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jackhammer · 08-07-2008, 02:50 PM

No 4. Gustav Holst: The Planets

This version features Colin Matthews version of the unfinished movement Pluto. From the lush serene 'Venus' to the wonderfully bombastic 'Wars'. The Planets could easily be mistaken for a blockbuster movie soundtrack. This is not a slight on the music or a case for demeaning more so an observance on how it's structure and peaks and troughs (if you will) remind me of a classic orchestral score template.

The musical themes are reliant on the classic interpretations that were given to the planets upon original naming:

Mars, the Bringer of War
Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
Uranus, the Magician
Neptune, the Mystic

It does'nt get an outing very often but if you like classic film soundtracks then give this a whirl.

An extract from the Mars suite:

08-07-2008, 02:50 PM	#30 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	No 4. Gustav Holst: The Planets This version features Colin Matthews version of the unfinished movement Pluto. From the lush serene 'Venus' to the wonderfully bombastic 'Wars'. The Planets could easily be mistaken for a blockbuster movie soundtrack. This is not a slight on the music or a case for demeaning more so an observance on how it's structure and peaks and troughs (if you will) remind me of a classic orchestral score template. The musical themes are reliant on the classic interpretations that were given to the planets upon original naming: Mars, the Bringer of War Venus, the Bringer of Peace Mercury, the Winged Messenger Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age Uranus, the Magician Neptune, the Mystic It does'nt get an outing very often but if you like classic film soundtracks then give this a whirl. An extract from the Mars suite: __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”