Something Changed 103: Barber’s Adagio For Strings. RIP William Orbit
Posted in 1990s, Events dear boy. Events, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 14 August 2026
Musician and legendary record producer William Orbit has died. As well as making records in his own right he worked with a multitude of artists across his career and is widely credited with reviving Madonna’s when he produced her Ray of Light album. TI am not really a fan but the two Madonna songs I regard most highly, Ray of Light and Beautiful Stranger, were both created with Orbit’s oversight.
This Orbit track, his arrangement of Samuel Barber’s composition, reached no 4 in the UK in 1999.
William Orbit: Barber’s Adagio For Strings
William Mark Wainwright (William Orbit) 15/12/ 1956 – 23/7/2026. So it goes.
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