What Is Music? No, Seriously, What Is It?

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What Is Music? No, Seriously, What Is It?

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Mar 7, 2018

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What is music? How do we define something so abstract? Something we can't see, and can only hear? This episode arms listeners with the ability to talk about their favorite soundtracks, using examples from Rocky, Superman, 2001: A Space Odyssey and more.
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Mar 7, 2018

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The Soundtrack Show is a look at film scores and soundtracks for some of the most popular movies, TV Shows, Video Games and Theater pieces of all time.

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