jocelynsart wrote: 
Agree 100% with that!

wow - reminds me of one of the most fantastic movies ever made (to me)- The Piano

 Bosami wrote: 
Agreed!  Thank you.

 stevendejong wrote: 

That's a rather pretentious statement. The foundations of music were built upon simplicity:  three chords. I tire of those here who seem to think that technical ability is the same as having a creative vision. There is no such connection. A good carpenter can build a house. Whether or not he can create a work of art is a completely different matter.

The song is beautiful. I have not a care in the world how simplistic it may or may not be.

"I don't usually click PSD, but when I do this is the reason."
                                                        The most interesting man in my world

ear balm

This is a beautiful piece of music. Comparison with the greats is an unfair but inevitable fate for any contemporary composer. Can any classical music not be derivative?

at some point we should prol'y step back, take in the wider view of us all navel gazing with some of the critique. This ain't Debussy by a long shot. But as a mood maker, across the wider canvas that = RP, it adds.

Here in the US, before the 2012 London Olympic Games began, P&G (Proctor & Gamble) used portions of this tune in some TV ads.
The messages was something like "Thanks to the Mom's" and only flashed products pix up at the end before they put the company name up.
 

 nicknt wrote: 
I completely agree. This is nice, but truly simplistic music.

Bellissima! Einaudi è magico.

Amazing, eclectic and with emotion.

Heard his music on some P&G commercials associated with the 2012 Summer Olympic games in London. 

If some of the rest of you want to forget Einaudi that's your problem.  I won't be.  A true modern master.

The statement "In the same category as Satie and Debussy" requires no further comment. It may be a question of taste, but art has its hierarchies. Einaudi will be soon forgotten, as he deserves. If I copy Mozart, I don't become ipso facto Mozart. 

fredriley wrote: 

 nicknt wrote: 
It's a question of taste, and plainly Einaudi's not to yours, which is fair enough. He is in the same category as Satie and Debussy, and of course Philip Glass. Personalmente, penso che Einaudi sia i coglioni del cane (come dicono qua) :o)

This is balm to the ears after Tom Wait's rasping cheesegrater of a voice.

ludovico: love 

Lord, it just goes on and on and on...  Enough.

Hope he does make a sound track to a movie... wait.. I'd better Google him... I've given this a 7 because its a bit simplistic. I'd love more sweeping orchestral background and space. I do arpeggios like that all the time. The theme is nice. By the end of the song, I felt I was in an elevator or Homesense.

 nicknt wrote:
  Interesting, your saying that. I'd initially rated this a 9 and have downgraded it over time to now a 7. In other words, its appeal after the initial "wow" for me hasn't held. Satie & especially Debussy I can hear a thousand times and never tire.

As Italian I know the man. He simply plays new age in disguise for shops and elevators. Listen to Satie and Debussy instead.

wow

Somehow this seems to be a nice soundtrack for the Winter Solstice......

 prairiedogj wrote: 
Great comment!

Thank you Bill for playing this despite the strong comments against. This music improves my mood and that is worth a lot to me. Solid 8.

 84MacGuy wrote: 

I'll see your $20 and counter with $25.

 Sjaaks wrote: 

Nice!  :-)

 triviagal wrote: 
I think the point is to create a mood - which it does a good job of. Could this be part of a big-budget movie soundtrack? Yes - and as the backing for a very emotionally charged part of the film.

The boundary between good music and bad music is not defined by complexity.

You're listening to Andare by Ludovico Einaudi on Radio Paradise.  Before that was Florence & The Machine, with "The Sun, The Moon".  Before that one, we had what's actually a new tune, it's by Florence & The Machine but it's a cover of Ludovico Einaudi.

 triviagal wrote: 
Philip Glass..... 
Glenn Gould....
Subtle does not mean boring. Did you hear that cello?