Watched 'Love and Mercy' last week, which reminded me how much I love Brian Wilson's music, especially the Smile album. This is sort of an impressionistic response to those sounds. I started with a handful of Smile tracks and pulled in things that resonated with them (to my mind at least):
- 1950s pop
- Exotica music
- Gershwin and Ravel
- Children's music
- American poetry
- Prepared piano
- Cartoon music
- Madrigals
- Film music
- Rachmaninov and Percy Grainger
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Playing tracks by The Beach Boys, Eden Ahbez, Vladimir Ashkenazy: Cleveland Orchestra, The Deller Consort, The Hi-Lo's and more.
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Cabinessence - The Beach Boys
Eden's Island - Eden Ahbez
Ravel: Ma mère l'oye, M.60 - Danse du rouet et scène - Interlude - Vladimir Ashkenazy: Cleveland Orchestra
Lasciate mi morire! - The Deller Consort
Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries - The Hi-Lo's
We Think The West Coast Is The Best Coast - Mel Tormé with The Mel-Tones and Orchestra
Hawaiian War Chant - Martin Denny
Tarantella (Mendelssohn) - Horn Club of Los Angeles
Mrs. O'Leary's Cow - The Beach Boys
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin
Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin
Universal Frequencies - His Name Is Alive
Grainger: Country Gardens - Timothy Reynish: Royal Northern College Of Music Wind Orchestra
Mirrors for Pianist and Tape (Richard Bunger) - Richard Bunger and Delores Stevens, piano
Anxiety Montage - Carl Stalling
Siroco - Robert Penn Warren, reader
Cry - Johnnie Ray
The Miller's daughter - Deller Consort, Alfred Deller, director
Ravel: Ma mère l'oye, M.60 - Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes - Interlude - Vladimir Ashkenazy: Cleveland Orchestra
Shrimp Boats - Jo Stafford
Heroes And Villains - The Beach Boys
Teddy Bears' Picnic - Barnabas Von Geczy & His Orchestra
Numerical Correspondence - Sesame Street Muppets
Hillbilly Hare - Carl Stalling
Spellbound - Part 2 - Miklós Rózsa
Myna Bird - Eden Ahbez
The Seafarers - William Carlos Williams, reader
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 - II. Intermezzo (Adagio) - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Of all the instruments - Deller Consort, Alfred Deller, director
Fiery Yellow - Stereolab
Pagan Love Song - Martin Denny
Parade of the Imps - George Grohrock-Ferrari & His Orchestra
The Good Egg - Carl Stalling
Escape - Bernard Herrmann
The Old Boat - Eden Ahbez
Skunk Hour - Robert Lowell, reader
Surf's Up - The Beach Boys