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Having been disappointed in MIB2 and Red Dragon (with the exception of a few moments in the latter), I remember first getting hooked on film music…thanks to danny, and his scores of the late 80’s and early 90’s….film music is so varied in some senses and so recycled others…
Something that struck came across my path a few years back was Philip Glass’ score to Koyaanisqatsi…I’m sure some of you know it, and maybe some know it and hate it…
but just as danny brought his own vision on the world of cinema as somewhat of an outsider, so did philip glass. Second only to Glass in numbers of CDs in my collection is danny…
Anyway, I’m just sharing because I was not disappointed with Spider-Man…and this weekend I was not disappointed with the score to the third film in the Qatsi trilogy…
too late to be brief, but if you like Philip Glass, give Naqoyqatsi a listen…
I’ve really been looking forward to that CD. Too bad my small town idea of classic music is Elvis. I’ll wait for it, but I don’t have to like it. So you like Glass Richard? Well I do too, but my favorite minimalist have to be Michael Nyman and Michael Torke (he should really look into scoring a film). While I don’t totally agree with your assessments with MIIB and Red Dragon, I do respect your choice in music.
Other Minimalist I find invigorating are Steve Reich, John Adams, and Jay Allen Kernis.
Nat who is in his classical music phase right now, so I don’t mind talking about this.
I like Michael Nyman very much too…on top of his recent release of ‘best of Michael Nyman 1980-2001’ he has a bunch of non-soundtrack albums I like, my favorite being a Piano Concerto he made from the music of his score for the film ‘the Piano’, and also on that album is a piece he wrote called MGV(musique a grande vitesse’, it’s awesome if you don’t know it already.
John Adams also recently released an album called Naive and Sentimental music which I like, it’s essentially a symphony with its three movements.If you have any questions about Glass though, with the exception of maybe three or four, I have all of his albums, sixty some odd, and I could burn whatever you wanted for you if you are truly a destitute Glass fan with no good stores near by…
Rich
good links:
http://www.philipglass.com
http://www.earbox.com
http://www.michaelnyman.comWhile we’re with minimalists, why not throw Arvo Part or John Tavener into the mix? They’re awesome.
Phillip Glass did a great score for Twyla Tharps ‘In the Upper Room’ as well as his other works (can you SEE my dance influence here? lol)
Toby.
Richard, I consider MGV on of the greatest classical works of the last 20 years. I bought the CD for the Piano Concerto, but keep coming back to MGV! I love Nyman’s songs too, especially When Ute Lemper sings them (try “I am an unusual thing” from a text by Mozart and tell me you are not moved). I also love his Odd Opera “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat” based on a subject of Dr. Sacks (the Doctor that the movie Awakenings was based on). I have 3 different recordings of The Piano Concerto, and find that my favorite is John Lenehan piano, and the Ulster Orchestra on Naxos, plus it includes “Where The Bee Dances” for Saxophone and Orchestra which I also love.
Other Nyman musts are his Concertos for Saxophone & Cello, Harpsichord, and Trombone (that includes a slamming filing cabinet) – After Extra Time and The Final Score are two football (or Soccer) themed pieces that have wonderful music in them.
Toby, I like some of the religious minimalist music (especially Part, Goreki, and Kilar), but I find most of it too still. But give me time and I’ll come around. It took time until I finally embraced Opera.
Thanks for the links Rich (I already had the Nyman link). Wow 40! I only have about 20 Glass CDs, I guess the largest amount from any one classical composer would have to be the about 50 CDs I of Franz Liszt. Still I have a very full collection of about 1000 Classical CDs to go along with my 1000 film score, and about 500 jazz, rock, and others. I would like to continue this conversation, but I don’t want to do it here since we aren’t bringing up Danny very much (if at all). Just send me an Email if you want to at : natrebo@hotmail.com
As for the thin showing of good classical CD stores here where I live, I do get a chance to go to Memphis, TN about once a month and I usually load up there, or I just order online, but I just find the instant gratification thing really great!
Nat
I have tickets for all of these!
*gloat*
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