soundscapes with raw, emotive string-led melodies - led by a lone cello - creates a melancholic shroud marked with moments of hope, which unfolds gradually to become a fever pitch of disquieting tension.
This extraordinary music will be brought to life by a full orchestra to create a vivid, visceral and entirely new Joker viewing experience. Performed live, Guðnadóttir's inimitable score illuminates further the emotional weight, texture and atmosphere of Phoenix's captivating portrayal.
