"dark" music
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"dark" music
any suggestions for gloomy, "dark" sounding (classical) music?
I need some background music for a project and the theme is mystery and horror.
I need some background music for a project and the theme is mystery and horror.
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Agreed, a lot of "dark" music really bounces between "dark" and "intense" or "powerful."
I'll fire a few off the top of my head...
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Isle of the Dead
Sergei Rachmaninoff - The Bells, Mvt. II
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 3, Mvts. I & III
Bela Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin
Aaron Copland - Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
Ottorino Respighi - Dance of the Gnomes
Samuel Barber - Medea's Dance of Vengeance
Samuel Barber - Piano Concerto No. 1 (esp. finale)
Samuel Barber - Prayers of Kierkegaard, Mvts. I & III
Gustav Holst - The Planets, "Saturn"
Guiseppe Verdi - Overture to "La Forza del Destino"
Camille Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
Arthur Wills - The Vikings
Alfred Reed - Symphony for Brass and Percussion, Mvts. II & III
Philip Glass - Heroes Symphony (most movements)
Erik Satie - Gnossiennes
Wolfgang Mozart - Requiem (esp. "Lacrimosa")
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 4, Mvt. III
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, Mvts. I & III
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11, Mvts. II & IV
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13, Mvts. I & V
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 14, Mvts. I, IV & X
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15, Mvts. II & IV
I'm sure I can come up with more, but I'd need access to my CD archives at home. You probably won't go wrong with Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, and Barber.
I'll fire a few off the top of my head...
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Isle of the Dead
Sergei Rachmaninoff - The Bells, Mvt. II
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 3, Mvts. I & III
Bela Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin
Aaron Copland - Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
Ottorino Respighi - Dance of the Gnomes
Samuel Barber - Medea's Dance of Vengeance
Samuel Barber - Piano Concerto No. 1 (esp. finale)
Samuel Barber - Prayers of Kierkegaard, Mvts. I & III
Gustav Holst - The Planets, "Saturn"
Guiseppe Verdi - Overture to "La Forza del Destino"
Camille Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
Arthur Wills - The Vikings
Alfred Reed - Symphony for Brass and Percussion, Mvts. II & III
Philip Glass - Heroes Symphony (most movements)
Erik Satie - Gnossiennes
Wolfgang Mozart - Requiem (esp. "Lacrimosa")
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 4, Mvt. III
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, Mvts. I & III
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11, Mvts. II & IV
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13, Mvts. I & V
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 14, Mvts. I, IV & X
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15, Mvts. II & IV
I'm sure I can come up with more, but I'd need access to my CD archives at home. You probably won't go wrong with Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, and Barber.
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Re: "dark" music
First thing that comes to mind is the Theme from "Requiem for a Dream" by Clint Mansell.Flying bird wrote:any suggestions for gloomy, "dark" sounding (classical) music?
I need some background music for a project and the theme is mystery and horror.
You can listen to it hear as peformed by the Kronos Quartet, if you would like the song PM me and I can send it to you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Ma4BvMUwU
Or if you are going for the more gloomy angle I would check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UODCxAtyDo
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I got the soundtrack for Bleach, some of the songs are really creepy/dark sounding
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You want dark...creepy...terrifying...
Listen to the original soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith of the movie "Poltergeist". I DARE you to listen to it late at night with the lights off.
I double dog dare you.
Listen to the original soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith of the movie "Poltergeist". I DARE you to listen to it late at night with the lights off.
I double dog dare you.
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Jerry Goldsmith was possibly the most under-rated film composers of all time. To only win one Oscar from his huge litany of fantastic film scores is a travesty.Ryan H. Turner wrote:You want dark...creepy...terrifying...
Listen to the original soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith of the movie "Poltergeist". I DARE you to listen to it late at night with the lights off.
I double dog dare you.
Speaking of film scores, if you're looking for dark: Bernard. Herrman.
the Fantomas album "delirium cordia" is basically an hour long track that is meant to act as the soundtrack to a horror film. it's not classical by any means (well, some classical elements) but the implied textures and atmospheres would make it fit any "dark" setting easily. i dare you to listen to THIS late at night with the lights off....it's easily the scariest and darkest track i've ever heard.
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That's a very... interesting album. It's one forty-minute track that is (supposedly) a musical interpretation of being conscious during surgery but under anesthetic (ie, unable to do anything about it). I prefer Fantomas' "Suspended Animation" and "Director's Cut" better, but leave it to Mike Patton to stretch musical boundaries.
See, Ryan, out here in the big city we have street lights and cars driving by to remind you that you aren't really alone, takes away a lot of the creepy. However, I can see how living out in the middle of nowhere off of Carbon Canyon Road with only the sounds of a pack of wild dogs howling in the distance could make this situation a bit more disturbing, haha!!Ryan H. Turner wrote:You want dark...creepy...terrifying...
Listen to the original soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith of the movie "Poltergeist". I DARE you to listen to it late at night with the lights off.
I double dog dare you.
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