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Originally Posted by SuperFob
Is it? Or is there any modern music that can hold up? Can John Williams's work, for example, compare to that of any classical composer?
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Humm, I dont think so. The composing styles and skills are so different.
What we have now is more a "popular" music, music for the people.
The great composers like Bethoven, Mozart, Wagner did not compose for the people. The goal is not to entertain the ppl, the goal is something bigger in my opinion. You have to have a certain degree of musical knowledge to understand what the great composers did. Not that you have to be a musician, no. But you have to understand formats and geaographical issues to fully understand some classical pieces.
Then here is the question: why dont we have more "classical-like" composers nowadays? Where are the great composers?
My answer to this question is: they are in the movies industry.
See Danny Elfman for example. His work is amazing.