{"id":5760,"date":"2013-03-24T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=5760"},"modified":"2013-03-24T11:14:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T15:14:02","slug":"rocky-to-get-champion-treatment-at-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/24\/rocky-to-get-champion-treatment-at-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky to Get Champion Treatment at Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

From the Daily Yomiuri Online<\/strong><\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Yomiuri Shimbun<\/p>\n

For anyone who has ever dreamed of “going the distance,” this year’s Cinema Meets Symphony event on April 6 is the perfect place to do it. The concert will feature music from Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Rocky film series about a rags-to-riches boxer, as performed by the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Led by conductor Masahiko Enkoji and popular male vocal group jammin’ Zeb, the concert will be accompanied by some of the series’ most memorable scenes shown on a large screen.<\/p>\n

The 1976 John G. Avildsen film launched Stallone’s career, as well as five sequels.<\/p>\n

Stallone, who wrote the script in just three days, portrays the title role of Rocky Balboa, a struggling boxer who takes on a heavyweight champion with the support of his girlfriend Adrian. Although Rocky does not win, he manages to last an impressive 15 rounds.<\/p>\n

The film won Best Picture at the 49th Academy Awards, and the climactic scene in which Rocky calls out Adrian’s name is one of the most iconic in cinema history.<\/p>\n

The film’s theme song, “Gonna Fly Now” by composer Bill Conti, was a big hit and will be performed at the April 6 event.<\/p>\n

Michio Hazama, the voice actor who dubbed Stallone’s dialogue in the Japanese films, and Kazutomo Miyamoto, a former pro baseball player, will attend the concert as guests.<\/p>\n

Songs from the Rocky soundtrack to be played at the concert:<\/p>\n

— “Take You Back,” “Gonna Fly Now,” “Fanfare for Rocky,” “Going the Distance” from Rocky (1976).<\/p>\n

— “Conquest” from Rocky II (1979).<\/p>\n

— “Eye of the Tiger,” “Adrian” and “Mickey” from Rocky III (1982).<\/p>\n

— “The Sweetest Victory,” “Training Montage,” “No Easy Way Out,” “Hearts on Fire,” “Burning Heart” and “Living in America” from Rocky IV (1985).<\/p>\n

— “The Measure of a Man” from Rocky V (1990).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Daily Yomiuri Online: The Yomiuri Shimbun For anyone who has ever dreamed of “going the distance,” this year’s Cinema Meets Symphony event on April 6 is the perfect place to do it. The concert will feature music from Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Rocky film series about a rags-to-riches boxer, as performed by the Yomiuri […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,28,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-117","category-honors","category-rocky"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3r2Pe-1uU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5761,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5760\/revisions\/5761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}