Nightfly Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Stravinsky and Martinu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcato Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 It's interesting that Shostakovich is so liked by everyone... He's kind of pushed aside because of the so called "avant-garde" movements.. A shame of course. My favourite composers, in a roughly chronological form: Gesualdo, Palestrina, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartok, Penderecki, Ligeti, Schnittke, Gorecki, Rochberg, Reich, Ades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnGalt Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 *points to avatar* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Well this is rather dumb; John Williams is in a league of his own out of these fellows. Their pieces are nice and all but they don't hold a candle to most of Williams' work. Not even dear Nobuo, though he is a great composer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keerakh Kal Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I like... David Holsinger Eric Whitacre Herbie Hancock Stravinsky (who doesn't?) Grover Washington Jr. Just to name a few... Songjun, the first few composers you named sound like car manufacturors. You're third choice should've been Toyota or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Well, here they are, just a few of the heavies Carla Bley Also, Kenny Wheeler Charles Mingus Ornette Coleman Tom Waits John Coltrane John Zorn ... *Edit* Just noticed Keerakh Kal Keerakh Kal's Grover Washington Jr.... :huh: He's not exactly known as a composer...just seems like a slightly odd choice. Maybe I'll check him out a bit more. Mostly seems to be smooth-jazz, although much more creative than Kenny G, still not pure genius either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anders Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 'tis a tie between the great Ludvig van and Joe Hisashi. And Alfred Schnittke... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoManGidley Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 A list of some composers I like and get inspired by: Danny Elfman John Adams Thomas Newman Hector Berlioz Claude Debussy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Frederick Chopin Pyotr Tchaikovsky Duke Ellington Count Basie Violaine Corradi Vincent Persechetti Loreena McKinnett Lisa Gerrard Aaron Copland Alfred Reed Johann Sebastian Bach Chuck Mingus Eric Whitacre Glenn Miller Howard Shore John Mackey Miles Davis Koji Kondo 2Gryphon Mark Deutsch Buddy Rich Gordon Goodwin Jack Stamp Aaron Jay Kernis Richard Wagner Ottorino Respighi Paul Hindemith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saulsmusic Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Mendelssohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Really though, Rob, what is pure genius? Fair enough, I just mean to say his music is not the most creative, interesting, challenging...you get the picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Emperor Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 my favorite is probably shostakovich, arvo part being a close second. also like stravinsky,Faur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_is_D Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Im more of a Nobuo Uematsu person since im aspiring to be a video game composer. 1.nobuo uematsu 2.yasunori mitsuda 3.yoko shimomura 4.hitoshi sakamoto 5.john williams Where the bloody hell is Koji Kondo there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaltechViolist Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Brahms, the greatest musical craftsman in history, stands alone at the top of my list. Other than him, my favorites include the Mighty Handful, Shostakovich, Richard Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, Kalinnikov, Rheinberger... actually, it's hard to limit it to a few favorites. I like virtually the entire Romantic era, and a number of more recent composers (notable exception: I have yet to hear a Bartok piece that I've liked in the slightest, and I've heard almost all of his better-known stuff.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Emperor Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 no bartok? mmm his string quartets, music for strings, percussion and celesta, The Miraculous Mandarin, etc....very tasty in my book :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaltechViolist Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Heard all those pieces, hated them all... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once more,with feeling! Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 In no particular order... Michael Nyman Debussy John Williams Scott Joplin Mozart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Emperor Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Heard all those pieces, hated them all... :D :) to each his own:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyodog Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 My favourites are the Russian composers: 1) Tchaikovsky 2) Rachmaninov 3) Rimsky Korsakov I also like some of Gustav Holst's music like the St Paul Suite (especially the ostinato), and Jupiter- Bringer of Jollity. By the way have you heard of Bartok's Mikrokosmos pieces for piano ( not sure of spelling), they are less avant garde. His violin concerto 3rd movement is quite nice, at the start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheesyMoo Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Zappa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunael Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 My favorite composer !? ... let's see it by period. Antiquity : Mesomedes Early medieval : let's say Anonymus as a joke here ! or Gregorian chant. Late medieval : Guillaume de Machaut Renaissance : Don Carlo de Gesualdo Baroque : Rameau by far ! Classical : Haydn Romantic : Wagner Modern : Stravinsky Contemporary : (ahaha... me?)... Claude Vivier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 hmmm. Borodin. Holst. John Williams Stravinsky Brian Balmages. Robert W. Smith. that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E = F Flat Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 My favorites, in order of greatest to least: Tchaikovsky Beethoven Prokofiev John Williams Mendelssohn Brahms Stravinsky All I can think of right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megascrubsfan Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Oh man, it's gonna take for ever to check out all these composers, but I'll do it!;) Anyways, I was shocked but very happy to see someone else say Nobuo Uematsu! I'm in the same boat as you dude!:( One game with incredible music (and also my favorite game of all time because otherwise it's an excellent game) that very few people know about is Brigandine (Playstation 1) (ebay's your only chance, it'll cost about $30-$40 + shipping) (if you want to learn more come to the Brigandine www.gamefaqs.com forum, I'm over there too). As of now at least, Nobuo's also my favorite composer!:( I'm afraid to list any others of mine because the only ones I've known so far were Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, and Nobuo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keerakh Kal Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Fair enough, I just mean to say his music is not the most creative, interesting, challenging...you get the picture I think I'd have to disagree... I'm not a saxaphonist, so I can't say anything about it being challenging, but some of his more known pieces 'Mr. Magic, Winelight' are pretty creative and very interesting to me. I realize this site is more centered around classical music, but I use the term 'composer' a little bit more loosely here. Besides, I like listening to stuff written by people who are still alive. (I know he's dead, but I can dream, can't I?) I forgot to add Korn to the list. ...Just kidding. ~Kal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlioz Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Berlioz Beethoven Mozart Stravinsky (I LOVE some of his pieces and can't stand others, so I just put him here for his pieces I love :P) Mendelssohn Poulenc Rossini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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