I just felt like doing The Music Meme again. :)

Instructions: Name 15 of your LJ Friends.
Then put your music playlist on shuffle.
Each random song is dedicated to one of your Friends. (Ex; First song for first friend on list)
Ready? GO!!!Friends were picked because I like them, because I haven't commented on their journals and I feel guilty ( Read more... )

I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You, by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena, from The Mask of Zorro.

Yeah, it was written by James Horner, I admit it! :)

It's been quite a long time since I've watched an interview with James Horner, but I was bored today...and found two interviews with him about writing a new score for CBS Evening News. (Okay, it will be an old score by now ( Read more... )

I love the Japanese version of "A Whole New World" from Aladdin.

And "The Circle of Life" is just beautiful. They've changed some of the instrumentation, I think, but it still just works.

And here, have a song from an American movie set in ancient China sung in Japanese. Yay for globalization. :D
The song is "Reflection" from Mulan. The ( Read more... )

Reach for the Light, by Steve Winwood.

The lyrics are a great antidote to discouragement. The music was composed by James Horner, famous for the Titanic soundtrack and other great movie scores, and Barry Mann, who wrote LOADS of famous songs (including the songs on the Muppet Treasure Island soundtrack. Thank you, nenena, for pulling back the memory of ( Read more... )

Finally started doing some Educational Homework Stuff. Ayn Rand sure was right on the productivity being a virtue part. :D

Although the way I realized how much I resembled the Ineffective Teachers I Had As A Kid is depressing.

Also, while working I suddenly gained a new appreciation of just how beautiful this song is ( Read more... )

Forget about all the fruits and nuts in politics. Here, listen to the Fruits Basket theme.

UPDATE: This is amazing - Life imitates a musical movie! Auditions for The Sound of Music in Belgium somehow involved a two-hundred strong dance-off at Antwerp Central Station. Yeah, and there's a popped-up version of Do Re Mi too. :)

Note: My last five ( Read more... )

Some nice anime songs. The first one is sad but so, so, so pretty.

The whole lot is set to some non-anime, but appropriate imagery. :)

I'm not sure how people will like this - the ones who don't know any Japanese won't understand what's going on, and the ones who are absolute experts on Japanese culture might find it old hat. But I like it so I'm ( Read more... )

I stole this from here.

( Time to face the music! )

I have ripped a couple of my CDs to digital format, and downloaded a few new songs. I also have an insatiable urge to get comments from my friends. So this happened. Again. :D

Instructions: Name 15 of your LJ Friends ( Read more... )