Shirley Bassey - My Way (1987 Live in Berlin)

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1987 (Shirley performs in Berlin celebrating the city's' existence for 750 years) ABOUT this song: "My Way" is a song with lyrics written by Paul Anka and popularized by Frank Sinatra. The melody is based on a French song "Comme d'habitude" composed by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. Anka's English lyrics are unrelated to the original French by Claude François and Gilles Thibaut and Anka is credited as a co-composer of "My Way" because he largely re-wrote the song. "My Way" is often quoted as the most remade song in history. Paul Anka heard the original 1967 French pop song, Comme d'habitude (as usual) performed by Claude Francois with music by Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux and lyrics by Claude Francois and Gilles Thibault, while on holiday in the south of France. He flew to Paris to negotiate the rights to the song.[1] In a 2007 interview, he said: "I thought it was a bad record, but there was something in it."[2] He acquired publishing rights at no cost[3] and, two years later, had a dinner in Florida with Frank Sinatra and "a couple of Mob guys" at which Sinatra said he was "quitting the business. I'm sick of it, I'm getting the hell out". Back in New York, Anka re-wrote the original French song for Sinatra, subtly altering the melodic structure and changing the lyrics: "At one o'clock in the morning, I sat down at an old IBM electric typewriter and said, 'If Frank were writing this, what would he say?' And I started, metaphorically, 'And now the end is near.' I read a lot of periodicals, and I noticed everything was 'my this' and 'my that'. We were in the 'me generation' and Frank became the guy for me to use to say that. I used words I would never use: 'I ate it up and spit it out.' But that's the way he talked. I used to be around steam rooms with the Rat Pack guys - they liked to talk like Mob guys, even though they would have been scared of their own shadows." Anka finished the song at 5am. "I called Frank up in Nevada - he was at Caesar's Palace - and said, 'I've got something really special for you.'"[2] Anka claimed: "When my record company caught wind of it, they were very pissed that I didn't keep it for myself. I said, 'Hey, I can write it, but I'm not the guy to sing it.' It was for Frank, no one else." Dame Shirley Bassey recorded the song for her 1970 album Something. She also performed in live on numerous occasions notably the 1976 Royal Variety Performance. In the weeks following Sinatra's death in 1998 , Bassey sang is as a tribute to him on her "Diamond" concert tour. LYRICS: And now, the end is near; And so I face the final curtain. My friend, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case, of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full. I've traveled each and ev'ry highway; But more, much more than this, I did it my way. Regrets, I've had a few; But then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do And saw it through without exemption. I planned each charted course; Each careful step along the byway, But more, much more than this, I did it my way. Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew When I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out. I faced it all and I stood tall; And did it my way. I've loved, I've laughed and cried. I've had my fill; my share of losing. And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing. To think I did all that; And may I say - not in a shy way, "No, oh no not me, I did it my way". For what is a woman, what has she got? If not herself, then she has naught. To say the things she truly feels; And not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows - And did it my way.

How Nadia Boulanger Raised a Generation of Composers

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The Life and Teachings of Nadia Boulanger - the great music teacher who influenced composers including Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Philip Glass, Quincy Jones, and many more! Train Your Sight-Reading, Ear Training, and Writing Skills: https://www.insidethescore.com/musica... A Composer's Journey Podcast: https://www.insidethescore.com/podcas... (This podcast can also be found on Apple Music, Google Podcasts, and Spotify) Don't forget to join the list, for once-per-week bonus content for composers: https://www.insidethescore.com/composers 0:00 - Introduction 2:10 - Her Life and Music 11:35 - Her School and Teachings Music Heard: Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine N. Boulanger - Trois Piece pour Violoncelle Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice N. Boulanger - Extase Faure - Pie Jesu, from Requiem N. Boulanger - Ecoutez la Chanson Bien Douce Saint-Saens - The Swan N. Boulanger - Heures Ternes N. Boulanger - Lux Aeterna N. Boulanger - J'ai Frappé Gershwin - An American in Paris Bach - Prelude in E minor, from WTC I Bach - Wachet Auf - Movement I Monteverdi - Lauda Jerusalem, from Vespers Stravinsky - Dumbarton Oaks Faure - Agnus Dei, from Requiem

The 20 best video game soundtracks of all time

By ClassicFM, London

From Final Fantasy to Super Mario, here’s the most exciting music coming from the world of gaming – along with five top picks from Irish video game composer, Eímear Noone...

