Like Requiem For A Dream from The Two Towers movie trailer, even though it has no vocals.
Something that you would see during a battle or war in a movie.
It seems like the lyrics in songs I always here are russian or german.
What genre is this!?
I you even know what i'm talking about, throw in some good songs/artists if you don't mind. Music like this is what i'm talking about.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5aOMIYlwTL4 Nowadays, most music for films/commericals are "original" music; composed for a specific commision, that the composer has received. Sometimes, rarely, a piece of this type will become renowned for its own generic worth, beyond what it was orginally created for.
But very little "classical/operatic" music is used as backgound music in today's media.
I will list those that have been which I can reall:
Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" is probably the most utilized. It is I would imagine known world-wide, having not only been used in TV commercials, but many film sound tracks as well: "Apocolyse Now", a vietnam war film if you haven't seen it.
A piece that is most familiar throughout the entire western world, that not many know is from an opera, is one by the same composer, Richard Wagner: this is the wedding march "Here Comes the Bride" that use to be played at every Christian wedding. It's from his opera "Lohengrin"(this is not batte/war music).
War/battle music: Tschaikowsky's "1812 Overture"; I would think that you would be familiar with it, maybe not.
Beethoven: "Wellington" symphony: a little hackneyed, but sometime used in films.
Franz Liszt: "Les Prelude": played as intermission music during the old radio program, "The Lone Ranger": very intense and exciting struggle, "battle" music.
Rossini: the famous "William Tell" overture: last (4)th section.
Mossourgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"
Berlioz: "Symphonie Fastastique": march to the scaffold.
Wagner: "Tannhauser", the "Baccahcanalle", ballet music: dramatic heights so intense, that one can hardly bear it.
Stavinsky: 2- ballets: "The Firebird" and "Rites of Spring".
Tschaikowsky: "Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy".
The above should give you many hours of what you are looking for.
Wotan Mad World by Gary Jules, if you have ever seen the Gears of War commercial where the guy is shooting and running and then dives into a building, and this giant monster stands up thats where you would have heard that song. Im not sure what genre these types of songs would be in... From your description, it sounds like you are speaking of Romanticism. While gut-wrenching emotion and intensity are common elements of Romanticism, there is also quite a bit of subtle nuances and simplicity that is equally heart-throbbing.
Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, late Beethoven, Brahms. . . The list keeps going. If you have never seen the movie "Metropolis" by Fritz Lang (circa 1930) GO AND RENT IT IMMEDIATELY. The music is fantastic. Pre WWII German film with a Wagnerian mythological feel but set in a futuristic (according to 1930) era.
The first version, which has the original music and was recently restored a few years ago, is incredible - very dramatic and emotional. Exactly what you are describing. No vocals.
The popular version of "Metropolis" features the soundtrack by Peter Gabriel and Sledgehammer.
Some of the ballet (yes, ballet) music from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliette is very strong and dramatic, one of my favourites and I'm sure it will become one of yours.
Also check out the Bruckner Symphonies - he beats the hell of of the brass section and is very powerful. Some of the Baltic composers write some pretty heavy stuff as well.
You mentioned Requiem for a Dream (great movie!) and Philip Glass (whom I originally thought wrote the soundtrack but didn't) is also a composer you should check out. His music sounds very much like what you hear in Requiem for a Dream.
Well, I could go on and on - but do listen to the Verdi Requiem ...it an operatic/choral piece but some of the orchestra music is absolutely magnificent with the timpani!
You'll love it.
Happy goosebumps. |
