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"Back to the Future hit theaters 40 years ago this summer, and if audience reaction to the live screening backed by the National Symphony Orchestra in Vienna, Virginia, last weekend is any indication, that fandom is as enthusiastic today as they were four decades ago. There were even two DeLoreans on hand for photos (as long as you abided by the staff's admonition to not touch the cars).

Composer Alan Silvestri was all of 35 when he wrote that iconic, sweeping theme for Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd). Silvestri flew in from California for the Wolf Trap event, joining NSO maestro Emil de Cou on the Wolf Trap's Farmhouse Lawn for a pre-event chat about that exciting onscreen trip from 1985 to 1955 inside Doc's DeLorean. (Silvestri and de Cou hosted a similar chat with actress Lea Thompson at Wolf Trap for the film's 30th anniversary in 2015.)........."