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Joe Brausam

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  1. Joe Brausam
    E.T.! At least one can infer that from Mattesino's Empire of the Sun interview.
  2. Joe Brausam
    Exactly!
  3. Joe Brausam
    To be completely honest, and speaking as a classical musician, I hate the idea of not clapping between movements of a work (unless there is a SOLID musical reason not to) and even during the playing of virtuosic works like concerti. The reason why is that it alienates audience members. If an audience is appreciating something, then why not show that as they go along? It's fine in jazz, pop, rock, etc. Historically even opera allowed for it, heck in the old days people barely even watched the opera, it was a social event! Not a place to sit quietly for 3 hours. By pushing concert etiquette upon audiences to the point where they're confused as to when they're allowed to clap or not it just makes us seem all the more high brow and inaccessible. It's ridiculous. Is there a place for etiquette? Of course. But some of the attitudes people have about upholding that etiquette (not necessarily here, since it know most of it is in jest) only serve to push classical music further into a niche and drives another nail into its coffin.
  4. Joe Brausam
    Ah, I was sure he'd be there! Now I'm mad I wasn't there to get some backstage time!
  5. Joe Brausam
    Not an often mentioned work, but Paul Hindemith's Concert Music for Brass and Strings is a great listen. I'm a huge fan of Hindemith in general, he was an incredibly unique composer. So much of what he wrote was so uniquely him. This piece is very close in style to his various sonatas.
  6. Joe Brausam
    The theme from James Horner's Glory, that one that follows the militaristic opening of the first track? Gorgeous.
  7. Joe Brausam
    I don't think we should be looking for something "different" in an arrangement of this piece. If we get too inventive then it goes away from being something respectful or celebratory and becomes something more of an artist trying to show off - kind of like what we see with vocalists at the Super Bowl year after year. The Star-Spangled Banner shouldn't be used as a personal artistic platform to that degree, lest we start alienating the people whom the anthem really matters to.
  8. Joe Brausam
    That's what he's doing. The voices have their own staves, and the piano part. He would make an educated guess as to how it's orchestrated from there.
  9. Joe Brausam
    I agree, Sandoval just didn't belong performing a work like this. A new performance by a classical player will certainly be welcome!
  10. Joe Brausam
    Mine arrived! I'm very excited to check this out,
  11. Joe Brausam
    Our whole stereo system is still from the mid 1980s, believe it or not, all we did was add a CD player to the mix!
  12. Joe Brausam
    I ordered the Brachiosaurus one, I liked that cover the most,
  13. Joe Brausam
    Awesome! Can't wait for this, I've been loving your releases!
  14. Joe Brausam
    This is incredible! Nice!
  15. Joe Brausam
    How? I didn't see that on the preorder I just did!
  16. Joe Brausam
    I may have to pull out of dinner on Saturday, and just meet up by the stage door. My friends may be interested in going somewhere else instead, I'll know tonight.
  17. Joe Brausam
    I wouldn't be surprised if Giacchino was at the Philadelphia performance. His hometown, Cherry Hill, is only 15 minutes outside the city.
  18. Joe Brausam
    The point of this score is to call back on the stylings of those old western scores. I don't think there was ever a way this would have been a truly original score. This score is fun, and it actually plays the genre straight enough to seem sincere. A lot times with comedy scores that follow traditional styles, they end up sounding tongue-in-cheek, even if they're playing it straight. I don't think this scores has that problem.
  19. Joe Brausam
    Concert band arrangements of big films are very common, and most not very good at all - I wouldn't expect much from this one, especially based on the arranger. Bocook or Lavender would give you a more accurate/difficult arrangement. Lopez is much closer to the music education market.
  20. Joe Brausam
    It doesn't sound like him at all, really, not very characteristic of him.
  21. Joe Brausam
    Just a note that the Mann Center is an outdoor venue, even more open than Tanglewood is.
  22. Joe Brausam
    I'm in, 3 people again.
  23. Joe Brausam
    For what it's worth, having just viewed the 13 Season 6 episodes that they finished and released on Netflix, these episodes on their own really validate the whole series. The best Star Wars material I've seen in years, and Kiner's scores lean heavily on Williams' themes in these episodes,including Qui-Gon's, Yoda's, and Battle of the Heroes. Really great material.
  24. Joe Brausam
    Attack of the Clones is a great title, never had a issue with it!
  25. Joe Brausam
    Very excited by this, probably the most exciting soundtrack news in a while for me.
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