[Heyyoudvd]

What are some of the most famous pieces by some of the best modern day composers? I've been looking to check some of these composers out but before I delve into their catalogs (that would too much material), I'd like to start with their most famous/best pieces.
 
Can you give me some recommendations by the following composers?
 
Philip Glass
Ennio Morricone
Danny Elfman
Hans Zimmer
Clint Mansell
Dario Marianelli
John Murphy
 
and anyone else you feels would fit well into that list.
 
 
 
Like I said, I'm sure they each have too much material for me to just jump in head first, so I'd like to start with their most famous work (things I might recognize) and I'll work from there.
 
I'd appreciate any recommendations. Thanks.

 

[acidbasement]

Not on your list, but try Arvo Part - Te Deum
 
I'm not a classical music fan usually (not that I don't like listening to it), but I heard this piece at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and it was fantastic.

 

[Effusion]

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Can you give me some recommendations by the following composers?
 
Philip Glass
Ennio Morricone
Danny Elfman
Hans Zimmer
Clint Mansell
Dario Marianelli
John Murphy

 
Try these two:

Philip Glass - Heroes Symphony

 
Clint Mansell:

 
Other Recommendations:

1. Bruce Brubaker - "Glass Cage"

1. Max Ricter - "Memoryhouse" and "The Blue Notebooks"

 

1. Johann Johannsson - "Fordlandia"

1. London Philharmonic Orchestra - "Us & Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd"

 
Trust me, good stuff...

 

[arteom]

Phillip Glass - Orion, most definitely worth checking out. 

 

[Uncle Erik]

Put some Arvo Part, Steve Reich and Sibelius on your list - they're wonderful.

 

[rehabitat]

^What Unc said, plus you can't go wrong with Shostakovich; all killer and no filler.
Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa
Terry Riley and most anything played by the Kronos Quartet.
Durufle - Requiem
Peter Sculthorpe - Djilile
John Zorn - take your pick...

 

[Riordan]

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Can you give me some recommendations by the following composers?  
Philip Glass
Ennio Morricone
Danny Elfman
Hans Zimmer
Clint Mansell
Dario Marianelli
John Murphy
 
and anyone else you feels would fit well into that list.

 
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^What Unc said, plus you can't go wrong with Shostakovich; all killer and no filler.
Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa
Terry Riley and most anything played by the Kronos Quartet.
Durufle - Requiem
Peter Sculthorpe - Djilile
John Zorn - take your pick...

rehabitat,
good recommendations for the thread's title. but if you look at the actual first post and at what the op had in mind, listening to that final recommendation is prone to give the poor guy a heart attack

 
heyyoudvd,
i i second the score for 'the fountain' by clint mansell, kronos quartet and mogwai.
if you can appreciate (or stomach) operatic singing, philip glass's modern opera akhnaten might be something for you.

 

[Prog Rock Man]

I would recommend
 
Hans Zimmer and Jmaes Newton Howard - The Dark Knight sound track.
 
Danny Elfman - The Kingdom sound track.
 
Philip Glass - The Low Symphony and any of the '...qatsi' albums with Koyaanisquatsi as my favourite.
 
Thomas Newman - American Beauty and The Salton Sea sound track.
 
IMO film sound tracks are a neglected gold mine of stunning music.

 

[Sarah]

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rehabitat,
good recommendations for the thread's title. but if you look at the actual first post and at what the op had in mind, listening to that final recommendation is prone to give the poor guy a heart attack

Actually, Zorn has written lots of very beautiful, non-heart-attack-inducing, modern classical and chamber music. Especially in the last few years.

 

[Olias of Sunhillow]

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Actually, Zorn has written lots of very beautiful, non-heart-attack-inducing, modern classical and chamber music. Especially in the last few years.

Agreed. "Alhambra Love Songs" has been on regular rotation for me for the better part of a year now. Not exactly classical or chamber music, but excellent all the same.
 
Recently, I've enjoyed the following that might fit the OP's requirements:
 
B.J. Nilsen, The Short Night
A Broken Consort, Box of Birch
Anything by Gavin Bryars (especially Hommages)
Mostly anything by Valentin SIlvestrov (especially Bagatellen und Serenaden and the later symphonies)
Horowitz Plays Scriabin

 

[rehabitat]

These micro threads are cool.  Something interesting always bobs up but if you blink you'll miss it.
 

 

[Prog Rock Man]

I agree, so lets keep this one going. Michael Nyman is described as minimalist and his music needs the right mood with its dry and haunting qualities. This is one of my favourites, Man On Wire
 
              
 
Then way back to 1969 and Terry Riley's Rainbow In Curved Air
 
            

 

[Prog Rock Man]

Minimalism by Steve Reich, that album is Triple Quartet with the first part strings by The Kronos Quartet and then electric guitar and other compositions.
 
         

 

[Guess?]

Right now I'm listening to The Red Violin - OST (1998) - there are some great compositions, the composer is John Corigliano. And here is where you can try it out =)
 
http://www.kpnemo.ws/music/2008/12/06/The_Red_Violin_film_The_Red_Violin__OST_oshua_Bell_/

 

[p a t r i c k]

Hi
 
There are a great many modern composers.
 
BBC Radio Three has a programme special for contemporary composers called Hear and Now.
 
These go out at 22:30 each Saturday (British Summer Time which is GMT + 1).
 
There is one on tonight in fact.
 
Radio Three has a first class online feed. I use an application called "Radio Shift" on my Mac to get it, but I know there are of course similar applications for PCs.
 
You'll find that with a good DAC and amp from computer to headphones Radio Three will sound absolutely marvellous.
 
Upcoming Hear and Now programmes (opens in new window):
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnsx/episodes/upcoming