Composers

- David Nevue
Youtube link: Solitude - Just serves as a gateway link. This song by itself is not very interesting to me. I like his greensleeves arragement.

Green sleeves

Green sleeves is a song written possibly in the 1500s in England, and said to be one of the most widely spread songs of Europe. This song was mentioned in Shakepeare's 1602 drama "The merry wives of windsor", suggesting that it might be already popular then. Folk story says it was written by King Henry VIII for his wife Anna Boleyn, although this must be just a legend since the song was written in a style known in England only after Henry VIII passed away.

Here is a relatively complex piano arrangement (by David Nevue): Green Sleeves (piano).

This is a vocal version (soprano with lute accompaniment): Green Sleeves (vocal). It contains the sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 of the 8 sections in the lyrics, and is sung in a setting mimicking the mid ages. The variations of the tune is by Francis Cutting. It usually should be sung by a man (tenor) though.

A vocal version by man and ensemble: Green Sleeves (vocal by king singer's (A capella)).

Another one by orchestra: Green Sleeves (orchestra).

The lyrics says:
Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
Delighting in your company.

More about this song and its lyrics are at wiki: greensleeves.

Movie music

Forrest Gump - original music cut from the movie

Forrest Gump - Main Theme - Piano Solo
Titanic - My heart will go on - Piano Solo
These two are played by yoursoul85. He seems to be a student in Germany. Very delicate rendition. Here's another one played by him: Sonata in A, K331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This one was used in Jet Li's movie Unleashed. It's also the one that The legend of 1900's "a mozart reincarnated" theme mimics. He also composes a little bit and here is a Jazzy one: Whatever Comes. His performance reminds me how Germans are known as perfectionists.

Bram Stoker's Dracula: Music video
This is a quite famous vampire movie. See wikipedia's introduction to it.

Some movies are made specifically with music or musicians as main theme. For example:
- The Pianist (2002). Story of a Jewish-Polish pianist survived the 2nd world war. See scene of Chopin Ballade No. 1.
- The Legend of 1900 (1998). This movie features Jazz music, and has been introduced in an early post.
- Amadeurs (1998). Life story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. See scene of Mozart v.s. Salieri. I'm really sick of the weird laughters of the "Mozart" in this movie though.
- A song to remember (1945). A biography of Polish pianist and composer Fryderyc Chopin.