James Cameron’s Titanic screens in full at the Royal Albert Hall for its 30th anniversary while the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra plays James Horner’s score live.
James Cameron’s Titanic, winner of 11 Academy Awards, screens in full at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington on Saturday 16 October 2027 for its 30th anniversary. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Tiffin Boys’ Choir play the score live.
Released in 1997, the film follows Jack and Rose, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, who fall in love aboard the ship on its maiden voyage in 1912.
James Horner wrote the score and, with Will Jennings, the end theme “My Heart Will Go On”. Both won Academy Awards, and the soundtrack became the best-selling primarily orchestral soundtrack of all time.
Eric Rigler, who played the uilleann pipes and whistles on the original soundtrack, plays them live. The film returns to the Films in Concert series after earlier sold-out runs, with a matinee and an evening performance on the day.
Ludwig Wicki conducts. He founded the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra in 1999 and in 2008, in Lucerne, conducted the first live performance of the score to The Fellowship of the Ring. Alice Zawadzki is the vocal soloist.