What are some of your favorites. I love soundtracks from movies.

from The Lord Of The Rings part 3, The Return Of The King  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psgypnpM810 The Grey Havens composed by Howard Shore

Cast Away (the ending credits) theme compsed by Alan Silvestri  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCmMfLBhvfI

Only one word....

Beethoven

Tchaikovsky - the Nutcracker Suite

Mozart

For popular music it has to Enya, she has composed many pieces to mention, but two fo them were for the first Lord Of The Rings movie.

For popular music it has to Enya, she has composed many pieces to mention, but two fo them were for the first Lord Of The Rings movie.
i've seen some of her work on youtube, wonderful music. May It Be

For soundtracks, the great David Foster composed many a good one in the 80s for the films 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'Stealing Home'

But to me, his best was the instrumental theme to the 1988 Calgary Olympics titled 'Winter Games' which gave him a Top 40 hit in Canada.  Though it was only a minor hit in the States, if you watched the Calgary Olympics, you will know it for sure ...

http://www.spike.com/video/david-foster-winter/2789239


For orchestral arrangements, I always loved Henry Mancini, from his legendary work on 'The Pink Panther' to my all-time fave: the theme to 'Newhart'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpvvSI5k7r8

For soundtracks, the great David Foster composed many a good one in the 80s for the films 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'Stealing Home'

But to me, his best was the instrumental theme to the 1988 Calgary Olympics titled 'Winter Games' which gave him a Top 40 hit in Canada.  Though it was only a minor hit in the States, if you watched the Calgary Olympics, you will know it for sure ...

http://www.spike.com/video/david-foster-winter/2789239

I don't recognize it but it's good stuff

Vangelis -- Chariots Of Fire  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKn9pB8YzKI

Wagner -- The Ride of the Valkyries 
this seems to be a performance at The PROMS  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mmpcdNNMos

A recent classic ... Canto Ostinato by Simeon ten Holt (who recently turned 80).

Well, how could I not mention a Dutch composer..? ::)

A one-of-a-kind piece for 2 pianos or more that can go on and on and on - it's up to the pianists to decide when they move on to the next module. So the piece can be anything from 5 minutes to 15 minutes (or even more).
It's quite a popular piece, as I understand it, with adaptations for other instruments such as saxophone or percussion.

Mozart,  Beethoven, Borodin, Copland

John Barry Orchestra Dances with Wolves    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZW_poTp4rc&feature=related

Mozart



I'm with you there.

I also love Beethoven-Fur Elise and if there were one piece that I could play on the piano it would be Moonlight Sonata. My least favorite of his is his 5th.

I also love Rachmaninov's  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90MuPqYtV_k

There is also Orff's O Fortuna from Carmina Burana.

Here is the LONG version-which I love. Most people know the first part but I love the second part, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3kvtl59jY4



Cat

Favourite non-Beethoven symphonies:

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" by Dvorak
Symphony No. 6 in Bm ("Pathetique") by Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2 in E minor by Rachmaninov

...and growing a fondness to Brahms.

Oh man, I forgot Bach-how could I forget Bach.  :-[



Cat

Oh man, I forgot Bach-how could I forget Bach.  :-[



Cat
Bach is too early for me.

John Cage:

John Cage talks about sound and silence--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHnL7aS64Y

John Cage: 4'33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HypmW4Yd7SY
Performed by David Tudor, who also performed the premier of the piece at Woodstock in 1952

John Cage: In A Landscape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2TNDevy1yY
Performed by Stephen Drury, piano

Iannis Xenakis:

Iannis Xenakis: Kraanerg (excerpt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlWoVM-mbhw
For 23 instruments and 4-channel tape
Performed by the Callithumpian Consort, conductor: Stephen Drury

Iannis Xenakis: La Legende D'Eer (excerpt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXt4K6-cIHg
For 7-channel tape

Iannis Xenakis: Rebonds B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziQjykdLDVU&feature=related
Performed by Pedro Carneiro

Harry Partch:

Harry Partch: The Music of Harry Partch BBC Documentary, parts 1--6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOHBqFevy0k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFtOKSl3zZs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OH0WgLgaAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfCjWIQtm-M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZV3zF-JpEc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqHH0N5vpw

John Cage:

John Cage talks about sound and silence--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHnL7aS64Y

he reminds me of a shaolin priest (Master Po) when he was teaching young Caine, always sharing deep tidbits of wisdom that enlighten.       

this one makes me anxious nad nervous when I listen to it  :o  had kind of a 60's sci-fi sound to it

Iannis Xenakis: Kraanerg (excerpt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlWoVM-mbhw
For 23 instruments and 4-channel tape
Performed by the Callithumpian Consort, conductor: Stephen Drury             

he reminds me of a shaolin priest (Master Po) when he was teaching young Caine, always sharing deep tidbits of wisdom that enlighten.   
Cage was very much like that.  I like to say John Cage wasn't a composer, he was a way of life.  In fact, he studied Zen Buddhism for several decades.  Here you see the man in 1991 about a year before he died.  Cage's ideas about sound versus music remain controversial today.  Harry Partch, another one of my favorites (see the BBC documentary portions) thought Cage was a charlatan. 


this one makes me anxious nad nervous when I listen to it  :o  had kind of a 60's sci-fi sound to it

Iannis Xenakis: Kraanerg (excerpt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlWoVM-mbhw
For 23 instruments and 4-channel tape
Performed by the Callithumpian Consort, conductor: Stephen Drury               

It was composed in 1968, including the electronic portions.  The tape was remastered at Xenakis' studios in France by their current manager, Gerard Pape.  Xenakis himself died in 2001.  Xenakis was a pioneer in electronic music and he did not shy away from, er, challenging sounds.  Some of his electronics could peel paint if you played them loud enough!  In music, where others find alienation, I often find great beauty.