https://nicomuhly.com/news/2008/releases/ The official website of the New York-based composer Nico Muhly. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:59:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://nicomuhly.com/news/2008/releases/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:59:34 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2008/releases/#comment-453 I take your point about listening to film music, but I wonder if it is that much different than listening to an opera if one doesn’t know the plot or understand the language. Of course, it is better to know the plot and have studied the libretto, and I’m sure it is better to have seen the film to know how the music fits into it. But I doubt that I shall ever see Joshua and I am very glad to be listening to your music. Since I am beginning to learn your aesthetic gestures I can recognize the music as yours and enjoy it as foreground rather than background. The disconcerting thing about iTunes is that each segment is given a name and that name seems to have more to do with the film than with the music. Are the names yours?

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