RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 23, 2016 at 3:12 am
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2016 at 3:16 am by Alex K.)
(March 22, 2016 at 9:10 am)Mathilda Wrote:
What makes the piece from the BSG soundtrack additionally interesting to our ears is that it takes some inspiration from western classical music in the overall structure, but makes heavy use of north african and middle eastern elements, not only in the choice of instruments and rhythms, but also scales. The rhythm of the middle section seems to be a dance, towards the end, it's reminiscent of something african. If you strip away the use of exotic style elements, the work is, in my opinion, relatively simple.
Another striking, if quite disturbing, use of arabic/north african elements in a soundtrack which really affected me was this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAxXoHWT...D9CE1D0461
Btw., how do you like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l055c5lJMt4
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