Power of Music - Your 'go to' songs?

I listen to this particular piece of music every night before I go to sleep. I find it to be extremely relaxing.


"Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"

Several years ago this was mentioned in a book I read and I adopted the nightly listening rhythm. I hope you find it relaxing, too.
 
This is slightly different than just sharing music, but one of my favorite songwriters is Aimee Mann, who had to go through her own mind-body recovery a few years ago. She talks about it here:


I totally did not expect and was greatly encouraged that one of my own personal heroes had gone through the same thing I was facing. TMS is far enough from the mainstream that I never expected to find that!

Lately I've been into the songs from the Magnolia film soundtrack and have been relating to this one as I work through some of my pessimistic thinking habits ("I'm condemning the future to death so it can match the past!")

 
Tirian said:
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"
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I knew nothing about this composer, and the medieval inspiration behind this music is quite interesting, and it's also lovely.

cafe_bustelo said:
Aimee Mann, who had to go through her own mind-body recovery a few years ago.
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Did you notice the shot of her phone at about 1:05 with the splash screen for the Curable app? :D
 
JanAtheCPA said:
I knew nothing about this composer, and the medieval inspiration behind this music is quite interesting, and it's also lovely.
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Perhaps check out this beautiful piece called The Lark Ascending. It's one of Vaughan Williams' most beloved works (at least here in the UK). He was inspired by George Meredith's poem of the same name—'Lark' refers to the skylark, a bird native to the British Isles. Vaughan Williams even wrote these lines from the poem at the top of the score:

He rises and begins to round,
He drops the silver chain of sound,
Of many links without a break,
In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake.

He rises and begins to round,
He drops the silver chain of sound,
Of many links without a break,
In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake.

For singing till his heaven fills,
'Tis love of earth that he instils,
And ever winging up and up,
Our valley is his golden cup
And he the wine which overflows
to lift us with him as he goes.

Till lost on his aerial rings
In light, and then the fancy sings.

 
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cafe_bustelo said:
This is slightly different than just sharing music, but one of my favorite songwriters is Aimee Mann, who had to go through her own mind-body recovery a few years ago. She talks about it here:
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Love Aimee Mann and agree Magnolia is a terrific soundtrack. My wife and I saw that film in the theaters. Thanks for posting the interview.
 
This popped into my YouTube feed today and gave me spine tingles and goosebumps, just as it did the first time I ever heard it, so I thought I'd share (just in case it floats anyone else's boat)...


The clip's from 'Brassed Off' an incredible British film about the devastating effects of the mass coal mine closures on families and communities in the 1990s.

For those who don't know, the film is actually deeply rooted in real history. Most British mining communities funded a "colliery band". The miners themselves sustained these bands through voluntary contributions deducted right from their weekly wages, and the members were all incredibly talented local miners or their families.

While the main actors play the leading musicians on screen, the magnificent music you hear is actually performed by the legendary Grimethorpe Colliery Band (Grimethorpe is in South Yorkshire in the north of England). What makes it even more special is that the Grimethorpe members don't just do the soundtrack—they actually appear on screen alongside the actors, blending the real community seamlessly into the movie.

Maybe I'm biased because I am British, but imo the film is a beautiful, heartbreaking, and triumphant watch if you haven't seen it!
 
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BloodMoon said:
This popped into my YouTube feed today and gave me spine tingles and goosebumps, just as it did the first time I ever heard it, so I thought I'd share (just in case it floats anyone else's boat)...


The clip's from 'Brassed Off' an incredible British film about the devastating effects of the mass coal mine closures on families and communities in the 1990s.

For those who don't know, the film is actually deeply rooted in real history. Most British mining communities funded a "colliery band". The miners themselves sustained these bands through voluntary contributions deducted right from their weekly wages, and the members were all incredibly talented local miners or their families.

While the main actors play the leading musicians on screen, the magnificent music you hear is actually performed by the legendary Grimethorpe Colliery Band (Grimethorpe is in South Yorkshire in the north of England). What makes it even more special is that the Grimethorpe members don't just do the soundtrack—they actually appear on screen alongside the actors, blending the real community seamlessly into the movie.

Maybe I'm biased because I am British, but imo the film is a beautiful, heartbreaking, and triumphant watch if you haven't seen it!
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Excellent! Immediately noticed Postelthwaite there, and of course Ewan Mcgregor - but then I spotted the old butler from Downton Abbey too.

Thanks for another movie to add to my watch list.
 
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