"It's Going to be Epic!" London Soundtrack Festival 2025: The new Film, TV and Games Music 7-Day Event.

Next week sees the first ever London based festival which shines the spotlight on music from film, tv and video games. Curated and devised by Tommy Pearson who is a familiar name in the world of music, he has long sought such an event for the UK and it has now become a reality. Taking place in a variety of iconic London venues and with some of the best orchestras, the world-renowned city of music excellence is in for a treat from March 19th to 26th. The festival's headline guest and first recipient of the inaugural Christopher Gunning Inspiration Award is Howard Shore. David Cronenberg will also be in attendance. Our FSM friend Jon Burlingame will be flying to London for hosting duties across a number of events, and better still JB will participate in a special FREE talk with Tommy about his recent book Prime Time.

Below are 3 personal highlights which i'm looking forward to but there is a veritable feast on offer which is detailed at the LSF's slick website (note the OST abbreviation highlighted within the LSF logo design!). I'll be floating about at many of the events and look out for detailed audio, video and written coverage in a future issue of FSM Online .

1.

1991's classic, multi-Oscar-winning film The Silence of the Lambs screened in synchronisation with Howard Shore’s score for the first time. Hearing such cues as the Opening Titles, Drops of Blood, Lectar in Memphis and Clarice live in the Barbican's tight acoustic setting conducted by Ben Palmer will be thrilling. Hopefully the bar will have enough bottles of Chianti in stock for the post-concert talk with Howard Shore. Mark your diary for Monday 24th March.

2.

Great Movie Songs takes place the day after at Roundhouse on Tuesday 25th and whilst this website isn't called Film Song Monthly, it would be naive to think that some songs aren't also significant to a film's emotional thrust. Looking at this running order the cream of the crop have certainly been chosen, with Monica Mancini flying in from LA to pay tribute to her dear father as the icing on the cake. Not the MacArthur Park cake though! Oscar winner Anne Dudley conducts and arranges with performers Neil Tennant (from Pet Shop Boys), Omar, Jake Shears and many more top artists. 

• Everybody’s Talkin’ – Midnight Cowboy
• Nothing Has Been Proved – Scandal

• Rent – Saltburn

• Theme from Shaft
• You Only Live Twice
• To Sir With Love

• Days of Wine and Roses
• Moon River – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
• Dear Heart

• Puttin On The Ritz – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• The Way You Look Tonight – Swing Time
• Thunderball

• Up Where We Belong – An Officer and a Gentleman
• (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life – Dirty Dancing
• Who Wants To Be a Millionaire – High Society

3.

Succinctly bringing together the festival guests on Saturday 22nd March is the LSF Gala Concert at Royal Festival Hall. This will also be the occasion where Howard Shore will receive the Christopher Gunning Inspiration Award and the programme for this concert is once again carefully curated with a diverse running order.

There are so many more highlights including master classes, lots of live to picture screenings and a Games Music Concert with Gordy Haab's terrific FSMies award winning score to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle being premiered. Once again the detailed line up is listed here for your perusal and say hello if you're around.

- Tim (tburden@filmscoremonthly.com)