Iron Foundry

From the video of Svo’s engine, I noticed the music – very orchestral and in no uncertain terms, give a musical painting of the foundry that it’s named after. From the 1920’s, the soviet composer Alexander Mosolov became internationally famous for his relatively short work in the ballet Steel.

While I found the piece of music he is most famous for – Zavod (or, the Iron Foundry, or Symphony of Machines) to be interesting and very much the mechanical orchestral piece you’d imagine it to be – I can’t say that it’ll be easy listening at the top of my playlist. It’s a powerful piece, but I do like the clunkyness of it. Possibly, it’s even Steampunk. Have a listen to it here, it’s not the best quality, but that’s probably due to copywrite concerns.