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Powerful music:
Main theme from the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack Wash My Soul - Tricky Giving In - Adema Two Tabs of Mescaline - Glassjaw Knife Prty - Deftones Group Four - Massive Attack An Agreement Called Forever - 36 Crazyfists Nanu - Factory 81 Pumpkin - Tricky Follow - Sevendust Bury the Evidence - Tricky Purity 01 - Five Pointe O Horns and Tails - Poison the Well -1 - Mudvayne Slit Wrist Theory - 36 Crazyfists Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
A whole range of different kinds of emotion (and musical styles) in there, and it's all pretty powerful.
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The anger, THE ANGER!!! <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> (don't mind me...)
Anduril from Return of the King (sword re-forging theme) > all. Best. Brass Entrance. Evar.
As far as all-out in your face power and awesomeness, give some high-level drum corps a shot. Cavaliers (particularly the 2000-2002 shows), Blue Devils, Vanguard, etc. You might not necessarily expect it, but there's a pretty aggressive and powerful presence behind 70-some brass instruments and people who can crank out that many octaves. Can you tell I like powerful brass? <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The Rebel Base theme from Freedom Fighters (the game) is really surreal, too. soft choral, minimal other sounds... but just really impressive. Along the same game-based lines, the Brothers in Arms theme released by Gearbox is also worth a listen. Though there's more brass than the rebel base theme. Yay!
Yeah... that's what I can think of right now. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I like a lot of different music. But I just cannot for the life of me understand rap(and really don't want to either).
Here's a few of my favorites: Comic bakery, by Martin Galway. mmm harsh waveforms Mr.Blue sky, ELO Electrolite, R.E.M. I think I'll disappear now, crash test dummies Homburg, procol harum Human racing, Nik Kershaw Treat me like a fool, Elvis bouree, Jethro Tull MacArthur park, Richard Harris (voted worst song ever by readers of some mag in 1992, covered by more than 50 albums and topped the charts twice in '68 and 78, weird metaphorical lyrics with a cake melting in the rain) time and a word, yes here comes the flood, Peter Gabriel Firth of the fifth, Genesis
both seem quite original but kashmir's beat seems like ive heard it somewhere else but stairway to heaven is like nothing youve ever heard <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> ya i love all Led Zeppelin music them being my favorite band and all.
"<i><a href='http://www.hymn.ru/index-en.html' target='_blank'>Anthem of Russia</a></i>" - Very few national anthems interest me that much, but the Russian one (the most recent, adapted from the Soviet one) well...I simply love it. Especially when either vocal only, full orchestra or piano accompaniment. It sends tingles up my spine, as all songs I find beautiful do.
"<i>Lost in Space</i>" by the Lighthouse family - Just a beautiful song. The singer's voice is great.
"<i>Away</i>", "<i>Beauty of the Beast</i>" "<i>Dead Boy's Poem</i>" "<i>Lappi (eramaajarvi)</i>" by Nightwish - Tarja's voice is hauntingly beautiful.
"<i>Walking in the Air</i>" by Nightwish/Aled Jones/various others - It's a brilliant piece. That's about all I can say about it.
"<i>Children</i>" by Robert Miles
"<i>Going to Where the Wind Blows</i>" and "<i>Going to Where The Wind Blows - Reprise</i>" from Soul Calibur
"<i>With or Without You</i>" by U2
"<i>See You on the Other Side</i>", "<i>Changes</i>" by Ozzy Osbourne
"<i>These Are The Days of our Lives</i>" by Queen
"<i>Rocket Man</i>", "<i>Your Song</i>", many many others by Sir Elton John - I love the piano. He plays one well and also has a great voice.
"<i>Nessum Dorma</i>" - Luciano Pavarotti
"<i>Ave Maria</i>"
<i>Agnus Dei</i>/<i>Adagio for Strings</i> by Samuel Barber - Same tune, different variants.
I'm not finnish so I have no idea what they sing, their music is a little close to impossable to find except on their website, which you can google. Their kind of a rising band, they sound really cool. Teurastaja is my fav song they made. I heard their lyrics are really funny, though.
(btw, dont bother p2ping it, its impossable to find, trust me ;D)
The renditions of Here Comes The Sun and A Day in the Life found on <a href='http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3841819' target='_blank'>In My Life</a>, which is basically covers of Beatles songs performed by various celebrities, such as Robin Williams singing Come Together and a stirring rendition of I Am The Walrus by Jim Carrey. That said, these two songs are done as instrumentals.
