What are some good, dark, classical composers?!
Question: What are some good, dark, classical composers!?
I have always thought classical was really cool but I've never known what to listen too!. And since I'm a metalhead I thought that I should start with the darker composers!. Thanks!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Most classical composers write many different types of music!. For example, Wagner wrote some very dark music, particularily in Tristan and Isolde and in the Ring Cycle, but he also wrote some cheerful music, like the start of Act III of Die Meistersingers!.
Some dark compositions are:
Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique!. The fourth movement is about an execution and ends with the main character's heading being chopped off, and the final movement is a witches Sabbath and it is one of the stranges and most famous compositions ever!. It even has a funeral bell!.
The wolf's glen scene from the opera Der Freischutz!. It anticipated many of the techniques hollywood would use 100 years later and the scene doesn't sound like an opera!. It must have been very scary when it was written!.
Wagner's operas have many dark moments, like the Flight of the Valkyries which was used in the movie Apocalypse Now!. The scene when Siegfried killed Fafner is dramatic and intense, but far too short!.
Holst's The Planets, particularily the movement Mars!.
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, particularily the Augurs of Spring!.
I liked Threnody for the victims of hiroshima, but most people don't like it because of the strange modern techniques!.
Arnold Schoenberg's A Survivor from Warsaw is very hard to listen to because it is about the Holocaust!. If he had stayed in Germany the composer would have been killed by the Nazis because he was Jewish and because Hitler really hated his music!.
Orff's Carmina Burana!.
Barber's Adagio for Strings!.
The Overture for Mozart's Don Giovanni!.
Mozart's Requiem!.
The first movement of Brahm's First Symphony!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Some dark compositions are:
Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique!. The fourth movement is about an execution and ends with the main character's heading being chopped off, and the final movement is a witches Sabbath and it is one of the stranges and most famous compositions ever!. It even has a funeral bell!.
The wolf's glen scene from the opera Der Freischutz!. It anticipated many of the techniques hollywood would use 100 years later and the scene doesn't sound like an opera!. It must have been very scary when it was written!.
Wagner's operas have many dark moments, like the Flight of the Valkyries which was used in the movie Apocalypse Now!. The scene when Siegfried killed Fafner is dramatic and intense, but far too short!.
Holst's The Planets, particularily the movement Mars!.
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, particularily the Augurs of Spring!.
I liked Threnody for the victims of hiroshima, but most people don't like it because of the strange modern techniques!.
Arnold Schoenberg's A Survivor from Warsaw is very hard to listen to because it is about the Holocaust!. If he had stayed in Germany the composer would have been killed by the Nazis because he was Jewish and because Hitler really hated his music!.
Orff's Carmina Burana!.
Barber's Adagio for Strings!.
The Overture for Mozart's Don Giovanni!.
Mozart's Requiem!.
The first movement of Brahm's First Symphony!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Well I'm not that crazy for classical music, but I do love some!.
There's Igor Stravinsky who is very dark!.
There's also Bethoven!.
For most, I don't know much of the classics of classic music,
but the ones that I enjoy most are John Williams, he's famous!.!. he's very cool, he does a lot of movie themes and a lot of great background music, you'll love him!.
And my very first love for music is Vanessa Carlton!. Her music is somewhat classical pop but her music is very dark and very deep with a Vanessa Carlton twist!. If you don't know her except for her one song "Thousand Miles" then I suggest you don't judge her because she's a complete different kind of person!. ;) I promise that!. lol I saw her live, she's absolutely amazing!. You could try listening to something lik Dark Carnival by Vanessa Carlton!. I strongly recommend her!.
Cheers!Www@Enter-QA@Com
There's Igor Stravinsky who is very dark!.
There's also Bethoven!.
For most, I don't know much of the classics of classic music,
but the ones that I enjoy most are John Williams, he's famous!.!. he's very cool, he does a lot of movie themes and a lot of great background music, you'll love him!.
