(identity 'myron)

Sat, 29 Apr 2006

The Turangalîla Symphony [/music]

Funny thing, I went looking for new music to listen to and I stumbled on the Turangalîla Symphony. If a lightbulb just lit up in your head, yes, it's the symphony Futurama's Turanga Leela is named after. It features an instrument called the ondes martenot, AKA "that instrument" from the original Star Trek theme that sounds voice-like but not quite.

Anyway, the symphony itself is quite... interesting. At times it sounds East Asian and at others, out of this world, though it's supposed to center around more earthly themes of love and death. Some passages sound almost like orchestral palpitations or heaving and it's hard to imagine what this would look or sound like played live. Strange music indeed.

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