The Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con 3.0 - John's Recap

Something few people know about me, is that I am an avid collector of movie and television soundtracks. Don't get me wrong, I have my love of traditional music as well, in fact you'll find every Journey album ever recorded on my shelf...but there is just something so incredibly special about soundtracks.  

Every movie I've ever watched, or any show that I've loved, I just find that I connect with the music and the moment on screen that goes with it. Be it the score that went with Admiral Adama dropping the Battlestar Galactica out of the sky, or the simple and subtle sounds that come with Andy Dufresne just trying to survive in The Shawshank Redemption; these scores move me and I love going back and hearing the music that came with those powerful moments to re live the power of that scene one more time.

It's why I am always counting down the days to the Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con because that's exactly what this concert does for me every single year. It either sends me back to wondrous moments in my childhood where I experienced those amazing notes for the first time, or it sends me back to a point in time where I was simply left in awe in the theater. This year's show was no exception to that rule as the Symphony took me back to a time when Indiana Jones ruled my VCR with their rendition of Raiders of the Lost Ark and while it brought a tear of joy to my eye, it was wonderful to know that I was not alone.

All throughout the show this year I was able to take a moment and look around to see people moving in their seats. Not because they were bored or because they were ready to stretch their legs...but because the music was flowing through them. They were dancing in their seats, tapping their fingers and smiling because they knew every single note, every single beat and they couldn't help but let the joy take control as their own fond memories came to the surface of their mind.  It was a beautiful experience and it speaks to what the Symphony is doing and why the Tribute to Comic Con has become a can't miss event.

It's because the Colorado Symphony has come to realize that music is more than a presentation or a history lesson. It's about the experience. It needs to infect you, take control of you and let your imagination experience wonders and the best part about this year's show for me...was the sheer fact that there were so many families in attendance, generations of geeks coming together to share memories and create new ones in the process to talk about for years to come. It makes me glad that the Symphony has made this a regular tradition and I can't wait to see what wonders they will unlock in our minds next year when this event rolls around again.

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