Alexander Nevsky: The Battle On The Ice (B)

Music composed by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev. Irina Gelahova, Dmitry Yablonsky; Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Stanislavsky Chorus

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Music

Tags:

• classical
• Alexander
• Nevsky:
• The
• Battle
• On
• Ice
• (B)
• Music
• composed
• by
• Sergei
• Sergeyevich
• Prokofiev.
• Irina
• Gelahova
• Dmitry
• Yablonsky;
• Russian
• State
• Symphony
• Orchestra
• Stanislavsky
• Chorus

[SpartanJose777]

Amazing Song! Did you know that Although Alexander Nevsky is mainly recognized for its use in LittleBigPlanet, it is also used in another game? Its name escapes me at the moment.

[ApsisApocynthion]

If it brings people closer to the magic of Prokofiev, I could careless where they heard it first.

"Did you know that Although Alexander Nevsky is mainly recognized for its use in LittleBigPlanet,"

That's certainly true for the gaming community, but not for the classical music community.

But to answer your question, yes, because everyone comes in here saying LBP FTW and stuff. Also, I knew that it was going be featured in the game anyway, prior to the release.

[GoldenBolt13]

I heard it from the movie Alexander Nevsky. Japanese can really stop being idiots and stealing every German and Russian masterpiece to put in their games (most of them being crap) so that those games at least a little bit good about them. At least Koji Kondo composes his own original music for Nintendo.

[ApsisApocynthion]

Uematsu is a great composer as well.

[RoyalKnightVII]

Wow seems today's video games are pointing the young towards the works of old! Fantastic!

[Eroiko09]

What a strong piece!

[proudaltome]

Eisenstein is the correct name. He was the genius filmmaker of his day, a sort of "Soviet Orson Welles" (though I think he's better!), a complete auteur who made films as complete works of art. His other best known works are "The Battleship Potemkin" and the film of the opera "Ivan the Terrible." Check them out; you won't regret it (both have clips on YT)

[FoxLady2]

@GoldenBolt13 @GoldenBolt13 Koji Kondo isn't that original either. Listen to Planets Suite by gustav Holst and you'll see Kondo made annotations and took notes from it to create music for Zelda and SSBM. Just listen to Jupiter Bringer of Jolity and it's Lost Woods all over again.

[gaspersb]

@ApsisApocynthion

Quite, I actually first encountered it watching Alexander Nevysky. Yes folks, it's a movie too, and directed by Sergei Eisenstein no less. Propaganda film or not, it's still probably worth watching.

[petachyaerez]

@VincentValentine1313 We sure are. Why not call it something else, like stuffed shirt music. But when it's great, and written by a master it exceeds all else. Then Prokofiev is not even one of the 10 greatest of all time.

[petachyaerez]

@Eroiko09 What a strong story, what a strong Eisenstadt classic film!

[Ipwnnoobs7]

I love how the first part is all scary and then it suddenly turns out to be all happy. It really reflects on to Alexander Nevsky's historic battle in the 11th century.

[FanOfAwesome1]

@GoldenBolt13  Dude. LBP is made by British people. Not Japanese.

[diebiene30]

INVITES TO FIGHT THIS PIECE..IS AMAZING:D

[Mushyrulez]

Classical? Wasn't this a mid-20th century work ._. Not really works of 'old', is it? Just works of the bygone Golden Age...