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Composer Appreciation Thread!
MegandtheMoon
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I thought I would start this thread for anyone who wants to share works by their favourite composers!
It can be any style, from any background (I personally have a penchant for film scores
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But I thought I would start with an Italian composer called Ludovico Einaudi. His music is mainly piano based with beautiful string accompaniments. I absolutely love his music style. I was lucky enough to see him live in concert last year (cue fangirl moment).
The piece below is an older one of his which I'm currently teaching myself, and it's my favourite
It's called Divenire, which I believe translates as 'To Become'.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=b8SkX9CSJQo
It can be any style, from any background (I personally have a penchant for film scores
)But I thought I would start with an Italian composer called Ludovico Einaudi. His music is mainly piano based with beautiful string accompaniments. I absolutely love his music style. I was lucky enough to see him live in concert last year (cue fangirl moment).
The piece below is an older one of his which I'm currently teaching myself, and it's my favourite
It's called Divenire, which I believe translates as 'To Become'.https://youtube.com/watch?v=b8SkX9CSJQo
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http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
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Great composers, thanks @Simpkin Do you have any favourite pieces by them?
Thanks @rosemow ! I love sharing music with people, and hearing new pieces suggested by others
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
Hey @Simpkin I'm sorry to hear you can't play your violin at the moment! I really hope you pick it up again in the future. It's never too late to start again
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2JlDnT2l8
Enjoy! It's half after midnight here, so I'm going to bed! Have a lovely morning/afternoon/evening wherever you are everyone
Film soundtrack composers: John Williams, of course, also Harry Gregson-Williams (did the music for the Chronicles of Narnia movies), Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings trilogy). Also like the work of Murray Gold on Doctor Who; this is one of my favorites:
Traditional classical composers? Bach, of course. Beethoven. And a big fan of Bruckner from college when I dated a French horn player who was a Bruckner fan (his Symphony #7, 2nd movement is hauntingly beautiful -- he was working on it when he heard that Richard Wagner had died, and he was a fan of Wagner). Also like a lot of Vivaldi's music.
Fun must be always -- Tomas Hertl (San Jose Sharks hockey player)
Oh, I love Einaudi, too! And I also saw him live... Perhaps about a year ago, I don't remember. But it was great. I was sitting in the front row, and I thought it was really cute how he really seemed to enjoy playing
I also like some of Philip Glass' work. Not all of it, but I saw the Koyaanisqatsi (http://www.philipglass.com/music/recordings/koyaanisqatsi.php) performed live a couple of years ago, and it was incredible.
Those are brilliant suggestions @stilljustme2 ! I love all of those composers too! The Murray Gold piece is beautiful. (I cried when David Tennant's Doctor regenerated. Lol. I blame the music.)
PS: Can I just ask, how do you all manage to post your Youtube videos so that they actually play in the comment?! Sorry if I'm being a dunce, but mine only show as links, and the videos would be way better!
@kati77 that's awesome you saw him too! He really does seem to love performing
Agree with you there, I like some Philip Glass works but not all.
I have to say I'm loving everything everyone's posted so far! You have good taste, ladies!
For some reason, yours are posting as secure links (the https) -- to get a link that would post as a video, you probably need to go into "Share" on the video page then copy and paste the link that shows up there.
Fun must be always -- Tomas Hertl (San Jose Sharks hockey player)
youtu.be/l34dnf1w0U8
This is from the Great Gatsby soundtrack (stunning!) composed by Craig Armstrong. Craig Armstrong is a Scottish film composer, and I had the good fortune of getting to attend a seminar with him at university. It was amazing, he talked us through his composition style, and how he approached new projects. At the time of the seminar he had just finished working on the Incredible Hulk soundtrack, so he actually talked us through a scene, describing why he wrote the music the way he did. It was fascinating, and he's a very intelligent composer!
Anyway! As I said this piece is from the Great Gatsby soundtrack. It's so poignant. It plays during the scene where Gatsby admits he 'let' himself fall in love with Daisy. I
youtu.be/OETR3Nd2bFI
I'm going to bed now, so enjoy!
Now, slightly off topic: I'm still not having any luck posting the actual videos instead of just links. I've tried just posting as http but that didn't work. Any suggestions?
I think I've managed to post a video once, and I didn't use any tags on it. I just pasted the link on the post.
I copy and paste the URL in the address bar. That's the only I could get it to work.