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The highly-anticipated inaugural London Soundtrack Festival 2025 – the capital’s first festival dedicated to the music of film, TV, and games music – is set to take place from 19-26 March.

In association with BFI, the Festival is hosted by some of the capital’s greatest cultural venues, including BFI IMAX, The Barbican, Alexandra Palace, Royal Festival Hall, The Roundhouse and Wigmore Hall, features several of London’s leading orchestras as well as the biggest names in film, TV and games music.

Festival Highlights include:

• Headline composer Howard Shore takes centre stage in the Festival’s Gala Concert (22 Mar), where the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Ben Palmer perform many of his key works alongside music by the Festival’s other featured composers. Alongside special guest hosts for the evening, Shore will receive the inaugural Gunning Inspiration Award from director and long-time collaborator David Cronenberg during the concert. Earlier in the day, Shore and Cronenberg participate in a special In Conversation event and introduce screenings of Crash and Dead Ringers.

• The Lord of the Rings trilogy screened back-to-back, introduced by Howard Shore (23 Mar)

• Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir introduces screenings of Tár (with Cate Blanchett) (21 Mar), Joker+ and Folie à Deux (25 Mar) and is celebrated in a concert of her music for film and TV at Queen Elizabeth Hall with the London Contemporary Orchestra conducted by Robert Ames (26 Mar).

• Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley presents an evening of Great Movie Songs with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and singers Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys), Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), Omar, Lance Ellington, Louise Dearman and Monica Mancini. The programme includes much-loved songs as diverse as ‘Everybody’s Talkin’’ from Midnight Cowboy, ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ from High Society and ‘Up Where we Belong’ from An Officer and a Gentleman at The Roundhouse. (25 Mar)

• The State of the Art: Games Music day at The Roundhouse culminates in a spectacular concert by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra playing music from Baldur’s Gate 3, Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Metal Gear Solid and Battlefield 2042, introduced by the composers themselves. The day also includes masterclasses, signings and a panel discussion with leading composers including Stephen Barton (Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Titanfall 2, Apex Legends, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor), Stephanie Economou (Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Dawn of Ragnarök), Ludvig Forssell (Death Stranding, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain), Harry Gregson-Williams (Call of Duty, Gladiator II, The Chronicles of Narnia), Hildur Guðnadóttir, Gordy Haab (The Walking Dead, Kinect: Star Wars)and Borislav Slavov (Baldur’s Gate 3, Crysis, Warface, Ryse: Son of Rome)

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