This interest in the unification of contrary tendencies found expression in two characteristically 19th-century forms: the suite of short pieces (as Robert Schumann's Carnaval) and the symphonic poem, starting with expanded overtures such as Beethoven's Leonore No. 3 and Felix Mendelssohn's The Hebrides.
But that gap will never be bridged in the west, or a market created for the more culturally digestible films that Bollywood has to offer, without some basic overtures – such as allowing people to understand at a glance what a film is about.
Firms such as Overture (recently acquired by Yahoo!) and Google allow advertisers to bid to place their links on top of the results pages of web searches, according to the subject matter of the search, and charge them only when a surfer actually clicks on the sponsored links.
A music theme is present, as the episode titles from the 2006 2007 anime have parts in their titles related to music, such as overture and introit.
Le Guen described Murray's overtures as having "such force, such charisma and enthusiasm, that it gave it an extra dimension... He's the kind of guy who can't leave you indifferent".
His concert overtures included charming Mendelssohnian works such as Parisina and The Naiades.
His photography and video work also follows the character-driven overtures of African self-portraitists such as Samuel Fosso and Iké Udé.
Rameau appreciated the new Italian music as much as anyone, but the works he composed in this style, such as the overtures to Les Fêtes de Polymnie (1745) and to his final work, Abaris ou les Boréades (1764), do not bear the mark of individuality.
The eternally ambiguous Shostakovich might also have been a model for Guo while he traversed treacherous political terrain; although there are "official" pieces in Guo's catalogue, such as an overture celebrating the reabsorption of Hong Kong into China, he has also set to music the poetry of Xi Chuan, a bold and enigmatic writer who had ties to the 1989 student protests.
But competition is fierce, not only with Yahoo!'s advertising arm, Overture, but with smaller players such as FindWhat.com and Kanoodle".The search advertising market is mature," says Mark Josephson, Kanoodle's marketing boss, adding that future growth can come only from placing sponsored links on the 95% of web pages that contain not search results but content.
As the Creative Director on titles such as Penumbra: Overture, Amnesia: The Dark Descent (pictured above) and the upcoming SOMA, he's basically horror royalty.
