Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).
For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic, an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.
| Composer | Performer | Title | Genre | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | The Necromancer | Rock, Classic, Progressive | Anthem/Mercury, 1975 | ||
| The Weapon | Anthem/Mercury, 1981 | ||||
| Natural Science | Anthem/Mercury, 1979 | ||||
| Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) |
Evgeny Kissin, piano | Pictures at an Exhibition | Classical, Romantic, Russian, solo piano | RCA Red Seal, 2002 | Written in tribute to Victor Hartman, an aspiring architect and stage/costume designer whom had become friends with Mussorgsky. The piece is regarded as a masterpiece of romantic era Russian piano composition, and has been orchestrated multiple times, most notably in 1922 by Maurice Ravel. |
| U2 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Rock, '80s | Island, 1983 | Recorded live in Germany, 8/20/83 | |
| The Electric Co. | |||||
| New Years Day | |||||
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | So In Love | Rock/Pop, New Wave/New Romantic | Virgin, 1985 | ||
| Promise | Virgin, 1980 | ||||
| Duran Duran | The Chauffer | Capitol, 1982 | |||
| Sound of Thunder | Capitol, 1981 | ||||
| Portishead | Only You | Trip Hop | London, 1998 | Recorded Live in NYC, 1998 | |
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