Concert for CARE October 18, 2010

Join film composer, producer and songwriter David Arnold and friends for a spectacular gala charity concert in aid of CARE International.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will play music from popular contemporary films, conducted by the composers themselves or the house maestro, Robert Ziegler. Each score will be introduced by the composers and special guest movie stars. Various film songs will be performed by major artists backed by a full symphony orchestra.

Confirmed guest so far include:

David Arnold (Bond, Independence Day, Little Britain)
Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, Prince of Persia, Chronicles of Narnia)
John Powell (Bourne, Happy Feet, Chicken Run)
John Ottman (Usual Suspects, Superman Returns, X-Men 2)
Patrick Doyle (Harry Potter/Goblet of Fire, Hamlet, Nanny McPhee)
Craig Armstrong (Love Actually, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge)
Anne Dudley (Full Monty, The Crying Game, Art of Noise)
George Fenton (Gandhi, The Blue Planet, Groundhog Day)
Rachel Portman (Emma, Chocolat, The Duchess)
Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice, The Soloist)

Completing the line-up are comedians Jimmy Carr, Ed Byrne; entertainer Matt Lucas; singers Paloma Faith and Jil Aigrot; Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and Ricky Wilson from the Kaiser Chiefs.

David Arnold, one of the UK's most successful composers, is an ambassador for CARE International, a leading aid organisation fighting global poverty and delivering emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters. Arnold is passionate about his work with CARE and devotes a huge amount of time raising awareness and funds for the charity.

In November 2009, David Arnold put together the first Concert for CARE at the O2 Academy Brixton and invited many of the biggest names in music and comedy to appear, including Gary Barlow, Mark Ronson, Kaiser Chiefs, Damien Rice, Simon le Bon, David Walliams, Rob Brydon and Dara O’Briain.

The success of that gig led David Arnold to create a new Concert for CARE for 2010 that will feature some of the most successful film composers in the world today. It promises to be one of the major events of the year in the film music calendar.

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