The Beautiful Sound of Nylon Strings
The music of The Lord of the Rings film series was composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced by Howard Shore. The scores are often considered to represent the greatest achievement in the history of film music in terms of length of…
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The “James Bond Theme” is the main signature theme of the James Bond films and has featured in every Eon Productions Bond film since Dr. No, released in 1962. The piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the…
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“Over the Rainbow” is a song written by Harold Arlen, which original version is sung by Judy Garland for the movie “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939. It is surely one of the best-known pieces of the twentieth century that…
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“Love Theme From The Godfather” is a song written by Nino Rota for the soundtrack of the film The Godfather (1972), which also appears in later films in this series. This very famous music was interpreted by many great artists,…
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Gabriel’s Oboe is a musical piece written by Ennio Morricone for the film Mission, Oscar nominee for best soundtrack of 1986. This composition has the ability to convey a sense of heavenly peace that can give a few more songs….
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“Mad World” is one of the first hit songs of the British band Tears for Fears, which describes a crazy world through many dream images, as they could see a teenager. The song was later taken by the composers Michael…
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Ottmar Liebert is a German guitarist known for being a member of the Nuevo Flamenco, however, his style could be called an easy listening influenced by flamenco. He has received five Grammy nominations and 38 gold and platinum certifications in…
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“The Entertainer” is one of the most popular songs of Scott Joplin and is probably the best known piano rag. More notoriety came from the movie “The Sting” in 1973, where the composer pianist Marvin Hamlisch used Joplin’s music for…
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The success of the film “The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain“, is also on the soundtrack of the French minimalist composer Yann Tiersen. In particular, “La valse d’Amélie” is a song that recalls the style of Eric Satie, with a…
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The song “Cavatina” by Stanley Myers, was originally composed for piano, but was later re-written for guitar by the same author, on the suggestion of John Williams, who recorded it before the film “The Deer Hunter” in 1978. Thanks to…
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