SF Sketchfest takes over town January 15-February 1, and 48 Hills is part of the hot comedy action. First up: Fancy a live, fully orchestrated version of the “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” theme song? We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for “The Red Room Orchestra plays the film and television music of Mark Mothersbaugh” on Sun/18 at Great American Music Hall, featuring music from “Rushmore,” “Rugrats,” Thor Ragnarok, and many more beloved shows. (Read our fascinating interview with Devo founder Mothersbaugh about it all here.)
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Here’s more info about the event:
San Francisco’s own The Red Room Orchestra team up with special tribute guest, the one-and-only musical genius and Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh live in person to perform music from film and television scores composed by Mothersbaugh.
Mothersbaugh, who continues to perform with Devo, became an acclaimed film and television composer after getting a call from Paul Reubens and working on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” which led to composing scores for multiple Wes Anderson films including “Rushmore,” “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” as well as many extremely popular films and shows such as “Thor Ragnarok,” “The Lego Movie,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” “Rugrats,” and “A Minecraft Movie.”
The Red Room Orchestra, initially created to perform the music from David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks,” continues to interpret film and television scores each year at SF Sketchfest and beyond. They have tackled the soundtracks from “Rushmore,” “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Boogie Nights,” “The Lost Boys,” “Repo Man,” “Harold and Maude” and the music of “The Kids in the Hall.” This is their first show interpreting the music of a specific composer, the singular Mark Mothersbaugh, and they are thrilled to be joined by him live in person as a special guest on select tunes plus a few surprises.
