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Live music from famous movie composers

»Hollywood in Vienna« is a symphonic gala concert celebrating classic and current masterpieces of film music in the prestigious Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna Concert Hall) in Vienna, capital of Austria. Within the course of each gala, the City of Vienna awards one of today's leading film music composers with the »Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award«. The Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award« 2013 was given to James Horner. The son of the Viennese stage designer and later Oscar-winning Hollywood set designer Harry Horner belongs to today's best known and most versatile film composers. His awards include two Academy Awards, seven Oscar nominations, two Golden Globe Awards (eight nominations) and three Grammy Awards (eight nominations). During the gala concert James Horner's musical highlights, like »Titanic«, »Avatar«, »Star Trek« and more were performed.

The multiple Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken has written the music for several of the last decades' animated Disney films. In this gala concert from Vienna, a long line of star performers from Broadway and the West End take the stage, taking turns to deliver one classic after another. From The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and a long line of others. And the master Alan Menken himself takes the stage to perform one of the songs; How Does a Moment Last Forever from the 2017 version of Beauty and the Beast.