Video game music is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary music, with composers like Austin Wintory, Jessica Curry and Nobuo Uematsu winning fans the world over with their game soundtracks.

Here are some of the very best out there, from the 1980s to today. (Plus, watch above to find out the all-time favourite games scores of Eímear Noone, video game composer and presenter of High Score on Classic FM!)

1. Super Mario Bros – Koji Kondo (1985-)

   Koji Kondo’s theme for Super Mario Bros grabs your attention with its chirpy ‘ba dum bum ba dum DUM!’ intro, and doesn’t let go. Nobuo Uematsu called Kondo one of the best video game composers in the industry, adding that the Super Mario Bros earworm is such a masterpiece that it should become the new national anthem of Japan. High praise indeed. In 2007 a sequel, Super Mario Galaxy, came along and the space setting gave Kondo more flexibility in the music. Teaming up with Mahito Yokota, Kondo used a symphony orchestra for the first time in the series.Violinist performs incredible cover of Super Mario themes and sound effects .

2. The Legend of Zelda – Koji Kondo (1986-)

   A lush fantasy and a key title for Nintendo, the various incarnations of The Legend of Zelda have become classics. The music from this game has become so popular that it's been expanded and developed into a four-movement orchestral symphony called ‘Symphony of the Godesses’. Composer Koji Kondo has worked for Nintendo since 1986 and is the mastermind behind many of their most famous titles.

3. The Final Fantasy Series – Nobuo Uematsu (1987-)

   Japanese video game composer Nobuo Uematsu is probably the world’s most well-known, and something of a legend in his own country thanks to his stirring scores for the long-running Final Fantasy series. Through several entries in the series, Uematsu’s scores are a constant as players battle their way through dangerous and enchanted worlds. The scores have become so well-loved that concerts of Uematsu’s Final Fantasy works have been sell-out successes across the world.

   
   

4. Tetris – Alex Kostov, George Strezov arr. Korobeiniki (1989)

   Classics don’t come much bigger than this in video games, but it might surprise you to learn that it started life as a Russian folk song called Korobeiniki from the 19th century. Thanks to its tinny appearance in Nintendo’s 1989 GameBoy classic, it’s become affectionately known as ‘The Tetris Song’. Plenty of the world’s top orchestras, including the London Philharmonic and Germany’s WDR Funkhausorchester, have done their own epic orchestrated versions – have a listen below.

5. Chrono Trigger – Yasunori Mitsuda (1995)

   Yasunori Mitsuda reportedly worked so hard on the soundtrack for Chrono Trigger that he frequently passed out and eventually gave himself a stomach ulcer and was hospitalised. Now that’s dedication. The music for Chrono Trigger and the follow-up, Chrono Cross, have both enjoyed popularity in the concert hall as well as on the screen. With world music influences and almost Wagnerian dramatics, this is intense stuff.

6. Medal of Honor – Michael Giacchino (1995)

   Before he was a Hollywood composer in demand for his atmospheric scores for JJ Abrams, Michael Giacchino was hired to record a suitably cinematic score for Medal of Honor, which featured a storyline created by none other than Steven Spielberg. As you might expect for a game that offers a realistic depiction of World War II, the main theme is part respectful anthem, part militaristic march.

7. Uncharted – Greg Edmonson (2007-2017)

   We recommend ‘Nate’s Theme’ from this action adventure game. With a brass chorale effect and some thunderous drumming, composer Greg Edmonson brings a thoroughly cinematic dynamic to this short work. Uncharted and its various sequels have won several awards and sold upwards of 17 million copies.

8. Halo – Martin O’Donnell (2002)

   The Halo franchise is one of the most popular in video games history and Martin O’Donnell’s soundtrack is suitably blockbusting as well. In fact, the original soundtrack is still the best-selling video game soundtrack of all time. Try the main theme – it’s gently choral with some serious orchestral clout (and electric guitar!).

9. Kingdom Hearts – Yoko Shimomura (2002)

   The composer behind the 15th chapter of Final Fantasy, Yoko Shimomura is notable for the lightness of her music. The game itself is a role-playing adventure (a co-production between Disney and Sqauresoft) featuring a voice cast including Haley Joel Osment and Hayden Panettiere, and the music reworks melodies originating from previous Disney films, alongside original themes by Shimomura.

