![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, the documentary further reveals the sense of apprehension and inferiority many of the band members had when faced with the large number of classically trained musicians they were now playing with, and the imposter syndrome and stage fright expressed is relatable and reassuring for any fellow musician to hear from a commercially successful band. ![]() The frustration of the band’s booking agent Alex Hardee in reaction to this decision shines through in the documentary as equally as Dan Smith’s determined excitement at the creative journey he steered his fellow bandmates on. Subsequently, the band toured a series of live shows, tweaking and reinventing the orchestral arrangements of their songs with each performance and growing in scale, reaching its pinnacle in a spectacular concert with the Baltic Sea Philharmonic and a 12-piece choir at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie in January 2020.Īt first glance, it seems a strange direction for a band like Bastille to take, spending their time reworking their existing catalogue of tunes from festival-favourite pop ballads to beautiful classical visions, rather than continuing to churn out successful chart-toppers. īastille’s emotional rendition of ‘I Can’t Fight This Feeling’ featuring the London Contemporary Orchestra backed John Lewis’s 2019 Christmas ad – but this collaboration was not a one-off occurrence inspired by the Christmas spirit.Īs the feature-length documentary film, Bastille: ReOrchestrated explores the four-piece band experimenting in performances featuring classical musicians and gospel singers since a charity show at London’s Union Chapel in 2017. But this rumble isn’t in anticipation of a performance of Mozart, or Beethoven, rather Bastille’s ‘Pompeii’. The resonant note of a woodwind instrument tuning, the plucking of a string, the scrape of a chair and the shuffling of paper: all well-known and comforting sounds to anyone who has played in an orchestra. ![]()
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