Alex Ross negatively compared this composer’s “On the Nature of Daylight” to Pachelbel’s “Canon in D Major,” noting that “It starts, it adds layers, it swells, it expires.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this minimalist composer of the most-streamed classical album of all time, an 8-and-a-half-hour composition titled Sleep.
ANSWER: Max Richter
[10m] Because “On the Nature of Daylight” had already been heavily featured in Shutter Island, its use in this director’s film Arrival made that film ineligible for Best Original Score. This Canadian director hired Hans Zimmer to score his film Dune.
ANSWER: Denis Villeneuve (“vil-nuhv”)
[10e] Richter’s first live performance of his 2002 album Memoryhouse was at the Barbican Centre, a Brutalist venue in this capital. This city’s Symphony Orchestra shares the Barbican with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
ANSWER: London
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