The only piece of game music I can think of offhand that actually has a title is Hubris - Reprise off the Soul Calibur 2 soundtrack.
Even though I don't truly enjoy the Zelda games, I appreciate their music. Try this one, don't worry, it's neither the full version, nor is it in the best quality. I don't think they even make the CDs anymore...
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Bob Dylan - Blowing in the wind Bob Dylan - Forever young Guns N' Roses - November rain NOFX - 99 Red balloons NOFX - The decline Rage Against the Machine - Beautiful world Rage Against the Machine - Settle for nothing The Beatles - Blackbird The Beatles - While my guitar gently weeps Gorillaz - Tommorow comes today
There is few remake songs from NES. Very well done, they really do justice for orginal songs. Check them out if you feel nostalgic. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <a href='http://nintendometal.com/' target='_blank'>homepage</a>
<!--QuoteBegin-SoulSkorpion+Apr 21 2005, 03:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Apr 21 2005, 03:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Specific songs? You got it. I'll restrict this to non-game music, for a change.
New Born - Muse, Origin of Symmetry Plug In Baby - Muse, Origin of Symmetry Space Dementia - Muse, Origin of Symmetry Citizen Erased - Muse, Origin of Symmetry Feelin' Good - Muse, Origin of Symmetry Apocalypse Please - Muse, Absolution Hysteria - Muse, Absolution Butterflies and Hurricanes - Muse, Absolution <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I second these. Pretty much the whole absolution cd is beutiful.
Apocalyptica - Deep Down Ascend Rammstein - Morgenstern Jon Schmidt - Winter Wind Paul Van Dyk - Time of Our Lives Apocalyptica - Hope Vol. II feat. Mattias Sayer from Farm Boys System of a Down - Spiders Rammstein - Dalai Lama
Beautiful is more than just great as there are plenty of songs that I enjoy but rarely listen too. Beautiful songs are the ones you always go back to when you're down, the ones that never fail to inspire emotion in you. Songs that you wouldn't want to live without.
I've got through about a page and a half so far. Don't have time today but will try and get hold of some of the others tomorrow. Thanks again for all the suggestions <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> I think listing inspiring music is a good exercise for people anyway, if you think about it and you instantly start smiling you know it is a good song.
Perfect Circle - Thinking of you Perfect Circle - Vanishing Perfect Circle - A Stranger Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (entire cd) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (entire cd, though most notably the song Welcome to the Machine) Pink Floyd - Dogs (one of the best songs ever, imho) Pink Floyd - The Wall (entire cd's, in fact, watch the video they have for the entire piece, it's awesome) Smashing Pumpkins - Pug Smashing Pumpkins - Porcelina of the Vast Oceans Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts are for **** Audioslave - The Last Remaining light System of a Down - Highway song System of a Down - Psycho Tool - Parabol Tool - Parabola Tool - Lateralus Tool - Triad (no singing, it's a great song) Tool - AEnema Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Friends Planet P - Pink World (entire cd) Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty Chevelle - Panic Prone
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A few more:
Soulfly - Soulfly and Soulfly II (definitely not representative of the sound of the group, but it's some beautiful tribal stuff) Meg Lee Chin - London (I love the piano interlude) Glassjaw - Tip Your Bartender (wow) Factory 81 - The Oddessy (rare, poor recording, off of their second unreleased album before they broke up) Factory 81 - SSBB (ditto, both songs have a different sound from Nanu or the rest of the first album) Il Nino - Lifeless... Life... 36 Crazyfists - Bloodwork Tricky - Evolution Revolution Love Kidneythieves - Before I'm Dead (acoustic) Killswitch Engage - The Element of One Taproot - I Mudvayne - Death Blooms Nirvana - Something in the Way Chimaira - Cleansation (very heavy song and group, but there's a certain beauty in the way this song flows forward) 40 Below Summer - Rope Five Pointe O - Double X Minus The Crystal Method - Wide Open Meg Lee Chin - Swallowing You
Again, a wide range of stuff in there, but they all share the same sense of power and energy or momentum, whatever it might be, that really appeals to me.
