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 Alchemist 
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Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject: What are... the piano themes you like the most? |
 
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In the what are... category 
I know there are many piano lovers around here so I'd like to know... what are the piano themes you like the most?
I'd go for, in no particular order :
The 6th Station - Spirited Away - Joe Hisaishi (of course! HFC forever!!)
Piano Variation in Blue - Neverland - Jan A.P Kaczmarek
Summer 78 - Goodbye Lenin - Yann Tiersen
The King and The Mocking Bird - Le Roi et l'Oiseau - Wojciech Kilar
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 bpewien
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Is this thread only for soundtrack-piano themes?
Or can you also name "classical" pieces like
"Aufschwung" by Robert Schumann or 2nd piano concerto, 2nd movement by Sergej Rachmaninov etc.?
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 TreeBob
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Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Anything Hisaishi! especially Kikujiro summer
Also I love Final Fantasy X by Uematsu (Zanarkand the most)
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Auroter
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Love Story for me, plus everything else that has been mentioned already. I'll be back with more once I really think about it.
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Alchemist
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:30 am Post subject: |
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| bpewien wrote: |
| Is this thread only for soundtrack-piano themes? Or can you also name "classical" pieces like "Aufschwung" by Robert Schumann or 2nd piano concerto, 2nd movement by Sergej Rachmaninov etc.? |
Aaah, err, well, good question I'd go for soundtrack piano themes, but there are numerous soundtracks that use classical pieces anyway. So the exercice would be to find a movie with the classical piece in it
 Glider Pt 1 & 2 - Thomas Crown Affair - Bill Conti |
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Caliburn
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:43 am Post subject: |
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Nausicaa from the Piano Stories for me.
No not gonna join the HFC. Too much Totoro luving in there. |
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Asriana
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:04 am Post subject: |
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All the Hisaishi Piano STs & Final Fantasy Piano STs are wonderful. On SST we have a wonderful ST called 10 Easy Pieces For Piano. There are some wonderful tracks on there. Another great Piano album on here is Arc the Lad. We also have the Piano Concerto's on both Amadeus and Shine that are well done. Hmm... Oh! Don't for The Pianist! There are some gorgeous Chopin pieces on there. Nice thread idea Alchemist!!! 
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 molossus
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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List of titles from me:
- Polskie drogi by Andrzej Kurylewicz (from polish TV series "Polskie drogi" - at SST [as Polish pathways] part of compilation titled: Polish Film Music)
- Tennessee by Hans Zimmer (Pearl Harbor) (HZFC! )
- Neverland - piano variation in blue by Jan Andrzej Pawel Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland)
- Andante Spianato In G Major. Tranquillo by Fryderyk Chopin (The Pianist)
- Aberdeen [Piano Version] by Zbigniew Preisner (Aberdeen)
- Unlikely Outcome by Brian Tyler (The Greatest Game Ever Played)
and probably many more I forgot to mention at the moment
BTW: I would like to see Pingu's list!
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 Muriel
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Whenever I think of piano and soundtracks, I immediately think of Forrest Gump, which also happens to be one of my favorites.
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Alchemist
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Caliburn wrote: |
| No not gonna join the HFC. Too much Totoro luving in there. |
 I don't see what you mean, Cal...
Thank you everyone, I have new request ideas and new buying ideas as well
Let's continue!
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TreeBob
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone else here think Cal is a closet Totoro watcher??
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OptimisprimalX
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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I've heard some excellent Hisaishi piano themes on this website. My favorites are Final Fantasy piano themes. Other than that, my recent listenings have revealed some pretty cool piano themes in The Ring and The Ring 2. Good stuff.
Edit: Spelled Hisaishi wrong the first time. |
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Asriana
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Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| TreeBob wrote: |
| Anyone else here think Cal is a closet Totoro watcher?? |
*raises hand* I do!
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OptimisprimalX
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Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:30 am Post subject: |
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Oh, I forgot Amélie! That has amazing piano solos! |
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iwatff
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Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:55 am Post subject: |
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Excellent post Alchi !
I love pretty sad music on piano like these:
Theme from Johnny Guitar (Victor Young),
Track "cerise pour diner à deux" from The City of Lost Children (Angelo Badalamenti),
Track "The Puppet" from La Double Vie de Véronique (Zbigniew Preisner)
Theme from Luzhin Defence (Alexandre Desplat, great piano themes' composer)
Theme from The Muckinbird and the King (Wojciech Kilar, another great piano themes' composer).
But Beethoven's Moonlight Concerto is one of my favorites. |
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