Some classical fans may turn their nose up at the orchestral themes and marches which are written and purposed as movie soundtracks.

But as the bursting brass of John William’s Star Wars Theme filled the Brighton Dome even the staunchest purist would feel a slight shiver creep up their spine.

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra brought their Heroes And Aliens show to the concert hall with the very best cuts taken from the cinematic soundtracks to space operas such as Star Trek, Avatar and Apollo 13.

With playful banter and scene setting from conductor Pete Harrison, their arrangements were note perfect with a scope ranging from triumphant, to melancholic, to ominous.

Despite the reputation of its parent film, Across The Stars from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, by John Williams, was a goosebump-raising highlight.

Williams’ five tone theme from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind brought on riotous applause, as did his whimsical forgotten classic the theme from Lost In Space, before the orchestra closed with his theme from Richard Donner’s Superman.

While intrinsically linked to the films which they serve, these orchestral scores stand alone and hearing them live is an auditory onslaught of truly intergalactic scale.

Five stars