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George Martin is a Classical and Pop act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Pawn Hearts, George Shearing, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel and Ron Goodwin. Those roots explain a lot about how George Martin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Michel Legrand, Danny Elfman and Angelo Badalamenti, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joseph Byrd, Vanessa-Mae, The Beatles, Kid A and Mary Hopkin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around George Martin, reaching back through Pawn Hearts and forward to Joseph Byrd. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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George Martin connections
George Martin grew out of Pawn Hearts, George Shearing, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Maurice Ravel, shares an orbit with Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Michel Legrand and Danny Elfman, went on to shape Joseph Byrd, Vanessa-Mae, The Beatles and Kid A. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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