[Smt-talk] The Prog-rock Symphony?

[Sarah Bailey]

The new Muse album, The Resistance, has a 3 track symphony on it called Exogenesis. I think it's exactly what you're looking for, except that it's not full album length. It does take up the majority of the album though.

Best,
Sarah

Sarah Bailey
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On Nov 18, 2009, at 6:09 PM, Dmitri Tymoczko wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone can help me come up with examples of what I think of as the "Prog-rock Symphony" -- album-length, through-composed instrumental pieces suggesting some sort of classical influence, however vague.
> 
> For example, Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells," Zappa's "Grand Wazoo," or Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygene."
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> There are lots of examples with vocals; I'm happy to hear everyone's favorite instances, but I'm particularly interested in instrumental albums.
> 
> Thanks,
> DT
> 
> Dmitri Tymoczko
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