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If you are in favour of female artists supported by Gilmour, how do you like Sam Brown?
That’s the “Great Gig in the Sky” gal, right? Afraid I haven’t heard much else from her.
Yeah, not a lot of women, pop/rock/electronic-wise, at least not up there among the favourites. I like Madonna like everyone else on the planet, of course. Electronic music has Wendy Carlos, who I really like (yeah, yeah, I know….used to be a man).
I found Bush a bit “whiney” in the 80s and 90s, but when I heard that David Gilmour had helped discover her, I said to myself that there HAD to be something there that I had missed. If my hero Gilmour liked her, so should I. So I gave her another chance, and certainly found things to enjoy. But nowhere near any favourites lists.
Today marks the 30th anniversary of BEYOND RANGOON, Hans Zimmer’s finest score, so I wrote this article:
It would definitely have been included in an episode about oppressive regime scores.
Yes, there’s a lot of great French electronic music, slint. It’s one of the world’s foremost countries when it comes to that, after all.
My exposure to Francois de Roubaix is fairly limited. I have LE SAMOURAI and LES AVENTURIERS, obviously, but not a lot of synth in them. He died so young, yet managed to compose a lot of stuff in his lifetime. I’ve always wanted to check out more.
As for Umiliani, I’m embarassed to say that I don’t own anything by him (I think, maybe some themes somewhere).
Goblin is of course a legendary band. While I’ve been a fan of SUSPIRIA since the 90s, I haven’t really found any other scores by them that I’ve enjoyed as a whole. Only individual themes, which I’ve assembled in a digital album (PROFONDO ROSSO, JENNIFER, ROLLER etc.). It’s strange that I’ve never latched on them that much, since I’m a prog rock fan.
I’ll see if I can think of some recommendations for you. But definitely check out the aforementioned CAMPING DU LAC by Yannick Dupont, as well as the scores by Forever Pavot to get that loungey (and occasionally synth-y) 60s vibe from contemporary composers.
I was hoping maybe slint had something to contribute in regards to Delerue. I know he’s as into French film music as I am (should do a topic on that, but I’m afraid I’m going to explode in enthusiasm).
Well, the Rammstein “macho image” is in itself deliberately ironic. It’s a band very much about satire and irony.
I don’t like Pearl Jam, but I do like Eddie Vedder’s “Man of the Hour” from the BIG FISH soundtrack.
I think I liked the lusher sound of nu metal a bit. As you know, I’m a big Rammstein fan (completist, even) after first hearing them in Lynch’s LOST HIGHWAY, and while Rammstein certainly isn’t nu metal, I latched on to the more cinematic metal variations that appeared in the 90s.
I hadn’t. In fact, I remember accidentally refreshing the page whilst writing a post, and it was lost.
It’s also happened on FSM many times, but then again that board is older than the internet itself.
Thanks, Gerate, interesting list!
It’s true many of your top favourites aren’t my cup of tea, but I DO enjoy some Joe Jackson and Divine Comedy.
And your honourable mentions have loads of great stuff. Obviously Supertramp, but also Bacharach, Sting, Howard Jones, Cocteau Twins, Bush, Beatles. I even rocked out to System of a Down once upon a time, when nu metal was hot. 😀
But overall, I think you were more in tune with your own time than I ever was.
Sorry to hear it, Gerate. Not the site’s fault this time, though. Your post isn’t in ‘spam’ or ‘pending’ or anything. Hope you find it in you to redo the list in safer network conditions!
