The Re-Taking of Pelham 1-2-3

Video clips from the premier: clip 1  |  clip 2

nypress.com, 1/29/2005 - Playing off the old cliche that imitation is the truest form of flattery, composer Steve Horowitz has penned The Re-Taking of Pelham 123, a 30-minute rethink of the classic film and score with a film/video projection by Jane Brill. The new music is a mash-up of... (read more at nypress.com)

The Re-Taking of Pelham One Two Three


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Quotes:

"What most struck me about Steve's music is that if I were hired to score this picture today instead of in 1974, I would hope that my score would come out sounding the way that Steve's does." - David Shire, composer

"Steve Horowitz' creation is an imaginative updating of composer David Shire's score for the 1974 film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. At a winter performance at NYC arts stronghold The Kitchen, Horowitz and a 14-piece orchestra -- with everything from violins to electric guitar and laptop sampler in the mix -- performed the swelling, tense car-chase jazz-funk piece live against the backdrop of a new short film by filmmaker Jane Brill." - David Weiss, Mix magazine


Photos from the 1/29/2005 premier
David Garland of WNYC moderates a pre-concert talk with David Shire, Steve Horowitz, and Jane Brill The Code International performs the world premier of
Pelham in front of the big screen


The Re-Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Kitchen
Music by Steve Horowitz
Film by Jane Brill
Title theme by David Shire, re-orchestrated by Fluffy Schwartz
Sampler programming by Christopher Romero

The Re-Taking of Pelham 123 is a 30 minute piece for 14 instrumentalists, sampler and film/video projection.

THE CODE ENSEMBLE
String Quartet     The FLUX Quartet
Trumpet Dave Smith
Trombone Squanch
Tuba Ron Caswell
Guitars Andy Barbera & David Nadal
Bass Fluffy Schwartz
Keyboards Kathey Supove & Dred Scoitt
The Hand Christopher Romero
Drums Michael Evans
Percussion/Conductor Devin Maxwell
 
photo by Don Henze

Composers Steve Horowitz and David Shire prepare for a wild ride with the RE-TAKING of PELHAM 123.

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