Random Observation

[akirlu]

If I understood what I was hearing correctly, then Traditional Korean Music, played by a Western orchestra, sounds remarkably like the incidental music from some Mid-Century Big Sky Western. I expect a hodown to break out among the parked Conestogas at any moment.

Comments

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

It depends on the orchestrator. I suppose it was the open string harmonies and the seemingly-randomly-placed drums that made the reminiscence for you. It didn't sound like that to me: the pentatonic scale and the absence of a snap rhythm in the drums strongly separate it to my ear. I think a survey of which musics remind various listeners of other musics would be quite interesting.