Top 10 Most Shocking Chords in Music!
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Күн бұрынWe've all had a bit of a tough time in 2020 - so I thought I'd have a bit of fun exploring some of the most 'arghhhhhhhhhhh' chords in music. There are some pretty good ones, and I chucked in one of my own for good measure.
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10 . Bach St Matthew Passion Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger Gewohnheit
• Bach BWV 244-54 Auf da...
9. Beethoven 9 • Beethoven 9 - Chicago ...
(Beethoven 3 • Beethoven Symphony No.... )
8 Strauss Salome • Strauss Salome Final ...
7 Mahler Symphony No.10 • Gustav Mahler - Sympho...
6. Alban Berg Violin Concerto • Berg: Violin Concerto ...
5. David Bruce Nothing (excerpts) • Nothing - opera by Dav...
More on the process of making it • How to Write an Opera
4. Bernard Herrmann Psycho • Psycho (music scene) -...
3. Penderecki Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima • Penderecki - Threnody ...
2. Mark Anthony Turnage Three Screaming Popes • Mark-Anthony Turnage -...
1. Ligeti Requiem • György Ligeti, Requiem
@JoshuaWillis89 3 жыл бұрын
Music copyist: Hey, Gustav. What’s this chord supposed to be? Mahler: The sound of my soul.
@ramprasada7451 3 жыл бұрын
That went deep
@Returnality 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, that Bach one freaked me out a lot more than any of the others
@mutantbananas1 3 жыл бұрын
It's honestly dark
@BenjaminGessel 3 жыл бұрын
Bach is HARD CORE...
@JoshuaWillis89 3 жыл бұрын
It’s the context. I think the Ligeti is absolutely horrifying because of how long it goes on for. It’s less of a scream and more the tragic wailing of doomed souls.
@mmmicroplastics 3 жыл бұрын
yeah it scared the pants off of me
@Pwecko 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. It's stunning.
@mr.macintosh8559 2 жыл бұрын
That Three Screaming Popes chord is terrifying. It sounds exactly how the paintings look.
@jeroenl8352 3 жыл бұрын
*Welcome to WatchMojo, today we will count down the 10 scariest chords.*
@vadim4252 3 жыл бұрын
Grapjas
@stefan1024 3 жыл бұрын
@The Tired Horizon It's Cracked. They're back! ;)
@jacobbritton7359 3 жыл бұрын
Number 10: D minor
@truthseeker4690 3 жыл бұрын
Where is The Shining?
@WayneKitching 3 жыл бұрын
@@vadim4252Weird to see a word that could be in my 1st language (Afrikaans) Is it Dutch?
@iiXalexXii 3 жыл бұрын
The THX sound gets 11s across the board.
@JoonasD6 3 жыл бұрын
Darn it; I thought it would've been on the list. :(
@ltrizzle12 3 жыл бұрын
F yeah son
@ttp911 3 жыл бұрын
Just incredibly obnoxious algorithmically created shite.
@JoonasD6 3 жыл бұрын
@@ttp911 The THX theme? Nah, it has taken a lot of composing, like almost any other "jingle". Some randomness doesn't delegate composing to an algorithm. Here's the sheet: images.app.goo.gl/kuVxmmn5V68b5XWF7
@bacicinvatteneaca 3 жыл бұрын
@@ttp911 > algorithmically > analog synth
@groofay 3 жыл бұрын
I'd give the Mahler 10 chord at least a 9 for distinctiveness. I first heard it over a decade ago, and it still gets me to this day. And I would give Gesualdo at least an honorable mention.
@tonescape1 2 жыл бұрын
I agree. In fact I would give the Mahler 10 chord a 10 for distinctiveness, because it was unique when he wrote it and it really can't be copied.
@TheTroubadourRecords 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Bruce, I just love how the aesthetics of this video reminded me of the 80's MTV. Truly horrific experience to all of our five senses :D
@DBruce 3 жыл бұрын
haha! It was a nostalgia trip for me from British TV - Top of the Pops 80s/90s
@TheTroubadourRecords 3 жыл бұрын
@@DBruce I'd give it a look if I weren't scared enough. Next year, maybe...
@jamesdepoorter726 3 жыл бұрын
@@DBruce Aaah.. Paul Hardcastle’s The Wizard (never waste a good sample) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qd6laahptK6sdmg.html
@markowalski1 3 жыл бұрын
I was watching some MTV Cribs clips and the editing genuinely made me nauseous lmao
@mitchellwilliam95 3 жыл бұрын
What does MTV taste like?
@aaronclift 3 жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw the video title, I thought: “Ligeti has to be number 1.” His music is a big part of the reason why “2001” and “The Shining” are such tense films.
@TheNumberOneNerd 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine being such a good musician your last name is "Composer"
@DanielVodenitcharov Жыл бұрын
The Salome chord was tragically romantic to me, like if sin was put into musical form. A desire so strong yet needing to be extinguished through sin.
@michaeltres 3 жыл бұрын
Context is everything. The C-major chord with the soprano's high C at the opening of the fifth door in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle still sends a chill down my spine. The first time I heard it, years ago, I found it absolutely shocking. The chord alone would be innocuous, but the music leading up to it in no way prepares the listener for that moment, and when it arrives-there are no words for it.
@demiurge2501 2 жыл бұрын
Where can I find this?
@michaeltres 2 жыл бұрын
@@demiurge2501 : There's a clip on KZfaq of the 4th and 5th doors with Jessye Norman and Peter Fried. The relevant passage begins around 3:08 in the clip. The problem is, the effect of the passage stems from all that went before it. Watch the whole opera. It's fantastic.
