Last year Varese Sarabande released HOLLYWOOD IN VIENNA: THE WORLD OF JAMES HORNER on Blu-ray featuring magnificent performances from the concert performed by David Newman. Bigfanboy.com is hosting a contest where a few lucky winners could get a copy on Blu-ray. Just send us an e-mail and tell us what your favorite James Horner score is and why. Make it good, no one-sentence answers please. We want these to go to deserving winners. Contest is open to U.S. residents only. Make sure to include your shipping address with your e-mail. Contest ends on March 24, 2017. One entry per household – all duplicate entries will be deleted. Get those entries in a good luck!
Track listing:
1. Hollywood In Vienna Fanfare
2. Metropolis – Prelude
3. Space Mountain – De La Terre A La Lune
4. Star Trek Suite
5. Gattaca – The Departure
6. A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) – Where Dreams Are Made
7. Independence Day Suite
8. Universal Fanfare
9. Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan – End Titles
10. Braveheart – End Titles
11. Horner Medley – Willow A Beautiful Mind Apollo 13 Aliens The Mask Of Zorro The Rocketeer
12. An American Tail – Somewhere Out There
13. Avatar – Suite
14. Legends Of The Fall
15. Titanic – Suite
16. Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award – Presented to James Horner
17. The Land Before Time – If We Hold On Together
Released one year after James Horner’s tragic death, we celebrate the legendary composer’s greatest film scores with this Deluxe Blu-ray concert. James called this 2013 concert the “most special moment” of his life. David Newman conducts an orchestra and choir in performances of suites from Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart and more! The Blu-ray also features a 75-minute symposium with James Horner discussing his creative process and some of his most loved scores.
– Hollywood In Vienna: The World of James Horner was the first and only time that the legendary composer heard a program of his own film music performed live in a concert hall.
– The concert features a fantastic selection of James Horner’s greatest scores, including; Star Trek II, Aliens, Legends of The Fall and The Mask of Zorro.
– The concert is performed by a full Symphony Orchestra and choir, conducted by the great David Newman and featuring singer Deborah Cox.
– James Horner is presented with the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award and accepts with a very moving speech.
– Blu-ray also features a 75-minute symposium with James Horner discussing his career and creative process with film music producer Robert Townson.
– Blu-ray also features a beautiful photo gallery, capturing some of the priceless moments from this magical festival.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
