#ScavengerHunt2
7️⃣ Something square
Mitski | Square | Retired From Sad, New Career In Business | 2013
Didn't pick this for #OrchestralManoeuvres so I'm glad to use it now
youtu.be/j9K75B55T5o?...
This track!! 🥰🥰
And with hindsight it should've been an #OrchestralManoeuvres pick!
music.youtube.com/watch?v=BiKY...
#ExitMusic Day 1️⃣
The Verve | Bittersweet Symphony (James Lavell remix) | b-side | 1997
The original will featur in the #OrchestralManoeuvres p/l. The UNKLE guy recognised the best bit is the string sample and adds dynamic tension by holding it back until almost the end
youtu.be/1ijKlwMYdh8?...
I know #OrchestralManoeuvres 🎧
#MusicChallenge finished yesterday but Rosalia & Bjork at the Brits last night...
#OrchestralManoeuvres
Here’s the final 40 track playlist compiled from all of the votes cast in February’s music challenge. Thanks to all who took part. It’s a string-driven thing of beauty.
Orchestral Manoeuvres
open.spotify.com/playlist/1CM...
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#MusicChallenge
@tansleyjames.bsky.social thank you for hosting, been enjoying this so much. If I had more time, I'd continue with another hundred 😁
Discovered many string and brass parts in songs I love, and probably because of those parts, they became the ones I love.
#OrchestralManoeuvres
#MusicChallenge
DAY 28
Low - Sunflower (from 'Things We Lost In The Fire', 2001)
Simply beautiful 🌻
Strings by Tresa Ellickson, Ida Pearle, Jaron Childs, Zach Wallace.
#OrchestralManoeuvres
Day 28:
Scott Walker - The World’s Strongest Man
Thank you, @tansleyjames.bsky.social !
youtu.be/vqgAG7o74yU?...
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#MusicChallenge
DAY 27
The Weather Station - Robber (from 'Ignorance', 2021)
String and brass parts are so important on this album. They add so much space, air and tension.
Strings arranged by Tamara Lindeman herself and Owen Pallett.
#OrchestralManoeuvres
Day 27:
Majo Aguilar - Así Fue
youtu.be/B9735sQDEyU?...
#OrchestralManoeuvres
#MusicChallenge
DAY 26
Stars - One More Night (from 'Set Yourself On Fire', 2004)
It was hard to pick one out of the album as I love each song on it. But this one is probably my most favourite. That noisy part rules 🙌
Strings arranged by Cy Scobie.
Huge thanks to @diegoalonso.bsky.social for #WrongDisneySong - such a creative idea, and taken up in so many great ways by all taking part.
Similarly, such an excellent and wide-ranging selection from all the #OrchestralManoeuvres participants - many thanks to you and @tansleyjames.bsky.social :-)
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#MusicChallenge
DAY 25
Theory Of Ghosts - Madame Rêve (from 'The Sulphur And The Grey', 2026)
Glen Johnson, Franck Alba, Paul Tornbohm from Piano Magic, plus Julian Tardo and Kirsty Yates from Insides. Strings/string arrangement by Yumi Mashiki. Ghostmagical ✨
#OrchestralManoeuvres
Unranked
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Arranged by George Martin
Thank you @tansleyjames.bsky.social for hosting
#OrchestralManoeuvres BONUS CONTENT
Squarepusher | K2 Central | Kammerkonzert | 2026
Thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social for hosting an inspired music challenge
youtu.be/cAvdRtOdRcM?...
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#MusicChallenge
DAY 24
Sea Power - The Great Skua (from 'Sea of Brass', 2015)
Originally from their 2008 album 'Do You Like Rock Music?', this version performed with Foden's Band (as well as the rest on the Sea of Brass album) and it's absolutely epic 🙌
#OrchestralManoeuvres
#MusicChallenge
Day 28. Flogging Molly - Devil’s Dance Floor
open.spotify.com/track/1QxiAW...
#OrchestralManoeuvres Day 2️⃣8️⃣
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Nautilus arr. Meredith | Dalia's Mixtape | 2024
Ending where I started, with classical orchestrations of rock/pop. Here crossover composer Anna Meredith scores her own electronic track for Dalia Stasevska & the BBC SO
youtu.be/AF_lEOVBRis?...
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Least to most orchestral
1. Madame Butterfly - Malcolm McLaren
Puccini would've loved this
Shout out to @tansleyjames.bsky.social for hosting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuOq...
Day28
#OrchestralManoeuvres
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Lush strings, beautiful vocals, a truly superb track.
youtu.be/ZWmrfgj0MZI?...
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Unranked
Day 28.
Thanks to James for hosting 🙂🎶
Prince - Take Me With U
youtu.be/HHmrJv4e6pE
#OrchestralManoeuvres (28): Tinseltown In The Rain #TheBlueNile. Finishing this @tansleyjames.bsky.social curated challenge (thanks James) with some synth strings, flowing in places and deployed rhythmically in the middle-eight of this sublime “sense of place” song. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinselt...
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1
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
I can think of no more appropriate end to my list. Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social
Hoping to take part...and thanks for #OrchestralManoeuvres, which I've enjoyed immensely!
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#MusicChallenge
DAY 23
The Magnetic North - Bay of Skaill (from 'Orkney: Symphony Of The Magnetic North', 2012)
One more album with string and brass sections all along of it, and every one of them is so beautiful.
String, brass, choral parts arranged by Hannah Peel.
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No.28
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
My no.1...not just a brilliant song but a tour de force from the Chicago SO strings with Audrey Riley, playing in the fiendish key of F# major. Thrilling from beginning to end:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NOG3...
