Wes Banderson

Wes Banderson: The Music of Wes Anderson is a celebration of theoriginal score music and deep cut needle-drops from thefilms of Wes Anderson.

Performing in Team Zissou livery, the five piece ensemble effortlessly switch between instruments as they move between the soundtracks of Rushmore, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Moonrise Kingdom, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox and beyond.

The group performs pieces from composers Mark Mothersbaugh, AlexanderDesplatt, Sven Libaek, Shankar-Jakishan, Maurice Ravel and more.

The show runs as 2×45 minute sets with a 15-20 minute interval and an optional encore.

Visuals

The show can be performed with or without projected videos, which are controlled from the stage via an HDMI connection to a projector at front-of-house.

The projections are animated visual collages of clips from Wes Anderson’s films, and custom digital animations.

Examples can be found here.

Live videos

Audience reactions on our socials:

“I have dreamt of listening to this piece in person for so long. Thanks for making my dreams come true tonight – fabulous performance.”

“What an absolutely gorgeous night. Well done Wes Banderson, that was something else.”

“Excellent musicians, incredible visuals, what a show.”

“Wes Banderson were phenomenal.”

“Favourite song ever live. Wow”

“I didn’t expect it to be this good.”