Is there an electronic composer known for gorgeous melodies?

Electronic music has many beautiful melodies. They won’t necessarily have the same logic as classical composition. Ethan Hein explains that they have a different, minimalistic, circular, danceable logic than classical composers. They don’t do long-form if you mean a symphony that is divided into four parts of between 8 and 20 minutes each.

Plaid is a great choice if you are looking for good electronica.

Or when they were part The Black Dog

Plone’s For Beginner Piano, a melodic album that dates back to the late 90s IDM period, is also a great one. The pieces are more structured like pop songs but have some variation in instrumentation as they develop.

Although it is repetitive, this is beautiful.

Belbury Poly also has great tunes, with a strange blend of Jean-Michel Jarre and folk.

Wait until the melody appears at the end.

It would be fascinating to see if a contemporary composer can combine electronic production with long-form classical structures. (And a melodic sensibility. Ethan is right. I believe that it could theoretically be taught. Modern musicians are not “losing” the art. They have other goals and interests.

Contemporary composers don’t want to sound like Mozart. What’s the point? Mozart is already here!

Computers can also create music that sounds like classical composers by simply feeding learning algorithms enough examples: Classical Music Composed By Computer: Experiments In Musical Intelligence by David Cope

There are also some excellent electronic arrangements of classical music. Although it sounds cheesy at first, Tomita’s Debussy album is actually quite solid. A very original orchestration that is both odd and silly but still faithful to the original pieces.

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