In This Program
The Concert
Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at 7:30pm
Thursday, July 17, 2025, at 7:30pm
Friday, July 18, 2025, at 7:30pm
The July 17 performance is at the Frost Amphitheater at Stanford University.
Sarah Hicks conducting
Hans Zimmer
“Discombobulate” from Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Ennio Morricone
“The Man with the Harmonica”
from Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Hans Zimmer
“Corynorhinus” from Batman Begins (2005)
Hans Zimmer
(Arr. John Wasson)
Music from Gladiator (2000)
Hans Zimmer
(Arr. Andrew Joslyn)
“Blood on My Hands” from The Dark Knight (2008)
Ramin Djawadi
(arr. Larry Moore)
Theme from Game of Thrones (2011)
Hans Zimmer
“No time for Caution” from Interstellar (2014)
Klaus Badelt
(Arr. Ted Ricketts)
Suite from Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Intermission
Hans Zimmer
“Chevaliers de Sangreal” from The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Hans Zimmer
(Arr. Andrew Joslyn)
Dune Medley (2021)
Hans Zimmer
Suite from Inception (2010)
Hans Zimmer
“Taken” from The Last Samurai (2003)
Elton John, Tim Rice, and Hans Zimmer
(arr. Brad Kelley)
The Lion King Orchestral Song Suite (1994)
Hildur Guðnadóttir
“Subway”, “Bathroom Dance”, and “The Kiss” from Joker
Hans Zimmer
Suite from Pearl Harbor
Lead sponsorship for the San Francisco Symphony’s performances at Frost Ampitheater provided by The Sakurako & William Fisher Family.
About the Artists
Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer has scored more than 200 projects across all mediums, which, combined, have grossed more than 28 billion dollars at the worldwide box office. He been honored with an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, three Grammy Awards, an American Music Award, and a Tony Award. Highlights of his work include Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, As Good as It Gets, Rain Man, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Thelma and Louise, The Last Samurai, 12 Years A Slave, Blade Runner 2049 (co-scored with Benjamin Wallfisch), and Dunkirk. In 2019, Mr. Zimmer scored the live-action remake of The Lion King, for which he received a Grammy nomination for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. His most recent films include Woman 1984, the James Bond film No Time to Die, Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and Dune: Part II, Top Gun: Maverick, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, and The Boss Baby: Family Business. Zimmer has completed highly successful tour stops for his Hans Zimmer Live concert all around the world.
Sarah Hicks
Sarah Hicks is a conductor, educator, arranger, producer, writer, and speaker committed to creating connections through music. She has collaborated with diverse artists including Hilary Hahn, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, and Sting. Her passion for cross-genre partnerships led to a 2019 album with rap artist Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra, where she is principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall.
Hicks made her San Francisco Symphony debut in July 2009 and has also worked with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Toronto Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, RTÉ Orchestra, Danish National Symphony, Czech National Symphony, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, and Malaysian Philharmonic. Her commitment to new music led to a micro-commission project, and her recording of new concertos, Triple Doubles, has been released by the Bridge label. Her interest in the intersection of mental health and music led to the production of a concert titled Music and the Mind.
Born in Japan and raised in Hawaii, Hicks is fluent in Japanese and holds degrees from Harvard University and the Curtis Institute of Music.
