[Music] Gustav Holst; a musical genius!

[Iworkforcake]

For those who play in Orchestra, Band, or just know a lot about music... http://youtu.be/Nz0b4STz1lo and this of course http://youtu.be/L0bcRCCg01I

[Fuzzzie]

Moving to the Music forum for you.

[Verdris]

Not only that, he never considered Pluto to be a planet anyway. He was WAY ahead of his time.

[Bane Falcon]

I actually have The Planets on my computer, and it makes awesome mindless grinding music for anything. It was the first thing I broke in my 7.1 surround sound headset with.

[Iworkforcake]

I'd love to play any of The Planets... but the only piece my high school band got to play by Holst is First Suite in Eb. A great piece, but I'd rather play something else xD

[wowisme]

I love The Planets. It's actually my favorite classical piece. After that comes Beethoven's 6th (The Pastoral) and Grieg's Peer Gynt.

[Deleted]

Here comes the bump of the year (so terribly sorry):

I was going through my collection of classical music, and when I was listening to Mars by Holst: At 4:25 in the Youtube version, isn't that used in World of Warcraft Horde quests? I vaguely remember this.

Or I must be imagining things. I simply love what he did and how he inspired John Williams.

[Lazy Gecko]

You'd be hard pressed to find any type of orchestral or soundtrack music that isn't influenced by Holst somehow. The airship music in Super Mario Bros 3 is another example.

[Jon]

Not only that, he never considered Pluto to be a planet anyway. He was WAY ahead of his time.

Possibly has something to do with the fact that the Planets was written before Pluto's discovery.

[Promethax]

Gustav Holst was truly one of the greatest musical minds of all time.