Artist Lounge: Kronos Quartet
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Back when Kronos Quartet released their cover - if you can call it that, given the context - of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze," I was excited. Raised on classical music, in a household where my father didn't want me to play rock on his turntable because the beat would "hurt the needle," I welcomed the opportunity to declare, "If it's good enough for a world-famous string quartet, it should be good enough for you." Subsequently, however, I went on to do a lot of thinking, i... MORE
I just saw The Fountain and the first thing I did after I stopped crying was buy the soundtrack. Then I started crying again while listening to it. Hopelessly beautiful and poignant, such music will break your heart.
Clint Mansell composed the score and it was performed by Kronos Quartet and Mogwai. Listen here and here







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