John Corigliano (1938-Present)

Introduction
Corigliano is an Italian-American composer born in New York City in 1935. His family was musically inclined as well. He is known for his works composing classical music. He has written over one hundred pieces of music. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, and an Oscar.==Work Analysis== I chose to analyze Children’s Theme by Corigliano. This piece is off of the soundtrack for the movie Revolution (1985). This was Corigliano’s second time writing a film score and I think that this piece captures the genre of an “epic” really well. The brass play lines that stand out to the listener the most. He also uses imitation throughout the piece between different parts to create a cool compositional effect.

Comparisons
This reminded me of the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence. For some reason, the Corigliano’s piece reminded me of Monica’s theme from the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence. I think Corigliano created something John Williams-esque or the other way around. Monica’s theme is one of my favorite movie themes in history, so for Corigliano to remind me of this, means that I thought the piece was well done.

Observations
I enjoyed this piece a lot. I am a complete sucker for good movie scores and themes and I could get a sense of what was happening in the movie without even seeing it with the theme, through the theme itself. Corigliano is someone I am going to keep an eye out for when I am doing my own writing.