17 Jun 2013 ... Two Steps From Hell's epic orchestral scores were was presented for the first
time Friday night at the Music Center's Walt's Disney Concert Hall ...
Two Steps From Hell at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Concert Review: Two Steps From Hell at the Walt Disney Concert Hall The Art of 21st century Orchestra Music by Paty Elias Posted: 06/17/2013 05:32:29 PM PDT
Two Steps From Hell's epic orchestral scores were was presented for the first time Friday night at the Music Center's Walt's Disney Concert Hall as creators Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergerson performed with the 70-piece Los Angeles Philharmonic and a 60-person choir. Phoenix and Begerson have together written music for hundreds of motion picture advertising campaigns, movies TV shows and video games. Live in concert, Two Steps From Hell's breakthrough style of music shattered the mundane sounds of mainstream pop and love ballads, ripping them to pieces and remixing them in the listener's residual memory.
Two Steps from Hell First Ever Live Show
The music created by Two Steps From Hell was at times uplifting, beautiful and completely overwhelming, raising you to heaven -- complete with angelic visions -- only to suddenly dropkick you into scenes of hell and war, marching through kingdoms, being brought before a king, and being an onlooker at a beheading. This was my first time inside the stainless-steel-wrapped Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by L.A. architect Frank Gehry, and the room itself could be best described the inside a giant musical-instrument box. The surface of the oddly shaped room is made of Douglas fir a wood
similar to that used in musical instruments. With a little imagination, the overall effect is similar to being inside the stomach of a giant caterpillar. The center wall of the stage came together with jagged wood pieces resembling a "Phantom of the Opera" piano with pipes. The hall is built to contain the sounds of musicians and audience in a cozy, close proximity. The intense range and depth of the music combined with the Disney Hall design and light show created a four-dimensional effect of almost being inside of a movie. It was a multi-sensory experience to say the least -- a step further than a movie-studio simulation. Nick Phoenix sang and played taiko drums, various percussion instruments and the piano. Thomas Bergerson played electric violin, guitar, piano and percussion. Along with the orchestra and chorus, the duo elevated the spirit to the highest musical spheres. Singers Merethe Soltvedt and Aya Peard both enchanted with their voices. Conductor Petr Pololanik has collaborated with Two Steps From Hell since 2006. This 21st-century orchestral music is definitely worth checking out. You can start with Two Steps From Hell's http://www.youtube.com/user/TwoStepsFromTheMusic YouTube channel. If you watch movies, or are an avid gamer, in all likelihood you have already heard many of these powerful compositions. CLICK FOR PHOTO GALLERY
Photos: Two Steps from Hell First Ever Live Show!Walt Disney Concert Hall
