After the fantastic WINGS performance by the GFFO last August, it's only fitting that they move into higher elevations beyond earth's realm. If Space truly is the final frontier, let's look at how early films approached this wonder of the…

An afternoon of great entertainment, food, and drinks is in store
The Grand Feature Film Orchestra
WINGS
live orchestra with the movie
August 21st, at 1:00 pm

TICKETS 
$30 - general admission
$20 - military veterans using coupon code: propsandwings

Elementary, middle, and high school students get in FREE. 

Tickets are available now right here:
https://thegffo.com

One of the many planes used in the filming of WINGS in 1927

The Grand Feature Film Orchestra presents WINGS - LIVE. William Wellman's epic action film is set during World War I. Academy Awards winner for "Best Picture" and…

Student GFFO members outside Different Fur recording studio in San Francisco recording their album, "Overtures."

The GFFO is a magical collaboration of students and professionals. Students members of the GFFO learn more than the musical parts for performance. They must…

Having the whole summer's beautiful weather as an inspiration, the Grand Feature Film Orchestra begins its summer with an exciting score! It'll take more than 40 hours of study and rehearsal to prepare and synchronize the music to the action…

PART ONE -- Movie Sound Began with Music

Take your favorite live-action movie or cartoon, and imagine it without a musical score. Imagine Star Wars without the brassy fanfares introducing the characters at just the right time. Music in movies…

Big-time projects require big-time efforts. The Grand Feature Film Orchestra will feature WINGS. A WWI action movie with a live full orchestra score! 

Directed by William Welman
Musical Score by Carl Davis
Performed LIVE by The Grand Feature Film Orchestra…

Concert Program:
The Grand Feature Film Orchestra performing LIVE film scores with the movies

SUPERMAN: ARCTIC GIANTS (Animated Featurette) - musical score by Sammy Timberg (1942)
The GFFO is dedicated to studying, reconstructing, and performing historic cinematic music. Sometimes this…

Front entrance of Different Fur Studios -- San Francisco

There's tremendous excitement as the Grand Feature Film Orchestra (GFFO) members prepare for their first album,  OVERTURES. Studio sessions can be stressful because there's pressure to make things perfect. It's…

A few of our favorite film score composers: 

John Williams -- iconic, almost Wagnerian connection between characters and music. Just pick a character and hum their theme! 

The Newman Family (Alfred, Randy, David, Maria, Thomas, Lionel, Joey, and Emil) --…

The GFFO starts every concert with an overture. Then, we select our favorites in this series of projects and record them in a world-class recording studio for an album entitled "OVERTURES!"; the first is Don Ellis' BULGARIAN BULGE, to be…

The story of the carnivorous terror in a flower pot has become both an icon and an inspiration for artists for over 60 years! 

THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, became a famous New York off-Broadway award-winning hit musical still playing…