I wanted to add a few more. These ones are more contemporary as opposed to the previous set I posted, not sure why I made a distinction of leaving them out:
Ben Folds Five - Brick Matthew Good Band - Apparations Franz Ferdinand - Auf Achshe Sloan - The Other Man Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death Yann Tiersen - Comptine d'un autre été (Amelie Sountrack)
Additional Classicals for when you're feeling megalomaniac:
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - A Night on Bald Mountain Edvard Hagerup Grieg - The Hall of the Mountain King Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2 Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Kind of a hard pick, but I think I enojy the Fantasia version over the organ version)
Holy Hell... How did I forget these:
Johnny Cash - Hung My Head Johnny Cash - When the Man Comes Around Johnny Cash - Hurt (There are differing opinions, but I find this cover far superior to the Nine Inch Nails version)
<b><u>Gaming Music</b></u>
<i>Composed by Yasunori Mitsuda</i>:
<a href='http://www.opcoder.com/projects/chrono/media/music/Chrono%20Trigger%20Resurrection%20-%20Corridors%20of%20Time.mp3' target='_blank'>Chrono Trigger: Resurrection - Corridors of Time (Matthew Valente Remix)</a> Chrono Trigger - Theme (Orchestrated)
Finally, I'm not sure if you will be able to overlook the limitations that comes with MOD files, and generally I've found that people find these songs are annoying because of it. But I genuinely think that if these songs were orchestrated like the many old-school Nintendo game themes, they would be just as, if not, more amazing. Even in their current format, I still find these songs beautiful. With that being said however, listen at your own risk:
<a href='http://www3.telus.net/confuzor/Star%20Control%20II%20-%20Hyperspace.mod' target='_blank'>Star Control II - Hyperspace</a> <a href='http://www3.telus.net/confuzor/Star%20Control%20II%20-%20Yehat.mod' target='_blank'>Star Control II - Yehat</a> <a href='http://www3.telus.net/confuzor/Crusader%20No%20Remorse%20-%20Menu.mod' target='_blank'>Crusader: No Remorse - Theme</a>
Heh stunning, gonna have a fun time getting all of these tomorrow <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->. It's taking ages though!
Out of curiousity, what about any rap/hiphop/rnb/soul? The closest thing we've had so far is Tupac - Changes.
Looks like many people don't consider that kind of music beautiful which is a shame. Thanks to all so far <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I got a few more: Rammstein - Ohne Dich (Lyrics are awesome, I suggest you translate them) Atrayu - An Interlude (not metal like the rest of their song, its really awesome mix of bass and drums+gitaur, its fun to drive listening to it)
Radiohead - High and Dry Phil Colins - Another Day in Paridise Placebo - 20 years Placebo - Every you Every me Snow Patrol - Run Snow Patrol - Grazed Knees Eminem - Mockingbird Eminem - Stan - (probably the most emotional/beautiful song out of these imho) David Gray -Babylon Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge Johnny Cash - Hurt Embrace - Wish 'Em All Away Blink 182 -I Miss You Oasis - Wonderwall Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger John Lennon - Imagine.
edit if your looking for emotional /beautiful rap songs anything by eminem about hayley also eminem - sing for the moment is a great one
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edited April 2005
<!--QuoteBegin-Snidely+Apr 24 2005, 04:12 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Apr 24 2005, 04:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Samuel Barber's <i>Adagio for Strings</i>. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> And the version by Willam Orbit as well.
Rank-1 "Airwave" Altitude- "Alititude (S.H.O.C.K. Remix) Jose Amneisa- "The Eternal"
Howard Shore "The King of the Golden Hall" I always liked the theme for the people of Rohan. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-DontShootMePlease+Apr 21 2005, 04:33 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DontShootMePlease @ Apr 21 2005, 04:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> AFI - This Time Imperfect (hidden track on Sing the Sorrow, might have to get ...But Home is Nowhere to get this, which also comes with [Untitled] followed by the This Time Imperfect) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yes, This Time Imperfect is one I would suggest, damn good song.
Also "God Called In Sick Today" by AFI.
Our Lady Peace - Ordinary World Bouncing Souls - Fight To Live
those are a few I'm addicted to at the mo anyways.
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Main theme from the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack
Wash My Soul - Tricky
Giving In - Adema
Two Tabs of Mescaline - Glassjaw
Knife Prty - Deftones
Group Four - Massive Attack
An Agreement Called Forever - 36 Crazyfists
Nanu - Factory 81
Pumpkin - Tricky
Follow - Sevendust
Bury the Evidence - Tricky
Purity 01 - Five Pointe O
Horns and Tails - Poison the Well
-1 - Mudvayne
Slit Wrist Theory - 36 Crazyfists
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
A whole range of different kinds of emotion (and musical styles) in there, and it's all pretty powerful.
