S1E72: Written in the Stars - Holst and The Planets

10/27/21 • 25 min

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Humans have been looking up towards the sky for answers for thousands of years. To this day, humans have held on to the belief that celestial bodies can impact our daily lives, and Gustav Holst saw this as an opportunity for music.

Theme music is by Daryl Banner

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Music used in this episode:
The Planets, Op. 32 by Gustav Holst
City of Silent Wishes by Hampus Naeselius
Graso by Strom
Adrastea by Van Sandano
Silverstar by Elm Lake

Theme music is by Daryl Banner

Listen to this episode ad-free by supporting The Composer Chronicles on Patreon.

Music used in this episode:
The Planets, Op. 32 by Gustav Holst
City of Silent Wishes by Hampus Naeselius
Graso by Strom
Adrastea by Van Sandano
Silverstar by Elm Lake

Previous Episode

S1E71: Something wicked this way comes...: Verdi and Macbeth

The plays of William Shakespeare have been an inspiration to countless other pieces of art, and that includes composers and music makers. Giuseppe Verdi, one of Italy's leading composers in the 19th Century, was thrilled at the idea of getting to set an opera to one of Shakespeare's plays, something he would return to for the rest of his career; it all started with Shakespeare's terrifying tale Macbeth.

Theme music is by Daryl Banner

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Music used in this episode:
"Una macchia è qui tuttora" from Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi
Lucky Guess by Trevor Kowalski
Corrivation by Ethan Sloan
Offcut by Ethan Sloan
Inception by Megan Wofford
Junior Momentum by Rand Aldo
The Batoidea by Martin Landh

Sources used for this episode:
Julian Budden, Verdi (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

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Ep. 52: Pearl Yim [Video Episode]

From the United Kingdom, then to the United States, and and now Singapore, media composer Pearl Yim has seen great success with her music all across the world. Pearl talks about her experience in the fields of film and video game composing and the struggles she faced in order to get where she is today.

Where to find Pearl and more of her music: Website | Instagram | IMDb YouTube | SoundCloud

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