Abels wrote a score that does most of the quiet dread in Get Out, and hearing seventy musicians produce those sounds in a room while the sunken place opens on a screen above them is a different experience from watching it at home. The run closes on Halloween night itself. If you want a horror movie without a haunted-house queue, this is the most sophisticated scare in town.
What to expect
The complete film on a large screen with dialogue and effects intact and the score played live beneath it. The DC6 Singers Collective handles the choral writing. Running time tracks the film's, and the orchestra plays continuously, so latecomers wait for a break.
Good to know
- 66 St-Lincoln Center on the 1 train, or Columbus Circle for the A B C D and 1
- The film carries an R rating; it is not a program for young children
- Sit further back than you would for a symphony so the screen sits comfortably in view
- The Halloween-night performance will be the hardest seat to get of the four
- Costumes are common at film-score concerts on this weekend
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Common questions
Is the whole film shown?
Yes. The complete film plays with its score performed live by the orchestra.
Who conducts?
Anthony Parnther, with the DC6 Singers Collective performing the vocal parts.