   
   

10. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin – Jesper Kyd (2002)

    With a full orchestra and a Latin-singing chorus, Danish composer Jesper Kyd's expansive soundtrack for Hitman 2 could easily be mistaken for a Hollywood score. He also wangles in some light electronics for many of his compositions, so expect to hear something slightly different every time. Kyd also won a BAFTA for the soundtrack to Hitman 2’s sequel, Hitman: Contracts.

11. World of Warcraft – Russell Brower and more (2004-)

    With new quests to embark on and new enemies to defeat, comes new cinematic music in the bumper World of Warcraft series, which boasts eight soundtrack and a host of main and contributing composers. Russell Brower appears as a main composer six times. Glenn Stafford and Neal Acree five times, and Derek Duke and Sam Cardon four times, with Eímear Noone, host of High Score on Classic FM, contributing several themes to the musical blockbuster, which also credits orchestras and musicians from around the world.

12. Civilisation IV – Christopher Tin (2005)

    Christopher Tin’s theme from the strategy game Civilisation IV was the first video game soundtrack to win a Grammy award. Recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Soweto Gospel Choir, it has the same accessibility and verve of Karl Jenkins.

13. Metal Gear Solid – Harry Gregson-Williams (2008)

    Harry Gregson-Williams made his name as a film and TV composer before dipping his toes in the world of video games music. Films like Enemy of the State and Shrek gave him a suitably cinematic background before he started work on the legendary Metal Gear Solid games. With electronic effects over an orchestral bed, Gregson-Williams perfectly captures the espionage feel of the game.

14. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Jeremy Soule (2011)

    This swords-and-dragons epic has a suitably soaring soundtrack, provided by Jeremy Soule. For the recordings, Soule enlisted a 30-strong choir of barbarian voices singing in the game’s own invented language. It’s perhaps no surprise to learn that Soule is known as ‘the John Williams of video game soundtracks’ – this is symphonic, tuneful and exciting, and it even made the Classic FM Hall of Fame!

15. LA Noire – Simon Hale (2011)

    Taking a smooth, late-night jazz bar vibe and applying it to a video game might not sound like a natural move, but British composer Simon Hale’s soundtrack for LA Noire does exactly that. And it clearly works, because Hale was the 2012 recipient of the video game original music BAFTA.

16. Journey – Austin Wintory (2012)

    Austin Wintory’s soundtrack to Sony’s Journey caught the world’s attention when it was shortlisted for the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack for Visual Media, up against the scores for The Dark Knight Rises, Hugo and The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo (which ended up winning the gong). The nomination brought Wintory’s soundtrack to a whole new audience and cemented its place in the pantheon of great video game music.

17. Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – Jessica Curry (2015)

    Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture was a first-person game that was as much artwork as game. And the stunning soundtrack was written by Jessica Curry (who has presented three series of High Score on Classic FM). The story begins like this: you’re in a village in Shropshire and everyone has disappeared. The whole village is transfused with a beautiful golden light, but every living thing has gone.

    Jessica Curry's five favourite video game music scores

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18. Monument Valley 2 – Todd Baker (2017)

    Unlike most of the games on this list, Monument Valley 2 is a mobile game. The concept is simple: you have to guide the characters (Ro and her child) through a series of puzzle mazes that include optical illusions and intricate moving parts. And the elegant simplicity of the design and concept are reflected in the music and sound design by Todd Baker. He said: “I wanted to create a sound aesthetic that felt gentle and spacious.”

19. God of War – Bear McCreary (2018)

    Sony’s 2018 instalment of the God of War saga was one of the most anticipated releases of the year. And it proved to be one of the most acclaimed – not least because of Bear McCreary’s epic soundtrack. The atmospheric soundtrack includes contributions from an Icelandic choir, Nordic instruments like the nyckelharpa and hurdy gurdy and plenty of grumbling orchestral bass.

20. Returnal – Bobby Krlic, The Haxan Cloak (2021)

    British, LA-based composer Bobby Krlic (who operates under the pseudonym ‘The Haxan Cloak’) has written music for major TV series, including post-apocalyptic drama Snowpiercer. His score for Returnal, which won Best Music at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards, offers a gripping undercurrent to Selene’s journey through the barren landscape of an ancient, alien civilisation, where she fights for her escape and suffers defeat at every turn.

