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I was watching the Showtime premier of "Masters of Sex", (which wasn't half bad, all things considered) and a pretty strong ending was combined with this song:
[video=youtube_share;_O-WHevzCR8]http://youtu.be/_O-WHevzCR8[/video]
And golly was it not just the perfect storm. Was very surprised to discover it was Olafur Arnalds, an Icelanding composer I am quite familiar with and fond of.
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^ Great track! I like Arnalds also!
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Very evocative. Atmosphere, melancholy, hopelessness. Which means the composer hit the mark he intended to hit. Like it, a lot.
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I post this link to show you what brings tears to my eyes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3rRaL-Czxw
On poem by one of my favourite poets, Octavio Paz...
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I love this !!!! from the finale of the excellent movie As It Is In Heaven.Conductor dies so the entire audience conduct themselves ! Brilliant!
[video=youtube;m6mi5jTsLBc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6mi5jTsLBc[/video]
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Extraordinary Steve. Truly extraordianry. Touching. And it goes to prove the uniting force which is music. Thank you. So much.
By the way, I dispatched the cd. Look out for it...
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Very nice. Thanks for the song and show recommendations. I've been recording it but haven't watched it yet.
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I will keep an eye out, Bell! thanks very much!
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I don't want to live anymore. Life is all pain and tears and hopelessness. :biggrin: