Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

Oops. In my defense, I’m on vacation now. Yes, that’s lame, but I’m sticking with it. When in doubt, it’s best to go with something nicely, easily familiar. Like the “Light Cavalry Overture” by Franz von Suppe, whose overtures have … Continue reading →

Indian composer A.R. Rahman is one of the finer musicians to come out of the Subcontinent’s exploding film industry, and his prolific work has earned him an international following. Here is a selection from his score to the Chinese film … Continue reading →

Want to hear something pretty today? Sure you do. Here is Sarah Chang performing Massanet’s Meditation de Thais.

It’s amazing how banal it can be, when we learn the world has changed. I was sitting in a Tim Hortons drive-thru. The following piece of music is the first music I was able to listen to after those events. … Continue reading →

Roger e-mailed me something about this song last week, and damned if the thing hasn’t ear-wormed its way right into the middle of my head, so here it is: “Nine Million Bicycles”, by Katie Melua. It’s a lovely, lovely song. … Continue reading →

I’m feeling slightly piratical today, so here’s some appropriate music for it: the closing scene and end credits suite from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.

A couple of selection from Jan AP Kaczmarek’s score to Finding Neverland. I’ve loved this score since the film came out, and one thing that I really find cool about it is that it won the Academy Award for Best … Continue reading →

Another uber-depressing news week, huh? Well, sometimes you have to stare into the void and laugh. Here’s a favorite old comedy bit that I found myself thinking about the other day (likely because this guy came on my radar at … Continue reading →

I’m in a spaceshippy-music kind of mood today (no doubt all the editing of Princesses In SPACE!!!), so here’s the end credits suite from Star Trek Into Darkness, music by Michael Giacchino. I like this guy’s music a lot.

A repeat to this feature, I’m sure, but I haven’t heard it in a while. This is one of the finest works of meditative pastoral music I know. Here is “The Lark Ascending”, by Ralph Vaughan Williams.