The Shawshank Redemption has its world premiere in concert at the Royal Albert Hall, with Thomas Newman's score played live by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra under Benjamin Pope.
Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption, nominated for seven Academy Awards, screens in full at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington on Saturday 15 May 2027. The evening is the world premiere of the film in concert.
Released in 1994, the film adapts a Stephen King novella. Tim Robbins plays Andy Dufresne, a banker sentenced to life for murder, and Morgan Freeman plays Red, the fellow prisoner who befriends him.
The film flopped on release before word of mouth made its name. It has topped the Internet Movie Database’s Top 250 for the past 18 years.
Thomas Newman’s score was nominated for Best Original Score. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra plays it in full under Benjamin Pope, with a bluegrass fiddle soloist.
The premiere leads the Hall’s 2027 Films in Concert season. Matt Todd, its Director of Programming, chose a film whose characters find escape through the beauty and power of orchestral music.