“Veridis Quo” is the eleventh track by Daft Punk, from their second studio album Discovery, as well as its pseudo-title track. The title of the song can be read as ‘very disco’ which in turn says, ‘discovery’. The song starts with a simple sound that lasts the whole song. 37 seconds into the song, 4-beat starts. […]
Amy Beach – Gaelic Symphony
Gaelic Symphony or Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 was written by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach in 1894; it was the first symphony composed and published by a female American composer. The piece debuted in Boston on Friday, October 30, 1896 to “public and journalistic acclaim.” Beach drew inspiration for the large orchestral work from […]
Korobeiniki (Tetris)
“Korobeiniki” (The Peddlers) is a nineteenth-century Russian folk song that tells the story of a meeting between a korobeinik (peddler) and a girl, describing their haggling over goods in a metaphor for seduction. Outside Russia, Korobeiniki is widely known as the Tetris theme tune, from its appearance in Nintendo’s Game Boy version of the game […]
Kuwata Band
KUWATA BAND is a Japanese rock band formed by Southern All Stars member Keisuke Kuwata. Their record company is Southern’s exclusive label, Taishita Label . The motivation for forming the band was Kuwata’s desire to “try some nonsense rock someday!”, who had been active with Southern All Stars until 1985, and Hara’s maternity leave, which […]
Arrival
“Arrival” is a 1976 composition by Swedish pop group ABBA featured on their album Arrival. It is an instrumental piece, mainly the brainchild of member Benny Andersson. The most widely heard cover versions are ones by French singer Michèle Torr released under the title “J’aime”, British musician Mike Oldfield on his album QE2, the singing […]
Interstellar (Soundtrack)
Interstellar: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the album composed by Hans Zimmer for the 2014 film by Christopher Nolan. Hans Zimmer had previously worked with director Christopher Nolan several times, scoring Nolan’s The Dark Knight film trilogy and Inception. Without revealing the plot of Interstellar, Nolan wrote a short story for Zimmer about a father […]
Portsmouth
Portsmouth” is a traditional English folk dance tune, similar to an Irish or Scottish hornpipe melody. It is sometimes referred to as the “Portsmouth Hornpipe”. “Portsmouth” appeared in the 11th edition of John Playford’s The Dancing Master in 1701. It is also one of the three arrangements on which English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams based […]
So What
“So What” is the first track on the 1959 album Kind of Blue by American trumpeter Miles Davis. It is one of the best-known examples of modal jazz, set in the Dorian mode and consisting of 16 bars of D Dorian, followed by eight bars of E♭ Dorian and another eight of D Dorian. This […]
Body and Soul
“Body and Soul” is a popular song and jazz standard written in 1930 with music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton. It was also used as the musical theme and underscoring in the American film noir boxing drama Body and Soul. “Body and Soul” was written in New […]
Caravan
“Caravan” is an American jazz standard by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington, first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely sung. The song has regained popularity since being featured prominently in the 2014 film Whiplash. Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters introduced “Caravan” on the Variety label in December, 1936. […]