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(Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Film Scores: Canon? Or "Can It!"
According to a new list of Top 300 albums from the radio station Classic FM, orchestral film scores like those heard in “Gladiator” and “Pirates of the Caribbean” belong alongside works by Beethoven and Mozart. In another Soundcheck Smackdown, two critics face off on the value of film scores in the classical world. Also: Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi talks about his passions for orchestral writing, modern electronic technology -- and pop music.
Soundcheck Smackdown: Film Scores
Film composers struggle for recognition inside the classical music world. As the summer blockbuster season gets underway, we’ll hear from one music critic who believes soundtracks aren’t classical, and one who says they are. Tristan Jakob-Hoff, a classical music writer who blogs for London's Guardian newspaper; and John Mauceri, conductor, chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts and long-time director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, debate whether film scores belong in the classical canon.
Our blog: John Schaefer on film composers
Weigh in: Film scores: Canon? Or "can it!"? Should film scores be considered "classical music?"
Ludovico Einaudi
Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi is unknown in the US, but he is huge in Europe. He joins us to talk about being an adept at both orchestral writing and modern electronic technology and being a fan of both pop music and the American minimalist music tradition.
Ludovico Einaudi's Website
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