David Krakauer - The Big Picture( United For Opportunity 2014)

The Big Picture explores the inseparable relationship between music and movies while reminding the audience of their incomparable contribution as co-stars. Clarinetist extraordinaire David Krakauer s otherworldly interpretations of the music found in a myriad of moviegoer favorites including Sophie s Choice, Life is Beautiful, The Pianist, Radio Days, and more, will transport the audience to the shores of their memory banks while expanding their appreciation of one of life s great couples music and movies.

For me, it s like putting on a new suit of clothes, says Krakauer of The Big Picture. And this project is also a way for me to connect the dots of all the music I ve been playing throughout my career. So I m very excited about this new step we re taking.

Having been showered with accolades for his groundbreaking work in classical music and new klezmer, Krakauer now finds himself at an artistic crossroads and is ready to enter into a new phase in his career. His next project, The Big Picture, may be his most adventurous to date.

With an all-star crew of fellow musical renegades, Krakauer is reimagining familiar themes by such renowned film music composers as Marvin Hamlisch, Wojciech Kilar and Vangelis, as well as interpreting melodic gems by the likes of Sergei Prokofiev, Ralph Burns, John Kander and Fred Ebb and Jerry Bock that have appeared in popular films. Having already contributed to films by directors Ang Lee and Sally Potter, Krakauer now takes on the challenge of bringing a modernist vision to tunes that resonate on a deeply emotional level with generations of moviegoers.
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