Favorite Instrumental Songs

[Shiri]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Apocalyptica, they're definitely awesome.

[Hyphnip]

ME TOO! damn! there is too much goodness to list.

[HoboFactory]

what a joke

You've probably not even heard most of what I mentioned.

[Blender]

no none..

[CaptainRocket]

Two words: Soulful Strut

Three Words: Young Holt Unlimited

 

Greatness.

[nerd glasses]

Master/Slave - Pearl Jam

November Hotel - Mad Season

Dead Man Walking: The Score (mostly Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & David Robbins) - particularly "The Possum," & "Helen Visits Angola Prison."

Battle, Dungeon #2, & Dungeon #3 from the Genesis RPG "Sword of Vermilion".

TV themes for Star Trek: TNG, ST: Voyager, & Oz.

Main Theme for ST: First Contact

Theme for Michael Palin's "Pole to Pole" travel-documentary.

Blue Train - John Coltrane

Keating's Triumph - Maurice Jarre (Dead Poets Society main theme)

Vancouver-based band LOUD (you can hear their music in The Corporation - taiko drums and guitar + some keys & programming)

[somnambulist]

Oh yeah, definitely Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

 

I wish I could give one by Wintersleep because their instrumentation is beautiful...but he sings in every song.

[dancing_invisible]

Nobuo Eumatsu and his Black Mages rock. OC ReMixes can be pretty killer too. For video game music, those are tops.

[somnambulist]

Oh man I love OverClocked. AmIEvil - Death on the Snowfield? Perfection. You all have to agree with me, those who know it.

 

Tool - Triad

Schiller - Dreiklang

[Muran]

I <3 OverClocked.

[somnambulist]

I have to go see what's new there, I haven't been in ages.

[AnOceanPearl]

Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 2nd movement.

 

Orion by Metallica

[Hyphnip]

Moonlight Sonata

[dancing_invisible]

The instrumental version of In Da Club.

Bum bum, bum bum, bum bum.

Bum bum, bum bum, bum bum.

Toaly wicked song.

[somnambulist]

I could be down with that.

[cringleman]

As for instrumental Wintersleep, check out their version of We Three Kings (a Christmas carol, I know) -- just the intro is so soothing (vocals start, eventually). Plus, Nerves Normal, Breath Normal is almost instrumental, if you think of the lyrics/vocals as just another instrument. They don't alter the tune thaaaaaaaat much.

 

Of course, I'm drunk, so what do I know?

[somnambulist]

Hah, I actually have We Three Kings on a non-Christmas mix cd because it's so cool. I love it, and Nerves Normal, Breath Normal IS instrumental for the last 5 minutes or so, but...they don't really count. Same reason I can't count a lot of songs even where there's no words, just singing...doesn't count by my standards.

[no yu begin wher i end]

As a band geek, I have to say that I'm quite impressed with the love for jazz on here. I'll to what's been put on here with Charles Mingus, especially anything from the album Mingus Ah Um. That's some wicked awesome music.

 

Some good classical:

 

Holst - The Planets

Joaquin - Concierto d'Aranjuez (can be found on Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis. Amazing, beautiful record.)

Respighi - The Pines of Rome Mvt. 4: Pines of the Appian Way

Macbeth - Kaddish

Pretty much anything by Alfred Reed

Eric Whitacre - October

Elgar - Enigma Variations

[Foogle-11]

I also like the song(s) from requim for a dream.

[cringleman]

Ah, The Planets. Once you've listened through the suite, and familiarized yourself with the themes, you'll hear it every day.

 

It may be the most stolen music for soundtrack use I've ever heard. Good thing copyright doesn't exist retroactively and in perpetuity.

[Some Random]

Good thing copyright doesn't exist retroactively and in perpetuity.

i think it does exist in perpetuity now. something to do with disney and mickey mouse.

[Some Random]

"foundation" by john butler trio just made the list. wow.

[Some Random]

have to add "ocean" by john butler to the list. was gonna just edit my last post to include it, instead of having three posts in a row, but editing must be time sensitive.

 

edit: and now i have to add "under an indian sky"

Edited September 20, 2006 by 13chris13

[Computer]

Into the lungs of Hell - Megadeth

Pacific Theme - Broken Social Scene

One Evening - Feist w/Gonzales

[somnambulist]

Broken Social Scene - Da Da Da

 

I might've mentioned that one before...but BSS is cool.