Just a minor tidbit, but a tasty one, and a big thank you to Trev for providing it. Turns out the symphonic form of music is actually alive and doing very well in a place I would have never guessed: as the soundtracks provided with some of the advanced video games, the warrior games. Trev kicked me some selections from that source, said he thought I’d like them and just winked. Well, he was right, I do. Itunes rambled into those tracks tonight and guess what? Great music. Tchaikovsky would smile, and say the only thing wrong was it didn’t have his name on the cover. You can hear all the modern elements evolved out of the artRock-> techno line, but they’re beautifully integrated and appropriate, drawing from and complementing the full power of the symphony orchestra. Good stuff! A well done and an attaboy to the composer(s). Now, if such powerful music can just find a home not tied to the violence of infantry combat... but, one dream at a time, one dream at a time...
Oh yes, I've known for a while that many of today's composers do good work for video games. Recently here in Denver, the Colorado Symphony played a concert series including music from "Legend of Zelda." :) Certainly video games are a new art form, perhaps capable of opening our inner spaces in the way great art so often does...
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