Coding Music
Published Friday 7th of January 2011
I like to listen to music when I write code and I think I'm not alone so I thought I'd share my favorite coding albums, songs and artists with you all.
I find instrumental music is the best to code to as it doesn't interrupt your thoughts the way lyrics can do. That's why I almost exclusively listen to jazz, classical music and soundtracks when I code.
Some of these albums are not instrumental but in a language I don't understand which is also ok :)
Obviously I use the absolutely brilliant Spotify so all these albums are available there.
Jazz
Only the last few years have I started exploring jazz music and I friggin love it. No other form of music can play with my mind the same way jazz does.
Sun Ra - The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (1961)
Recently discovered Sun Ra and he became an instant favourite. I love this whole album but particularly the songs that feature a lot of flute like Where Is Tomorrow.
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (1959)
A classic jazz album. Favourites include Flamenco Sketches and So What.
Weather Report
Like Sun Ra also quite psychedelic. I love Mr. Gone.
Mulatu Astatke
Wicked Ethiopian jazz. Favourites include Yègellé Tezeta, Yèkèrmo Sèw and Gubelye (all featured on the Broken Flowers soundtrack).
Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani
Had a brilliant album called The Third Man on Spotify but it was unfortunately recently removed. They have more good stuff still available though.
Classical
I've listened to classical music for quite a while now. I'm definitely no expert whatsoever but I find it very relaxing and beautiful.
Phillip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Phillip Glass writes some seriously heavy tunes. One of my favourites is Pruit Igoe.
Oxford Schola Cantorum
I haven't listened that much to this lot but Requiem, OP. 48: Pie Jesu is absolutely beautiful and the Oxford Schola Cantorum-version is the best I've found on Spotify.
Samuel Barber
An absolute classic, Adagio For Strings. I never get tired of this one.
Andrea Bocelli
The same goes for Andrea Bocelli's Con Te Partirò.
Soundtracks
I used to love Final Fantasy and I've watched most of Miyazaki's films. The music from both are top notch as well.
Joe Hisaishi
Has created a lot of music for the brilliant films by Hayao Miyazaki. Not a lot is available on Spotify though unfortunately.
Nobuo Uematsu
Has composed the music for a lot of Final Fantasy games. FF6 and 7's soundtracks are totally awesome but same as with Hisaishi not a lot is available on Spotify.
What's your favourite coding music?
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