Category Archives: On Music

Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on October 1, 2024 by ksedinger

First of all, Happy October! October is the best month, and on this topic I will hear no debate. Now, onto some music. This one I came upon by happenstance: I’m on vacation today and tomorrow (I’ve been on vacation … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on September 26, 2024 by ksedinger

Completing my small survey of music from the films of James Cameron, we have a short suite from the score to Avatar, written by James Horner. I like this score a lot, for its suggestion of an alien world that is … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on September 24, 2024 by ksedinger

Well, an apology of sorts is needed here: I had a new-to-me piece cued up and ready to go, but I wanted to give it a few more listens before I actually posted it, and then I lost track of … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on September 19, 2024 by ksedinger

Continuing our little series here of music from the films of James Cameron, who earlier this year turned 70, we have the big one. Titanic. Wow, this movie is nearing 30 years old. I remember when it was dominating popular … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on September 17, 2024 by ksedinger

I’m having a busy week at work, so here’s a piece that might come in emotionally handy by Friday: it’s basically a collection of drinking songs! Here is one of my absolute favorites, the Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 by Georges … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on September 12, 2024 by ksedinger

Continuing music selections from the films of James Cameron, who just turned 70 last month, we have a brief suite from True Lies. This movie answers the thought experiment of “What if James Cameron directed a James Bond movie?” Arnold Schwarzenegger … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on September 10, 2024 by ksedinger

I like it when I get in the car and hear just a few minutes of a piece with which I am unfamiliar, and then I either do a music search using Google’s listening and “ID a song” feature, or … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on September 5, 2024 by ksedinger

Continuing a few weeks of featuring music from the films of James Cameron, who just turned 70 last month, we have a selection from a score I don’t like all that much for a movie I don’t all that much … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on September 3, 2024 by ksedinger

Luigi Cherubini is a composer with whom I am almost completely unfamiliar, except by reputation…and that reputation is via the impressions left behind by another composer with whom I am very familiar. Unfortunately for Cherubini, that composer is Hector Berlioz, who … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on August 29, 2024 by ksedinger

In honor of James Cameron’s 70th birthday–which was just a couple weeks ago–I’m going to share some selections from the scores to his movies over the next few weeks. I’ll start with my favorite Cameron film, the often overlooked The Abyss, … Continue reading →

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