i don't know if this is classical.....

[brinny]

but i love the theme from the Gladiator. In the beginning of the video, what instruments are playing? violins? Any responses would be most appreciated.

Thank you.

(2/27/13: i edited and added this video. The original video was deleted from Youtube.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvrDI6U0mE4

 

[GPguy]

I've this and pretty much any other soundtrack/score you can think of. I love and collect soundtrack/scores and trailer music! The best! Hans Zimmer is very much up there in my favorites as well. Thanks for sharing!

God Bless!

Jonathan

 

[brinny]

you are most welcome

 

[mariettedavina]

stunning - probably classed as more cross-classical or classical crossover.

 

[mariettedavina]

sounds like harpsichord

 

[mariettedavina]

and strings (specifically cello)

 

[brinny]

Aah, beautiful instruments. They captivate me in the beginning of this piece. Thank you

 

[RickG]

but i love the theme from the Gladiator. In the beginning of the video, what instruments are playing? violins? Any responses would be most appreciated.

Thank you.

Sounds like violins, violas, cellos & string bass. The percussion I think is probably from a synthesizer. I'm not sure but I think the genre would be classified as film music.

 

[brinny]

Sounds like violins, violas, cellos & string bass. The percussion I think is probably from a synthesizer. I'm not sure but I think the genre would be classified as film music.

Film music? Is there such a thing?

 

[RickG]

Film music? Is there such a thing?

Most assuredly. Well known composers include Andrew Lloyd Weber, Leonard & Elmer Bernstein, John Williams, Max Steiner, and Alfred Newman to name a few of the better known ones, at least from my generation. Film music is much like classical music, its' just not considered serious music, which I find kind of odd since ballets and operas were and still are written for the same reasons.

 

[brinny]

Most assuredly. Well known composers include Andrew Lloyd Weber, Leonard & Elmer Bernstein, John Williams, Max Steiner, and Alfred Newman to name a few of the better known ones, at least from my generation. Film music is much like classical music, its' just not considered serious music, which I find kind of odd since ballets and operas were and still are written for the same reasons.

Wow, that IS surprising, since "film music" stirs one's soul so inexplicably.

 

[GPguy]

Yeah, it's the type of music I told you I collect... Actually known simply as soundtracks and/or movie scores. Most every movie has a music score to it. You know the music you hear in movie-trailers? That is called trailer-music and I collect that music as well. That kind of music is more than great!

 

[brinny]

I agree! It stirs me soul

 

[jayem]

Some 20th century composers, who's music is now considered classical, wrote film scores. The Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich, wrote this in the 50s for a movie called The Gadfly. If you like romantic violin music, check this out. It's beautiful.


Shostakovich - Romance from the Gadfly. - YouTube

I'm sure if there were movies when Mozart, or Beethoven, or Tchaikovsky were alive, they'd have written music for them.

 

[brinny]

Exquisite. Thank you.

 

[Willing Spirit]

The Gladiator song sounds great. When I first heard the singing, I was quickly reminded of Dead Can Dance. It wasn't until after that I saw Lisa Gerard credited for help in the music (who is one of the lead singers for that band). She has a very fine voice.

I wouldn't consider it to be pure classical music. To me, it sounds more like classically infused pop. Maybe that's not a totally accurate description.

As for film music, I wouldn't consider it to be a style of music, and don't see any valid objective reason why it can't be classical. The music that John Williams does for Star Wars, is clearly done in a classical style and isn't radically different from what Gustav Holst did with his music for The Planets. If Holst had written that same music for a science fiction film, would that automatically make it non-classical?

What about film music in a jazz style? The Pink Panther theme song?

 

[GPguy]

Film music ranges from many different styles and that right there is why it is not solely placed into the category of classical, for as you mentioned; Compare Star Wars, The Gladiator, King Arthur or the Pink Panther and Transformers with each other... All are different from one another in style, but they are all "movie-music", so to speak.

God Bless.

 

[brinny]

i likes "movie music".....it stirs one's soul...whereas some "classical music" does not..

it's the same with gifted voices....Barbra Streisand does nothing for me...it's devoid of any soul-stirring, but mostly voice "acrobatics"....Lisa Gerrard communicated with the depths of my soul the first moment i heard her.....it's almost like my soul sang along with her.

 

[Willing Spirit]

Film music ranges from many different styles and that right there is why it is not solely placed into the category of classical, for as you mentioned; Compare Star Wars, The Gladiator, King Arthur or the Pink Panther and Transformers with each other... All are different from one another in style, but they are all "movie-music", so to speak.

God Bless.

I agree. I have no problem with movie music or film music being a genre, just not as a totally separate style of it's own.

Earlier the comment was made that "Film music is much like classical music" which suggests it is a totally separate style from classical. This may be the official popular opinion of the classical world (it's the first time I've come across this viewpoint), but it's clearly not based on anything musical and thus not reality. Clearly some (not all) film music is in the classical style.

I think in the classical music world, there is sometimes an attitude of intellectual snobbery towards pop music and popular culture (which includes Hollywood movies). So I'm guessing this is where the idea that film music can't be classical originates from, based on a snobby high brow attitude , as opposed to the objective reality of the music itself. They want to disassociate themselves from what they consider low popular culture, so they deny the classical or serious label, even if has all the musical quality's of it. Any truth to my theory?

Just so there is no misunderstanding, I'm not accusing anyone hear of intellectual snobbery. The very person here who said film music isn't considered classical, said he found that to be odd. I'm just suggesting that this odd viewpoint has it's roots in classical high brow snobbery.

 

[brinny]

I agree. I have no problem with movie music or film music being a genre, just not as a totally separate style of it's own.

Earlier the comment was made that "Film music is much like classical music" which suggests it is a totally separate style from classical. This may be the official popular opinion of the classical world (it's the first time I've come across this viewpoint), but it's clearly not based on anything musical and thus not reality. Clearly some (not all) film music is in the classical style.

I think in the classical music world, there is sometimes an attitude of intellectual snobbery towards pop music and popular culture (which includes Hollywood movies). So I'm guessing this is where the idea that film music can't be classical originates from, based on a snobby high brow attitude , as opposed to the objective reality of the music itself. They want to disassociate themselves from what they consider low popular culture, so they deny the classical or serious label, even if has all the musical quality's of it. Any truth to my theory?

Just so there is no misunderstanding, I'm not accusing anyone hear of intellectual snobbery. The very person here who said film music isn't considered classical, said he found that to be odd. I'm just suggesting that this odd viewpoint has it's roots in classical high brow snobbery.

My barometer is my "soul"...if it's stirred and inspired the "stir-er" of it has done it's job

For instance, the music in "Schindler's List" stirred my soul to such depths that it was life-changing for me.

Good post.