Lamb of God: The Concert Film

Produced and Directed by Rob Gardner

In 2021, a concert film of Lamb of God was produced and directed by Rob Gardner for release in movie theaters. The COVID-19 pandemic had made live performances of the work impossible, and so the film was made to allow people around the world to hear and experience the work in a new and unique way. Rob adapted the work—which is usually performed with a full symphony orchestra—for just 20 instruments and a 30-voice choir, so that the “socially-distanced” performers could fit on a soundstage, and the whole work was recorded live without an audience and filmed with close-up camera angles, inviting the audience into the performance, rather than as an outside audience. The film premiered in the top 10 films a few weeks before Easter 2021 and included new music Rob wrote for the film.