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Author:	Nauriel Rochnur [ May 4th, 2009, 3:28 pm ]
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I've really been getting into instrumental music lately (or I should say, more than usual), and I want to know what your favorite instrumental pieces are. Here are a few of mine. Beethoven's 7th symphony, second movement. There are a couple boring parts, but the melody is so moving. It was featured in the movie "Knowing" with Nicolas Cage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdfNTO_o-3k Moonlight Sonata. Another Beethoven piece. Gorgeous, slow, and sad. I want to learn how to play this on the piano. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2cFEHM9yMw A Rose in Winter Such a pretty, calm song, but still moving. I love it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYDHFuY6 ... re=related Crystal Tears The wind chimes are very calming, and the pipe melody is beautiful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihd_HgGn ... re=related Requiem for a Tower: You don't get much more epic than this. This piece (a reworking of Lux Eterna) was used for The Two Towers movie trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZCW5x8c ... PL&index=2 Ghost Love Score: By Nightwish. This one is pretty epic too. A lot more modern, with electric guitars and drums. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1VnZDQSNao Eros: Chris Spheeris. This piece has a spanish flair to it. Slow, melodic, and romantic. I love the rain in the background. Appassionata: Secret Garden. Gorgeous, especially when the main violin melody comes in. Dramatic, sad, and yearning. These are a few of my favorites. I'm interested to know what other people like.

Author:	Raivynn Phoenix [ May 4th, 2009, 4:53 pm ]
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Nice thread. I'm gonna try to avoid using the obvious ones ie/ anything on the LotRs score Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner..just bloody epic. I've been in love with this piece for as long as I can remember: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU Les Toreador from Carmen by Georges Bizet. I got into this via Little Einsteins...yeah feel free to laugh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNGMoMNLRY Semantics by Jerry Goldsmith from The 13th Warrior OST ie/ one of the best scores EVER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNGMoMNLRY Gattsu/Gats/Gutts/Whatever by Susumu Hirasawa from the Berserk OST. Tears my heart to shreds every single time. Just beautiful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umq_PYr6jqo I couldn't decide between Dark Phoenix's Tragedy or Phoenix Rises by John Powell from the X3 score...so I'm gonna post both DPT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umq_PYr6jqo Phoenix Rises: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzyxiynBfpo Logan Through Time by the awesome Harry Gregson-Williams for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie score: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RJobxnlYxs That'll do fer now. I'm sure I can post loads more...unless they get posted before me XD

Author:	ErulissëEnethNîn [ May 4th, 2009, 5:44 pm ]
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Ghost Love Score! EPIC! Here are my absolute favorites: Högfjällspolskan - Kalle Moraeus. Imagine you're standing on a mountain top surrounded by untouched wilderness in the hands of the elements! Arons Dröm - Stefan Nilsson [Juloratoriet OST]. Probably the most melancholic, beautiful and sorrowful score I have ever heard. Woad To Ruin - Hans Zimmer [King Arthur OST]. One of Zimmer's absolute finest. The most powerful, magnificent, majestic and breathtaking score he has ever composed. Chevaliers De Sangreal - Hans Zimmer [The Da Vinci Code OST]. A masterpiece. Simply awe-inspiring. Regardless of what you think of the content and significance of the film, you're seriously depriving yourself of one of the most fantastic scores ever composed in the history of music if you don't give it a listen. This gives me chills like NO other piece of music. Storms In Africa - Enya. It's that uplifting kind of song you can just listen to over and over again. The kind of song that makes you want to dance in the rain, sing from the rooftops and run through the fields! Forsen Om Våren - One More Time. River in Springtime. And that is definitely the feeling you get throughout the song. You hear rivers flowing and you can just imagine nature coming to life after being asleep all winter. Tröstevisa - Benny Andersson. Song of Solace. I always get a sense of nostalgia when I listen to this song. Not only of my own lost childhood but sort of the lost innocence of a world that once was. It truly gives you comfort. Allrakäraste Syster - Björn Isfält [Allrakäraste Syster OST]. Hauntingly beautiful. It does something to my soul every single time that I simply cannot explain. Overwhelming sense of nostalgia for me as well. I could be here all night long listing scores so I think I'll stop here, hehe. I might come back later and share some more though.

Author:	Raivynn Phoenix [ May 4th, 2009, 5:48 pm ]
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Chevaliers & Woad =

Author:	ErulissëEnethNîn [ May 5th, 2009, 2:22 pm ]
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Hans Zimmer is God among Gods!

Author:	Raivynn Phoenix [ May 5th, 2009, 4:36 pm ]
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Hans is the Score God King.

