" The third record by his biracial L. A. band is wild and funny and totally pioneering: folk rock turned into elegant Armageddon with the symphonic sweep and mariachi-brass drama of ' Alone Again Or ' and ' You Set the Scene.

As the term is used in music criticism ( and this article ), orchestral renditions of hit rock and pop songs don't necessarily qualify as symphonic rock, though various outlets sometimes market them using that term.

Using an orchestra does not make a piece symphonic rock ; it must meet the critera for being progressive rock in addition to the qualities listed for being symphonic.

Classical devices often employed in symphonic rock include the following

These works and experiments led to what would become progressive rock, specifically symphonic prog in the United Kingdom.

It was their third album Nice ( 1969 ) where they charted a course for symphonic prog with its mix of psychedelic rock, jazz, blues and classical elements.

Pink Floyd are usually not included in the symphonic rock genre because they are considered by critics to not be " orchestral " enough in sound.

By Meddle ( 1971 ), specifically the suite " Echoes ", they moved in the direction of symphonic prog rather than psychedelic rock.

However, concerning Pink Floyd, the term ' symphonic rock ' can quite literally be attributed to " The Trial " off of The Wall.

Camel, consisting of Andrew Latimer and former Them keyboardist Peter Bardens, included elements from Canterbury and space rock into their brand of symphonic prog starting with Camel ( 1973 ).

Italy's symphonic rock boomed in 1972, after the successes of New Trolls ' Concerto Grosso, No. 2 and Van der Graaf Generator's Pawn Hearts.

Eloy, a progressive rock band formed by guitarist Frank Bornemann in 1969, had a distinctly symphonic sound in the second part of the ' 70s when Jurgen Rosenthal and Detlev Schmidtchen were part of the group ( which also included Klaus-Peter Matziol ).

During the 1970s, a large number of Yugoslav progressive rock bands experimented with symphonic sound.

In 1973, progressive rock band Korni Grupa, under the name The Cornelians, released the symphonic rock album Not an Ordinary Life.

The band Tako combined symphonic and jazz rock, and released two albums, Tako ( 1978 ) and U vreći za spavanje ( 1980 ).

In the ' 80s, the Neo-progressive rock bands, such as Marillion, IQ, Pallas, Twelfth Night and Pendragon, continued the traditions of ' 70s symphonic prog, but without the complexity.

Music selections can include anything from symphonic music, film scores, to world music, jazz, rock, or pop music.

Many of their pieces are arrangements of, or contain quotations from, classical music, and they can be said to fit into the sub-genre of symphonic rock.

The line-up of Copeland, Sting, and Summers was an unusual trio at a time when progressive rock, symphonic rock, and other sound trends lent themselves to musical ensembles with support players.

Possibly the most notable current version of " America the Beautiful " is the setting for band and symphonic orchestra by the late arranger / conductor / composer Carmen Dragon.

* The songs " A Very Strange Agony " and " To Die Only Once " of the Spanish symphonic metal band Döxa were inspired by " Carmilla ".

A pedal harpist, Ricky Rasura, is a member of the " symphonic pop " band, The Polyphonic Spree.

* Nederland, let op uw schoonheyt ( 1975 ) for symphonic band

* The Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn has a song called Sampo on their 2010 album End of Eden.

They became a recognised symphonic prog band when they reformed in 1971 with Annie Haslam as the vocalist for the album Prologue ( 1972 ).

Genesis emerged in the ' 70s as a symphonic prog band with their second album Trespass ( 1970 ).

With albums such as Wish You Were Here ( 1975 ), an ode to former band member Syd Barrett and screed against the music business and Animals ( 1977 ), a concept album based on Animal Farm by George Orwell, they were firmly in the realm of symphonic prog.

Dutch band Focus, containing Thijs van Leer and Jan Akkerman, began to assert symphonic prog with their second album Focus II ( Moving Waves ) ( 1971 ) despite their hit song " Hocus Pocus " ( which is noted for lead singer Thijs van Leer's yodeling ).

* " Jane Doe ", a song by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation on their album The Silent Force

* MaYaN, a Dutch symphonic metal band

* The Norwegian / German symphonic metal band Leaves ' Eyes has a song called The Battle of Maldon on their 2009 EP, My Destiny.

