The 2nd annual "what music would you suggest to skaters that has not been overused or used (lately) in competition? thread

[Vash01]

Replying to @Frau Muller here - Gordeeva and Grinkov skated to Verdi's "Requiem" in a pro competition and in exhibition about one week before his death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah9l5OGSZb0

I remember both of those performances.

 

[ilovepaydays]

I’m still waiting on a skater/team to skate to “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. I’m thinking a Farris-type could do something incredible with it.

 

[Frau Muller]

Replying to @Frau Muller here - Gordeeva and Grinkov skated to Verdi's "Requiem" in a pro competition and in exhibition about one week before his death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah9l5OGSZb0

Wow. I had no idea...I was working overseas when Sergei died and had missed all of the fall competitions. This is just as I would cut a routine to the Requiem: Dies Irae for a big-bang start; Lacrymosa for a sublime center; then end with the joyous Sanctus. A great modern pair must skate to this...especially now that vocals are allowed. THIS is what vocals-in-skating-competitions should be about...not cheesy Tops in Pops!

 

[Urban Queen]

Something by James Taylor or Jimmy Buffett would be excellent for me.

 

[Lisa Erhard]

Hello to all!

I am a composer/producer and available and very interested in offering custom written music for your skating. I can put together a sample for you based on video you send me. Please contact me if you or someone else you know might be interested. I look forward to hearing back! Please send me a private message on the forum. I'll check back for replies here as well.

Thank you!

Lisa

 

[Aerobicidal]

Hello to all!

I am a composer/producer and available and very interested in offering custom written music for your skating. I can put together a sample for you based on video you send me. Please contact me if you or someone else you know might be interested. I look forward to hearing back! Please send me a private message on the forum. I'll check back for replies here as well.

Thank you!

Lisa

I think it would be awesome if you used Adam Rippon as the vocalist on any/all of the tracks you compose for skaters.

 

[mattiecat13]

Philip Wesley - Dark Night of the Soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSymJl1czYs

 

[Yehudi]

The Night King from last nights episode of Game of Thrones

https://youtu.be/k1frgt0D_f4

 

[Ananas Astra]

The Night King from last nights episode of Game of Thrones

https://youtu.be/k1frgt0D_f4

I just wanted to post this!

I can totally see it working for pairs.

ETA: Combined with "The Army of the Dead" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeYNHwRswYU it could make a very voidy "White Walker(s)" program.

 

[alchemy void]

I can't believe Celine's cover of The Show Must Go On (featuring Lindsey Stirling) hasn't been used yet. Come on ladies!

 

[Sylvia]

Anyone have program music suggestions for Alexia Paganini? https://twitter.com/lexisk82001/status/1125560294569385984

 

[Aerobicidal]

Not for Paganini, but I think the song "Frontier" from Holly Herndon's upcoming album could be used if someone wanted an ultra voidy program rivaling anything Blanc and Bouquet ever did. Most people would hate it, but I would be overjoyed if someone like Aymoz or Takahashi (or--as if--Papadakis and Cizeron) skated to it.

 

[skateboy]

This will probably never happen, but I would become an uber of any dance or pairs team that chose to skate to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRopGnWIH3U

 

[rosewood]

I love Erhu so much.

Rain in Jiang Nan_Erhu Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXejOoPECA

ETA:
I love Denis Ten's this song. It's unique and beautiful. Too good to be left behind. Someone please use this piece in the first half of the program and use an explosive music in the second half.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sKCb9agvq0

 

[Brenda_Bottems]

(or--as if--Papadakis and Cizeron

My only request for this team is that he wears an opaque shirt,as I am more familiar with the contours of his nipples than I am my own.

-BB

 

[Sylvia]

Maé-Bérénice Méité is looking for music suggestions: https://twitter.com/MBMeite/status/1129808018500145153

 

[jenny12]

I know using pop music can sometimes get played out really fast but I think Billie Eilish’s “Bury a Friend” could make a cool short program. Don’t know for whom though.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJqWZ3Zy5CU

 

[coppertop1]

Violin concerto no. 1 by Paganini. Mai Asada skated to it at the 2003 Junior Worlds.

 

[mjb52]

I'm now obsessed with Dvorak's American string quartet (the second movement). It looks like Nagasu might have skated to some part of the quartet as a novice or junior but googling doesn't bring up much else. I think this one would work better for a singles skater than a dance or a pair.

