Terminator 2: Judgment Day Live in Concert

Terminator 2: Judgment Day Live in Concert comes to Jesse H. Jones Hall on Wednesday, April 28, 2027. It's a live-to-picture screening of James Cameron's 1991 sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, with the score performed live in the room.

The music is Brad Fiedel's original synthesizer score, the same one that drove the movie's tension and those heavy, industrial themes. Instead of the recorded track, a live ensemble will play it in sync with the film, so you're hearing the score as it happens rather than as a soundtrack. The movie itself will be projected on a vast HD screen with subtitles, which is a nice touch if you're watching with someone who doesn't speak English or if you just prefer to read along while the action is going.

If you've seen T2 a dozen times, it's a different experience to have the music played live. Fiedel's work is so tied to the film's mood—the metallic clanging, the driving rhythms—that hearing it in a concert hall changes how it hits. It turns a movie night into a proper musical event, and seeing it on a screen that large makes the whole thing feel a bit more like a cinema experience than a home viewing.

Tickets start at $39, and the show is on Wednesday, April 28, at Jesse H. Jones Hall.