* Sharon den Adel, co-founder of and singer for Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation

* The Swedish symphonic metal band Therion used the Enochian word for dragon (" vovin ") as the title of their 1998 album, Vovin.

* English symphonic heavy metal band The Furious Horde take their name from a translation of the Oskorei.

Sekhmet is the subject of " Lionheart " a song about the goddess by the symphonic power metal band, Amberian Dawn from their The Clouds of Northland Thunder album.

A composition for symphonic band by Rob Grice " Force Majeure " ( published in 2009 by Birch Island Music Press ( ASCAP )) is dedicated to Enterprise, Alabama High School " 03-01-2007-We Shall Never Forget ".

The Morgan State University Band Program consist of six ensembles: the marching band, the symphonic band, symphonic winds, pep band, jazz ensemble and jazz combo.

The song has been covered by the symphonic metal band Hollenthon as a bonus track on their 2008 album, Opus Magnum.

The band disbanded after releasing only one symphonic rock-oriented album, Opus 1 ( 1975 ), with Dušan Prelević on vocals.

A part of the symphonic composition is also featured in As Good as It Gets, released in 1997.

Hackett, prior to leaving Genesis, released his own symphonic prog album Voyage of the Acolyte ( 1975 ).

This new line-up released Episode, an album that showcased their new symphonic direction with a full orchestra and choir utilised on tracks such as " Season of Change " and " Forever ".

The integral symphonic version was released on CD in 2002, a 26 minute Suite for Concert Band was published in 2012.

* Lemuria ( album ), an album released by the Swedish symphonic metal band Therion in 2004, also featuring a song by the same name

The Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish released on 11 August 2007 their latest music video, " Amaranth ", which is based on this particular painting.

In his analysis of the Eroica, released on a 1953 Book-Of-The Month Recording and published in his book The Infinite Variety of Music, Leonard Bernstein called the first two movements of the work " perhaps the greatest two movements in all symphonic music ".

That album, Neo-Satanic Supremacy, was released in early 2010, and described by one critic as " An entertaining, if somewhat over-familiar slice of 90s-style symphonic black metal ".

In 1987 In the Nursery released Stormhorse, which exhibited a bold, cinematic style and a symphonic / post-industrial sound lending itself to ' being envisioned as backing music for a dramatic epic.

Hybrid released their first album, Wide Angle, in 1999 – a combination of progressive house and nu skool breaks with vocals and symphonic textures.

Over the Hills and Far Away is the first EP by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2001 by both Spinefarm Records and Drakkar Records.

On February 22 2005, CPO Records released a complete box set of recordings of Atterberg's symphonies, as well as the symphonic poem " Älven-Från Fjällen till Havet " (" The River-From the Mountains to the Sea ").

It was not until Valery Gergiev released a Prokofiev complete symphonic recording in 2006 that Russia and the western world were again able to hear both versions.

In 1999, Archive released their second studio album, entitled " Take My Head ": a mix of pop and symphonic trip-hop, far more melodic than its predecessor.

The symphonic metal group Northern Kings covered this song in their latest album, Rethroned, released November 19, 2008.

In 1991, Battle Chess Enhanced was released for the PC, which features improved VGA graphics and a symphonic musical score that played off of the CD-ROM.

However, in later years, former members of the band re-joined, and in 1998 released the album Ocean 2, a return to the classic symphonic progressive rock genre for which the band was well known.

The latter's sixth piano sonata is dedicated to Myaskovsky's memory and the early ' Symphony No. 0 ' of Golubev's pupil Alfred Schnittke, released on CD in 2007, has striking reminiscences of Myaskovsky's symphonic style and procedures.

It changed name to ... and Oceans in 1995, and the band's debut release was the symphonic black metal album Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts, released by Season of Mist.

Nightwish and Within Temptation both released their first albums in 1997, each heavily influenced by Therion's symphonic turn.

" Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan " is the third single released from the album Once by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.

These records, made in Walthamstow Town Hall near London, included: Liszt piano concertos by Sviatoslav Richter and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin ; two albums of symphonic " bon-bons " by the London Symphony Orchestra and Charles Mackerras released as " Kaleidoscope "; " Russian Song Recital " by Galina Vishnevskaya and Mstislav Rostropovich ; and Beethoven sonata op.