What links ‘The Great Wave’ and Debussy’s ‘La Mer’?

[@ListeningIn]

Hi everyone - I really hope you enjoyed the video! If you want to support my work, do take a look at my Patreon account here: patreon.com/listeningin. Also, a few times, I used the word 'painting' to refer to Hokusai's work. I should, instead, have referred to them as 'prints' - as I described about half-way through, 'The Great Wave', like the others in the collection, are woodblock prints.

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the music genre is fairly niche, let alone analysis videos of them

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Because people don't listen to classical music much anymore. Highbrow art has gotten weird, lowbrow art has nothing to do with it, and middlebrow has been dead since the 60's.

[@LilSpoon1337]

this video is art

[@MasakoOsada]

Thank you for another great video connecting art and music! I really enjoy your channel. I don't mean to be picky, but being a Japanese artist, I feel like I should point out that Hokusai's "Great Wave" is not a painting, but a woodblock print, created by three artists/artisans (designer, carver and printer).

[@ListeningIn]

Thank you! Not picky at all - I did probably use the word ‘painting’ a little too freely!

[@MasakoOsada]

Calling “Grate Wave” a painting is like calling “La Mer” a song.😅 Non-artists/non-musicians might think "what's all this fuss about???" but ... you would understand.

[@SolarMumuns]

@@MasakoOsada although the song would surely be the print...

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Have been binging your video essays, theyre amazingly informative, I cant stop watching. Can you do a video on Pirates of the carribean 3, composed by Hans Zimmer? Always loved that score

[@nicoledu]

Brilliant video essay! Please make more of these! Would you mind sharing the document about the golden ratio in Debussy’s music? That sparked my interest

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[@Ale-qf1pm]

One of my favorite works from Debussy, it's the best representation of the ocean in all of music

[@thomasdalton9211]

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[@ListeningIn]

I love Become Ocean as well - I think they both have their place. I might even do a video on the John Luther Adams...

[@thomasdalton9211]

@@ListeningIn I think that would be wonderful

[@Scriabin_fan]

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[@creativeearthian1702]

This is.. I'm overwhelmed. You actually confirmed the absolute genuity of my own subjective impression when listening La Mer, without knowing anything about the Wave. Here's the thing..La Mer was the first piece of music that moved me to tears. I was young and not very fond of classical music. La Mer was something I happened to like and hear a few times but haven't TRULY listened. And then one evening, for some reason I lied down, closed my eyes and gave it a listen..and it all just came to me.. I saw the Sea. Saw it in all its shapes, colors and moods. And the very ending..that was the part that made me tear up. I was struck by awesome wonder of seeing the rise and move of the mighty wave in all its magnificent, powerful glory! To this day, to me it remains the favorite bit in all of music.

[@CreativeIsolation]

Another beautiful video! Your knack for timing and coordinating dialogue with the music is unparalleled

[@BLANCOYNEGROFILMS]

Another stunning video man, thank you

[@michaels7889]

The music has been embedded in my life for at least 74 years. I much enjoyed your commentary and the build up of content. There remains this vitality in the best of Japanese art even into popular manga such that the lack of the convention 'perspective' intensifies one's sense of space and it is this sense that for me characterises La Mer in the best performances.

[@Esperluet]

The picture was used as the cover for the score. Actually, during his life, Debussy's familly and himself travelled to French costs of Mediterannean sea, Atlantic Ocean and Channel sea. He got inspired from all these memories. When observing the Channel at Saint-Malo on a windy day, you can easily understand how he got inspired.

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[@cyrilromero1647]

A little Hi from France ! You did amazingly with this video. I adore Debussy's music and your historical perspective was very on point ! Merci beaucoup en tout cas ! Ça me donne envie de me replonger dans de longues écoutes de sa musique. Continue comme ça ! Tu fais un super travail, ta chaîne est vraiment de qualité ! Thank you :)

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Definitely my favorite classical music composer, analyzed with such depth. I couldn't possibly thank you enough for tackling his work.

