The San Diego Symphony performs Hans Zimmer's score to the film 'The Ring', conducted by Susie Benchasil Seiter, with the film shown on the big screen.
The San Diego Symphony is bringing The Ring to the Jacobs Music Center on Sunday, November 1, at 6 PM. It's a live-to-picture performance of Hans Zimmer's score to the 2002 psychological horror film, with the movie playing on the big screen while the orchestra plays along in the room. Susie Benchasil Seiter conducts.
If you've seen the movie, you know the setup: journalist Rachel Keller, played by Naomi Watts, investigates an urban legend after finding a videocassette that leaves anyone who watches it a chilling phone call warning "seven days." Released by DreamWorks Pictures, it helped redefine modern horror and remains one of the era's most influential psychological thrillers. The film's atmosphere is a huge part of why it works, and that's where the music comes in.
Hans Zimmer's score is a key part of that. In the original soundtrack's liner notes, he described his minimalist, unsettling approach as essential to the film's creeping dread—the kind of sound that sits under the surface and builds slowly rather than jumping out at you. Hearing it live with a full orchestra changes the experience, because you're not just hearing the recording; you're hearing the actual instruments in the room as the scenes unfold on screen. The performance is licensed by Paramount Pictures.
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It's a Sunday evening show at the Jacobs Music Center, 1245 Seventh Ave, San Diego, CA 92101. The San Diego Symphony Orchestra performs the score, conducted by Susie Benchasil Seiter, with the film shown on the big screen. The concert starts at 6 PM.
