Music Discussion thread

[Froge]

Not sure if you've heard the last two but they are amazing if you can tolerate modern music, which if I recall correctly you normally don't.

I don't mean to sound offended, but I have absolutely no idea where you got that from. Modern instrumental music is by far my favourite genre to listen to. I'm particularly fond of video game soundtracks as well as the works of many Japanese composers such as Joe Hisaishi, Nobuo Uematsu, and Yoko Shimomura. I just don't post their pieces very often because I haven't met many people on this forum who enjoys JRPGs and anime other than Traggey or Corinthian. Even then, neither of them really play the same games that I do. Outside of Japanese composers, I am also immensely fond of the works of Ludovico Einaudi, a popular Italian pianist. Some of my favourite pieces from Einaudi include "Le Onde", "Love is a Mystery," and "Nuvole Bianche," all of which are readily available on youtube.

The main reason I'd imagine why you might think I dislike modern music is because I keep making fun of instrumental stuff Kman posts. This is because I don't particularly like pure ambient music. That concerto you just posted, however, was awesome. I really enjoyed the piece. It reminded me of the feel of a number of orchestrated pieces by Uematsu known as "Distant Worlds" (symphonic versions of pieces from Final Fantasy games).

Yes, Chopin is not my favourite composer (definitely up there, though). I simply listen to him a lot because I'm a pianist myself and I find his pieces the most interesting to play.

But in general, Japanese composers top my list. I simply don't post their music very much because no one else does. They are very nice melodic composers, and some of their pieces are highly virtuosic as well: