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Auto-DJ madness:

 

"Letter from Space" by Erik Norlander

"The Key to Her Ferrari" by Thomas Dolby and the Jazz Mafia Horns

"We Have All the Time in the World/James Bond Theme" by John Barry

"Opening Ceremony" from the album version of the musical Chess

"On the Steps of the Palace" from the original Broadway cast album of Into the Woods

"Procession" by Vangelis

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Beethoven Symphony no. 3 in E flat, Op. 55

 

 

That Beethoven sure had a way with song titles!

The Third is usually referred to as the "Eroica". Beethoven planned to dedicate it to Napoleon Bonaparte (a daring move considering that the French leader was frequently at war with his adoppted nation, Austria), but abandoned that plan when Napoleon crowned himself Emperor. The new annotation reflected Beethoven's belief that he was writing about the heroic ideal.

 

Many symphonies, concertos, and quartets have similar annotation names. Tchaikovsky's final symphony, the 6th, was subtitled the "Pathetique". The word is French for "Passionate". It was a great success, but within the year an "honor court" of his peers ordered him to discreetly commit suicide or face a reputation-destroying sex scandal (that the great composer was gay was an open secret, but apparently he had done something completely unforgivable).

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I once again find myself reminicing over the sound track to one of my favorite games - and my favorite soundtrack of any game period. 

 

To start off, the intro to the game was amazing visually, musically, and from a story telling perspective. It sets the tone and sense of epicness that will follow. 

 

Please enjoy "Scars of Time" and the title screen sequence to Chrono Cross:

 

 

 

And here is one of my favorite individual pieces from the game: On the Beaches of Dreams

 

 

Lastly, here is one of the few pieces of music from the game that features lyrics: Radical Dreamers

 

 

Japanese and English 

 

幼い手に包んだ 震えてるその光を

ここまでたどってきた 時間の縁のさまよい

 

Clasped in a child's hands, that trembling light

It reaches even to here, lost at the edge of time

 

 

探し続けてきたよ 名前さえ知らないけれど

ただひとつの想いを あなたに手渡したくて

 

I have kept searching, although I know not your name

Just this one feeling, I seek to share with you

 

 

歴史は愛も痛みも 深く抱きとめ

消してゆくけど 私は 覚えている

ずっと

 

Love and Pain are wrapped together so tightly by time (history)

It too will fade, but I will remember

Forever

 

 

私の胸の奥に いつからか響いていた

夜露のしずくよりも かすかな囁きだけど

 

Deep in my heart, echoing out since who knows when

More than the evening dew, though dim whispers

 

 

凍てつく星の闇へ 紡ぎ折が

遠いあなたの空に 届くように

 

To the darkness of frozen stars, this spun up tale 

To your distant skies, I pray that it reaches

 

 

Foreign Orchid.

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Many symphonies, concertos, and quartets have similar annotation names. Tchaikovsky's final symphony, the 6th, was subtitled the "Pathetique". The word is French for "Passionate". It was a great success, but within the year an "honor court" of his peers ordered him to discreetly commit suicide or face a reputation-destroying sex scandal (that the great composer was gay was an open secret, but apparently he had done something completely unforgivable).

 

I read that it involved an affair with the nephew of a local nobleman.

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I am listening to yet another Video Game intro. This time it is for Final Fantasy X-2. 

 

 

 

Japanese Version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B71Eolr7Zok

 

 

Of course this leads me to remember how awesome 幸田来未 (Koda Kumi) is and that she has lots of great songs.

 

Here is one I really like: 

 

 

Koda Kumi has got to be one of the sexiest J-pop/rock/R&B stars I have ever seen. 

 

Foreign Orchid. 

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