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Posts Tagged Orchestral

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July 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34 – Yanni, “Live At The Acropolis”

Yanni, Live At The Acropolis, 1994 I’m not sure this is a crap album. I’m not sure it ever was. But I do know it was a guilty pleasure of sorts. And I do know a lot of people thought Yanni was crap. Probably without ever listening to him. And this was him at his […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Live At The Acropolis”, 1994, Ambient, CD, Charlie Adams, Crap, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, Greece, Greek, Guilty Pleasure, Instrumental, Linda Evans, Neo-Classical, New Age, Orchestral, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34– Yanni, Yanni ·

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September 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Roger Daltrey: The Who’s ‘Tommy’ Orchestral

Roger Daltrey The Who’s ‘Tommy’ Orchestral Polydor Need further proof that Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are locked in a strange professional marriage? Well, after countless new tours as, effectively, The Two, Rog takes the summer off and tours one of Pete’s most personal set of ‘work stories’ all on his own. Well, all on […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Orchestra, Orchestral, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Symphonic, The Who, The Who’s ‘Tommy’ Orchestral, Tommy, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 514

The Hollywood “Pops” Orchestra, Stereo Perspectives In Percussion (1968) I’ve had this record for many years – and I have no idea where I got it, handed down I guess…but I’ve always held onto it for the kitsch cover I spose…just recently I’ve started working through a row of LPs that I’ve had forever but […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1968, 2-LP, Compilation, double-album, LP, Orchestral, Record, Stereo Perspectives in Percussion, The Hollywood "Pops" Orchestra, The Vinyl Countdown # 514, Vinyl ·

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July 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Rhian Sheehan: We Are Stars [OST]

Rhian Sheehan We Are Stars [OST] 360.com Fans of Rhian Sheehan’s music could sense both a fascination with space and with film scores – before he was ever overtly working in the industry. Well, it was never hidden, more a preoccupation. Those two vestiges come together perfectly for this aspect of his occupation here, with […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 360, 360.com, Album Review, Classical, Doco, Documentary, Dome, EP, Film, Film Composer, Film Score, George Fenton, Instrumental, Movie, Movie Score, Nature, Orchestral, Rhian Sheehan, Science, Score, Soundtrack, The Blue Planet, We Are Stars ·

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March 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Bryce Dessner/Jonny Greenwood: St Carolyn By The Sea; Suite From There Will Be Blood

Bryce Dessner/Jonny Greenwood St Carolyn By The Sea; Suite From There Will Be Blood Deutsche Grammophon Not a collaboration, instead this is a split showcase for the burgeoning composing careers of Bryce Dessner and Jonny Greenwood. You know them both as guitarists/arrangers for super-hyped “cool” bands. Dessner is a calming influence on the music of […]
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