Classical Music

Until recently, classical music had always set the standard for good music. Lately, with modern musicians like John Cage and Arnold Scheonberg trying to give classical music a new sound, dissonance is the rule. John Cage said "the highest purpose is to have no purpose."
He has successfully applied this principle and composed such songs as 2:30, where he walked on stage and set a clock for two minutes, thirty seconds. The traditional realm of classical music has become one of uneven meters and industrial sound.
Real innovation in the original classical style has migrated to movie scores. Many classically inspired movie-composers such as John Williams, Howard Shore, and Harry Gregson-Williams build on the tradition of Bach, Beethoven, and Vaughn-Williams. Developing their own unique styles, just as classical composers did, they are devoted to beauty in their craft. Movie soundtracks now outsell modern classical recordings. Music catalogs such as Musical Heritage and B.M.G. have whole pages exclusively for movie music. Both modern classical composers and movie score composers attempt to modernize classical music, but only the last successfully developed new music worthy of its predecessors.