0028947648727: Exotica

[Xenofan 29A]

Info from here.

[Efendija]

Jaysus - French, Portuguese, English, German... multi-language tracks :O

[Xenofan 29A]

Well, it's technically a classical release, and those tend to have names in whatever language the piece was titled in. Don't forget Japanese (Hamauzu's tracks).

Among the composers, there are two from France, one from Brazil, one from Argentina, one from Poland, two from the US, two(?) from Germany, and one from Japan. That's four of the seven continents.

Balakirev wrote Islamey, and his name is on the cover, but not on the list I gave.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamey

The Dance Ghazal op. 37a was by Alan Hovhaness.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...anhovhaness-20

[Efendija]

So, this deserves VGMdb entry only because of Hamauzu's three tracks? (And no, I don't want to sound like an a**hole, asking only to learn more about the criteria, that's all).

[Xenofan 29A]

Yep. That's the only reason. Even if he had only one track on here, it would merit an entry, because he's an artist primarily associated with VGM.

[Efendija]

^ Thankies!

[Rhythmroo]

Originally Posted by Xenofan 29A

Yep. That's the only reason. Even if he had only one track on here, it would merit an entry, because he's an artist primarily associated with VGM.

I didn't know that (The 1 track deal), but that's really useful to know. Is this universal to all composers/musicians, or to those closely tied to VGM?

@Efendija
This album on here did strike me as odd until I saw the last couple of tracks

[Muzza]

Just chiming in to say jeez, Benyamin Nuss's album covers really do feature the worst art...

[Xenofan 29A]

It's marginally better than the last one, at least.

[Cedille]

Originally Posted by Rhythmroo

I didn't know that (The 1 track deal), but that's really useful to know. Is this universal to all composers/musicians, or to those closely tied to VGM?

It's supposed to be those closely connected to game or anime only, but it's subjective and I'm pretty sure we had several nearly black submissions.

[LiquidAcid]

Originally Posted by Xenofan 29A

Well, it's technically a classical release, and those tend to have names in whatever language the piece was titled in. Don't forget Japanese (Hamauzu's tracks).

Among the composers, there are two from France, one from Brazil, one from Argentina, one from Poland, two from the US, two(?) from Germany, and one from Japan. That's four of the seven continents.

Balakirev wrote Islamey, and his name is on the cover, but not on the list I gave.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamey

The Dance Ghazal op. 37a was by Alan Hovhaness.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...anhovhaness-20

So this mean that the current notes are wrong?

Danzas Argentinas, Op.2 (1937) by Alberto Ginastera (6~8)
Roman Sketches, Op.7 by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (9~11)
Le Tour Du Monde En Miniature (1933) by Alexandre Tansman (12)

While this here confirms that the Clouds tracks (9) is part of Roman Sketches, the rest doesn't seem to be.

Or am I missing something here? I've got no real background in classical music..