AngelofDeath: Composers: Best Of Old And New

AngelofDeath 05.09.11	Was inspired to do this after seeing Distant Worlds live Saturday night. Truly incredible. Recs for more modern stuff would be greatly appreciated.
Hyperion1001 05.09.11	Awesome list, Bach and Wagner have always been my favorite of the classic composers. Howard Shore's scores are always phenomenal. Have you ever listened to Vangelis's score for Bladerunner? It rules.
AngelofDeath 05.09.11	I love Bladerunner, but I don't think I have the score downloaded, so thanks for reminding me.
Crysis 05.09.11	Tchaikovsky and Arnalds are my two favorites from here.
Acanthus 05.09.11	Sweet list, glad to see some John Cage love.
AngelofDeath 05.09.11	Yeah, the Russian composers have always been my favorites (primarily Tchaikovsky and Lidov). Their incorporation of Russian folk music throught some of thier symphonies and ballets are superb.
Hyperion1001 05.09.11	You should look up Iannis Xenakis's Metastaseis. It's an orchestra comprised of 61 players and none of them play the same part. It's mindblowing.
AngelofDeath 05.09.11	That sounds really awesome.
Hyperion1001 05.09.11	My favorite classical work has always been with choir. Krzysztof Penderecki's St. Luke Passion is probably the closest thing i've ever heard to the world ending with fire and brimstone.
AngelofDeath 05.09.11	I'm familiar with Penderecki, but I don't believe I've heard that particular piece. Just realized I forgot Mussorgsky. Shit.
Ovrot 05.09.11	Carl Orff man...
Ovrot 05.09.11	Also, fuck yeah for Gustav Holst
Wolfhorde 05.09.11	Damn, so much good stuff. Modern stuff: Roberto Cacciapaglia - Canone Degli Spazi and Ten Directions Adam Hurst - Elegy The 13th Warrior OST Tan Dun - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (If solo stuff is also acceptable: Zoe Keating - One Cello x 16: Natoma Fabrizio Paterlini - Viaggi In Aeromobile Brian Crain - Piano Opus)
Yotimi 05.09.11	Philip Glass and Steve Reich are great
geng 05.09.11	Amazing list. 32 might be the best thing in the history of music.
ConsiderPhlebas 05.09.11	Cool. I've only heard the really famous stuff off here, will check the rest.
vanderb0b 05.09.11	List is wonderful. Check out Verdi's requiem, it's pretty great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW1Uc-grcMs
MO 05.09.11	excellent list
AngelofDeath 05.09.11	Thanks for the praise and the recs. Much appreciated.
demigod! 05.09.11	wow dude, you know your shit. Props for that.
Dreamflight 05.09.11	Wagner is too low man, otherwise great list, totally agree with 1. Have you heard Elliot Goldenthal's soundtrack for Final Fantasy: The SPirits Within? Amazing stuff too.
AngelofDeath 05.09.11	It's not ranked in any sort of way other putting a lot of the post-1910/20 composers in the latter half of the list. I remember not caring for Spirits Within when I saw it, but I don't really remember much about the score.
foreverendeared 05.09.11	Chopin, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Henryk Gorecki, Max Richter, and Carl Orff are prob my favorites. Also, Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet by Nino Rota is SOOOO much better than the ballet version you have on here by Sergei Prokofiev. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z0__7sfNm0
Dreamflight 05.09.11	Fair enough.:) I love the Spirits Within, so I might be biased, anyway you should really give that soundtrack a try.
Pachelbel 05.09.11	Great list. Bach, Chopin, Schubert and Wagner are my favorites.
AngelofDeath 05.09.11	Not Pachelbel lol?
sniper 05.09.11	no love for stravinksy and shostakovich?
sniper 05.09.11	nvm there's starvinsky. listen to some shostakovich string quartets dude they're mindblowing. have you listened to any shoenberg?
AngelofDeath 05.09.11	I'm pretty sure I've heard some of Shostakovich's work at some point, but never Shoenberg. I'll be sure and get on it.
Bloodbirds 05.09.11	John Powell - How To Train Your Dragon OST http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ei2HSGeLHo
Bloodbirds 05.09.11	Terry Riley - Requiem for Adam (Performed by Kronos Quartet) Karlheinz Stockhausen - Klavierstücke, Gesang der Jünglinge
sniper 05.09.11	shoenberg is pretty wacky. shostakovich was some of the first really dissonant modern classical music that actually moved me. i've since fallen for a lot more, but he's awesome. you can really hear post-WWII russia in his compositions.
Pachelbel 05.09.11	Not Pachelbel lol? ^No :D BTW I think Handel should have been included, Water Music Suite is amazing.
AngelofDeath 05.09.11	Yeah, I suppose forgetting Handel was a serious oversight.
AngelofDeath 05.09.11	Had the music to Ronfaure from FFXI stuck in my head all day.
porch 05.09.11	cool list
balcaen 05.09.11	dude i think 27 and 50 would have been bffs had they lived in the same time. mad props for including them
BlackJesus 05.10.11	i approve of this list
AngelofDeath 05.10.11	I think you're right. Satie was ahead of his time in both his inclination toward minimalism and ability to craft an atmosphere.
wabbit 05.10.11	holst- planets is probably my favourite. Mass Effect 2 has my favourite of any video game
AngelofDeath 05.10.11	As far as video game soundtracks, I kept it to stuff that was more orchestral and less ambient or electronic. I could have easily filled this joker up with video game OSTs like Metroid Prime and ME2. Though, I guess ME2's has quite a bit of horn and string stuff.
AngelofDeath 05.10.11	Also, Tchaikovsky and I both have the same birthday (May 7, this past Saturday).
Ovrot 05.10.11	IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING!!!!! WOOOOOOO
KILL 05.10.11	oh man so much to get so little time
Jethro42 12.01.11	oh