[Mushroom]

Fair chance you've heard both of these songs as part of movie trailers or in commericals and done to death. If not, here are two modern masterpieces you probably need to hear. One made only about a decade ago, the other one in 1937.


Carl Orf's - O Fortuna

Clint Mansel's - Lux Aeterna

This post has been edited by Mushroom: 11 October 2009 - 12:57 PM

[HoosierDaddy]

O Fortuna, AKA Apopcalypse music, is from Carmina Burana and fucking awesome, and Lux Aerterna AKA Requiem for a Dream is almost as good.

Edit: It's kind of weird how this music can be both creepy/doomish and still be relaxing in some way.

This post has been edited by HoosierDaddy: 11 October 2009 - 05:32 AM

[Mushroom]

Oh,and if anyones interested hear is the full version where O Fortuna comes from;
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

It is the University of California Orchestra performing it.

[Coco with marshmallows]

funny thing, a mate of mine first heard o fortuna in one of the Omen movies, so he insists its creepy.

I first heard it in Excalibur, when the knights and arthur are riding to the final battle while the land
recovers from the drought and famine that has been happening, so I always think of it as being a very upbeat piece.

[Tsundoku]

Both are equally bombastic. Depends on the context I guess.

[stone monkey]

Of the two... O Fortuna! wins. I quite like Carmina Burana but I prefer the rowdy, drunken stuff from the In Taberna sequence later on in the piece to the bombast of the beginning...

For ultimate bombast there's the truly extraordinary Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem, which beats both of them into a cocked hat, if you ask me...

And the Dies Irae from Mozart's Requiem isn't too shabby either...

There always Mars: The Bringer of War from Holst's Planet Suite. If you ever get a chance to see this played live, do so. I saw the Halle Orchestra performing this a few years ago. It was an amazing experience...

They also played William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast, which is a fairly mental piece of itself; it needs a full orchestra, a full choir and a full brass band to perform it. You'll be getting into Mahler territory before you see bigger forces needed to play a piece; iirc one of his symphonies specifies two full orchestras, at least, to play it and is often performed with four!

And yes, I'm rather fond of classical music... Just don't get me started on opera; we'll be here all day...

[edit - found a better version of the Verdi; with Herbert von Karajan conducting, no less... I'm such a geek ]

Ooh! Thought of another one; "CAUGHT!" from Philip Glass soundtrack to the movie Powaqqatsi... As a musician friend of mine says; he really likes his arpeggios... Couldn't find it on YouTube though. Pruitt Igoe from the soundtrack to Koyaanisqatsi is pretty cool too; it starts off slow and then bang!...

This post has been edited by stone monkey: 12 October 2009 - 01:26 AM

[Use Of Weapons]

Having never seen 'Requiem for a Dream', I can only judge 'Lux Aeterna' on how it sounds. And how it sounds is like Karl Jenkins on a bad day. Sorry, but there's no contest -- 'O Fortuna' is one of the masterpieces of the classical choral repertoire for a reason, it is simply astonishingly good. Rhythmically inventive, harmonically complex, with a momentum that is irresistible. There are few works which can rival, let alone surpass it.

The ones mentioned above by Stone Monkey are a few. (Especially the Walton -- good call there, especially the chorus 'In Babylon Belshazzar The King' from Belshazzar's Feast.)

Some others I would suggest are:

Benjamin Britten's Dies Irae from the War Requiem
Mozart's Confutatis from the Requiem
Arthur Bliss's Song of the Reapers from 'Lie Strewn The White Flocks'
Holst's Folly's Song from the Choral Symphony
Brahms's Denn Wir Haben Hie Keine Bleibende Stadt from the Requiem

Non-choral pieces might include Beethoven's Symphony No.9 Scherzo, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 Scherzo, and of course, Bizet's Carmen Prelude ()

[HoosierDaddy]

I reverse votes. After having listened to both a couple of times tonight I tie my love of O Fortuna into movie love, whereas my love of Lux Aeterna is based on sheer composition. Both are fantastic, Lux's dynamics is the key for me. Absolutely fantastic.

[Aptorian]

Sephiroths fight music wins!

[rasha]

After having listened to both a couple of times tonight I tie my love of O Fortuna into movie love, whereas my love of Lux Aeterna is based on sheer composition. Both are fantastic, Lux's dynamics is the key for me.

[Morgoth]

Is more than six years a new record for a thread necro?

[Coco with marshmallows]

Morgoth, on 25 February 2016 - 03:54 PM, said:

Is more than six years a new record for a thread necro?

Pretty sure Gust has that beat somewhere. maybe a record in this subforum though

[Andorion]

I love necros like this! Shows up all the coll stuff that was going on before I joined!

I prefer O Fortuna myself, but I also really like Era's The Mass. In fact that entire album is awesome.

[polishgenius]

Of course, when it comes to trailer music, the real answer is Heart of Courage by Two Steps from Hell.

Or possibly Tristan, also by Two Steps From Hell.

[worry]

Was Mushroom banned for this very thread? Seems overly provocative.

[Aptorian]

I think it was the crazy Muslim joke he posted in the Inn.

Allthough I think I recall him coming back later on.

[stone monkey]

One, or the pair, of the Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum from Verdi's Requiem beat both of these into a bloody, quivering pulp imo

[HoosierDaddy]

HoosierDaddy, on 25 October 2009 - 09:08 AM, said:

.... After having listened to both a couple of times tonight I tie my love of O Fortuna into movie love, whereas my love of Lux Aeterna is based on sheer composition. Both are fantastic, Lux's dynamics is the key for me. Absolutely fantastic.

rasha, on 25 February 2016 - 12:22 PM, said:

After having listened to both a couple of times tonight I tie my love of O Fortuna into movie love, whereas my love of Lux Aeterna is based on sheer composition. Both are fantastic, Lux's dynamics is the key for me.

What in the fuck?

This post has been edited by HoosierDaddy: 26 February 2016 - 09:34 PM

[HoosierDaddy]

Bot alert.

[worry]

Maybe you just have a really ardent fan base, HD.