classical and rock crossover

[.:.impossible]

Probably much more in tune with the Kid Rock with Symphony, didn't Metallica do something in the last ten years?

I don't know if Kid Rock still does the rap rock thing, but here's aNother Detroit connection for you.

Miguel Atwood Ferguson "Suite For Ma Dukes" The music of J Dilla with 40 piece orchestra

Lots of YouTube there if interested.

Edited April 27, 2012 by .:.impossible

[Teasing the Korean]

Canterbury bands are in the "good" column.

Most popular stuff is in the "not so good" column.

[Rooster_Ties]

There are about 5 or 6 tracks in all (maybe close to 30-35 minutes of music total) that Pete Townshend wrote in the late 70's with his (then) father-in-law, British composer Edwin Astley (aka Ted Astley) -- most of which I think are nothing short of spectacular.

IIRC, most have come out on the first second two volumes of the three Townshend demo collections ("Scoop", "Another Scoop", and "Scoop 3"), but one track is found on the "Rough Mix" album proper. Maybe "wrote with" isn't completely accurate, as I think Pete wrote the songs and Astley composed some fairly elaborate arrangements around them - but in any case, I'm sure it was collaborative at least to some extent.

Here's two I could find quickly off the top of my head (on Youtube)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ftRRGbrYcc

If there's interest, I can probably dig up the titles of the other tracks, and maybe even some more Youtube links.

Edited April 28, 2012 by Rooster_Ties

[A Lark Ascending]

This was a fairly early dabbling recorded in 1971:

Orchestra used for back drop and colour again.

[Rooster_Ties]

Here's the (complete?) list of Townshend/Ted Astley colaborations.

Street In The City (Rough Mix)

Football Fugue (Another Scoop)

Brooklyn Kids (Another Scoop)

Praying The Game (Another Scoop)

The Ferryman (Another Scoop)

I Like It The Way It Is (Scoop 3)

In addition to the above two (two posts above this one), here are the others - or at least what I can find...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgCXuFBNuYY

Edited April 28, 2012 by Rooster_Ties

[Rooster_Ties]

And here's the last two...

All six tunes come to about 30 minutes total. Two more, and you would have had one hell of an interesting album.

Edited April 28, 2012 by Rooster_Ties

[Rooster_Ties]

There's also Elvis Costello's collaboration with the Brodsky (string) Quartet -- "The Juliet Letters".

Here's a couple samples (two songs in the same clip)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOCnLUMH5kc

Edited April 28, 2012 by Rooster_Ties

[A Lark Ascending]

Never followed him but Nige, Kennedy or whatever he calls himself this week has always liked a bit of crossover.

This is a nice disc:

'Meeting of the Spirit (Over a cup of cocoa)'

[Michael Weiss]

What about Steven Mackey?

[Teasing the Korean]

Here's the (complete?) list of Townshend/Ted Astley colaborations.

How sad that the guy who scored "The Saint" and "Danger Man" had to end up collaborating with the likes of Pete Townshend.

[Rooster_Ties]

Here's the (complete?) list of Townshend/Ted Astley colaborations.

How sad that the guy who scored "The Saint" and "Danger Man" had to end up collaborating with the likes of Pete Townshend.

Have you listened to any of the results?

[JETman]

Here's the (complete?) list of Townshend/Ted Astley colaborations.

How sad that the guy who scored "The Saint" and "Danger Man" had to end up collaborating with the likes of Pete Townshend.

Simply put, this comment befuddles me.

[BFrank]

A few have already mentioned Keith Emerson, but his first band (The Nice) released what I thought was a fairly successful crossover album "Five Bridges"

[BFrank]

Listening to Nick Drake's "Five Leaves Left" made me realize that there's a fair amount of classical influence on this album.

No one has mentioned ELO, either. Especially the first album, when Roy Wood was still in the mix.

[A Lark Ascending]

Listening to Nick Drake's "Five Leaves Left" made me realize that there's a fair amount of classical influence on this album.

Interview with the late Robert Kirby

http://www.nickdrake.com/Robert_Kirby_Q__A.html