[ExI] for classical music lovers only

[William Flynn Wallace]

Thanks, I'll give them a listen.  You could also include pre 1940 movies.
 bill w

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 11:56 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog was a notable production within that
> timespan, that conveyed a lot but not all of its plot through its songs.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp_hlaXcniY&list=PL78B0B3p_qZQPO8VVNTRf6wSDP9ebIoTQ
> has the playlist (plus two non-song entries, which you can ignore for this
> exercise).
>
> The second LEGO Movie might be interesting to do this exercise with too.
> Soundtrack at
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUEbWo1uIrg&list=PL5uTL9oHnU9gbfDveKd1kVKcXwydBb-1i
> .
>
> Granted, neither of these is particularly "old", but you limited it to the
> past 20 years.
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 9:42 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> You  know, I have had this thought:  what if we heard the movie music
>> before we saw the movie?  After seeing the movie, we will have visual
>> images to go with most of the music, memory allowing.  ("I go to the
>> hills....."  Julie Andrews in an Alpine meadow)  The questions are:  can
>> the music stand alone?  Will your like or dislike of the scenes the music
>> accompanies influence your liking or disliking of the music?  I suppose a
>> test could be listening to old movie music whose movie you have not seen.
>> Or maybe someone in the group can tell me a movie they liked, and I can
>> listen to the score - or part of it, at least, should be on Youtube - an
>> invaluable resource.
>>
>> I have seen practically nothing in the last 20 years or so, so
>> please recommend a score.  (thanks Stuart)
>>
>> bill w
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 7:56 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <
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>>
>>>
>>> Bill Wallace wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 3:36 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
>>> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>> > I am at the point where I think I know just about every piece up until
>>> > about 1900 or maybe 1930 that I like.  So after that I am looking for
>>> > new music to buy.  I get the American Record Guide and buy CDs
>>> > based on reviews and have a success rate of maybe 10%.  The
>>> > others I give away.
>>> >
>>> > So, I am interested in finding out from other classical music lovers
>>> > who, since 1900, has become a favorite whose music I might like.  If
>>> > a composer is famous I very likely know all I need to know about
>>> > him or her.
>>>
>>> I would get the musical scores from the Star Wars movies performed by
>>> the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In so far as classical music can be
>>> considered a genre instead of a musical period ending in the 1800s,
>>> then John Williams is one of the best modern classical music
>>> composers. He is why the Star Wars movies are "space opera" instead of
>>> "space theater" or "space story".
>>>
>>> Stuart LaForge
>>>
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