FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE IN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Louisville Orchestra presents

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE IN CONCERT

ICONIC SCORE PERFORMED LIVE TO FILM

Concert Features Composer John Williams’ Complete Score from A New Hope

Performed Live to Picture by the Louisville Orchestra,

Conducted by Keitaro Harada

Louisville, KY (December 6, 2018)… The Louisville Orchestra will present Star Wars: A

New Hope In Concert featuring screenings of the complete film with Oscar®-winning

composer John Williams’ musical score performed live to the film. The concert will be

led by acclaimed conductor Keitaro Harada at the Kentucky Center on Saturday,

February 2 at 7:30PM and Sunday, February 3 at 3PM.

Tickets start at $35 and are available by calling 502.584.7777 or visiting

LouisvilleOrchestra.org.

Set 30 years after Star Wars: The Phantom

Menace, Star Wars: A New

Hope,

the fourth

episode of the saga, starts on the desert planet of

Tatooine. A young

Luke

Skywalker (Mark Hamill)

begins to discover his destiny when, searching for

a lost

droid,

he is saved by reclusive Jedi Obi-Wan

Kenobi (Alec Guinness). A civil war rages in

the

galaxy, and Rebel forces struggle against the evil

Galactic Empire, Luke and

Obi-Wan

enlist the

aid of hotshot pilot, Han Solo (Harrison Ford).

Joined by the quirky droid

duo

R2-D2 and C-3PO,

the unlikely team sets out to rescue Rebel leader

Princess Leia

(Carrie

Fisher) and make use of the

stolen plans to destroy the Empire's ultimate

weapon.

In a legendary

confrontation,

the rogue group mounts an attack against the Death

Star

for

a climactic battle with the evil Sith Lord Darth

Vader.

Since the release of the first Star Wars movie over 40 years ago, the Star Wars saga has

had a seismic impact on both cinema and culture, inspiring audiences around the

world with its mythic storytelling, captivating characters, groundbreaking special

effects and iconic musical scores composed by John Williams.

Legendary composer Williams is well known for scoring all eight of the Star Wars saga

films to date, beginning with 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope for which he earned an

Academy Award® for Best Original Score. His scores for The Empire Strikes Back, Return

of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, were each

nominated for Best Original Score.

The Star Wars: Film Concert Series is produced under license by Disney Concerts in

association with 20

Century Fox and Warner/Chappell Music.

STAR WARS and related properties are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United

ABOUT DISNEY CONCERTS

Disney Concerts is the concert production and licensing division of Disney Music

Group, the music arm of The Walt Disney Company. Disney Concerts produces

concerts and tours, and licenses Disney music and visual content to symphony

orchestras and presenters on a worldwide basis. Disney Concerts’ concert packages

include a variety of formats, such as “live to picture” film concerts and themed

instrumental and vocal compilation concerts, and range from instrumental-only

symphonic performances to multimedia productions featuring live vocalists and

choir. Current titles include the Star Wars Film Concert Series (Episodes IV-VII), Beauty

and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Fantasia, Pixar In Concert, The Nightmare Before

Christmas, Alice In Wonderland, Frozen, Ratatouille, The Pirates of the Caribbean series

(Episodes I-IV), and Silly Symphonies, which last year collectively accounted for over

400 performances in many of the world’s top concert venues, including Lincoln

Center, Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Tokyo Forum and the Hollywood

Bowl. Numerous new concert packages and touring productions from Disney’s

portfolio of studios, including Disney’s feature animation and live action studios, Pixar,

Lucasfilm and Marvel, are currently in development.

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