Music for Mark Rothko by Max Ridgway

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The song acts as a contrasting counterpart to Rothko’s work.  While the painter created this sense of quiet atmosphere (in my opinion) Ridgway creates a chaotic composition with the synth guitar and Randall Colbourne’s jazzy drumming that fills in Rothko’s colorful blank spaces.  He and his fellow musicians interpret Rothko.  Then again, Rothko’s work leaves a lot for people to add interpretations.  For me, I sometimes see just shapes, windows, or a landscape broken down to just a sky and the ground.

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