The art of the week this week is Danny Elfman’s soundtracks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman_discography

Elfman’s soundtracks have a movement and a bounce that say, John Williams soundtracks do not.  While a Williams soundtrack will tend to make you think of grandiose and large scenes, the imperial march, for instance, an Elfman score will bounce.  Here’s a playlist so that you can listen for yourself.

Enjoy.

One of the greatest jazz artists ever. Brubeck was the master of the odd timing, thus “Take Five.”  My dad was luck y enough to go to the small concerts that Brubeck do at the Palace theatre back in the late 1980’s. Anyway here’s “Take Five.”

http://www.davebrubeck.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brubeck

 

I am a huge fan of movie scores and soundtracks. I think that the music typically stands on it’s own without even watching the movie.  Since the 1990’s one of my favorite composer and artists has been Joe Hisaishi, the composer responsible for the scores for Hayoa Miyazaki’s films and many others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hisaishi

Here’s some of his work, enjoy.

https://www.amazon.com/Budokan-Miyazaki-Anime-Tomoni-Joe-Hisaishi/dp/B0021D5ET6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1473465057&sr=8-4&keywords=joe+hisaishi