Herr Vogler
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Composer (inventor of music) |
| Location | Kansas City metro, Missouri, United States |
| Introduction | Husband, father and composer. I've written for the concert hall, film and theatre. Really I'll write for anything. You want something for 24 mandolins??? Whatever. I'll do it. I freely admit my musical whoredom (like Stravinsky-the man did write a polka for a baby elephant afterall!). |
| Interests | twenty-first century music, twentieth century music, contemporary music, composer, film scoring, music, gushing about my beautiful spouse, embarrasing said spouse, film music, composing music, movies, symphony concerts, chamber music, baseball,St. Louis Cardinals, politics, Lewis Black, George Carlin, the Daily Show, history, reading, current events, religion |
| Favorite movies | Star Wars, Braveheart, Lord of The Rings, Ben-Hur, Schindler's List, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Chinatown, The Shawshank Redemption, Harry Potter, and too many others to list. |
| Favorite music | film music, classical music, contemporary music, jazz, post rock, prog rock, John Adams, John Luther Adams, Louis Andriessen, Paul Dresher, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Harrison Birtwistle, Steve Martland, Evan Ziporyn, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, David Lang, Magnus Lindberg, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Danny Elfman, Elliot Goldenthal, Miklos Rozsa, Bernard Herrmann, Howard Shore, James Newton Howard, Bartok, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Don Davis, Henryk Gorecki, Miles Davis, Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny, Radiohead, U2, Sigur Ros, Rachel's, Gentle Giant, Magma |
| Favorite books | The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, What Would Buddha Do?, Living Buddha Living Christ, Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers, The Elegant Universe, The Art of Happiness, What to Listen for in Music, Film Music: A Neglected Art, Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music, Nothing's Sacred, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings |
You're wearing a sweater that stretches down to your feet. What color belt do you put on?
Forget the belt, does this make me look fat?