Favorite Composer

[Horus]

My music theory teacher handed me a book on the Life of Debussy, after I read a quote of him in a book, and said " It's like me, but.... not me."

 

[Androz]

Paganini.

You can't possibly be a Malmsteen fan and not like Paganini. Unless you're not the kindof person who appreciates Malmsteen for his Neo-Classicalness.

I don't like Paganini's compositions, He was without a doubt one of the greatests (in not THE greatest) violin virtuosos in the world but composing was not his strong point, he was just one more

 

[Luis]

To those who say that Mozart´s music is "simple" or "soft":

PLEASE listen to his clarinet quintet or his piano concero num 24.

 

[Metalman7983]

speaking of debussy did anyone see the da vinci code?

if so i found out that debussy was the 25th grand master of the Priory of Sion from 1885-1918 well supposedly might be true might not.

 

[Kenneth R.]

Mussorgsky's Great Gate of Kiev and Night On Bald Mountain, Beethoven's 9th

+1

Handel's Messiah, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich... also more props for Zimmer on Gladiator. amazing.

 

[RobbM]

I know, he doesnt hold a candle in truly classical works but, what can i say? Im a sucker for shred guitar

Well, I think he does, just look at his works with the symphonys....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn6-XqmkKUA&search=yngwie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWGoL2v3V9c&search=yngwie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cVIOuvDUGE&search=yngwie

 

[Ren]

Bach is truely the greatest.
Other geniouses include:
Beethoven
Mozart
Brahms
Chopin
Debussy
Dvorák
Liszt
Holst
Mahler
Mussorgsky
Prokofiev
Strauss
Rossini
Saint-Saëns
Shostakovich
Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky
Vivaldi
Wagner

My favorite conductor is definitley Mr. Herbert Von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He always takes these masterminds' work and performs them so well, so much better than other conductors.
He's fucking hoss!

If you like avant-garde shit, listen to Luigi Nono, Arnold Schoenberg, Ligeti, and Xenakis.
This stuff is good to listen to if you're tired of listening to "normal" music for a bit.
Really weird shit, but entertaining.

 

[Anonymous]

John Williams - His work on the "Star Wars" films is some of my favorite ever and also some of the most identifiable in music history.

Don't forget his work on Home Alone

 

[War_Blade]

Well, I think he does, just look at his works with the symphonys....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn6-XqmkKUA&search=yngwie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWGoL2v3V9c&search=yngwie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cVIOuvDUGE&search=yngwie

"not being able to hold candle" is bad wording on my part. I think he is one of the great composers of our time, but i dont think anybody has really touched stuff by beethoven or bach.

 

[turke]

I said it before, i say it again. John Williams represents the peak level that a musician could ever get in his/her career. This is my oppinion.

 

[Time-Machinist]

John Williams is god, i agree He still does great compositions in such an age. As i remember, he is nearly 80 years old :S

Imperial March

I haven't watch the movies, but i still like what he did on Harry Potter series

 

[Anonymous]

John Williams is god, i agree He still does great compositions in such an age. As i remember, he is nearly 80 years old :S

Imperial March

I haven't watch the movies, but i still like what he did on Harry Potter series

You haven't watched Star Wars?
I must be the biggest SW fanboi in this forum.... I couldn't recommend those movies any more than I already do! Now do yourself a favor and get off the computer and rent those movies!

 

[winter_madness]

Akira Yamaoka, Koji Kondo

 

[RobbM]

You haven't watched Star Wars?
I must be the biggest SW fanboi in this forum.... I couldn't recommend those movies any more than I already do! Now do yourself a favor and get off the computer and rent those movies!

umm, I think he's talking about Harry Potter..

 

[Time-Machinist]

You haven't watched Star Wars?
I must be the biggest SW fanboi in this forum.... I couldn't recommend those movies any more than I already do! Now do yourself a favor and get off the computer and rent those movies!

No, of course i've watched all Star Wars episodes many times Except for 1'st and the 4'th episodes, (which are also very good) all episodes are beyond excellent... BTW unlike most fans, my favourite is "Attack Of The Clones"

I said (or meant to say) it for Harry Potter series

 

[Anonymous]

Oh, my bad.

 

[Rose Immortal]

Handel's Messiah, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich... also more props for Zimmer on Gladiator. amazing.

Gladiator's good, but for some reason, The Last Samurai is my favorite Zimmer soundtrack.

 

[1by4by9]

Holst's Planets is awesome. I like to use it while playing VGA Planets.

 

[proulxski]

Danny Elfman and John Williams would have to be my favorite 'current day' composers... The passion and creativeness in their music is mind boggling!

 

[Time-Machinist]

BTW, i find most of Lord of the Rings soundtrack music unoriginal and uninspiring. I don't know their names but, for example i noticed a huge resemblance between a major melody in LOTR and main music of the Terminator II. Ok, the music in LOTR's almost perfectly fit in the music, but it is not very original or innovative IMO...

And i am not a huge fan of Tchaikovsky, but i love Swan Lake immensely