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jsmith
Jul 26, 2013
I love Branka Parlic's take on Glass:

Philip Glass - Madrush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA5CEeFBn3M

Philip Glass - Metamorphosis 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hXFC7iYJBo

Philip Glass - Modern Love Waltz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMw1C6fPt8&t=4145s

James Rhodes' really athletic performance of Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkANtM_3f_o

Tatania Nikolayeva transcription of Prokofiev's Peter and the wolf for solo piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMxCjN3Z5Ak

Edit: Moar!

I love me some crazy discordance

William Bolcom - Twelve New Etudes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1e8TV6CG5c

Ennio Morricone - Enduring Movement (That whole scene is worth a watch if you haven't seen it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWlBCoy2wh8&t=718s

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jsmith
Jul 26, 2013
Video game stuff:

Mario Kart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZXUMHV04jM

Ghosts'n Goblins (is harpsichord close enough)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JroynWnbAs8

Contra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSQ8qLEvExI

TV stuff:

Bear McCreary - Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuDQzr9Ryh8

Bear McCreary - Elegy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyZ-HPelorw


Edit - How could I forget:

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh9ghHKHcmw

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jsmith
Jul 26, 2013
Thanks A Meat, I literally spent the entire day listening to piano music :)

A couple more favorites:

The Schelling transcription of Wagner's Prelude to Tristan und Isolde (rich in tritones)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6uR8lXeulk

Really anything by Erik Satie but here's another one stacked with tritones cuz gently caress "the man"
Erik Satie - Le Fils de l'Etoile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc2UFjh_xtA

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