LOL!
Stockhausen, to say nothing of trying to get out of his record contract, inspired Lou Reed to compose this classic:
LOL!
Stockhausen, to say nothing of trying to get out of his record contract, inspired Lou Reed to compose this classic:
One music critic said that he once called the record company which originally put out the long out-of-print ‘Metal Machine Music’ to see if they would be releasing a digitally enhanced version anytime soon. He heard a giggle and the record co. exec hung up. When he heard the dial tone he thought they were playing him a newly enhanced version of ‘Metal Machine Music’.
Caution, spoiler ahead...
Metal Machine Music is nothing but electric guitars feeding back through multiple amps, played back at double speed.
Personally, I like experimental electronic music, I make it myself, but there is a time and a place for it.
I agree with several of the posters about film music being the “true” form of modern classical, (or perhaps “a” true form), I think you can also look at the huge influx of new composers who are no longer dependent on access to an orchestra, thanks to modern sampling software and the ubiquity of the personal computer as a cheap but very powerful musical workstation. To hear work by some very talented amateurs, you can go to http://www.garritan.com/audio/index.html
I might also recommend Mike Oldfield's new album, Music of the Spheres, his first work written exclusively for orchestra, as well as the track “Mont St. Michel” on the album “Voyager”.