tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post3458039801589986106..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: Music, Movies, and MeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-44494047787932081062013-04-07T04:54:32.021-04:002013-04-07T04:54:32.021-04:00This is a most intriguing column. Thank you, Ed. I...This is a most intriguing column. Thank you, Ed. I had never noticed that so many of my own favorites in the art of music have been recruited from the art of motion pictures (going all the way back to my days of philosophical disorientation, when champions of nihilism such as Stanley Kubrick occupied my list of favorites in art). In spite of its irredeemable plot, I found a new window into the 18th century with the O.S.T of "Barry Lyndon". The fife and drums of "The British Grenadiers" and "Lilliburlero" radiate an outgoing, can-do enthusiasm that has accompanied me on countless occasions when walking (or marching) to work. <br /><br />The British Grenadiers: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NXFCDgyanA<br /><br />Liliburlero: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewh29Cjw9NM<br /><br />From there I added "Yankee Doodle" (fife and drums) and "The Star-Spangled Banner" (by Merrill Miller, which is the best-sung version I've been able to find to this day).<br /><br />The Star-Spangled Banner: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8TaxcrYnuk<br /><br />I was glad to find more tunes that reflect the great tradition of English Liberty in the mediocre and low-budget movie adaptations of the "Sharpe" book-series. <br /><br />Hearts of Oak: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NXFCDgyanA <br /><br />Rule Britannia: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XPHL4Q86t4&list=FLRuXdOl4BGYYn8-QDDNGDOg&index=12<br /><br />Kubrick’s infamous horror show "A Clockwork Orange" turned into an invaluable introduction to the immortal Ludwig van Beethoven, who remains my favorite of all in music to this day.<br /><br />I recruited the most beautiful flute & harp piece from the movie Amadeus (loved your review of that one, Ed), which I recommend to complement with the beautiful paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema.<br /><br />Mozart Flute & Harp: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjAm_XEodAY<br /><br />Lawrence Alma Tadema: <br />http://www.kingsacademy.com/mhodges/11_Western-Art/23_Later-19th-Century-Romanticism/Alma-Tadema/Alma-Tadema_Sappho+Alcaeus_1881.jpg<br /><br />http://artmight.com/Artists/Lawrence-Alma-Tadema-1836-1912/Under-the-Roof-of-Blue-Ionian-Weather-15827p.html<br /><br />More recently I have enjoyed listening to Gene Krupa’s Drum Boogie (thanks to this Blog’s recommendation of Ball of Fire), as well as Maria Callas’ Habanera.<br /><br />Drum Boogie: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRjQzSwmEHw<br /><br />Carmen Overture, Maria Callas: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCj658xbwj0&list=FLRuXdOl4BGYYn8-QDDNGDOg&index=3<br /><br />I apologize for the lack of proper hyperlink formatting.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13091301520696891611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-19668678324008921842013-04-04T09:15:39.292-04:002013-04-04T09:15:39.292-04:00I don't know how anyone gets through life with...I don't know how anyone gets through life without Romantic music. When I was a kid we would go to the Boston Pops concerts several times a year. The first half was "classical music" while the second was show tunes, movie scores, and pop. That was my first exposure to Romantic music. (To a 10-year-old Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnole" is just awesome.) But I doubt most kids now have access on a regular basis to anything like that. <br />revereridesagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13443013401059011056noreply@blogger.com