Roy Budd's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Score to Make Debut at the London Coliseum

A previously-unheard "Phantom of the Opera" score by legendary Get Carter composer Roy Budd, performed for the first time, 24 years after his death.

British jazz musician and composer Roy Budd, best known for the film scores of Get Carter with Michael Caine and The Wild Geese with Roger Moore and Richard Burton, will have the last film score he composed performed for the first time, 24 years after his untimely death in 1993 at 46 years of age.

Phantom of the Opera, the 1925 silent classic film, will be screened in a one-off event at the London Coliseum, accompanied by a 77-piece orchestra playing the symphonic score, at 5pm Sunday, October 8th, 2017.

A self-taught pianist and child prodigy, Budd performed his first concert at The London Coliseum in 1953 at six years of age and went on to perform with stars such as Aretha Franklin, Bob Hope, and Antonio Carlos Jobin as well as scoring 40 feature films. In 1989 Budd acquired an original 35mm film print to the 1925 silent film Phantom of the Opera from a collector. He restored the film to its full glory using an experimental two colour process and original tints from the film's original release. Budd completed a full orchestral score for the film using an 84-piece orchestra and recorded this with the Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra. In 1993, with five weeks to go before a London premiere and European tour, Budd suffered a brain hemorrhage and passed away at just 46 years of age.

It is arguably Budd's greatest achievement: a grand soundtrack for full orchestra with several themes and leitmotifs that pay tribute to the great composers of the concert hall and screen, while at the same time unmistakably the work of its inspired creator.

24 years later The London Coliseum will host the first ever live performance of the score accompanying the film, with Spencer Down conducting the Docklands Sinfonia orchestra.

This one-off performance will take place at 5pm on Sunday October 8th 2017 at The London Coliseum. Tickets to the event are available at londoncoliseum.org and Box office: 020 7845 9300.

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