And my very first love for music is Vanessa Carlton!. Her music is somewhat classical pop but her music is very dark and very deep with a Vanessa Carlton twist!. If you don't know her except for her one song "Thousand Miles" then I suggest you don't judge her because she's a complete different kind of person!. ;) I promise that!. lol I saw her live, she's absolutely amazing!. You could try listening to something lik Dark Carnival by Vanessa Carlton!. I strongly recommend her!.
Cheers!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Check out Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz, it's one of my favorites!. It's pretty dark!. Here's the last movement: http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=IrezpUWIY!.!.!.
Or Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky: http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=ccBj4cLqH!.!.!.
Or you may like The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, another favorite of mine!. Here's the first part: http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=bjX3oAwv_!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Or Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky: http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=ccBj4cLqH!.!.!.
Or you may like The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, another favorite of mine!. Here's the first part: http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=bjX3oAwv_!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Peer Gynte Suite (not the composer, of course) w/ "In the Hall of the Mountain King!. I forget the composer!.
also, for you and anyone who reads this, there is a current movement by R&P and RHH to unify the genres on Y!A!. This is a primarily exploratory endeavor, for the betterment of all of our musical experiences!. All are welcomed to spread the word and to join in the expansion of musical interests!Www@Enter-QA@Com
also, for you and anyone who reads this, there is a current movement by R&P and RHH to unify the genres on Y!A!. This is a primarily exploratory endeavor, for the betterment of all of our musical experiences!. All are welcomed to spread the word and to join in the expansion of musical interests!Www@Enter-QA@Com
i just answered the same question by "I Refuse" let me go get the same answer and ill come back and edit!.
Mozart's Requiem (proabably already heard this one before)
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=0Gx-N-kdI!.!.!.
Mephisto Waltz - Liszt
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=yrQwb76NV!.!.!.
Fugue In d Minor by Bach
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=ipzR9bhei!.!.!.
Igor Stravinsky - Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=bjX3oAwv_!.!.!.
Stravinsky - The Firebird (anything by Stravinsky is pretty dark)
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=Ib8r4V0nk!.!.!.
Mussorgsky, "Night on Bald Mountain"
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=s_0GekZl7!.!.!.
haha lmao yes, i know my classical music almost as much as i know my rock!.!.!.!.
i love seeing everyone from R&P here! its awsome!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Mozart's Requiem (proabably already heard this one before)
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=0Gx-N-kdI!.!.!.
Mephisto Waltz - Liszt
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=yrQwb76NV!.!.!.
Fugue In d Minor by Bach
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=ipzR9bhei!.!.!.
Igor Stravinsky - Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=bjX3oAwv_!.!.!.
Stravinsky - The Firebird (anything by Stravinsky is pretty dark)
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=Ib8r4V0nk!.!.!.
Mussorgsky, "Night on Bald Mountain"
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=s_0GekZl7!.!.!.
haha lmao yes, i know my classical music almost as much as i know my rock!.!.!.!.
i love seeing everyone from R&P here! its awsome!Www@Enter-QA@Com
I can't tell you about dark composers
but here are some dark pieces
Nobuo Uematsu ->
Advent : One-Winged Angel from Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children
Dancing Mad from Final Fantasy VI
Kuja's Theme from Final Fantasy IX
Maksim ->
Nostradamus
Beethoven ->
Moonlight Sonata
Devil May Cry 3 (Video Game OST) ->
Divinity Statue
Demon World
if you liked the works of the first and last ones
i can give you moreWww@Enter-QA@Com
but here are some dark pieces
Nobuo Uematsu ->
Advent : One-Winged Angel from Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children
Dancing Mad from Final Fantasy VI
Kuja's Theme from Final Fantasy IX
Maksim ->
Nostradamus
Beethoven ->
Moonlight Sonata
Devil May Cry 3 (Video Game OST) ->
Divinity Statue
Demon World
if you liked the works of the first and last ones
i can give you moreWww@Enter-QA@Com
Darkest composers are Shostakovic, Mahler, Sibelius and Wagner!.
But- first and foremost- Go Josh ! Crush 'em off !
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But- first and foremost- Go Josh ! Crush 'em off !
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