Anduril from Return of the King (sword re-forging theme) > all. Best. Brass Entrance. Evar.
As far as all-out in your face power and awesomeness, give some high-level drum corps a shot. Cavaliers (particularly the 2000-2002 shows), Blue Devils, Vanguard, etc. You might not necessarily expect it, but there's a pretty aggressive and powerful presence behind 70-some brass instruments and people who can crank out that many octaves. Can you tell I like powerful brass? <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The Rebel Base theme from Freedom Fighters (the game) is really surreal, too. soft choral, minimal other sounds... but just really impressive. Along the same game-based lines, the Brothers in Arms theme released by Gearbox is also worth a listen. Though there's more brass than the rebel base theme. Yay!
Yeah... that's what I can think of right now. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Here's a few of my favorites:
Comic bakery, by Martin Galway. mmm harsh waveforms
Mr.Blue sky, ELO
Electrolite, R.E.M.
I think I'll disappear now, crash test dummies
Homburg, procol harum
Human racing, Nik Kershaw
Treat me like a fool, Elvis
bouree, Jethro Tull
MacArthur park, Richard Harris (voted worst song ever by readers of some mag in 1992, covered by more than 50 albums and topped the charts twice in '68 and 78, weird metaphorical lyrics with a cake melting in the rain)
time and a word, yes
here comes the flood, Peter Gabriel
Firth of the fifth, Genesis
kashmir
stair way to heaven
both seem quite original but kashmir's beat seems like ive heard it somewhere else but stairway to heaven is like nothing youve ever heard <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
ya i love all Led Zeppelin music them being my favorite band and all.
"<i><a href='http://www.hymn.ru/index-en.html' target='_blank'>Anthem of Russia</a></i>" - Very few national anthems interest me that much, but the Russian one (the most recent, adapted from the Soviet one) well...I simply love it. Especially when either vocal only, full orchestra or piano accompaniment. It sends tingles up my spine, as all songs I find beautiful do.
"<i>Lost in Space</i>" by the Lighthouse family - Just a beautiful song. The singer's voice is great.
"<i>Away</i>", "<i>Beauty of the Beast</i>" "<i>Dead Boy's Poem</i>" "<i>Lappi (eramaajarvi)</i>" by Nightwish - Tarja's voice is hauntingly beautiful.
"<i>Walking in the Air</i>" by Nightwish/Aled Jones/various others - It's a brilliant piece. That's about all I can say about it.
"<i>Children</i>" by Robert Miles
"<i>Going to Where the Wind Blows</i>" and "<i>Going to Where The Wind Blows - Reprise</i>" from Soul Calibur
"<i>With or Without You</i>" by U2
"<i>See You on the Other Side</i>", "<i>Changes</i>" by Ozzy Osbourne
"<i>These Are The Days of our Lives</i>" by Queen
"<i>Rocket Man</i>", "<i>Your Song</i>", many many others by Sir Elton John - I love the piano. He plays one well and also has a great voice.
"<i>Nessum Dorma</i>" - Luciano Pavarotti
"<i>Ave Maria</i>"
<i>Agnus Dei</i>/<i>Adagio for Strings</i> by Samuel Barber - Same tune, different variants.
Dvorak's 9th Symphony Mvt. 2 "From The New World"
I'm not finnish so I have no idea what they sing, their music is a little close to impossable to find except on their website, which you can google. Their kind of a rising band, they sound really cool. Teurastaja is my fav song they made. I heard their lyrics are really funny, though.
(btw, dont bother p2ping it, its impossable to find, trust me ;D)
<a href='http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3841819' target='_blank'>In My Life</a>, which is basically covers of Beatles songs performed by various celebrities, such as Robin Williams singing Come Together and a stirring rendition of I Am The Walrus by Jim Carrey. That said, these two songs are done as instrumentals.
The only piece of game music I can think of offhand that actually has a title is Hubris - Reprise off the Soul Calibur 2 soundtrack.
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Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia
In Flames - Ordinary Story
In Flames - Cloud Connected
In Flames - System
mm..
