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cainmarko t1_j2m9fsm wrote

Reply to comment by bayesian13 in In 1930s, Music Defense League launched a campaign against recorded sound in movie and live theaters, claiming that numerous musicians would lose their jobs if "canned music" was preferred over live recordings. by Profanion

I watched Gladiator at the Royal Albert Hall with a live orchestra, and can confirm it's pretty freaking cool.

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amitrion t1_j2o6srl wrote

Holy cow! This is a thing?! I want to go... sadly, not in the US. Arrg

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daredeviline t1_j2o7n31 wrote

It definitely does happen in the US. I live in Cincinnati and they had a lord of the rings one a few years ago. Keep your eye out!

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ThePortalsOfFrenzy t1_j2osmms wrote

I believe they were saying "sadly, [I'm not] in the US."

Common spoken vernacular doesn't always translate to typed comments, and this is a common example. I've gotten myself in the habit of keeping pronouns in my reddit comments.

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HeavyLogix t1_j2paapg wrote

The above link the person you responded to was talking about in their comment was a link to the New Jersey symphony….

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saltyDragonfly t1_j2oastg wrote

Saw Jurassic Park with a live orchestra in the states, its awesome.

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unshavenbeardo64 t1_j2occag wrote

Now i see an orchestra running through high grass and being picked out one by one by a pack of Velociraptors.

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Regret_the_Van t1_j2obct6 wrote

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra did one this past weekend with Ghostbusters as the movie they were playing to. I didn't know about it until it was too late because it sounded fun AF

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GargantuanGorgon t1_j2q9npm wrote

I'm kind of curious to see some epic film like gladiator prepared for orchestra accompaniment, but with no orchestra. Like, the whole film without music. You never get to see finished films like that and I'd be interested to see just exactly how much you lose (I'm guessing a lot).

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anotherlost-one t1_j2tptsf wrote

OMG that must of sound amazing especially the echos that you get when indoors

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