Mr. Holland's Opus.
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Mr. Holland's Opus.
Anything by Haydn, by anybody.![]()
Mind you, much as I like "Österreich", I think it would be inappropriate for a current national anthem to be used as skating music.
Haydn's "Österreich" is one of my favourite pieces of music!!!
...Mind you, much as I like "Österreich", I think it would be inappropriate for a current national anthem to be used as skating music.
TontoK said:OK. This is WAY WAY WAY off topic, but this reminds me of Holly Hunter's talent scene in "Miss Firecracker."
the score (and the soundtrack with the pop songs - have both)! I do remember there was a German men's skater who skated to some of the music from the score @ 1998 Worlds. His costume had some musical notes/piano keys (?) on it.
I've never been fond of the twelve-tone composers, but I like your idea of something new in the way of music. Other violin concertos that might have sections to skate to are the Sibelius and the Dvorak. For some reason, I'm not fond of the Brahms, but his double concerto is a favorite of mine. YuNa or Mao could interpret any of those.
I want YUNA to skate to OTONAL by Raul di Blasio , so perfect for her!!!!
I think of Johnny and Maria with that music, and I have to say I like it only for its association with them, not as a song in itself, so I wouldn't like to see YuNa use it. But that's my personal taste, not any objective judgment.
If we're going to start thinking of vocal music, let me trot out my favorite pop songs.
I like Sophie B. Hawkins' "As I Lay Me Down." It's got both a wonderful melody and an incredibly catchy rhythm, both regular and irregular at the same time, with the potential for both smoothness and quickness at different parts of the program:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EjpKoMy6Bs
There are a few really old rock songs that have such sweetness and yearning to them, plus an easy rhythm that could accompany both glide and leaps. One of my favorites is the Drifters' "This Magic Moment." The center has a stretch of orchestral strings that could be a great background for a spin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFckIZxob-8
I've always wanted to see someone skate to the original "Stand by Me," by Ben E. King, which also has that great lush string interlude in the middle. The basic beat is a cha-cha, like "This Magic Moment," so it isn't as driving as the typical rock song beat. It could work well for transitional steps before and after jumps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0
Then there's opera! Goody; people can finally skate to the Flower Song from Lakmé. It's slow but so rich.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw
And heaps of Russian opera. This piece is one of Levko's songs from Rimsky-Korsakov's May Night. It starts slow but really gets going. The singer is Sergei Lemeshev, one of my heartthrobs. He was unknown in the West—even in Eastern Europe—Stalin wouldn't let him travel at all. Even my opera buff friends, even my friend who was a professor of music, had never heard of him. I found him on YouTube a few years ago. It's moments like these that I give thanks for YT for bringing us the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOxcDdwf1xY