My dad loves it, and of course he tells me he hated it when he was my age too.


The closest thing I have got to classical is a couple of film scores. Like "the land before time" (which is very underappreciated and gorgeous).

I think I'll dig it, maybe in my 30's.

Also, how close are film scores to classical music as opposed to an artform or whatever? Nothing moves me as much as my beloved "land before time" score. Do classical freaks dismiss scores? What u reckon?

Sure. I like it now.

I like some instrumental classical music
like Beethoven's piano sonates and things , but not the vocal usually
My dad is a classified classical singing teacher

Stax said:

iam sure some do. I never know the average age on here? Iam only 19 and I only know 1 person who likes classical who is my age. And I think he listens to it to make himself feel clever.

i like requiems. mozart's requiem is awesome, and cherubini wrote some nice ones, too.

i like holst's "mars, the bringer of war". it makes me giggle.

and i like some 'modern classical' - philip glass, gavin bryars, brian eno, etc. (i dunno if eno could be considered 'modern classical', which is actually a pretty silly term if you give it just a tiny amount of thought, but i've seen him listed as such, so like whatever.)

Anxiety said:

All the planets are cool.

I listen to classical music all the time

it's not an old people thing

thesexofit said:

classical music spans along time. I don't generally like baroque stuff, but some of it has it moments. Try listening to more moderns like debussy and ravel then work your way back.

jayaredee said:

lies

lilgish said:

some of it's a bit flowery to me, but other parts i really like. 'mars' is my favorite, though. it's so overwrought, i love listening to it when i'm in a really sour mood.

Hell no...never! I will still be throwing down hard when I'm in a walker. And you all know I'm stubborn enough to do it.

Fuck no.

I'm with vainandy with this one. And yes, I have listened to several hundreds pieces of classical music in my lifetime - full works - and they are all pretentious, overblown manure made to please the distasteful aristocrats, to affrim their ruling-class power over the poor hard-working peasants. Rich bastards!

You do realize that most classical music was composed centuries ago , right ?!

ask me when I am older..

I gew up listening to it so I've always liked it --but I like Impressionistic Classical Music - basically everything from Ravel and Debussy on forward- I'm not into the older, Beethoven/ Mozart stuff to much, it's a litte too rigid and stuffy for me...
But Besides Debussy and Ravel, I love Gustav Holst(The Planets) Igor Stravinsky, Erik Satie, Aaron Copland, Fredric Delius, Arthur Honegger, Anton Liadov, Respighi...all the artists that soundtrack composers steal from, !!

But I love soundtracks too! John Williams' scores (Star Wars, Jaws, etc.), The Good The Bad and The Ugly(Ennio Morricone is great!), Victory At Sea, Blade Runner, John Barry's James Bond Scores, Jerry Goldsmith's, Leonard Bernstein's score for West Side Story, etc....

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Hell No!

THE ONLY THING THAT CLASSICAL IS GOOD FOR IS TO PUT ME TO SLEEP

thesexofit said:

You don't have to be older to enjoy classical music.

Many film scores are classically based in terms of form.
Using a popular film, listen to Hans Zimmer's score for Hannibal.
Especially Vide Cor Meum where the vocals are stellar.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

I agree with you as always TA. Actually, what I have been listening to lately is the London Harmonic Orchestra's Led Zeppelin Tribute Album which is execellent. I usually don't get to much it to classical but, I must admit that the orchestra did a good job with the Led Zeppelin cuts.

MsLegs said:

Haven't heard this. I'll have to keep an ear out for it.
I know MinnieG is probably up on this one.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

thesexofit said:

theAudience said:

Definitely check it out TA, you won't be disappointed. The London Haromonic Orchestra takes Led Zepellin's Kashmir's Album to the next level.It is a good musical orgasm.
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In addition to the Classical Music field, I also like arrangers that use strings in Jazz and Pop music: Michel Colombier, Clare Fischer(and his son, Brent), George Del Barrio, Quincy Jones, Robert Farnon, Jeremy Lubbock, Charles Stepney(EWF, Rotary Connection, Ramsey Lewis ,etc.), Vince Mendoza, Michael Gibbs, Sir George Martin(Beatles, Jeff Beck,etc.), Marty Paich, Ryuichi Sakamoto(My Boy!), etc....





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the more I'm getting old the more I appreciate it ( Chopin, Mozart, Debussy well he's not really classical.. it's so vast..)and at least DJs on these radios stations are not ignorants assholes.

i like it now

and i won't get older, unfortunately.

Anyone heard the music off this? Gorgeous stuff. Very japanese inspired (thanx to the film of course)

I think Hanz Zimmer did it?

Nope. The whistling of the wind and chirping of the birds will be enough for me at that point.

Seriously though, I don't know. I was into it at one point until I got hipped to jazz so I guess anything's possible. Instrumental music isn't engaging enough for me unless it has a swing because I'm not very good at relaxing without falling asleep. It's really too simple for me and if my reward center isn't stimulated... That's why I've never gotten beyond the first track of NEWS. If there is some singing or lyrics with substance accompanying it, I can listen to a slow-tempo number. Otherwise forget it.

whodknee said:

I never bought "news". Anyway jazz instrumentals would bore me. I like strings and even choir sounds. Heveanly sorta shit.