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Am Sonntag verletzte sich Helene Fischer bei den Tourproben (Archivbild)

Von: MARK PITTELKAU

21.03.2023 - 06:56 Uhr

Diese Nachricht wird nicht nur ihre Fans schocken!

Schlagerkönigin Helene Fischer (38) muss den Start ihrer mit Spannung erwarteten Arena-Tour in Bremen am Dienstag verschieben. Nach Angaben des Tourneeveranstalters Live Nation kam es am Sonntag zu einem Unfall-Drama.

Demnach erlitt die Musikerin („Atemlos durch die Nacht“) bei den akrobatischen Proben eine Rippenfraktur, was eine Verlegung der geplanten Shows in Bremen und Köln erforderlich macht. Auf dringendes ärztliches Anraten muss Helene zwingend eine Pause einlegen, bevor sie erneut auftreten darf.

In einer persönlichen Stellungnahme wandte sich Helene an ihre Fans und bat um Verständnis für die Verlegung der Bremer und Kölner Konzerte. „Ich habe wirklich alles versucht, um die Verletzung zu verdrängen, aber die akuten Schmerzen und der dringende ärztliche Rat, meinen Körper zu schonen, zwingen mich zu dieser für mich schweren Entscheidung.“

Am Sonntag verletzte sich Helene bei den Proben zu ihrer neuen Tour.

Auch in den sozialen Medien meldete sich Helene zu Wort und schrieb: „Ich hoffe, ihr wisst, wie leid mir das tut, denn ich weiß, wie groß die Freude ist, dass es endlich losgeht und wie viele Unannehmlichkeiten eine Verlegung für euch mit sich bringt.“

Die Premiere der Show soll nun am 11. April in Hamburg stattfinden. Die Nachholtermine in Bremen sind vom 10. bis 12. Mai. In Köln finden die Nachholtermine zwischen dem 25. August und 2. September statt. Details hierzu in Kürze. Sämtliche Eintrittskarten für die Konzerte behalten laut Konzertveranstalter ihre Gültigkeit.

Franz von Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture

Why ‘All By Myself’ sounds uncannily like Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2

By Siena Linton

 

How did Sergei Rachmaninov snag a songwriting credit for a pop ballad written decades after his death? The answer lies in his enduringly popular Piano Concerto No.2...

Eric Carmen’s 1975 smash hit, ‘All By Myself’, features an unlikely collaborator on its list of songwriters. The great Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, better known for his devilish piano works and rapturous symphonic writing, seemingly also turned his hand to power ballads, according to the record’s liner notes.

The catch? Rachmaninov had been dead for more than 30 years by the time the song was released.

A classically trained pianist, Carmen had been working on a new solo, writing four bars at a time. After roughly two months, he had a complete piano interlude – he just needed a song to put it in.

During his writing process, Carmen had been listening to Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2, and as he heard the evocative Romanticism of the second movement, inspiration struck.

Eric Carmen’s 1975 pop power ballad ‘All By Myself’ was inspired by Rachmaninov’s second piano concerto. Picture: Getty

Rachmaninov’s melody is passed between the piano, flute, and clarinet in his piano concerto, and Carmen used it as the basis for the tune of his verse for ‘All By Myself’.

Using Rachmaninov’s harmonically meandering theme also meant Carmen had to incorporate similar chord patterns beneath his pop melody. It’s an unusual musical feature to hear in a pop song, and one that requires a skilled songwriter, such as Eric Carmen or Sergei Rachmaninov, to pull off. 

The trouble was that although Rachmaninov’s music was in the public domain (meaning that copyright laws no longer applied to it) in the United States, that wasn’t necessarily the case in other parts of the world.

After the album’s release, Carmen was contacted by the Rachmaninov estate and together they agreed that, alongside a songwriter credit for Rachmaninov himself, the estate would also receive a 12 percent share of the royalties made from the song.

And so it was that the great Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov came to add ‘chart-topping power ballad’ songwriter to his CV – and had one of his works performed by the one and only Celine Dion.

