20 most famous and influential French composers of classical music

 Here are the 20 most famous and influential French composers of classical music from the 17th to the 20th century. I know, some composers might be missing in this list, so feel free to comment about the ones you think that they deserve a place in this list. Enjoy!

For those who are wondering: I have sorted the composers by the year of birth. That is why some pieces that have been written later may come earlier in the video. I plan to make a similar video for composers of other nationalities, but I do not know how long it will take. French classical music began with the sacred music of the Roman Catholic Church, with written records predating the reign of Charlemagne. It includes all of the major genres of sacred and secular, instrumental and vocal music. French classical styles often have an identifiably national character, ranging from the clarity and precision of the music of the late Renaissance music to the sensitive and emotional Impressionistic styles of the early 20th century. Important French composers include Pérotin, Machaut, Du Fay, Ockeghem, Josquin, Lully, Charpentier, Couperin, Rameau, Leclair, Grétry, Méhul, Auber, Berlioz, Alkan, Gounod, Offenbach, Franck, Lalo, Saint-Saëns, Delibes, Bizet, Chabrier, Massenet, Widor, Fauré, d'Indy, Chausson, Debussy, Dukas, Vierne, Duruflé, Satie, Roussel, Hahn, Ravel, Honegger, Milhaud, Poulenc, Auric, Messiaen, Françaix, Dupré, Dutilleux, Xenakis, Boulez, Guillou, Grisey, and Murail. During the early Christian era of the Middle Ages, sacred monophonic (only one voice) chant was the dominant form of music, followed by a sacred polyphonic (multi-voices) organum. By the thirteenth century, another polyphonic style called the motet became popular. During the Ars Nova era of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the trend towards writing polyphonic music extended to non-Church music. In the fifteenth century, more secular music emerged, such as the French chanson. In the late sixteenth-century, composers attempted to recreate Greek drama using a style called monody. In the seventeenth century, Italian opera styles such as opera seria, opera buffa were very important. This Italian opera was taken up in France, where Lully developed a French national opera style. In the seventeenth century, instrumental music developed a great deal, and vocal music was usually accompanied by a written bassline called the basso continuo. Instrumental works included keyboard suites, which were based on dance suites, sonatas, organ music, and music for small groups (trio sonatas) or orchestra (e.g., sinfonias and concerto grossos). Baroque music from the eighteenth century moved towards a simpler, lighter style of instrumental music. Later in the eighteenth century, the Classical style dominated, with the main forms being sonatas, symphonies, and string quartets... Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_... Here are the timestamps: 01) Louis Couperin: 00:24 02) Jean Baptiste Lully: 02:08 03) Marc-Antoine Charpentier: 03:41 04) Francois Couperin: 04:50 05) Jean-Philippe Rameau: 06:11 06) Hector Berlioz: 07:38 07) Charles Gounod: 09:25 08) Jacques Offenbach: 10:54 09) Edouard Lalo: 13:05 10) Camille Saint-Saens: 14:23 11) Leo Delibes: 16:06 12) Georges Bizet: 17:07 Mistake: He died in 1875!!! 13) Gabriel Faure: 18:11 14) Claude Debussy: 19:38 15) Erik Satie: 20:38 16) Maurice Ravel: 22:22 17) Lili Boulanger: 24:25 18) Francis Poulenc: 25:56 19) Olivier Messiaen: 28:11 20) Pierre Boulez: 30:06 And here are the recordings I used: 01)    • Louis Couperin - ...   02)    • Jean Baptiste Lul...   03)    • Marc-Antoine Char...   04)    • Quatrième Concert...   05)    • Rameau: Les indes...   06)    • Berlioz - Symphon...   07)    • J. S. Bach / C. G...   08)    • Orpheus in the Un...   09)    • Lalo: Symphonie E...   10)    • Danse macabre, Op...   11)    • Ballet Suite from...   12)    • Bizet - Carmen - ...   13)    • Gabriel Fauré - S...   14)    • Debussy: La Mer —...   15)    • Trois Gymnopédies...   16)    • Daphnis et Chloé ...   17)    • Lili Boulanger - ...   18)    • F. Poulenc SONATE...   19)    • Turangalîla Symph...   20)    • Le marteau sans m...   French anthem (intro/outro):    • France National A...   I do not own any of the recordings used in the video and do not plan to make any profits from this. Yet, if a copyright owner of any of these recordings wants me to delete this video, feel free to contact me. I will not hesitate to delete it because it is your copyright, not mine. This video is just for entertainment and education purposes!

