Imagine your favorite movies and soundtracks brought to life before your eyes…. Film's most memorable characters and songs have always been permanently etched into celluloid and digital history, unchanging and frozen in time... Until now. The FOR THE RECORD series breaths a new kind of life into the movies by adapting the works of great directors to a live setting. It's a unique form of live ente
rtainment which immerses its audiences in the worlds of cinema and music. The series features LA's leading talent - stars from stage, record and screen as well as new, rising performers - embodying iconic movie characters and giving them new voices. The idea of the FOR THE RECORD series was born out of desire to tap into the pulse of Hollywood while simultaneously developing a new style of entertainment which would have a universal appeal. Creative partners Shane Scheel and Christopher Lloyd Bratten drew from their combined experience in music, production, theatre and live entertainment to conceive a series which would pay homage to great directors. The twist, however, was to turn each their films on its head and tell the stories through their soundtracks. We've all had the experience of watching a movie and being so thrilled or moved by a song playing under a memorable scene. The FOR THE RECORD series brings the music to the foreground and puts the songs into the voices of the characters from the movie. Each FOR THE RECORD show masterfully blends songs and scenes from the canon of work by one of film's top directors. Shane and Chris felt there was no better place to start than with Quentin Tarantino. Known for his brilliant use of music in his films, Tarantino was the original inspiration for the FOR THE RECORD series. His dangerous, sexy, slick and gritty films provided the perfect playground. What started out originally as more of a straightforward concert quickly evolved into the current format with the addition of scenes from the movies, clever staging, rich vocal harmonies and even some choreography. The idea of performing scenes throughout the concert was sparked by Tarantino's use of movie dialogue clips interspersed throughout his soundtracks. In the past year and half, they have tackled John Hughes, Baz Luhrmann and The Coen Brothers. Many more are currently in the works and slated to open this year, including Martin Scorcese and Tim Burton. Thoughts and opinions of cast members from our shows do not represent the views of For the Record Live or its parent company Ad Astra.
