Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The Whole Magilla


Shufflin' along, part 2: here's what comes up when I shuffle everything on my iPod--pop songs, classical music, soundtracks, dramas (which is what happens if I hit shuffle, because I can't figure out how to shuffle just the songs):

1. "Alone." Cue from soundtrack to Five Fingers by Bernard Herrmann. (William Stromberg cond.)

2. "Prelude" from Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia Antartica," by Ralph Vaughan Williams. (Andre Previn cond.)

3. Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 by Ralph Vaughan Williams. (Richard Hickox cond.)

4. "The Shire." Cue from soundtrack to The Fellowship of the Ring, The Complete Recording by Howard Shore. (Howard Shore cond.)

5. "Andante con Moto" from Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff. (Pianists Vladimir Ashkenazy and Andre previn.)

6. "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel.

7. "The Winter's Past" by Wayne Barlow (Jonathan Parkes cond.)

8. "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon

9. "The Road Goes Ever On and On," Pt. 1. Cue from soundtrack to The Fellowship of the Ring, The Complete Recording by Howard Shore. (Howard Shore cond.)

10. "Cirith Ungol." Cue from soundtrack to The Return of the King by Howard Shore. (Howard Shore cond.)

Just how random are these?

3 comments:

Adam Thornton said...

You could organize your shuffling by creating several different playlists (in iTunes) -- "classical," "contemporary," etc. -- and then dragging individual songs from your "Music" folder into the appropriate playlist.

If you want to be really clever, make "smart" playlists that automatically contain mp3 files with a Genre tag of "Classical," "Rock," etc. Though you may need to tweak some of the tags yourself to standardize them.

Eric Little said...

Thanks--I'll try those.

Eric Little said...

I used the drag and drop method--and it worked!

Gracias again.