Pluto, the Renewer

This seems to be a much sought-after piece....well here it is; "Pluto, the Renewer" by Colin Matthews, as performed by Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra). I guess he decided to finish Holst's job after Holst died. Featured are pictures of Sailor Pluto and the (dwarf) planet itself.

Before you comment: Yes, I know they SAY Pluto is no longer officially a planet, but I didn't want to leave out Sailor Pluto (she's my favorite). And in my book, Pluto IS STILL a planet!

Dislcaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of these pics.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• colin
• matthews
• sailor
• pluto
• renewer
• berliner
• philharmoniker

[wilkczarny]

Absolutely excellent. Pluto deserves a theme and Holst should have written it. He died 4 years after Pluto was discovered and was asked to write one but was already too tired. The fact that the title of Planet has been taken away from Pluto by Un-American activists cannot change the fact that for 76 years Pluto was considered a Planet, and reigned as such - a King once anointed cannot be "un-anointed" only deposed. Colin Matthews should be commended, Pluto will reward him in the afterlife.

[bladebloodykill]

@wilkczarny I believe Holst really should have written a theme for Pluto. I commend Colin Matthews for giving us this, but I must say, I don't thinks it fits with the rest. Holst had his own unique style of writing music, but Matthews has a whole different one, reminds me of Stravinsky. A good style albeit, but listening to Holst and suddenly going into a different style is a little avant garde I must say.

BTW, I still consider Pluto to be a planet! :)

[AlyssaAshcroft]

It almost seems more like something by Stravinsky than what should be Holst.

The sudden booming entrances/extreme changes are really in Stravinsky's style.

Holst's are more commonly somewhat sudden, but have lyrical attachment connecting different sections.

Also in how there isn't much repetition.

[bladebloodykill]

@AlyssaAshcroft Yeah, this remimded me more of Stravinsky as well. I guess Colin Matthews was a bigger fan of him than Holst, lol

[xenonangel799]

I'm kinda liking this piece but it still doesn't top anything Holst wrote. My favorites are Mars, Neptune and Venus.

[bladebloodykill]

Saturn is my personal favorite, but I'm also partial to Venus and Neptune, as well as the chorale section of Jupiter. Probably because they're the best ones to fall asleep to (IMO). :)

And you're right, it definitely doesn't top Holst's original work.

[CharlieBladeRemus]

Nah, belgarion63 is right. Holst did feel like it was taking attetion away from his other works.

Pluto WAS discovered fifteen years after the suite was done though.

[Turboyoshi624]

wow, I like this a lot, it almost sounds like it could be part of the planets suite

[BluSoul137]

I like the composition, even though Holst would have walked away from it. ^.^ Matthews obviously was dedicated to studying Holst's suite. "Pluto, the Renewer" stands as a new theme in it's own, but it is barely original. Any Holst fan can hear that Matthews has virtually taken highlights from the other movements and put them in a blender for this piece. "Mercury" is definitely the skeleton of this work, exhibited by the apparent rapid runs of the strings and crotales.

[pogsnjulius]

2:40 + 4:31 = Loud

[SuperCartiel]

This is a very good piece, but, like Pluto itself, should stand on its own. It's soft, then jarring, then prayerful, and then fearful.

It might not fit Holst's Suite, but it is a good fit for Setsuya.

[megastarwarsrocks99]

I agree. This sounds like Stravinsky. It is obviously not Holst. It is a good piece of music though.

[DanRhu124]

@wilkczarny pluto was discovered 4 years BEFORE he died

[DizzyDarlin29]

I kind of like the fact that although this is done in the styling of Holst, Matthews's work is audibly visible and like Pluto, an odd planet in itself should be different from the rest of them...

[ripley969]

@Turboyoshi624 Absolument !

[emu99531]

Hmmm there are echoes of Holst, though this music is film like in some places. The only thing I would say, is that all the other Planet's have a theme, a singable tune, and this one lacks that. Perhaps there should be a collection of different 'Plutos' (I would nominate John Williams to have a go!) a bit like Mozart's Requiem (lots of different versions of various bits)

[Kornflower22]

I beg to differ with you all. I think that by adding this "Pluto" movement just ruins the integrity of the original seven movements by Gustav Holst (ending with Neptune) and this should be just an "optional" eighth movement occasionally added just for kicks. If I were Gustav Holst, I would've just ignored the new discovery of Pluto and let my suite end with "Neptune", whether Pluto is still classified as a major planet or not.