I was just wondering who everyone considered to be their favorite composers. Personally I'm a big fan of Frank Ticheli. Sanctuary is probably my favorite piece, it really captures the esscence of music to me. His other stuff such as Blue Shades is also really amazing. Another favorite conducter of mine is Grainger, I loved playing children's march.
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.
And Chopin.
Uh, I'm pretty sure Chopin was exclusively piano.. unless you're talking about the concertos? Or am I just horribly wrong here?
Brahms, Wagner, Beethoven, and Smetana mainly for me. Especially Beethoven.
Koji Kondo and ANYTHING (ANYTHING!!!) that has to do with him... nuff' said
Quote from: Seeker on October 22, 2009, 01:39:29 PMUh, I'm pretty sure Chopin was exclusively piano.. unless you're talking about the concertos? Or am I just horribly wrong here?
Brahms, Wagner, Beethoven, and Smetana mainly for me. Especially Beethoven.
No, Chopin was exclusively piano. The concertos were written because it was the proper thing to do at the time. He simply used the orchestra as a vessel for the piano. Now if Ingus was reffering to some orchestrations of his work, the so be it.
Beethoven, Liszt, Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, J. Strauss Jr., Handel...you see where this is going.
Nobuo Uematsu, Koichi Sugiyama, Kenji Yamamoto, Dave Wise, Modest Moussourski, Gustav Holst, W.A Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Johannes Brahms, Aaron Copland, Antonin D'vorak, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Vince Guaraldi.
Quartetto Gelato, Kronos Quartett, Chamber Choir Kiev, NHK Symphony.
I had completely forgotten about Ravel. Man, he was an awesome orchestrator. IIRC, the only dynamic to appear in Bolero is 'mp.' The crescendo is done by adding instruments. Or so I heard.
Also, John Williams.
Quote from: MaestroUGC on October 22, 2009, 07:41:52 PMQuote from: Seeker on October 22, 2009, 01:39:29 PMUh, I'm pretty sure Chopin was exclusively piano.. unless you're talking about the concertos? Or am I just horribly wrong here?
Brahms, Wagner, Beethoven, and Smetana mainly for me. Especially Beethoven.
No, Chopin was exclusively piano. The concertos were written because it was the proper thing to do at the time. He simply used the orchestra as a vessel for the piano. Now if Ingus was reffering to some orchestrations of his work, the so be it.
Beethoven, Liszt, Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, J. Strauss Jr., Handel...you see where this is going.
I wasn't aware we were talking about orchestral work exclusively.
In the case, Bob Marley.
i like shostakovich alot. i dont really like grainger because he kind of killed Common Practice with lincolnshire posy...
Quote from: PseudoMario16 on April 07, 2010, 06:46:22 PMi like shostakovich alot.
were playing some shostakovich in my band :P (just thought id throw that out there)
Shostakovich is alright...
Quote from: PseudoMario16 on April 07, 2010, 06:46:22 PMi dont really like grainger because he kind of killed Common Practice with lincolnshire posy...
Or any kind of practice for that matter. County Gardens is the worst.
I love Rica Magsumoto's and Ikue Ootani's works. They have made an marvellous orchestral soundtrack for the first pokemon season. (Check out on youtube: it's called Pokemon Sound Anime collection :D)
I adore the viennese classic composers: Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn. But there is hardly a composer I hate....
I'm pretty sure a few people hate me as a composer :P Just because of how "dedicated" I am to it...
Quote from: universe-X on October 22, 2009, 04:31:06 PMKoji Kondo and ANYTHING (ANYTHING!!!) that has to do with him... nuff' said
No. Not enough said. Grant Kirkhope, David Wise, Nobuo Uematsu, Jun Ishikawa. Hehe, I was looking through the artists on my iTunes. About half is Koji. ^^
I must listen to some classical music.
To be honest there is no song of Nobuo Uematsu on my iTunes (I am ashamed :( ). Could anyone of you recommend me a soundtrack, that is worth listening?
Quote from: Maretocks on April 09, 2010, 03:05:16 AMNo. Not enough said. Grant Kirkhope, David Wise, Nobuo Uematsu, Jun Ishikawa.
You forgot ZUN.
Quote from: dahans on April 09, 2010, 10:52:17 AMTo be honest there is no song of Nobuo Uematsu on my iTunes (I am ashamed :( ). Could anyone of you recommend me a soundtrack, that is worth listening?
Final Fantasy VIII is good to start with. After that go through FF I and go up. Some you'll be disappointed with, some you'll listen in awe. Overall, he's good.
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/index.htm
I don't know if iTunes makes you pay for video game songs, but with this, you can download a straight MP3 from a YouTube video :D
Also, Final Fantasy would be a great place to start
Quote from: dahans on April 09, 2010, 10:52:17 AMTo be honest there is no song of Nobuo Uematsu on my iTunes (I am ashamed :( ). Could anyone of you recommend me a soundtrack, that is worth listening?
Chrono. Trigger. Nuff said.
Quote from: Shadoninja on April 09, 2010, 10:07:00 PMChrono. Trigger. Nuff said.
Chrono Trigger is alright. Just because it was Nobuo in his earlier years.
Thx :D I will try them out. :D
Quote from: Brassman388 on April 09, 2010, 10:30:31 PMChrono Trigger is alright. Just because it was Nobuo in his earlier years.
Nobuo only contributed to the soundtrack with a few songs...
^That's strange, the info on my Mp3 says that he composed all of it.
someone needs to die...
yasunori mitsuda did all but 10. he got I think it was ulcers or something from working too hard.
It would make sense though, it sounds completely different than what he was working on at the same time.
Jon Schaffer...and for video games I'd say Graeme Norgate and Tomohito Niashura.
I'm also a big fan of Frank Ticheli.
John Williams too. I especially love his Harry Potter pieces.