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What modern musicians are as good as Amadeus?

posted 12 years ago by K_kugelis
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So if they were to make a movie about a genius musician today who would it be? I loved this movie so I'm just curious what you think? My (personal) choices would be (mostly bands by the way):

Green day - controversial music, controversial band, pure talent.

Creed - one of the bands that match the tallent of greats such as Bach and Amadeus.

Beyonce - what a great movie would that be! She could play herself too!

Maroon5 - maybe, not so sure about them.

Nickelback - I'll get a lot of hate for this one, but you know they are simply amazing.

Papa Roach - I respect them for their raw originality, they practically reinvented music.

Kelly Clarkson - what doesn't kill you makes you stronger IS the best song of this century and it would make for a beautiful name for a film.

Hoobastank - give me a reason why not. Get it?? a REASON!! lol.

Gym Class Heroes - I wasn't into their complicated style of music but now they have complitelly won me over!

Adele - came out of nowhere but she is better than all the bands from the 1960-1990.

Blink 182 - great, great, great!

Can't wait to hear what you think.

[–] Edward_de_Vere 8 years ago

Your post was great comic relief. If (according to you) Kelly Clarkson is "the greatest musician of the century" and today's Mozart, I suppose this means that Harry Potter books must be today's Shakespeare in your mind.

To give the OP some perspective: Mozart has been dead for about two and a quarter centuries. His works are still performed and recorded. Do you really think any of the pop flavors of the month on your list are going to even be remembered 20 years from now, never mind 200?

[–] Bernnard_Black 8 years ago

The only musicians we have today that approach Mozart would be some of our more famous film score composers. John Williams comes to mind, for example. And in many ways, those guys are doing the same job as Mozart. Mozart wrote a lot of his music for Opera; the music is part of the play, so to speak. Film score composers are doing the same thing. I don't know that in 200 years people will still recognize the music of John Williams or not, but who knows? Maybe they will.

But Green Day? Kelly Clarkson? Creed? No. I highly doubt it.

Whores will have their trinkets.

[–] Edward_de_Vere 8 years ago

The only musicians we have today that approach Mozart would be some of our more famous film score composers. John Williams comes to mind, for example. And in many ways, those guys are doing the same job as Mozart. Mozart wrote a lot of his music for Opera; the music is part of the play, so to speak. Film score composers are doing the same thing. I don't know that in 200 years people will still recognize the music of John Williams or not, but who knows? Maybe they will.

But Green Day? Kelly Clarkson? Creed? No. I highly doubt it.

I agree with what you're saying, except that a lot of film music, even the best, doesn't really work well as a stand-alone composition. Because much of it is written for the sake of either accenting a strong scene in a movie, or a other times providing a barely noticeable ambient background, you don't get the structural coherence that you have with most musical composition.

But you're right in that I'd much sooner bet on John Williams or Howard Shore being remembered decades from now than any of the pop flavors of the month listed by the OP.

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