The Way We Were - Lucy Thomas - (Official Music Video)

The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand - Lucy Thomas Cover I hope you enjoy my recording of this beautiful Oscar winning song from the film "The Way We Were" starring the wonderful Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford❤️️ "The Way We Were" was written in 1973 by Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman the film "The Way We Were" starring Barbra Streisand who also recorded the original version of the song. "The Way We Were" won the Oscar and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song as well as the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1974. If you would like to watch more of videos on my channel Lucy Thomas Music please click the Subscribe button and the 🔔 icon to receive notification of new videos!

MORISSETTE MULING NAPABILIB SI DAVID FOSTER AT ANG AUDIENCE..GRABE SOBRA...

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Lang Lang’s Incredible Piano Performance Draws HUGE Crowd

In his first public performance at a railway station, Lang Lang drew a huge crowd to hear him perform The Flight of the Bumblebee, composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, followed by Liebesträume, by Franz Liszt, on a piano specially brought into London’s St Pancras station. The performance, inspired by the incredible amateur pianists featured on the Channel 4 show, The Piano, came ahead of the series one finale. Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, #ThePiano sets out to find the best amateur pianists from across the UK. Performing on public pianos across iconic venues such as London St Pancras, Glasgow, Leeds and Birmingham train stations, while sharing their beautiful stories and music with the British public.

Don't Let Me Down - Orquestra Ouro Preto

Orquestra Ouro Preto - The Beatles Don't Let Me Down Direção Artística e Regência Maestro Rodrigo Toffolo Produção de Vídeo Navalha Produtora Audiovisual Direção Geral/Produção Executiva Marco Aurélio Ribeiro Produção de Gravação, Edição, Mixagem e Masterização Ulrich Schneider (USC Brasil) Gravado ao vivo no Cine Theatro Brasil, em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. www.orquestraouropreto.com.br

Beaches • Wind Beneath My Wings • Bette Midler

The song "Wind Beneath My Wings" was originally written in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley. Singer Roger Whittaker recorded the first official release of the song, followed over the years by Sheena Easton, Lee Greenwood, Colleen Hewett, Lou Rawls, Gladys Knight & the Pips & Gary Morris. However the most well known and highest charting version by far was recorded by Bette Midler for the 1988 film "Beaches" Soundtrack from the 1988 Garry Marshall film "Beaches" with Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan, Grace Johnston, Mayim Bialik & Marcie Leeds. HD Film Tributes makes zero money from YouTube as obviously none of these videos will ever be monetized by us. Any and all ad revenue that's generated from this channel goes directly to Google as well as to the various copyright owners; the film studios and the recording industry.

"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" A one of a kind rendition

This one of a kind version of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" first aired in July, 1978 on WGN radio's Roy Leonard Show in Chicago. For several weeks Leonard and his producer, Pete Marino, had played Neil Diamond's solo recording of the song. Shortly thereafter, Barbra Streisand's new "Songbird" album was released and it included her rendition of this beautiful ballad. When Marino heard the Streisand recording he came up with the idea of creating a duet. He went into one of the WGN radio studios with an engineer and a record turner. Streisand's album was placed on one turntable and Diamond's on another. They started with Barbra's vocal, immediately followed by Neil's voice overlapping hers. The two superstar voices blended magically and beautifully together. As they repeated the romantic lyrics back and forth, what came out of the studio speakers was jaw-dropping. There weren't any actual edits and it was mixed in one take. Even after the official Columbia Records version was released, WGN radio listeners continued to request the Roy Leonard Show version. The song became an instant classic and Leonard and Marino were each presented with a Gold Record for one million copies sold. Eventually, the song went Platinum. On February 27, 1980, Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand brought the house down at the Shrine Auditorium when they made a surprise appearance at the 22nd Annual Grammy Awards where they performed the duet "Live" for the first time.

Dusty Springfield - If You Go Away

From her tv show in 15 August 1967

Bukas Nalang Kita Mamahalin - Charice with David Foster

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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.

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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.