Quintus 5,391 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 http://halloffame2011.classicfm.co.uk/Good list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 126 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Who's "JW"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 1,410 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 1,394 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Good. Williams scores are terrible classical music. Good thing I listen to 'em as film scores! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Who's "JW"?Julie Walters, star of Educating Rita and other notable films such as Billy Elliott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,532 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 1,394 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Actually, I've made that connection before, too. There are some very Zimmerian chord progressions in some Rachmaninoff, though I can't claim to be too well-acquinted with his work. I wonder what the man would have thought about today's music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 203 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I can't really argue with many of the top 50. I do think Beethoven's Egmont deserves to closer to #1 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,284 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 what is the rating method?i could not care less, i like williams film scores as they are...but it is rather insulting that film composers are listed like 'harry potter', 'jurassic park', 'lord of the rings' while most famous classical composers get a place for only one cue in a whole work...its rather noticeable in shore's LOTRAnd williams has many isolated tracks (both film and classical) that surpass many of those in the list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 5,520 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 but it is rather insulting that film composers are listed like 'harry potter', 'jurassic park', 'lord of the rings' while most famous classical composers get a place for only one cue in a whole work...As far as I've seen, it's only a handful, where the piece in question is part of a cycle (not an individual movement), and where these pieces are probably much more popular than their cousins (which most people probably don't know at all).I nearly all cases, the full opera/symphony/concerto is listed. They even (rightfully!) have Smetana's entire Ma Vlast, instead of just the insanely popular Vltava piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,476 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Williams music is typically more Romantic than Classical, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 5,520 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Williams music is typically more Romantic than Classical, right?Depends on which meaning of "classical" you use. Yes, the specific classical music era only lasted from about Haydn to Schubert/Mendelssohn, but it's often used to refer to orchestral music as a whole. Anyway, most of the pieces in the list are romantic or post-romantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,971 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Williams music is typically more Romantic than Classical, right?Williams is usually more neo-romantic, like Respighi, Hanson, Harris etc... Even, he does also have a great deal of modernist and even post-modernist tendencies, overlooked by many academics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Zimmer's Gladiator ranks higher than Star Wars or SPR.Mm-hmm. Great list.- Uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Wow, all those great composers and they put Badelt and Zimmer in with them.Nice to see John Barry getting some love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delorean90 32 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Actually, I've made that connection before, too. There are some very Zimmerian chord progressions in some Rachmaninoff, though I can't claim to be too well-acquinted with his work. I wonder what the man would have thought about today's music?Examples? I tend to think of Beethoven more when I hear RC/Zimmer stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,971 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Classic FM is just a middle-of-the-road, easy-listening station. Don't take it too seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 It's one of the most listened to "classical" stations. I would take them very seriously indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Yes, everyone knows popular opinion is always right in matters of great importance such as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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