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Expert: Pat G - 7/16/2010


Question
Hello there,do you know any music similar to this especially when it start by 3:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-WLWAOO4qc

Thanks in advance

Answer
Hello, Matthew,

There is a single recording of the soundtrack from Lost Memories available on amazon.com , which can be purchased in the US. Whether you can purchase it from Malaysia, I don't know. Just use "Lost Memories" to search under "music".

As for the style of music, there are a number of movie soundtracks that remind me of that style. A movie about samurai might have such a soundtrack, or one about martial arts. But in the classical realm, it most reminds me of the music of Berlioz. He wrote some orchestral pieces with chorus that sound very similar to me. Also, some operas have choruses like that. They may not have the same style of orchestration, with the drum beat, like that, but they do resemble it in other ways. I can't tell you whether you would agree these are similar, but it's what I am hearing. Another one you might check out is Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. There are parts of that composition that sound somewhat similar.

Good luck in your search. Let me know whether you are able to buy the soundtrack (because if you don't buy it, I probably will), or if you already own it, and what else you find. You're welcome.

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I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.

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I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.

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I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.

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