Fascinating video shows how a live orchestra scores an entire film

This is interesting not only because you get to see the apposition of the orchestra and scenes fromThe Great Human Odysseyor because you get word how 70 musicians grade an full motion-picture show in 3 days without any preparation or how the filmmakers painstakingly do their chore , but also because it ’s just coolheaded to see people play music .

The Great Human Odysseyis a three part documentary from Niobe Thompson that ’ll air on Canada ’s CBC and distinguish the story of , well , us . Here ’s what they have to say about the film grade :

movie maker and Anthropologist Niobe Thompson teamed up with Composer Darren Fung to create a magnificent melodious score for the approaching CBC series The Great Human Odyssey . In an geological era when inhabit - register orchestral scotch are a dying stock , Thompson and Fung brought the Edmonton Symphony and ProCoro Canada to one of North America ’s premier acoustic space : Edmonton ’s Winspear Centre . Over three day , over 70 classical musicians and a bombastic team of sound recording engineers memorialise a noteworthy musical score , cap with a sold - out public performance . See what befall !