Classical Music

[Uriel]

I'm wondering if anyone here has a knowledge of classical music and would be kind enough to help me find something with a Haunting feel to it, similar to the Dance Macabre. Thanks

 

[Skaadi]

I'm wondering if anyone here has a knowledge of classical music and would be kind enough to help me find something with a Haunting feel to it, similar to the Dance Macabre. Thanks

I dont know much but Enya has a very haunting voice on some of her songs.

I'm not sure if thats what you want though.

 

[VictimOfScience]

I'm wondering if anyone here has a knowledge of classical music and would be kind enough to help me find something with a Haunting feel to it, similar to the Dance Macabre. Thanks

Do you mean haunting like with big pipe organs and such, like Phantom of the Opera type stuff or just eerie, quiet, unsettling kind of stringy stuff? There's lots of both out there thankfully

 

[Gray Fox]

Just listen to mozart, it seems it's good for the brain.

 

[TheSomeone]

Try Mozart's requiem or Bach's toccata and fugue (9 I think?)

 

[Space Farm]

Does anyone know what the piece is called, I think it was in Fantasia, where it's always found in cartoons (like Ren & Stimpy) where it's at night and a character is creeping around. Shit it's hard to explain, is it the nutcracker?

 

[Uriel]

I'm aiming towards something more along the lines of creepy. I don't care if its Classical or not. Its for Halloween but I do not want the regular cheesy Halloween Crap.

Phillip Glass does a wonderful job of covering this. He composed the "CandyMan Theme" and some other movie called "The Hours". If any of you have played the game "Thief" you're familair with the wonderful music in the game. I'm looking for something along those lines.

 

[Skaadi]

I'm aiming towards something more along the lines of creepy. I don't care if its Classical or not. Its for Halloween but I do not want the regular cheesy Halloween Crap.

Phillip Glass does a wonderful job of covering this. He composed the "CandyMan Theme" and some other movie called "The Hours". If any of you have played the game "Thief" you're familair with the wonderful music in the game. I'm looking for something along those lines.

*Gasp* I love Thief!

 

[Absinthe]

Ah, good ol' Phillip Glass.

If you want some creepy orchestration, the Event Horizon soundtrack by Michael Kamen is pretty good. Although some of it consists of this sci-fi horror techno soundtrack by Orbital. I like them, but due to the awkward spacing on the CD, it's difficult to get past them at times.

 

[Uriel]

K, just creepy music will do. Classical or not, anything will do. But I want something really scary not corny.

 

[Absinthe]

Then I think my suggestion is pretty well-suited.

 

[Beerdude26]

Well, what was that song that's featured in BrainBread? Fur Elise, innit? Quite scary if you put it in the right mood (Very sad song too)

EDIT : Nope, ain't Fur Elise. I'll continue to search.

EDIT2 : AHA! Found it!
http://multimedia.utsa.edu:16080/technology/students/s02/rodriguez/
Look on the page for it

 

[Uriel]

Then I think my suggestion is pretty well-suited.

Sorry, saw the word "techno" and i kinda poo-poo'ed the sugguestion, but ill check it out. I have a passionate hate for techno music.

 

[Absinthe]

If it assuages your hatred, it's nothing like 4/4 beats and hoover synths. Not really dance. It's mainly snares, strange chromatic hooks, and chanting. If anything, the orchestral component alone is worth hearing.

 

[evil^milk]

hmm... try listening to:

http://www.piano-midi.de/midis/chopin/chpn_op27_1.mid

nocturne opus 27 by chopin.

 

[operative x]

Try The Village soundtrack, it has a few good creepy/tension getting songs on there.

 

[operative x]

Does anyone know what the piece is called, I think it was in Fantasia, where it's always found in cartoons (like Ren & Stimpy) where it's at night and a character is creeping around. Shit it's hard to explain, is it the nutcracker?

Edvard Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain king

 

[Uriel]

Wowza, American Mcgee's Alice soundtrack is perfect.