Halloween: Music from the Dark
Halloween: Music from the Dark
Dates
- 30. October at 19:00
- 31. October at 19:00
As darkness falls and the October evenings grow longer, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra brings some of the most chilling music in film history to life.
Together with actor Rolf Kristian Larsen, we will create an evening where the music creeps under your skin. From the icy sounds of The Dark Knight to the iconic theme from Jaws, we encounter music that has sent shivers down audiences’ spines around the world. John Williams’ suspenseful shark motif and Bernard Herrmann’s legendary shower scene music from Psycho are among the moments that have defined what fear sounds like.
In Danny Elfman’s music for Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas, we encounter the vulnerable and melancholic. At the same time, Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells draws us into an unsettling atmosphere, familiar from The Exorcist.
Through music from films such as Halloween, The Ring, Hannibal, The Grudge, It and Pirates of the Caribbean, we meet composers Hans Zimmer and John Carpenter, whose work has shaped modern film music and our collective imagination of fear.
In the music from Dark Woods 2 (Villmark 2), we sense the terror lurking in the dark forest.
An evening of goosebumps and dark atmosphere – and a reminder of why we love being scared!
Recommended age: 12+, due to special effects used in the concert hall.
Zimmer/Howard: The Dark Knight Trilogy
Williams: “Shark Theme” from Jaws
Herrmann: “The Murder” from Psycho
Elfman: Suite from Edward Scissorhands
Oldfield: Tubular Bells
Berlioz: “Dies Irae”
Wallfisch: “Every 27 Years” from It
Elfman: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jablonsky: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Carpenter: Halloween
Zimmer: “Avarice” from Hannibal
Zimmer/Badelt: “Gourmet Valse Tartare” from Hannibal
Young: The Grudge
Bjerknæs: “Old Photos” from Villmark 2
Zimmer: “Davy Jones” from Dead Man’s Chest
Rui Marques, conductor
Rolf Kristian Larsen, presenter
Portuguese conductor Rui Miguel Marques (born 2004) has served as Assistant Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra since January 2025, working closely with the Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Andris Poga until the end of the 2025/26 season, as well as with a number of guest conductors. In addition, he has conducted several concerts of his own.
Marques has conducted orchestras including Orquestra Gulbenkian, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, Kecskeméti Szimfonikus Zenekar, West Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Dresden, Alumni Symphony Orchestra Zürich, Atlantic Coast Orchestra, Orquestra Clássica do Centro and Alto Minho Youth Orchestra. Recent engagements include a performance of Verdi’s Nabucco at the J. K. Tyl Theatre in the Czech Republic and an invitation as guest conductor at a piano festival at Teatro Degollado in Mexico.
Marques is based in Oslo and studies conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music under the guidance of Ole Kristian Ruud and Rolf Gupta. He is a participant in Dirigentforum Junior and has taken part in masterclasses with conductors including Johannes Schlaefli, Jorma Panula, Gustavo Gimeno, Tabita Berglund and Lawrence Foster. Prior to his studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music, he received instruction from British conductor Timothy Henty and Portuguese conductors Alexandre Madeira and Marta Falcão.