Author:	Will [ May 5th, 2009, 5:13 pm ]
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I'm gonna ignore all my favourite soundtracks because otherwise the list will be endless Naur! I love that piece of Beethoven.. Especially from 6:10 to 6:30. It's so powerful Craig Armstrong - Childhood 2, the whole piece is just touching and makes me feel vulnerable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDisDwLef3o Chopin - Krakowiak, a piece one have to get used to, but I love it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyclDnE1Qh0 Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto 3 in D minor. After watching Geoffrey Rush' exceptional performance in Shine I could not but love this piano piece, especially the first part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA0kXDMKiLg Ludovico Einaudi - Fuori Dalla Notte & Le Onde http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Lb5CntJRQ (Don't mind the clip just the music) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4FN_DOpSk Simeon ten Holt - Canto Ostinato http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPHo7r5CuZc&feature=related Sacred Harp Singers - Idumea. This is choir music, but it enchants me. It's beautiful yet not really instrumental. It's played in Cold Mountain btw. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU_QFvkPJvw Eric Satie - Gnossiennes no. 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIVp05sEPhE&feature=related Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no. 25 in G minor. Quite a threathening piece but brilliant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lC1lRz5Z_s Furthermore I think that the complete Mattheüs Passion is brilliant. Actually the first and the last piece I like the most. Needless to say I love piano music

Author:	Esteleth [ May 5th, 2009, 8:15 pm ]
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Palladio - Jenkins You cannot deny how epic those strings are. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sluHJGcxek Moondance - Nightwish Very haunting and beautiful. Instrumental metal=win. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnl51qk2gPU The Battle - Harry Gregson-Williams Every time I watch The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe I am blown away by the music in this scene. The melody is so moving and epic(forgive me for overusing that word xD), the drums are amazing, and...well I don't know what else to say, just listen to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWGIFYNrDJg -ETA- Homeland - Hans Zimmer I completely concur with all that's been said about Hans Zimmer's awesomeness. This is the main theme from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVYrDCUWdr8 This Land - Hans Zimmer The theme from The Lion King. Beautiful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhMUvhIAPtY Shiro, Long Tails - Yoko Kanno From the anime Wolf's Rain. It's a very emotional piece. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsvUHGqd1Cg Marche Slave - Tchaikovsky I've loved this piece since the first time I heard it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5poSw7tFLB4 Russian Sailor's Dance - Gliere I remember playing an adaption for this for the clarinet...the video sounds better because it's an orchestra. xD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJgZ-GiPlvM Eternal - Evanescence This one has more of a techno feel. I love the piano part with the thunderstorm in the middle... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK9770XQh80 I Know What You Are - Burwell While I didn't like the film Twilight very much, I have to admit that the score was amazing. I love this song because it's like what would happen if goth music and country music collided. XD Very slow and haunting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seYICrKnAEE

Author:	StarCollector [ May 7th, 2009, 11:12 pm ]
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My favorites: EXODUS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVZpeNGFrB8 THE GOOD,THE BAD,AND THE UGLY THEME: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYV-JSjpyU

Author:	Aerandir [ May 10th, 2009, 5:44 pm ]
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In no particular order: - "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughan Williams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efF5xWpPgog - "Prelude from the Cello Suite No. 1" by Johann Sebastian Bach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgk ... re=related - "Watch the World Burn" from the The Dark Knight OST by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - "A Dark Knight" from the The Dark Knight OST by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - "The Jablonsky Variations on a Theme / Cameroon Border Post" from the Tears of the Sun OST by Hans Zimmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3thngs2mbw - "A Small Measure of Peace" from the The Last Samurai OST by Hans Zimmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0O78AkAY6E "The Village" from the The Thin Red Line OST by Hans Zimmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nt1weH5_bw "The Lagoon" from the The Thin Red Line OST by Hans Zimmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVn7LMAyht8 "Roll Tide" from the Crimson Tide OST by Hans Zimmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAeyBi-vgMs "The Kraken" from the Dead Man's Chest OST by Hans Zimmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzzGWfPI2YU "Hello Beastie" from the Dead Man's Chest OST by Hans Zimmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neythmuOngU "Barbarian Horde" from the Gladiator OST by Hans Zimmer "Am I Not Merciful" from the Gladiator OST by Hans Zimmer "The Breaking of the Fellowship" from the The Fellowship of the Ring OST by Howard Shore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ9NOV3KNpY "Crucifixion" from the The Passion of the Christ OST by John Debney "Toccata and Fugue" by Johann Sebastian Bach "Theme from Schindler's List" from the Schindler's List OST by John Williams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCHMCvjvT3U "Tamacun" by Rodrigo y Gabriela http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9_UdD6eXl4 "Diablo Rojo" by Rodrigo y Gabriela http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoLPTuFr ... re=channel "Piano Concerto No. 23" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9eUazFEDwo So, yeah. I like Hans Zimmer's music a lot, I guess.

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