ES Posthumus are, or should I say ‘were’, a duo from Los Angeles who produced a strange type of experimental music that mixed classical with popular themes such as drums, techno riffs, and synth. If you listen to a few of their songs, it’ll seem like they produced movie music; in fact, a lot of their music has been used on popular TV shows around the world. 

Sure, they weren’t the only people to attempt this style, but unlike most others, ES Posthumus’s songs actually sounded good. And by good, I mean epic in most cases. My favourite track of theirs is ‘Pompeii’, and it’s one of their best pieces to give an indication about just what their music tried to achieve. The band members are simply two brothers, and in 2010 one of the brothers died (nobody really knows why), after which the group essentially stopped dead in their tracks. It’s a real shame, because their music was brilliant in my eyes, and they didn’t get enough publicity as they deserved. I’m confident though that in five hundred years people will revere ES Posthumus in the same way that we look at Ludwig van Beethoven. 

RIP Franz.