FIRST TIME CLASSICAL MUSIC REACTION Gustav Holst / Emerson, Lake & Powel / Isao Tomita

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1. Gustav Holst - The Planets. Op 32: 1. Mars, the Bringer of War
2. Emerson, Lake & Powel - Mars The Bringer Of War
3. Isao Tomita - Mars

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[TheReaperMan]

The French composer you were trying to tell us about is Jean Michel Jarre. His album _Oxygène_ is a masterpiece of electronic music along with Vangelis _Albedo 0.39._

[jackadesman]

I saw Emerson, Lake and Powell perform this live and it was simply amazing!!!!

[stephencaruso]

Scott...Great!! I ate a Mars candy bar listening to this!

[alanparsonsfan]

NIck! I had this Tomita album when I was a teen, played it a lot. Tomita's gift is that he takes programmatic classical music and fleshes out those parts with his synthesizers. Venus on this album is truly beautiful, with a haunting synthesizd female voice.. And he did all this in the '70's.

I discovered Tomita with Snowflakes are Dancing. I'm not sure listeners are ready for The Engulfed Cathedral from that album. Truly something. That music box bit is from another of Holst's Planets.

[DexterD]

Mars, Bringer of War was an inspiration for Mike and Tony to write Watcher of the Skies for Genesis.

[ignatzmuskrat]

James Horner is also influenced by Holst as heard in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. King Crimson also has a version of Mars. I recall it's a live track recorded in the Boz Burrell days.

[SirWrecksy]

Omg I am fascinated and amazed how much music you have picked from my past, most of it obscure that none of my other friends ever listened to, not just the popular bands which we both agree on too

[robertpearson]

The Planets and specifically Mars has been a big inspiration to modern film score composers, particularly John Williams.

[j.jennings]

I love memorable classical music like this great piece. I really enjoyed this marathon, Nick, and I would suggest another great classical piece, there being so many, but I want to recommend a movie theme from one of the greatest films ever made, the "To Kill A Mockingbird Theme, " by the other Bernstein, Elmer, which is iconic and tugs at the soul in ways that are almost primal. Simply amazing. ✌❤

[shyshift]

Nick, if you enjoy Tomita then Synergy aka Larry Fast is a must. Everything he does is excellent and I highly recommend his debut Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra (1975). It’s phenomenal and so is Cords (1977) which is all about Mars coincidentally. Larry also provided synthesizers on the first 4 Peter Gabriel albums and Plays Live.

[bangut]

as a child my older brother's headset and Tomita was my escape to other worlds

[sidecardog]

This is great Great Scott! Thanks for this threefer.

[GreatScott]

Dagnabit! That's not the original version of Tomita Planets I'm so familiar with. Now I'll have to locate a copy of this "ultimate" version and over-listen to it, and possibly compare it to my old original version. New rabbit hole. Oh, well..
Anyway - Nick, I'm glad you liked it, you did fine (except that it was Cosy Powell in the percussion, and not Greg Lake, who was no doubt pounding away on the electric bass). No worries. Powell temp joined ELP because Palmer was off playing Asia at the time, but he did methinks at least two albums.

[robertpearson]

Another interesting comparison would be to listen to the initial fanfare “Sunrise” from Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss, then listen to the 1973 version by Deodato.

[garyarnett]

Three different interpretations of the same piece. Have all 3 around here somewhere. Great reaction Nick. Tomita 100% Analog Synth all played by the one person. Amazing (pretty sure I wore the vinyl LP out)

[seanbarker]

I remember hearing Mars Bringer of war at school!

[markenmel]

Since you are venturing into classical, you might want to listen to Keith Emerson‘s Concerto No. 1 off of ELP’s Works. It’s amazing and it’s beautiful.

[flomalheur]

Awesome! I haven't heard that for ages. But comparing "classical" music and its "modern" realisations used to be fun for me too. The first thing I thought of (of course) was "Pictures at an Exhibition". The original piano piece by Mussorgsky, the orchestral version by Ravel, the rock version by ELP and the electronic version by Tomita. Unfortunately too long for a direct comparison on a reaction channel.

[jazzmaan]

When I play Mars The Bringer of War on my large Klipsch Speakers, it'll make my walls shake, the mirror to distort, and the windows rattle like a sonic boom.

[lou_bee]

Also, the opening battle scene from "Gladiator." Big-time borrowing! For a comparison, check out the 1972 recording by Zubin Mehta and the L.A. Philharmonic. A classic version. Pertect tempo, and a great sonics.