Why does ice dance music sound so old?

[SynchKat]

What IceDancer said.  She knows her stuff. 

And I too love doing the Starlight to the Sleeping BEauty Waltz.  I don't necessarily love the dance but the music is so pretty and that dance can be so lilty that it just makes me feel waltzier.    Wow that was a lot of made up words.

[icedancer]

What IceDancer said.  She knows her stuff. 

Yes - thanks - and I read the rulebook!!

[sampaguita]

does anybody actually skate to the skater's waltz?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zirn3M3ewQc

Yes. There's a recording of the Skater's Waltz for the Dutch Waltz. Of course, it was a different recording, played to an even beat of 138 bpm.

[4711]

The cadence can be adjusted with certain software I believe - also certain CD players...

Ice-dance music is VERY specific.  For instance the Starlight Waltz has to have 58 three-beat measure per minute; 174 beats/min  The American Waltz is faster - 198 betas/minute.

So with this piece you would have to take a section that had the same cadence for at least maybe two minutes and then adjust to get the correct cadence for the dance.

It can be done!

I might have to pass that info along to a friend of mine. He's going to college to become a composer...seems like he could make some really good money making decent music for dance!

[Clarice]

I might have to pass that info along to a friend of mine. He's going to college to become a composer...seems like he could make some really good money making decent music for dance!

No, I don't think so!  If it were possible to make decent money doing this, somebody would already be doing it!  (All the composers I know tell me the real money is in video games or movies.  My friends either write church music or self-publish.)