More Distraction

Only half done, thus far. Yet, in the midst of it all, I find myself wondering at the sort of music that has caught my attention over these last few years:

The Middle Kingdom series, wherein some traditional pieces of music were 'translated', for want of a better word, into something more suited to western tastes. The result was quirky and somewhat soothing. It was like watching The Avatar and its variant martial arts references, or a version of The Monkey King dubbed in irreverant street American (English would have been too rigid, I think).

Any road, the music of the series, together with Howard Shore's LOTR music, sit in the same compartment of my matrix, rubbing elbows with Hans Zimmer's Gladiator, Harry Gregson-Williams' Kingdom of Heaven, Tan Dun's Hero, and the songs of Dead Can Dance. An unusual combination, however one looks at it.

It will probably get worse.