{"id":227066,"date":"2026-06-24T18:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227066\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:27:07","slug":"pittsburgh-symphonys-summer-of-music-movies-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227066\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Symphony\u2019s Summer of Music, Movies Included"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Monday\u2019s (6\/22) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/ae\/music\/2026\/06\/22\/pso-movie-music-pittsburgh-symphony-orchestra\/stories\/202606170061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a>, Sono Motoyama writes, \u201cAs the giant armies of Rohan and Isengard clash across the screen at Heinz Hall on June 26 \u2026 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians will be synching the score of \u2018The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers\u2019 live to the film playing overhead, recreating composer Howard Shore\u2019s Grammy-winning soundtrack in real time. The concert launches a summer season packed with movie-related programming, including a live orchestra accompaniment to segments from the two \u2018Fantasia\u2019 films, Disney\u2019s landmark mashups of animation and classical music; a visit from director Tim Burton\u2019s favorite composer, Danny Elfman; and a concert devoted to blockbuster film scores \u2026 The lineup is part of the PSO\u2019s 2026 \u2018Summer with the Symphony\u2019 and reflects a programming strategy that has become increasingly common among major American orchestras,\u202fas they look for dependable box-office revenue and opportunities to attract audiences who may never attend a traditional Beethoven or Mahler concert.\u201d The Pittsburgh Symphony\u2019s summer schedule includes a wide variety of music, from classical to pops to patriotic, along with five film-related performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Monday\u2019s (6\/22) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sono Motoyama writes, \u201cAs the giant armies of Rohan and Isengard clash across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[524,29964,73,75,74,29966,31399],"class_list":["post-227066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-community","tag-composers","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-repertoire","tag-venues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}