Comments on: The Romantic Era never ended

By: David Whitewolf

David Whitewolf — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 05:19:48 +0000

Faze, since I first heard it I thought James Horner’s Wrath of Khan soundtrack would be a perfect fit for a Horatio Hornblower movie — and while I still prefer the whole thing with the tracks in their original order, someone’s made a lovely suite of it.

https://youtu.be/HQHyrPlOb_4?si=rofpgGQCOcbJkAAC

He seems to have made suites of other soundtracks as well.

By: Faze

Faze — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 22:34:20 +0000

Soundtracks need to be shortened into suites to make them digestible in the concert time frame. The Nutcracker Suite we are all so familiar with, for instance, is simply a shorter version of the 90 minute Nutcracker Ballet, comprising its catchiest themes. The same should be done with movies soundtracks.

By: Phileas Frogg

Phileas Frogg — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:32:15 +0000

I was just talking with a friend about this and the only two modern composers of any renown who didn’t make their name on movie soundtracks or as Romantics we could think of were Arvo Part and Joaquin Roderigo.

Of note, I recommend Rodrigo’s, “Concierto Como un Divertimento,” the Allegretto in particular is very nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUo3fQMD-lY

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:37:44 +0000

I’m surprised John Williams got so little mention. He did Saving Private Ryan, a couple of Jurassic Parks, a couple of Harry Potters… The list is really impressive:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_John_Williams

He was also Director of the Boston Pops for a few years, succeeding Arthur Fiedler.

By: Felix

Felix — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 06:05:35 +0000

For some square pegs for this round hole:

Inception https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnkiVa4A-F8

Terminator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNonL1_TBz0&list=PLfzW_wEeYxk76g6wdH-02u1h5XW7RIdqG&index=7

Truman Show https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRW80bBvVD3UrKZM8QBjXMXiKlmrOKgX0