Music For Skaters

So I'm sitting here listening to a freebie CD that came with my Classic FM magazine and thinking how great some of the music would be for skaters.

It is a compilation of classical movie themes and I know some people will be thinking 'not more movie themes' but some of these are absolutely great!

For example one of the pieces is Mendelssohns Hebrides Overture. Now I am sure some-one has used music from this before but no-one sticks out in my head and all the way through listening I was thinking what a great piece it would be for some-one like Michelle or Irina

Or Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor from the pianist - great piece for Sasha or Arakawa.

And the Harry Potter music - there is a lot more to it than the main theme and I for one would love to see one of the younger skaters use this as it is playful and light but with a lovely classical feel to it, easy to interpret.

Diver Chick,

I actually have written a short program for a man skating to Chopin's Nocturne in C# Minor, telling the story of The Pianist, played by Szpilman himself.

It's posted here somewhere.

I think City of Angels (by that I mean the actual Gabriel Yared score, especially the title track City of Angels (track 14)) would have been the perfect piece for Gordeeva/Grinkov had he lived long enough.

anya_angie said:

I think City of Angels (by that I mean the actual Gabriel Yared score, especially the title track City of Angels (track 14)) would have been the perfect piece for Gordeeva/Grinkov had he lived long enough.

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With the story behind City of Angels, I find it ironic that you thought that would've been perfect for G/G

diver chick said:

Or Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor from the pianist - great piece for Sasha or Arakawa.

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God no. Where is the running to hide emoticon when you need it?

One of my favorite pieces for skaters is "Adagio for Strings", which Judy Blumberg and Michael Siebert skated to a number of years ago. It is such a haunting piece of music, and it was used in the motion picture "Platoon". As this piece of music played, the graphic carnage of Vietnam was aired, bringing an already emotionally-charged scene to an even higher emotional level.

Michelle Kwan skated an absolutely gorgeous pro-Am number (i.e. just three triples) to "Dante's Prayer". Wow!

I remember Plushenko's "suffering philosopher" to that piece, very well done.

Shine - I love it when people disagree, it opens up the floor for discussion

My reasoning behind thinking this piece would be good for Sasha or Shizuka is that both skaters are elegant and have lovely lines - something I think is crucial for a skater who may wish to use music like this. I think Sasha needs to develop a little more maturity in her skating and with the right choreography I think this piece or something similar could be the kind of music to allow her to do it.

Had I never seen Arakawa live I would not be inclined to think she could pull of a piece like this - but since I have seen live how elegant she is and the presence she has on the ice I think she probably could.

My personal opinion is that a male skater would probably do this particular piece more justice than most females, Sasha Abt for example, but I like to think away from my favourite skaters and try to see what other skaters could do which is why I stuck with the ladies in my initial post.