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New moon soundtrack is out...
Be My Head:
--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist on 18 Oct 2009, 20:46 ---Boulez himself has said that some of the stuff he recorded was basically stupid and useless (like Structures). Plus, like Bernstein, I like him more as a conductor than as the fantastic composer that he is.
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I kind of agree. Boulez is the best Debussy conductor, just like Bernstein was arguably the best for Mahler's symphonies. But... I don't know, Boulez's music just sounds very interesting to me; there's a lot going on. You can kind of hear the Debussy influence in his music too (at least I can).
How the hell we went from Twilight to contemporary and modern classical I have no clue.
Bastardous Bassist:
I think that's the best thing. Also, James MacMillan.
I love some of Bernstein's concert music as well as his conducting. Some of it is really silly, but some of it is awesome. I actually got to see an orchestra perform his third symphony, and it is still one of my top five concert experiences ever. Boulez never really had the silly part, but he's a fantastic conductor. I'd actually say most modern concert music, if it's orchestral, Boulez should conduct. Well, unless it's American, because there's a different aesthetic to a lot of American contemporary music. For American music I'd go with MTT.
pinkpiche:
Sweetest turn-around of topic ever!
KharBevNor:
It is a pretty off coincidence that I happened to browse across this thread again whilst listening to Giacinto Scelsi, given the developments.
Johnny C:
soundtrack joke
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