Bob Dylan - Forever young
Guns N' Roses - November rain
NOFX - 99 Red balloons
NOFX - The decline
Rage Against the Machine - Beautiful world
Rage Against the Machine - Settle for nothing
The Beatles - Blackbird
The Beatles - While my guitar gently weeps
Gorillaz - Tommorow comes today
<a href='http://members.chello.se/wirepenzo/Mega_Man_3_Cataclysmic_Clash_OC_ReMix.mp3' target='_blank'>Megaman</a>
There is few remake songs from NES. Very well done, they really do justice for orginal songs. Check them out if you feel nostalgic. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <a href='http://nintendometal.com/' target='_blank'>homepage</a>
New Born - Muse, Origin of Symmetry
Plug In Baby - Muse, Origin of Symmetry
Space Dementia - Muse, Origin of Symmetry
Citizen Erased - Muse, Origin of Symmetry
Feelin' Good - Muse, Origin of Symmetry
Apocalypse Please - Muse, Absolution
Hysteria - Muse, Absolution
Butterflies and Hurricanes - Muse, Absolution <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I second these. Pretty much the whole absolution cd is beutiful.
Rammstein - Morgenstern
Jon Schmidt - Winter Wind
Paul Van Dyk - Time of Our Lives
Apocalyptica - Hope Vol. II feat. Mattias Sayer from Farm Boys
System of a Down - Spiders
Rammstein - Dalai Lama
But one as of late?
<i>Kermit the Frog</i> - The Rainbow Connection
<b>Mogwai</b>
<i>Killing All the Flies
Small Children in the Background
Mogwai Fear Satan
Ratts of the Capital</i>
<b>Green Day</b>
<i>Whatsername
Holiday
Letterbomb</i>
<b>Edwin</b>
<i>Alive</i>
<b>The Beatles</b>
<i>Let It Be</i>
<b>from Cowboy Bebop</b>
<i>Blue
Goodnight Julia</i> (saxophones rock :o )
<b>Red Hot Chili Peppers</b>
<i>Under the Bridge</i>
I've got through about a page and a half so far. Don't have time today but will try and get hold of some of the others tomorrow. Thanks again for all the suggestions <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> I think listing inspiring music is a good exercise for people anyway, if you think about it and you instantly start smiling you know it is a good song.
<i>Velvet Revolver</i> - <b>Superhuman</b>
<i>Velvet Revolver</i> - <b>You Got No Right</b>
<i>Velvet Revolver</i> - <b>Loving the Alien</b>
<i>Velvet Revolver</i> - <b>Illegal <i>I</i> Song</b>
<i>Velvet Revolver</i> - <b>Fall To Pieces</b>
<i>Velvet Revolver</i> - <b>Slither</b>
<i>E.S. Posthumus</i> - <b>Pompeii</b>
<i>Bionic Jive</i> - <b>Ricochet</b>
<i>Bionic Jive</i> - <b>The Swarm</b>
<i>Bionic Jive</i> - <b>Kerosene</b>
<i>Bionic Jive</i> - <b>Break the Chains</b>
<i>Bionic Jive</i> - <b>I Shot Lucifer</b>
<i>Bionic Jive</i> - <b>Walking With Shadows</b>
<i>Skydive</i> - <b>Silent Fire</b>
<i>Skydive</i> - <b>Incandescent Illusions</b>
<i>Skydive</i> - <b>The Beast Within</b>
<i>Skydive</i> - <b>Lost In Paradise</b>
<i>Skydive</i> - <b>The Hunter</b>
Perfect Circle - Vanishing
Perfect Circle - A Stranger
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (entire cd)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (entire cd, though most notably the song Welcome to the Machine)
Pink Floyd - Dogs (one of the best songs ever, imho)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (entire cd's, in fact, watch the video they have for the entire piece, it's awesome)
Smashing Pumpkins - Pug
Smashing Pumpkins - Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts are for ****
Audioslave - The Last Remaining light
System of a Down - Highway song
System of a Down - Psycho
Tool - Parabol
Tool - Parabola
Tool - Lateralus
Tool - Triad (no singing, it's a great song)
Tool - AEnema
Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Friends
Planet P - Pink World (entire cd)
Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty
Chevelle - Panic Prone
Soulfly - Soulfly and Soulfly II
(definitely not representative of the sound of the group, but it's some beautiful tribal stuff)
Meg Lee Chin - London (I love the piano interlude)
Glassjaw - Tip Your Bartender (wow)
Factory 81 - The Oddessy (rare, poor recording, off of their second unreleased album before they broke up)
Factory 81 - SSBB (ditto, both songs have a different sound from Nanu or the rest of the first album)
Il Nino - Lifeless... Life...
