Whether you enjoy horror movies like The Omen, or period films such as Amadeus, our favorite flicks just would not be the same without the musical score.

It lets you know danger is coming or that your favorite character has arrived. It elevates the mood of any scene, such as a character’s heroic triumph or their heartbreaking loss.

“I love all kinds of film,” says Dr. Melodie Galloway, Music Director of the Asheville Choral Society. “I really adore some of those more intimate times in the movies where it’s the music itself that draws you into the action and the emotion of the scene.”

This one-of-a-kind, epic event will engage the audience not just with the chorus and orchestra, but also with the use of projected images and video clips from various films.

The program for “Music and the Movies” includes a wide array of music, such as excerpts from Mozart’s Requiem, and Adiemus by Karl Jenkins, composer of Stella Natalis, which was performed by the Asheville Choral Society in December 2013.

There is a choral/orchestra mashup of Ennio Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe and River from The Mission as well as a George Gershwin medley. In addition, music from the film Demetrius and the Gladiators by composer Franz Waxman, famous for film scores such as The Bride of Frankenstein.

Details: Music and the Movies, Friday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 8 at 4 p.m. Tickets: $20 for adults; $10 for students. Tickets may be purchased at www.ashevillechoralsociety.org or by calling (828) 232-2060. Performances will be held in the Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville.