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Nominate Your Favorite Track of 2024 (Contest)

Ahh late to the party again, not 100% sure of the rules & I hardly ever vote. There is a ton of good music on these pages so thought I'd add what stirs my soul to the mix.
I am always fascinated at how music can touch a person & how central of a part it can play in movies, Hans Zimmer has drawn me into so many of his compositions movie scores, one of my favorites.

The other is David Gilmour on the turning away, when the woman at 7:39 of the video hits that screaming note, gives me chills & goosebumps every time.
 
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I once asked a friend of mine, "Why do you not listen to any mainstream music at all?" He took five minutes to think about it, then answered, "You know I have heard it."


Strangely enough, most of alternatives I find, are still mainstream ...
 
a single music track that really captured your heart in 2024? For me, this was it: the cover song by David Gilmour's daughter, Romany Gilmour: Between Two Points. I especially like this tour rehearsal video. The bass is distorted but the vocals are well recorded, highlighting the calm and beautiful voice of Romany
YouTube sound quality is pretty bad, but on Amazon music it's in UHD and sounds great, bass too
 
I once asked a friend of mine, "Why do you not listen to any mainstream music at all?" He took five minutes to think about it, then answered, "You know I have heard it."


Strangely enough, most of alternatives I find, are still mainstream ...
W Uncle Waffles. She's awesome
 
The spread of member interest in music is far, far wider than I imagined!
I must admit, this thread seemed to me a bit sterile at the beginning, but now when I listen to the full spotify playlist, it is quite diversive (also more delightful thanks to consistent quality, kudos @Times !). I'd say there is something for "almost" anyone.

The range spans [from.. ⟷ to..]:
ballads explosives, classical fresh, baby metal virtuoso death (? :)), minimal maximal, low-DR high-DR, boring serious provocative, old established artists young rockets, "hifi-show demo room" downtown danceclub, melancholy energy-drink overdose, "no rule&animal harmed" experimental, mainstream indie, live one-takes multi-stage studio polished, elevator-unobtrusive "be cautious not to crash your single-star chinese EV dude", waifu-comply-certified "would you please limit this to your basement hifi cave honey?", melodic jazzy, vocal heavy instrumental, and basically all over the globe geographically...

"popularity span" in this thread, I'm satisfied ;):
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I know the contest is over, but seeing as my post of François Couperin as rendered by Angela Hewitt got so much positive attention, I'd like to post her performance of Couperin's most famous keyboard work:

 

I just learned about Swans earlier this year, and this track is one that I have been listening to repeatedly throughout the entire 2024.
pretty sick already at first listen, some bands could have made 3 albums with motifs packed in just single track like this :)
 
OK, the winner of the context is @Angenor with his post of Cure's come back track/album: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...rite-track-of-2024-contest.59615/post-2179378

Problem is, he managed to get himself banned in the interim. :( So let me noodle on this and figure out what to do.....
The irony of posting a track called I can never say goodbye and then getting banned, so you cannot say goodbye.

How far behind was number 2, give the prize to whatever that was?

I never got around to posting, I was going to post the below, a track from this year's comeback album from Camera Obscura. They stopped being a band in 2015 when their keyboard player died, this track is about their lost friend.

 
Ahh late to the party again, not 100% sure of the rules & I hardly ever vote. There is a ton of good music on these pages so thought I'd add what stirs my soul to the mix.
I am always fascinated at how music can touch a person & how central of a part it can play in movies, Hans Zimmer has drawn me into so many of his compositions movie scores, one of my favorites.

The other is David Gilmour on the turning away, when the woman at 7:39 of the video hits that screaming note, gives me chills & goosebumps every time.
Great !!! ;)
 
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