36 Crazyfists - Bloodwork
Tricky - Evolution Revolution Love
Kidneythieves - Before I'm Dead (acoustic)
Killswitch Engage - The Element of One
Taproot - I
Mudvayne - Death Blooms
Nirvana - Something in the Way
Chimaira - Cleansation (very heavy song and group, but there's a certain beauty in the way this song flows forward)
40 Below Summer - Rope
Five Pointe O - Double X Minus
The Crystal Method - Wide Open
Meg Lee Chin - Swallowing You
Again, a wide range of stuff in there, but they all share the same sense of power and energy or momentum, whatever it might be, that really appeals to me.
Ben Folds Five - Brick
Matthew Good Band - Apparations
Franz Ferdinand - Auf Achshe
Sloan - The Other Man
Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death
Yann Tiersen - Comptine d'un autre été (Amelie Sountrack)
Additional Classicals for when you're feeling megalomaniac:
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - A Night on Bald Mountain
Edvard Hagerup Grieg - The Hall of the Mountain King
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Kind of a hard pick, but I think I enojy the Fantasia version over the organ version)
Holy Hell... How did I forget these:
Johnny Cash - Hung My Head
Johnny Cash - When the Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash - Hurt (There are differing opinions, but I find this cover far superior to the Nine Inch Nails version)
<b><u>Gaming Music</b></u>
<i>Composed by Yasunori Mitsuda</i>:
<a href='http://www.opcoder.com/projects/chrono/media/music/Chrono%20Trigger%20Resurrection%20-%20Corridors%20of%20Time.mp3' target='_blank'>Chrono Trigger: Resurrection - Corridors of Time (Matthew Valente Remix)</a>
Chrono Trigger - Theme (Orchestrated)
Finally, I'm not sure if you will be able to overlook the limitations that comes with MOD files, and generally I've found that people find these songs are annoying because of it. But I genuinely think that if these songs were orchestrated like the many old-school Nintendo game themes, they would be just as, if not, more amazing. Even in their current format, I still find these songs beautiful. With that being said however, listen at your own risk:
<a href='http://www3.telus.net/confuzor/Star%20Control%20II%20-%20Hyperspace.mod' target='_blank'>Star Control II - Hyperspace</a>
<a href='http://www3.telus.net/confuzor/Star%20Control%20II%20-%20Yehat.mod' target='_blank'>Star Control II - Yehat</a>
<a href='http://www3.telus.net/confuzor/Crusader%20No%20Remorse%20-%20Menu.mod' target='_blank'>Crusader: No Remorse - Theme</a>
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Out of curiousity, what about any rap/hiphop/rnb/soul? The closest thing we've had so far is Tupac - Changes.
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Rammstein - Ohne Dich (Lyrics are awesome, I suggest you translate them)
Atrayu - An Interlude (not metal like the rest of their song, its really awesome mix of bass and drums+gitaur, its fun to drive listening to it)
Phil Colins - Another Day in Paridise
Placebo - 20 years
Placebo - Every you Every me
Snow Patrol - Run
Snow Patrol - Grazed Knees
Eminem - Mockingbird
Eminem - Stan - (probably the most emotional/beautiful song out of these imho)
David Gray -Babylon
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Embrace - Wish 'Em All Away
Blink 182 -I Miss You
Oasis - Wonderwall
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
John Lennon - Imagine.
edit if your looking for emotional /beautiful rap songs
anything by eminem about hayley
also eminem - sing for the moment is a great one
Marilyn Manson - Valentine's Day
Beethoven's <i>Moonlight Sonata</i>.
Apologies if these have been listed before - I didn't see 'em.
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And the version by Willam Orbit as well.
Rank-1 "Airwave"
Altitude- "Alititude (S.H.O.C.K. Remix)
Jose Amneisa- "The Eternal"
Howard Shore "The King of the Golden Hall"
I always liked the theme for the people of Rohan. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Yes, This Time Imperfect is one I would suggest, damn good song.
Also "God Called In Sick Today" by AFI.
Our Lady Peace - Ordinary World
Bouncing Souls - Fight To Live
those are a few I'm addicted to at the mo anyways.