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Your videos just get better and better. The editing and visuals in this one are just candy. Congrats on an awesome job!

[@ludwigamadeusbach8363]

Listening to La Mer for the first time was one of the most profound experiences of my life.

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I don’t understand how you don’t have more subscribers with the quality you output

[@eggizgud]

OMG you even timed your narrative's tone and content to suit the notes leading up to the climax, and the finish!

[@gabem3593]

This is SUPER well made. Love it.

[@carlosrodriguez414]

I always loved the painting and the music but never understood the way one informed the other. Thanks. I'd appreciate more videos.

[@tedpiano]

10:06 your timing here was perfect

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This is such a wonderful, in-depth vid. Thank you for your thoughtful work in presenting this amazing piece to the masses! Love it!

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[@anthonyfen-chong5557]

La mer is incredible and I've been looking for such an analysis for so long. i'm glad you reserved the best bit for the end of your speech.

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[@jimluebke3869]

How often is Fuji's placid immortal peak, echoed in the ephemeral peaks of the raging water of the wave? The fishing boats may be overwhelmed by the wave, which looms so deceptively large over them because it is so close, but the magnitude of Fuji herself in the background (masked by its distance), is serene in the knowledge that waves like this will pass season after season, and leave her unaffected.

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Istg I had just started getting into Debussy's works when you made this video. Ah, dude, I love this channel

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Yo I just wanna say that you create some amazing essays man, can't wait to see more :)

[@glennnicholls8510]

I loved this video. Such high quality. Thank you for making that.

[@BrianKrock]

Further listening: check out Toru Takemitsu’s “Quotation of Dream,” which incorporates direct quotations from “La Mer.” Brilliant work, as always, Barnaby!

[@ListeningIn]

Oh, I don’t know that piece! I’m going to listen to it right now.

[@frankheckel3382]

@@ListeningIn Takemitsu was an amazing composer. One of his lesser known orchestral works worth listening to is named »GREEN« (and - being published by C.F. Peters … the score has a green envelope …).

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LIkely my favorite video you have made!!! Excellent blend of history, art, and music! Keep up the fantastic work!

[@augustushatt]

Would be amazing if you did the Incredibles. That soundtrack is rich in things to analyse and has such incredible backstory to it. So many iconic musical moments in that film. So so many, I would absolutely love to hear your take on it!

[@philippeguillod9309]

You spoke briefly about the golden ratio... a vast and fascinating subject! Have you ever made a video on the subject?

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I always look forward to your videos, particularly the art and music ones. This was such a treat to watch. Made my day!

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I just found your channel and I'm really excited to watch more of your videos! I was really impressed with the music in the movie Ad Astra, maybe you could do a video on that!

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Hi Barnaby, I love your devotion to the art of music and filmmaking which I acknowledge in all of your videos I watched. Being a fan of Tarantino movies, I wonder if you could do a video on the use of music in his films, especially the Kill Bill franchise.

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I really love the content you create. You definitely deserve more subscribers. I also would love to see an analysis on disney's Tarzan with great music from Phil Collins.

[@ListeningIn]

Thank you so much Toon!

[@_thomas1031]

When I heard about the film, I got so EXCITED when I heard where it was filming!!. I live in Blythe, CA, but because the closest towns are Erenburg, Parker, and Quartzsite, It feels like a live in Arizona because I travel to those places most of the time. I can't say I've seen any filming around those places (which is odd because of how frequent I go to the places where they filmed). But it is so SUREAL to feel and be in the same places where the movie takes place. I've been to the laundry mat/ general store that Fern visits there. [Little detail, there is almost always a few guys that sell there stuff out of the back of their van across the street from the place on the weekends😄]. I'm surprised they didn't have a couple of river rats walk into frame getting ice🤣. Want to watch the movie soon, Thank you for convincing me even more to do that, Mate!!🙌🙌🙌

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Fabulous insight!

