Classical Court: Yes - Rautavaara isn't bad (from the little I've heard) by Chris from Lafayette

Classical Court: Yes - Rautavaara isn't bad (from the little I've heard) by Chris from Lafayette

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Yes - Rautavaara isn't bad (from the little I've heard)

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Chris from Lafayette

In Reply to: Compassionate Cacophonists = modern composers of the post-Berg, post-Copland, post Bartok schools? posted by jdaniel@jps.net on April 22, 2021 at 11:22:54:

I forget - did you also mention the "holy minimalists" like Part? Some of those works can be pretty good too.

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Topic - Movie music - Moldog 13:11:22 04/19/21 ( 35)

RE: Movie music - Moldog 13:56:02 04/21/21 ( 0)
Music vs. "sound effects" in film - peppy m. 16:02:41 04/20/21 ( 9)
- I used to feel EXACTLY the same way you do now - Chris from Lafayette 02:10:42 04/21/21 ( 7)
  - I used to feel EXACTLY the OPPOSITE of the way I do now... - peppy m. 09:12:07 04/21/21 ( 6)
    - I'm in general agreement with what you say - Chris from Lafayette 10:52:21 04/21/21 ( 5)
      - I was never burned by the "Serialists," etc. but I'm still waiting for my Compassionate Cacophonist epiphany - jdaniel@jps.net 19:21:45 04/21/21 ( 4)
        
        RE: Compassionate Cacophonist - peppy m. 10:27:41 04/22/21 ( 3)
        
        Compassionate Cacophonists = modern composers of the post-Berg, post-Copland, post Bartok schools? - jdaniel@jps.net 11:22:54 04/22/21 ( 2)
        
        Yes - Rautavaara isn't bad (from the little I've heard) - Chris from Lafayette 04/22/21 16:08:14 04/22/21 ( 1)
        
        I haven't heard much by the holy minimalists. As for what's going on in the the young composing world today... - jdaniel@jps.net 17:53:01 04/22/21 ( 0)
- Raising hand! - jdaniel@jps.net 17:18:41 04/20/21 ( 0)
I'll be an outlier and give an example from jazz: - tinear 05:21:05 04/20/21 ( 0)
"...completely worthless outside of the film." - Jim Treanor 18:40:28 04/19/21 ( 0)
counterexample: soundtrack for Tous Les Matins du Monde - oldvinyl 18:07:23 04/19/21 ( 3)
- So I see on IMDb that the (HIP) soundtrack for this movie. . . - Chris from Lafayette 10:18:17 04/20/21 ( 2)
  - another Jordi Savall spectacular!! - oldvinyl 19:36:01 04/20/21 ( 1)
    - Yup - the music in those movies was sort of "found" rather than "composed for purpose" - Chris from Lafayette 02:18:41 04/21/21 ( 0)
Horner's "Field of Dreams" has some very nice moments, including the main theme for solo guitar and the - jdaniel@jps.net 18:05:35 04/19/21 ( 1)
- I like Horner's scores myself when he's not stealing too obviously! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 01:47:57 04/22/21 ( 0)
Alexander Nevsky is pretty good.... [nt] - steve.ott@kctcs.edu 16:17:43 04/19/21 ( 1)
- Ivan the Terrible isn't too shabby either - Chris from Lafayette 01:41:28 04/20/21 ( 0)
Music "completely worthless outside of the film" cannot also be "classical music" ? - peppy m. 15:58:15 04/19/21 ( 8)
- "I think that 'classical music' is actually a kind of 'many-splendored thing'" - Chris from Lafayette 16:10:43 04/19/21 ( 7)
  - Which recording(s) of Siegfried Idyll do you recommend ? (nt - peppy m. 09:04:29 04/20/21 ( 6)
    - Some may think these are odd choices, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 09:53:41 04/20/21 ( 5)
      - They might be odd choices, but... - peppy m. 15:39:54 04/20/21 ( 3)
        
        I find that there's usually not too much to differentiate in the various performances. . . - Chris from Lafayette 01:55:21 04/21/21 ( 2)
        
        "not too much to differentiate" between Toscanini & Gould? (nt) - goldenthal 16:40:43 04/21/21 ( 1)
        
        Ha-ha! I take your point! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 17:28:31 04/21/21 ( 0)
      - RE: Some may think these are odd choices, but. . . - pbarach 10:19:03 04/20/21 ( 0)
Not classical music? - jimbill 15:21:06 04/19/21 ( 0)
I disagree in some ways - Chris from Lafayette 13:54:09 04/19/21 ( 3)
- movie music - DrChaos 15:27:15 04/22/21 ( 1)
  - Ooh! I wouldn't go that far! (I love the music of Saint-Saens!) [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 19:20:28 04/23/21 ( 0)
- I like the Williams score for Schindler's List!.... - TWB 14:20:48 04/19/21 ( 0)