Among these melodies there is a motive for any mood: romantic, positive or dreary, to relax and not think about anything or, conversely, gather your thoughts.
Ludovico Einaudi
The Italian composer and pianist works in the direction of minimalism, often turns to ambient music and skillfully combines classics with other musical styles. He is widely known for atmospheric compositions, which became soundtracks for films. For example, you will surely recognize the music from the French “1 + 1” tape written by Einaudi.
Philip Glass
Glass – one of the most controversial personalities in the world of modern classics, which is then brought to the skies, then criticized to the nines. He has been playing for half a century in his own band Philip Glass Ensemble and has written music for more than 50 films, including the Truman Show, The Illusionist, The Taste of Life and The Fantastic Four. The melodies of the American minimalist composer blur the line between classical and popular music.
Max Richter
The author of many soundtracks, the best film composer of 2008 according to the version of the European Film Academy and postminimalist. Submitted the critics from the first album Memoryhouse, in which Richter’s music was superimposed on reading poetry, and in subsequent albums art prose was also used. In addition to writing his own ambient compositions, he arranges the works of the classics: Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” in his processing was headed by the iTunes classical music charts.
Giovanni Marradi
This creator of instrumental music from Italy is not associated with sensational cinema, but is already known as a composer, virtuoso and an experienced piano teacher. If you describe Marradi’s music in two words, then these words will be “sensual” and “magical”. His creations and covers will be liked by those who like retro classics: the motifs are the notes of the last century.
Hans Zimmer
The well-known film composer created musical accompaniment for a lot of box-office films and cartoons, among them Gladiator, Pearl Harbor, Begin, Sherlock Holmes, Interstellar, Madagascar, The Lion King. His star flaunts on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and on his shelf are “Oscar”, “Grammy” and “Golden Globe.” Zimmer’s music is as different as these films, but regardless of the tone, she takes it for a living.
Joe Hisaishi
Hisaishi is one of the most famous Japanese composers who received four awards from the Japan Film Academy for the best music for the film. He became famous for writing the soundtrack to Hayao Miyazaki’s anime “Navshikaya from the valley of the winds”. If you are a fan of the works of Gibli studio or tapes of Takeshi Kitano, then for sure you admire the music of Hisaishi. It is mostly light and light.
Olafur Arnalds
This Icelandic multi-instrumentalist is just a boy compared to the listed masters, but to his 30 years he managed to become a recognized neoclassic. Recorded accompaniment to the ballet, received the BAFTA award for the soundtrack to the British TV series “Murder on the Beach” and released 10 studio albums. The music of Arnalds resembles a severe wind on a deserted seashore.
Yiruma
The most famous works of Lee Rou Ma – Kiss the Rain and River Flows in You. A Korean new-age composer and pianist writes a popular classics that the listener understands on any continent, with any musical taste and education. His light and sensual melodies for many became the beginning of love for piano music.
Dustin O’Halloran
The American composer is interested in the fact that he has no musical education, but at the same time he writes pleasant and quite popular music. O’Halloran’s tunes were used in Top Gear and several films. Perhaps, the most successful album of soundtracks has turned out to a melodrama “As the madman”.
Roberto Caccapaglia
This composer and pianist knows a lot about the art of conducting, and how to create electronic music. But his main field is the modern classic. Kachchapalia recorded many albums, three of them with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. His music pours like water, under it it will perfectly turn out to relax.
What other contemporary composers are worth listening to
If you like epic music from movies, add Klaus Badelt to your playlist, working with Zimmer on Pirates of the Caribbean. Also not to miss Yan Kachmarek, Alexander Despal, Howard Shore and John Williams – you need to write a separate material to list all their work, merits and awards.
If you want more tasty neoclassics, pay attention to Niels Fram and Sylvain Schowo.
If you do not have enough positive, remember the creator of the soundtrack for “Amelie” by Jan Tiersen or discover the Japanese composer Tammon: he writes airy, fabulous melodies.
Which composers do you like, and which ones do not? Who else would you add to this list?
