FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hollis Welsh, Executive Director
Eric Garcia, Music Director
STAR WARS: EMPIRE STRIKES BACK IN CONCERT TO FEATURE ICONIC SCORE PERFORMED LIVE TO
FILM
Concert Features Composer John Williams’ Complete Score from Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Performed Live to Picture by The Boise Philharmonic, Conducted by Eric Garcia
September 24, 2019, BOISE, ID—The Boise Philharmonic will present the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes
Back 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 Eric
Garcia.
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 Williams.
Fans will be able to experience the scope and grandeur of this beloved film in a live symphonic concert
experience, when the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back debuts on October 5, 2019.
Star Wars fans can join in more of the excitement at the Boise Philharmonic’s Star Wars Trivia Night at
Spacebar Arcade in Downtown Boise on Sunday, September 29 at 7:00 pm. Teams will compete for the
chance to win tickets to Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, and all contestants will receive coupons for
20% off regular ticket prices for the concert.
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.
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards,
five Emmy Awards and 23 Grammy Awards. With 51 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the
Academy’s most nominated living person and the second most-nominated individual in history, after
Walt Disney. In 2005, the American Film Institute selected Williams’ score to 1977’s Star Wars: A New
Hope as the greatest American film score of all time. The soundtrack to A New Hope also was preserved
by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry, for being “culturally, historically, or
aesthetically significant.” Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl’s Hall of Fame in 2000, and
he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the National Medal of Arts in 2009, and the AFI Life
Achievement Award in 2016. Williams has composed the scores for eight of the top 20 highest-grossing
films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for inflation).
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is produced under license by Disney Concerts in association with
20th Century Fox and Warner/Chappell Music.
STAR WARS and related properties are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United States and other
countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. © & TM
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.
[FILM SYNOPSIS]
“You must feel the Force around you…”
The battle for the galaxy intensifies in this thrilling fifth episode of the unfolding saga. As Imperial
Forces launch an all-out attack on the Rebel Alliance, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia
(Carrie Fisher) flee to Cloud City where they are captured by Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)
journeys to the mysterious, marshy planet of Dagobah, where the wise Jedi Master Yoda teaches the
young hero the ways of the Force.
Little does Luke know that all his Jedi training will be called upon so soon. A stunning revelation– and a
seeming life-or-death duel with Darth Vader– await.
Please visit the website at www.boisephil.org for more information.
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back in Concert
Saturday, October 5, 2019, 2:00 & 7:30 pm; Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
Featuring Composer John Williams’ Complete Score from Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back Performed Live
to Picture by The Boise Philharmonic, Conducted by Eric Garcia
Advance single tickets range from $45 to $90, including fees. All students receive 25% off regular
ticket prices.
