Pink Floyd: Watch the trailer for remastered 'Pompeii' concert film

Pink Floyd have shared the new trailer for their remastered Live at Pompeii concert film, which is returning to the big screen this April. 

“Since 1994, I have searched for the elusive film rushes of Pink Floyd At Pompeii, so the recent discovery of the 1972 original 35mm cut negative was a very special moment,” the band’s Director of Restoration Lana Topham said in a statement. 

“The newly restored version presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance with the additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments filmed shortly after.”

The film finds Pink Floyd performing pre-Dark Side favorites like “Echoes,” “One of These Days,” and “Careful With That Axe, Eugene” in an empty Roman amphitheater near the site of the infamous volcano eruption, as well as footage from the studio as the band recorded their classic Dark Side of the Moon. 

Recording engineer Steven Wilson, who was tasked with remixing the album’s sound, added in a statement, “Ever since my dad brainwashed me as a kid by playing The Dark Side of the Moon on repeat, Pink Floyd has been my favorite band. They are my ‘Beatles,’ deeply ingrained in my musical DNA. I first saw Pompeii from a grainy print at a local cinema. It made an incredible impression on me with its untethered and exploratory rock music made by four musicians that seemed to epitomize the notion of intellectual cool. It was an honor to remix the soundtrack to accompany Lana Topham’s incredible restoration of the film, which looks like it could’ve been filmed yesterday.” 

The remastered Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII will be released in New Zealand cinemas on April 24, 2025.