hey folks,

just asked me if prince does listen to classical music.
maybe beethoven or bach or something,,,
are there any comments by him to this topic??

cbvictor said:

He has referred to classical music in his work (references to Gustav Mahler), there are some pieces used on the soundtrack of Grafitti Bridge (see the end credits - it's french from memory ... Debussy? Ravel? Faure?), and the the use of orchestra on the ballet score was perhaps an attempted nod in the direction of classical music (reaching here). There is also suggestion documented in past biographies that Alan Leeds, Wendy and Lisa, and perhaps others introduced Prince to different musical influences during the mid '80s. I can't recall any suggestion of Prince having listened either to Beethoven, or any one of the Bachs.
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[This message was edited Sun Jun 1 10:49:18 PDT 2003 by langebleu]

Prince was also dabbling with neo-classical string arrangements (this time not by Claire Fischer) straight after recording the Lovesexy album.

An example of this would be the "intermission" music he used for the Lovesexy shows.

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[This message was edited Sun Jun 1 10:41:08 PDT 2003 by giotto]

langebleu said:

The music used in Grafitti Bridge was Debussy's L'Apres Midi D'une Faun (Afternoon of the Fawn).

Being a musician, I have to believe that Prince has heard a wide variety of music from many different genres, classical included. What influence it may or may not have had on his music is another story that only he can answer. I've never heard or read any specific comments from him on the topic.

HalluRain said:

I don't recognise this piece by Debussy in the score?

Checking the credits, it suggests that 'Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune' was not used in the film. Rather it credits 'Danse sacre et danse macabre' as the Debussy piece used (which I'm guessing is an alternative title to the piece 'Danse sacrée et danse profane' written in 1904 for harp and strings.)

The Ravel piece is credited as 'Introduction and Allegro'

(Incidentally, the Debussy piece is not 'd'une faun' but rather 'd'un faune'. It therefore does not translate as 'Afternoon of the Fawn' - a fawn being a young deer - but rather as 'Afternoon of a Faun' - a Faun being a disciple of the Roman god, Faunus, based on the Greek equivalent, a Satyr, and usually depicted as a wild creature with the top half of a man, and the bottom half of a beast possessing goat's tail, flanks and hooves. The Roman mythical rural creature was believed to the protector of shepherds, and is the subject of the poem by Mallarme upon which Debussy based his famous piece).

what song of soundtrack is this music on?
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CrystalTits said:

The music is featured in the film score but not on the album Grafitti Bridge.

Try the scenes when The Kid visits the bridge for the first time on his motor cycle (after 'Release It'), and then when Morris and Jerome drive to the bridge to meet Aura.
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[This message was edited Mon Jun 2 6:28:27 PDT 2003 by langebleu]

And don't forget "Mancini" being named and played in Dionne on the album The Truth ...

jodude911 said:

Henry Mancini? Classical music?

langebleu said:

Although one has to admit "Mancini" definitely has the right ring to it!

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giotto said:

Yep, and Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini died the year Henry Mancini was born, so he probably passed the torch on, as it were.