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Who, in your opinion is the greatest musical genius of all time and WHY?

I find mozart and bach's music very enjoyable, and timeless but not my favorite. at third is Joe Hisaishi for his perfect mood music in Hayao Miyazaki's films. The second spot belongs to Ravel for his orchestra arrangement of 'pictures at an exhibition'. the top spot belongs to Debussy for his 'images pour orchestre' and 'pour piano' my favorite is 'reflets l'andeux' (reflections on water) here's a link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIxM6CzTd9o

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I think for more modern, Danny Elfman and John Williams are geniuses for their soundtracks, because composing music to suit a specific movie can be tough, but then not have any of their other pieces sound the same is just incredible. Each movie soundtrack has its own feeling, like the Harry Potter theme song, and all the music is unique and original, it really fits the movies, and all the movies they've done just fit with their music

  • 6 years ago

    Bach

  • 1 decade ago

    I love hans zimmer, but if we're not limited in choices I also love SRV

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