I’m trying to build playlists for work of various genres I enjoy, such as metal, 90’s Country, 90’s Alternative, Piano, you know what I mean.
One of my absolute favorite styles is epic orchestral, often from movies (though not always), though I’m not a huge movie guy. So help me out I’ve got several in mind (from the likes of Gladistor, Pirates of the Caribbean, and LOTR) but I’ll start with this one, which I only discovered today.
Adagio in D Minor by John Murphy from the movie Sunshine (watching now for the first time).
The Ravel orchestration of “Pictures at an Exhibition” (Modest Mussorgsky) has to be on the list.
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February 23, 2019, 12:49 PM
YooperSigs
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. When you want to serenade the children of the night!
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February 23, 2019, 03:46 PM
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I was just listening to The best of Hans Zimmer, live album by different orchestras that will fit your bill.
I'm also a fan of Eric Serra (Big Blue, 5th element, The professional, etc ).
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February 23, 2019, 05:45 PM
Butch 2340
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February 23, 2019, 06:13 PM
Cliff
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February 23, 2019, 06:21 PM
arcwelder
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February 23, 2019, 08:15 PM
grumpy1
February 24, 2019, 09:19 AM
redstone
I love the soundtrack to the movie Trinity and Beyond. It is on amazon music but here is a good sample:
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February 24, 2019, 02:15 PM
Maestro
This is a BIG question, so I'll try to be brief.
My ideas on "epic" symphonic works (often involving a chorus):
1. Orff- Carmina Burana 2. Mahler- Symphony no. 2: Resurrection 3. Mahler- Symphony no. 8: Symphony of A Thousand 4. Holst- The Planets (particularly Mars and Jupiter) 5. Beethoven- Symphony no. 9 (movement IV) 6. Verdi: Requiem (particularly "Dies Irae") 7. Stravinsky- The Rite of Spring
Film Scores:
8. Anything by John Williams 9. Hans Zimmer- Crimson Tide, The Rock, The Peacemaker, to name a few 10. Howard Shore- The Lord of the Rings trilogy
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February 25, 2019, 12:31 AM
sjtill
My favorite film musical score is “Ben Hur” from 1959.
For demonstrations of the bass in your speaker system, try Saint-Säens Symphony No. 3, has a marvelous organ climax.
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February 25, 2019, 02:48 PM
tartan427
Silverado and the Natural come to mind.
February 25, 2019, 04:00 PM
Jim Shugart
We need some Schubert. I'll propose the 9th Symphony but lots of his other stuff would do quite as well. Here's the last movement:
This symphony came within an inch of being lost. The manuscript was found in a pile of papers in the brother's Paris flat years after Franz's death.
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February 25, 2019, 04:34 PM
YellowJacket
quote:
Originally posted by Maestro: This is a BIG question, so I'll try to be brief.
My ideas on "epic" symphonic works (often involving a chorus):
1. Orff- Carmina Burana
4. Holst- The Planets (particularly Mars and Jupiter)
These and Also Sprach Zarathustra are what sprang immediately to mind.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
February 25, 2019, 04:38 PM
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There you have Charlie Wilson´s War "Turning the Tide" theme. I particularly enjoy the "borrowed" excerpt with the north african percussion