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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2005 at 09:14

Terry Riley's A Rainbow In Curved Air was massively influential on prog - do a search and you'll find some very informative posts by Dick Heath on this topic, with a few rather facetious ones from me. There's a great version of In C by New York percussion ensemble Bang On A Can, who also did a great re interpretation of Music For Airports.

Of approximately the same vintage as Terry Riley is Steve Reich, whose work is a lot more engaging than titles like Music for 18 Musicians might suggest. He did an interesting collaboration with Pat Metheney, Different Trains.

Probably the most famous composer in this style is Philip Glass - the best place to start is probably his soundtrack to Koyaanisqaatsi. He's also recorded symphonic treatments of Bowie's Low and Heroes albums, which are a lot better than most rock/classical crossovers
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Points: 20240 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2005 at 11:01
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Terry Riley's A Rainbow In Curved Air was massively influential on prog - do a search and you'll find some very informative posts by Dick Heath on this topic, with a few rather facetious ones from me. There's a great version of In C by New York percussion ensemble Bang On A Can, who also did a great re interpretation of Music For Airports.

Of approximately the same vintage as Terry Riley is Steve Reich, whose work is a lot more engaging than titles like Music for 18 Musicians might suggest. He did an interesting collaboration with Pat Metheney, Different Trains.

Probably the most famous composer in this style is Philip Glass - the best place to start is probably his soundtrack to Koyaanisqaatsi. He's also recorded symphonic treatments of Bowie's Low and Heroes albums, which are a lot better than most rock/classical crossovers

Hi Chris ,

you took almost every word out of my mouth regarding minimalism. A Rainbow In Curved Air is definitely tops in influences.

As for Glass, his Powaqaatsi is equally fine album and do is those two films. I have a real problem dissociating the music from the films though.
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Points: 3597 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2005 at 11:52

on the paper, it is written "Rainbow in Curved air"..."poppy nogood and the phantom band" has similarities with previous works in the "Organ of Cortis"



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