 

[coppertop1]

Farandole from l'Arlesienne by Bizet. Cathy Belanger skated to it at the 1996 Canadians. It's fast and powerful so a skater with a lot of oomph could do it.

 

[dtsf]

For a pairs team with energy -- like Morgan/Cipres -- Fink's Looking Too Closely (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoWRs7lXtYE). Starts out energetic and builds. (Only problem is a repeated "you're gonna hurt yourself...)

 

[alchemy void]

Panzer Dragoon soundtrack, by Yoshitaka Azuma
One hour of epic, inherenenty skatable music. Some dude please pick this!

Legend of Zelda by Kosuke Yamashita
I can only remember Danielle Harrison using Zelda a few years ago. More epic music.

Vertigo soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann
How has this not been an angsty and dramatic FD/LP yet!?!

Army of Me, by Bjork
Dance really doesn't do voids anymore, but I've wanted to see to see an intense FD to this forever.

and THIS absolutely needs to be Tarasova/Morozov's new SP. A sequel of sorts.

 

[Eeyora1]

I have a feeling we will be seeing a ton of Queen this season. ... i know numerous people in the past have skated to “Who Wants to Live Forever?” But has anyone ever portrayed Connor Macleod from the movie “Highlander”? There are a lot of great Queen songs in the movie. Including “Who Wants to Live Forever” , “Princes of the Universe “ and “I want it All”

 

[Orm Irian]

I have a feeling we will be seeing a ton of Queen this season. ... i know numerous people in the past have skated to “Who Wants to Live Forever?” But has anyone ever portrayed Connor Macleod from the movie “Highlander”? There are a lot of great Queen songs in the movie. Including “Who Wants to Live Forever” , “Princes of the Universe “ and “I want it All”

If you're doing Highlander, how could anyone possibly go past 'A Kind of Magic'?

 

[A.H.Black]

I have a feeling we will be seeing a ton of Queen this season. ... i know numerous people in the past have skated to “Who Wants to Live Forever?” But has anyone ever portrayed Connor Macleod from the movie “Highlander”? There are a lot of great Queen songs in the movie. Including “Who Wants to Live Forever” , “Princes of the Universe “ and “I want it All”

And Elton John.

 

[annie_mg]

This would need to be mixed with a second piece to make it work, but has anybody ever skated to Elegie by Fauré? The original is for cello and piano but there are orchestra versions which are just lovely. It's one of my favourite classical pieces ever and I was thinking about it the other day.

 

[tamms]

I'd like to see skaters use some music from a Taiwanese pianist, V.K (Vanros Kloud):
Wings of Piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Pc0F7Qa5k
Blue Moon Shadow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxVC_4s8aI8
Endless Falling Lights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxX78L9jihw

Also DJ Okawari from Japan:
Luv Letter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGvIzFRcRMA (Daisuke Takahashi used this in an exhibition program back in 2009-2010)
Flower Dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7PMJfAT6fk

 

[coppertop1]

The Last of the Starks.

 

[hoptoad]

Farandole from l'Arlesienne by Bizet. Cathy Belanger skated to it at the 1996 Canadians. It's fast and powerful so a skater with a lot of oomph could do it.

Do you have a link to Cathy Belanger's skate?

I always wanted to see someone skate to this . . . then I saw Scott and Dulebohn do it . . . and thought maybe it was too fast for skating.
https://youtu.be/fjRLMcFyY3U

Any idea who could do it well?

ETA: I just found Valentina Marchei skated to it (with some Carmen in the middle). She gives it some oomph in the last 50 seconds, with a surprise ending: https://youtu.be/wBM3T4TKCmo?t=168

 

[coppertop1]

Do you have a link to Cathy Belanger's skate?

I always wanted to see someone skate to this . . . then I saw Scott and Dulebohn do it . . . and thought maybe it was too fast for skating.
https://youtu.be/fjRLMcFyY3U

Any idea who could do it well?

ETA: I just found Valentina Marchei skated to it (with some Carmen in the middle). She gives it some oomph in the last 50 seconds, with a surprise ending: https://youtu.be/wBM3T4TKCmo?t=168

Unfortunately, I don't. The one video from 1996 Canadians I've seen on YT is Josee Chouinard.

As far as who could do it well, I'm thinking maybe Bradie or Gabby. One of those powerhouses. It is very fast.

Thanks for the links!