As everyone knows Dirk Brossé is world-renowned conductor of film music concerts and various live-to-picture events, but he is quite an accomplished composer in his own right. I have been recently listening to number of his works and most of them are VERY impressive...
At the moment playing: SACCO AND VANZETTI (the musical).
Anyone more familiar with his own film scores/concert works? Any favorites in particular? I must say that those two scores released internationally (by Varese) are probably the least impressive I've heard form him so far... and I am sure there is a lot more to discover besides those in my collection:
- Artesia - Daens - Koko Flanel - The Lovers (VARESE LIMITED) - Parade's End - Sacco & Vanzetti (the musical) - Le Soledad de America Latina
While I've been following what Diego Navarro has done as composer, and the occasional other instances of "conductor scores" -- like Gustavo Dudamel's surprisingly good THE LIBERATOR -- I haven't yet explored Brossé's work in that arena very much, even though I've seen him conduct live many times. So thanks for the "nudge", Lokutus!
That sounds indeed beautiful... and it's definitely on my list of albums to get... if only it wasn't so insanely expensive. But could be worse, I guess.
Brossé has written several film scores (his most famous score was penned for DAENS in 1992) but also numerous works for stage ("Tintin"...) and concert hall performances. If you are unfamiliar with his musical style for the big screen, let say that he has his own (orchestral) voice but can be compared to a Carl Davis or a Georges Delerue...
One of the best ways in order to discover and to appreciate his large output as composer is to listen to EMI Classic's 6CDs compilation: Portrait in Music.
Yes, of course everyone knows him as that Ghent conductor but his own music (and his MASSIVE output) is almost never discussed and probably largely unknown to most... so obviously the emphasis of his topic is his OWN music.