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Speaking of perfection in video...

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I just found this channel as I searched for the lord of the rings music analyses. I really enjoy your channel and I'm again and again suprised, that it's so much more behind the music. You could maybe listen to Symphonie fantastique - Hector Berlioz for one of your next videos :) We had to analyse that in the school and it's a pretty cool symphony.

[@ulitaiforever8370]

I love Debussy 💜💜and your video is such a masterpiece. Thank you so much.

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Superb video. You earned yourself another subscriber :)

[@ezra6094]

Do you think you could do some videos on more modern composers, especially minimalists (Reich, Glass, Eno, etc.)?

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Amazing video!

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I think an awesome movie for you to analyze would be the Fantasia Disney movie from the 30s. Sorcerers Apprentice and all that

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amazing video! I love it. Hopefully you'll do one on the isle of the dead one day :)

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Please do a video on one of Erik satie's pieces it doesn't matter which one. And great video by the way , keep up the good work.

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A fabulous video, thank you very much.

[@ListeningIn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tnuyx9405]

This probably won’t be feasible but I would love if you dissected the Xenoblade Chronicles Main Theme. It’s definitely one of the most moving pieces I have ever heard and I’d be super interested in an expert explanation into what makes it so good. Listening to it while viewing the title screen is so beautiful that it’s honestly akin to a spiritual journey

[@josiahrogers1728]

Hokusai’s paintings can also help show us how geometry works for the human eye, the great wave is the perfect example of the golden spiral

[@charlesroydubuc4870]

I was supposed to write an essay about that(last semester) Vidéo: uploaded today 😆

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Wonderful video :)

[@TheAngelofThrash]

Great video! As a side note, did you say 'possessed' instead of 'posed' at 8:58?

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Spellbinding and brilliant

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Hello! Would you please make a video about James Newton Howard and some of his beautiful scores? Thank you so much for considering!

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Speaking of Japan, you should definitely do a video on Toru Takemitsu.

[@sirbronn1207]

Very intresting and good content! Could you do something about the soundtrack of Game of Thones maybe?

[@JorWat25]

I thought you'd be talking about the Charles Trenet song, known in English as 'Beyond the Sea' (you know, as heard in the Finding Nemo credits?).

[@johnstag1391]

Very good.

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How and where did you learn to edit your videos? More specifically, where did you find your visual style? I am infatuated with it, and I’m looking to learn how to edit like it; with my own visual flair of course.

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Wow man the quality of this vid is just...

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Hey! You do great work in your score analysis. I wonder if you could do an analysis of the score from Nolans "TENET" by Ludwig Göransson. I was five times in the cinema last year because I thought it was brilliant! It would be great to hear, what you're thinking of it.

[@alphamail434]

Brilliant !

[@Serai3]

LOL, I wish you'd put "Debussy's" in the title. I thought you were going to talk about the song by Charles Trenet! :D

[@benwilcox1192]

KZbin's algorithm is completely broken, seeing as how this only has 14k views after over a week

[@MaximilianMKGill]

Next do Tom and Jerry.

[@mingyuson4027]

what is the name of the essay called when referring to his avoidance of interaction with other composers in Rome?

[@imaliazhar]

I would love to your thoughts on the music of Cast Away (2000)

[@yankeefan2k2]

I’d really like to hear your take on the music in Dreamworks movies. Kung fu Panda and How to Train your Dragon have some phenomenal scores!

[@lisys511]

La mer gives me studio ghiblis ponyo vibes 🌊🐟

[@jvjv8093]

Bravo

[@johnaplin9848]

Hey can you cover the music from the Shawshank redemption and finding Nemo there is something that is amazing about these two scores in that within the build up of Nemo and dory pushing down on the net to escape the fishing boat and in the escape of Andy Dufrain from Shawshank prison in that they are both nearly identical but yet they have different tones to convey a different point of escape which is yet so similar and yes they are both written by Thomas Newman thanks