Most hauntingly beautiful song ever?

[The real Apache]

Funk said:

kiteless said:

Joyrider1 said:

Archive - Again (live) - I have no idea why they aren't more well known in the UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoyZmnYY9b8&fea... (pt1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESvAP12Gjgo&fea... (pt2)

'kin hell

Absolutely bloody marvellous stuff, that.

It seems a little churlish to post a link to Street Spirit by Radiohead with that in mind.

My friend Tom played harmonica on the album version of 'Again'. Archive are a fantastic band, and Again is one of my favourite tracks by them.

Ignore the wk video someone's made, but listen to the difference the blues harp makes (in fact, the live version - good as is it - lacks 'something' without it). It makes it all the more haunting, and makes my skin tingle every time I hear it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N1mn_KUmbI&fea...

Edited by Funk on Monday 13th December 00:22

I love it when this happens...never heard of em but am minded of this track on hearing em

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8niJQdFQtU

haunting, powerful, beautiful and a bit odd

[The real Apache]

and another....cause I can

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQYMYls0MoI

[The real Apache]

Erik Satie, Gnossiene 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLFVGwGQcB0

[The real Apache]

a bit leftfield but achingly good

Green Car Motel, Destino de Abril

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTJDlOrdSCU

[Lost soul]

Here is my oddball contribution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9hB4UjOqpM

[The real Apache]

John Harle, Silencium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUvr6EX63zU

[The real Apache]

John Barry, Theme from Midnight Cowboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGORPUzLxtU

and Faith no Mores version which is better IMO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhWF12KjUAw&fea...

[The real Apache]

Maria sings Senza Mamma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_UGSt71lKk

[The real Apache]

The Guvnor...Mozart

Laudate Dominum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ug0PYot-mE&fea...

Lacrimosa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUj8Elw-gNg&fea...

[The real Apache]

Rammstien...yes, Rammstein with Sharlene Spiteri of all people and she has a great voice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB8gVc4xij0

[The real Apache]

Robin Trower, Bridge of Sighs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0d1HilfLxA

[tonym911]

Old And Wise, Alan Parsons Project/Colin Blunstone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8PEEvODG7c

[tonym911]

River Man, Nick Drake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idcaRTg4-fM

[tonym911]

Faure Requiem, either the Offertoire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WloVyBx2Uk
or In Paradisum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIQTlxaC_Zc&fea...

[ShadownINja]

kiteless said:

As far away from trance as one can get.

You say that but I am not alone in being educated in the ways of classical music and also concluding that trance is what the likes of Bach and Mozart would be producing today. In fact, I experiment with creating classical-style music in a modern trance interpretation. Bluegrass or death metal would be as far away from trance as one can get, while classical music is a curious relative of trance with its layered harmonies and often complex compositions.

[anonymous-user]

Since it's Christmas (and I've finally broken out the generic Christmas Album):

Steeleye Span - Gaudete

[kiteless]

ShadownINja said:

kiteless said:

As far away from trance as one can get.

You say that but I am not alone in being educated in the ways of classical music and also concluding that trance is what the likes of Bach and Mozart would be producing today. In fact, I experiment with creating classical-style music in a modern trance interpretation. Bluegrass or death metal would be as far away from trance as one can get, while classical music is a curious relative of trance with its layered harmonies and often complex compositions.

I getcha.

What you're effectively saying is that (sorry of I'm repeating you here, chap) a classical symphony, with the required layering of strings / woodwind / brass, each adding differing yet complimentary elements to the whole composition is similar to a trance tune that adds and subtracts harmonic / percussive loops to the tune when necessary, yes?

[tank slapper]

That is true to an extent, though it could be said for a lot of music at a basic level. There is no trance that I have ever heard that gets close to the genius of Bach and Mozart however. It's on another level completely, and setting up a few drum and synth loops is very far removed from the skill involved in an orchestral performance.

[ShadownINja]

tank slapper said:

That is true to an extent, though it could be said for a lot of music at a basic level. There is no trance that I have ever heard that gets close to the genius of Bach and Mozart however. It's on another level completely, and setting up a few drum and synth loops is very far removed from the skill involved in an orchestral performance.

But that's comparing artists not the tools. My proposition was that if you gave Bach or Mozart a computer, you would get trance rather than more classical. I think Bach is more likely to do trance, anyway, because he'd really like the arpeggiator function in a synth.

Anyway, if you listen carefully to some trance tunes, it isn't just repetitive samples looped four times each like it was in the 1990s. You can hear the tune develop over time, with different synth voices (instruments) being added and removed, changes in key... it can be as complex as any classical piece if the producer wants.

Sadly, I do not have the skills or training to do this.

Edited by ShadownINja on Friday 24th December 23:11

[Gnits]

My 2p:

Gladiator theme (Eric Serra):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHAvjaHtlMA

Deep Blue theme (Eric Serra again):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYzVddIkGCo

Cosmos theme (Vangelis):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOf4SktPDak

Band of Horses - The Funeral (plus bloody great cycle stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o

Pilot Speed - Alright:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akenh9Zcc7g

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB1cNkC71vE

and of course Kate Bush - Under Ice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLybSmx_pzQ