TOP 5 Touching Songs - The Maestro & The European Pop Orchestra

The Maestro & The European Pop Orchestra

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Have a look at our beautiful live video performances from productions filmed worldwide, some of our other clips and community. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube fan Channel! ___________________________________________________________________________________ YouTube Channel Wendy Kokkelkoren:    / @wendykokkelkoren...   Website: https://www.themaestro.nl Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ovOi... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMaestroAn... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themaestro_... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@themaestro_guido Linktree: https://linktr.ee/TheMaestroAndOrchestra About Guido Dieteren (The Maestro): Guido Dieteren (1974) an orchestra leader, violin soloist, arranger, and composer. He grew up in a special musical Limburg family in The Netherlands. Guido his great-grandparents, grandfather, and father were all conductors and with that his great musical examples. At an early age, he established his name as a concertmaster and soloist, before continuing his career as a conductor, violinist, and soloist on tours throughout Europe and around the world. During his conservatory studies in Maastricht, Guido approached his childhood friend and pop keyboard player Falco Borsboom to compose and arrange together for a new smashing orchestra production. The Maestro & The European Pop Orchestra was born! Since then, Guido founded The European Pop Orchestra. Together with his musicians, Maestro Guido has provided worldwide concerts, composed and arranged music for commercials such as McDonald's, Rabobank, WWF, Dela, and AllSecur, played many TV shows, released several gold CDs and DVDs, produced large TV specials in many world languages and performed live for more than 2.7 million visitors. Guido collaborated artistically and as musical director with many international stars such as Lionel Richie, Andrea Bocelli, Diana Ross, VoXXclub, DJ AfroJack, Simply Red, André Rieu, Caro Emerald, Alessandro Safina, Marco Borsato, Og3ne, Doe Maar, Anouk, Jan Smit, Nick and Simon, Paul de Leeuw and many others. The Maestro is available for performances worldwide, including and excluding the Orchestra. Guido is also completely private with The European Pop Orchestra. Guido got married in 2006 to the solo singer of the orchestra, Wendy Kokkelkoren. After the first concert together, the spark broke and their romance started, since then they are inseparable. Together Guido and Wendy form a happy musical family with their daughters Emma-Sophie and Annabel. Both daughters love to be on stage and perform together with their parents.

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) -His Music and His Life

 

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)

Biography

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) was an Italian composer most noted for his operas. Mascagni’s first masterpiece Cavalleria Rusticana, written in 1890, unfortunately overshadows his later works.

Life and Music
Mascagni’s father, a baker, wanted him to become a lawyer, but his uncle enabled him to study music.

Mascgani’s wife can take credit for ensuring the success of Cavalleria Rusticana early on – she entered it into a competition for a one-act opera held by the publisher Sonzogno in 1888. It won and, following a production in Rome, it was soon performed all over the world.

Mascagni enjoyed considerable success during his lifetime, but unfortunately today he is known almost solely for Cavalleria Rusticana.

In fact he wrote 15 operas, an operetta, orchestral, vocal and piano music.
Mascagni conducted orchestral music and opera, and conducted at La Scala for a while in the 1930s.

Did you know?
Cavalleria Rusticana is short, and so today it is usually performed with Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci.

MASCAGNI CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA INTERMEZZO - Lucca Philharmonic

PIETRO MASCAGNI from CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA intermezzo LUCCA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA con.ANDREA COLOMBINI LIVE RECORDING DEC 2014 - VIENNA MUSIKVEREIN GOLDEN HALL

TOP FILIPINO AUDITIONS THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD | UNBELIEVABLE

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Music/Artist: Rachel PORTMAN (11 December 1960) Rachel Portman was born in West Sussex, England. She began composing at the age of 14 and read music at Oxford University. Whilst there, she became interested in writing music for student films and theatre productions. She gained experience writing music for drama in BBC and Channel 4 films such as Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Mike Leigh's Four Days In July and Jim Henson's Storyteller series, however the majority of her work has been in film. Rachel won an Academy award for her score for Emma and Academy nominations for Chocolat and The Cider House Rules. She has been fortunate to work with directors Roman Polanski (Oliver Twist), Norman Jewison (Only You), Jonathan Demme (Beloved, Truth About Charlie, Manchurian Candidate), Robert Redford (Legend of Bagger Vance), Mike Leigh (Life is Sweet), as well as countless others. Her list of film scores includes Never Let Me Go, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Grey Gardens (HBO), The Duchess, Infamous, Lake House, Hart's War, Human Stain, Marvin's Room, Benny and Joon, Joy Luck Club, Smoke, Nicholas Nickleby and Where Angels Fear to Tread. She has written a musical of Little House on the Prairie as well as an opera of Saint Exupery's The Little Prince for Houston Grand Opera and The Water Diviner, a dramatic choral symphony commissioned for the BBC Proms concerts. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.

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