im looking for something kinda of dark and edgy to listen to to, mostly instumental, im in this weird mood to listen to like say dark beautiful haunting melodies, that leave me in chills, im an odd person, so yes, please any good references??????
2007-04-09 08:37:21 · 16 answers · asked by NeKo Child 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
First, to fill in some of the information in the reply from Wedge_Antilles_72 and others:
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana: "O Fortuna", which is both the opening and closing section of that work. I've sung this a few times.
Gustav Holst: The Planets: "Mars, the Bringer of War" is the the opening movement. Another movement that is haunting is the seventh: "Neptune, the Mystic". It uses a women's chorus as an instrument (no words) that just fades away at the end.
"In the Hall of the Mountain King" is from the Peer Gynt Suite of Edvard Grieg. Another movement from that suite is Asa's Tod (Asa's Death) which is also quietly moving and very melodic.
Just guessing here on the "Woman by the Sea". Maybe "Reflets dans l'eau" (Reflections on the Water), the first movement of Images, set 1, by Claude Debussy? He's French, it's for piano and it has the character described.
Here are a couple off the top of my head. WARNING! I like really strange stuff too! I sing with a professional choir that specializes in it, so I guess I'm DOUBLY weird!
Jean Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela. It's based on the Finnish epic "Kalevala" and is about the mythical place where the dead go. The swan is represented by the English Horn (Alto Oboe) which has got to be the most haunting instrument in the orchestra.
Peter Sculthorpe: Irkanda IV. The contemporary Australian composer wrote this piece for violin and orchestra as a memorial to his father after he died.
Very moving.
A somewhat more energetic but still dark piece of his is "Kakadu" which depicts the huge wilderness of Kakadu National Park in Northern Australia. The middle section which features the English horn (as does Swan of Tuonela, mentioned above) is haunting.
Alfred Schnittke: Psalms of Repentance. These 12 choral settings, in Russian, are definitely "dark", but the last one, which has no text but uses only vowels, is absolutely riveting!
2007-04-09 19:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by pingraham@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By far, one of the most haunting pieces of classical music ever written is Barber's Adagio for Strings. If you don't mind something newer though, look for John Adams "On the Transmigration of Souls". It was commissioned as a musical memorial to the victims of 9/11. You want chills. These will give them in spades.
2007-04-09 09:02:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Chopin's Marche Funebre (THE funeral march)
Purcell's Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Handel's Dead March
Grieg's Sorgemarsj over Rikard Nordraak
Mahler's Symphony No. 2 - Der Tamboursg'sell
Beethoven's Sonata in A flat Major-3rd mov. or Eroica, 2nd mov.
2007-04-09 11:30:02 · answer #3 · answered by pepper 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Handel's Water Music
Karn Evil
2007-04-09 08:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by Niklaus Pfirsig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the music from this new artist - Pippa Lusty. A young classical singer songwriter from Cornwall. Her songs are very ethereal and spiritual.
You can listen to her on www.myspace.com/pippalusty
Try Guiding Light and Vanishing. Love to hear what you think.
If you like her stuff - you can vote for her too - she has just got through to the finals on classicfm's search for a new classical star and needs support!
2007-04-09 08:54:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is amazingly haunting, distinctly once you examine the translation of the lyrics. wow, creepy. additionally, attempt night on Bald Mountain via Mussorgsky maximum of Mozart's Requiem is haunting
2016-10-02 10:40:33 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven. Or "In the Hall Of The Mountain King" by ?
2007-04-09 08:40:20 · answer #7 · answered by '57strat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some really spooky Halloween Classical songs you could listen to. I went to ask jeeves and typed in Halloween Classical songs and I got this great site: http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/classicalmusictips/a/halloweenmusic.htm
This site has music you can listen to for free that is scary and will scary you: http://www.ilovewavs.com/Holidays/Halloween/Music/HalloweenMusic.htm There is the bach song that is played on the organ is on that site. It is my favorite and only really creepy song I will listen to.
I hope this helps. For me I do not like music so creepy. Just remember that listening to creepy music all the time is not good. You should listen to all kinds of music.
I will listen to music like that once in a blue moon unless there is some on tv on Halloween. I love classical music especially anything except the stuff that is so creepy. One Halloween season my grandma, one of our friends from church and I went to another church and listened to scary music performed by singers and also classical music played on the organ. It was awesome, but it really made me feel weird. If we were not in a church I would left early.
2007-04-09 09:04:09 · answer #8 · answered by sis74100 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Try Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima by Penderecki. That always haunts the crap out of me!
2007-04-09 08:40:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the Gayne Ballet Suite (Adagio) by Khachaturian.
2007-04-09 08:47:54 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