There is this classical piece that I hear around Halloween a lot, but I have no clue who the composer is or its title. It starts out slower and goes faster and faster ... it sounds kinda scary / sinister and is played loudly ... cymbals and all. I could hum it, but humming doesn't transcribe well. I realize this isn't much to go on, but perhaps someone has an idea.
2007-08-16 07:29:28 · 11 answers · asked by Joel Kiopra 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
I think the strings are played pizzicato ... it sounds like they are plucking the violins & cellos in parts.
2007-08-16 07:48:13 · update #1
Probably "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg from Peer Gynt. Try this link and see if it is the one you are talking about: http://www.amazon.com/Grieg-Peer-Suites-Holberg-Suite/dp/B000001GJV/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-8446861-4195800?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187291723&sr=1-2
2007-08-16 08:18:45 · answer #1 · answered by chipmunkian 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Can you hum a few bars? Probably Dance Macabre by Carmile Saint Seans ( the same composer who wrote Carnival of the Animals)
2007-08-16 13:40:34 · answer #2 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would hazard the guess that it's either Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain" (a huge Halloween favorite) or Saint-Saen's "Danse Macabre."
2007-08-18 06:58:47 · answer #3 · answered by smashbros12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With very little information to go on, my first instinct was Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre, even before I saw another's response to your question. I even remember hearing it for the first time in elementary school music class circa 1969. And, of course, the occasion for the music teacher to play this opus on a primitive public school turntable with a bad stylus was---HALLOWEEN!
2007-08-16 13:01:22 · answer #4 · answered by amorousadventuresofmaudeflanders 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It *could* be the theme from the film "Psycho" by Bernard Hermann; I've heard orchestras play it on the radio. But the other suggestions here are very plausible.
2007-08-17 09:12:06 · answer #5 · answered by pufferoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like "Night on bald mountain" by
Mussorgsky or "Danse Macabre" by Saint Saens.
2007-08-17 08:22:16 · answer #6 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely it's Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor, a popular tune during Halloween due it being a supposed "Dracula" theme.
2007-08-16 23:12:08 · answer #7 · answered by Redeemer 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
O Fortuna - from Carmina Burana
by Carl Orff
2007-08-16 07:37:02 · answer #8 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'll take a stab at this one: Modest Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain."
2007-08-16 07:38:15 · answer #9 · answered by Stephen L 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It could also be “Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saens. You can hear a sample here -
http://www.amazon.com/Saint-Sa%C3%ABns-Danse-macabre-Pha%C3%A9ton-Symphony/dp/B00016XMX0/ref=sr_1_12/105-2158053-2162819?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187293678&sr=1-12
2007-08-16 08:51:10 · answer #10 · answered by T2X 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