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Beauty and the Beast: Live Concert Orchestra


On Saturday the Royal Albert Hall screened Live Action Beauty and the Beast with a Live Concert Orchestra. I went with two of my friends and we attended the 2:00pm showing which worked better for us all. We were sat in the Rausing Circle which is right at the top of the venue but the best part was that we were just off the centre so we could see both the screen and the orchestra these were the £30 seats and they were perfect.

I really enjoyed it, I think it's a very interesting way to watch a film they sounded exactly like the soundtrack. My favourite part was the Overture it's just such an incredible piece of music and to hear it live I had chills and welled up a little bit. Another song that was amazing was Tale as Old as Time this is such a beautiful song and to hear it done with an orchestra is just magical. One more piece of music I adore is the Transformation music and that was done to perfection I adore it so much. Even though admittedly I haven't watched the film that much since it came out I do adore the soundtrack and still listen to it now all the time so to hear it this way was a treat. I commend the orchestra for doing that twice in the same day. What I loved was that it was a full on show they did the Overture all the way through to the credits. There was a small interval in the middle of the film which was unexpected. 

However, I don't want to complain but when they played Gaston they couldn't keep up with the first verse but recovered so well and it didn't spoil it for me. Another thing is that it had subtitles which I understand why they were there but I found them off putting and plus they didn't subtitle the French words very well at all they were picking and choosing what they want subtitle. These minor things though didn't spoil the experience for me at all.

I would go and watch other films like this it is so worth it and paying £30 for a ticket and getting the seats we did I don't have any complaints about it. I would highly recommend to people if your favourite film is being done with a live concert orchestra then go and experience it and you don't have to pay over the odds either. I loved it was an amazing day of firsts as I had never done a film this way or ever been to the Royal Albert Hall.

Until next time,

Stacey
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