@gforce08666 3 жыл бұрын
That Bach chord, though :O
@ErebosGR 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's because it was played first, but that shook me the most. Turnage's was a close second.
@Nooticus 3 жыл бұрын
^^^ St Matthew Passion is truly one of the most emotional things ever created by humankind!
@hoangkimviet8545 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I listened to this video before sleeping.
@jackkings 3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@chromaticswing9199 3 жыл бұрын
2kool4skool
@handsumsquidwad1208 3 жыл бұрын
Oh a fellow Vietnamese
@paxmusica 3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the Salty Spittoon.
@jackkings 3 жыл бұрын
@@paxmusica thanks
@bonbonpony 3 жыл бұрын
01:04 In other words, Bach did a jumpscare before it was cool :q
@organ444 3 жыл бұрын
Haydn "Surprise", eat your heart out!
@stefanparrott 3 жыл бұрын
The Mahler chord has always been a 10 in chills for me personally. Especially when it comes back right when you think its gone.
@AGMundy 8 ай бұрын
Indeed and the stillness that proceeds it makes it for me one of the most thrilling and compelling moments in all music. It is almost too much to bear. That symphony is an astonishing emotional experience, the flute solo in the final movement.....
@Naeddyr 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact I learned recently: Ligeti was born in Transylvania.
@vinylarchaeologist 3 жыл бұрын
Technically so did Béla Bartók... ...and Bela Lugosi.
@VisiblyJacked 3 жыл бұрын
@@vinylarchaeologist Bartók was born in the Banat region of the Kingdom of Hungary, not in Transylvania.
@vinylarchaeologist 3 жыл бұрын
@@VisiblyJacked It is often referred to as part of Transylvania from an administrative viewpoint. That is why I used the word “technically”. Since Bartók's birthplace is now part of Romania, it is also part of Transylania in the broader sense. See the beginning of this article and the map: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania
@IvanBogdanReincke 3 жыл бұрын
@@vinylarchaeologist bro in this dispute it don’t matter where the borders are now 😂 you have to check the borders from 1881, bartok was born in hungarian kingdom.
@fidulario 3 жыл бұрын
@@IvanBogdanReincke János Hunyadi, regent-governor of the Kingdom of Hungary, was voivode of Transylvania, and Vlad Țepeș himself fought the Ottomans by his side.
@FreeBroccoli 3 жыл бұрын
I always refer to the first chords of Smashmouth's All Star as "Shrekinfanfare."
@suburbanindie 3 жыл бұрын
I don't even know what to say... I'm amused and disappointed at the same time
@deadvolume 3 жыл бұрын
"This isn't a standard nativity scene, she's just committed necrophilia" Well that's not exactly a phrase I was expecting to hear when I got out of bed today...
@rorydillon7572 3 жыл бұрын
I went into the comments looking for this, ahaha.
@jockojohn3294 3 жыл бұрын
The most shocking cord in music is the one where you never reset your ground lift and you became a resistor between the wet stage floor and your guitar.......
@auldthymer 3 жыл бұрын
Like when Midsomer Murders electrocuted Suzi Quatro!
@thisklik 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@kenvyn123 3 жыл бұрын
I would have had the whole piece “eight songs for a mad king” by Peter maxwell Davies. That whole thing gives me the chills!
@ConvincingPeople 3 жыл бұрын
Julius Eastman's performance on the original recording is absolutely extraordinary. He was essentially a self-taught singer, too.
@josephalvarez5315 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing piece. I thought it was totally crazy, but I just couldn't stop playing it. Like looking at a car crash: you know it's horrible, but you can't stop looking
@anonagain 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks - I just watched the Playground Ensemble's performance of it here on YT. Now I won't be able to sleep.
@AtomizedSound 3 жыл бұрын
Never heard of it but I will check this out!
@ruudvermeij5565 3 жыл бұрын
I am not a very emotional guy (well, maybe I am when it comes to music...), but when I heard penderecki's threnody, I needed 10 minutes to recover.
@cesareangeli6653 3 жыл бұрын
May I suggest the St. Luke Passion and the Capriccio for Oboe and Strings by the same composer?
@Nooticus 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, im pretty sure it was the St Luke’s Passion that had far shocking choral chords than any of these 10, but I need to double check!
@Scheater5 3 жыл бұрын
The definition of "silence" is what happens when the Threnody is over (assuming you're listening on headphones, and not to applause in a theater). Seriously - the first time I listened to it all the way through, I was gobsmacked at the lack of sound when it was over. It was oppressive. Palpable. Like I had never truly heard void before that moment.
@elfinfini 3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that you did not inclued one of the terrifying Messiaen Chords, he have so many.
@jimslancio 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Nobody could add extra notes to a chord like Messiaen.
@elfinfini 3 жыл бұрын
@LeftRight Right on!! i have nothing left to say.
@youmothershouldknow4905 3 жыл бұрын
Truth!
@juno2884 3 жыл бұрын
The final Chord in "Threnody To the Victims of Hiroshima" makes the beginning sound light and cheery. You should've mentions that. Besides that, this list is great. 👍
@Philipp_K 3 жыл бұрын
I always get the chill in the Adagio of Bruckners 9th symphony. The three culminations of this movement are really something! I know it's tough to filter some really distinctive sounds and chords, because there are so many. Great list though!
@mentalitydesignvideo 3 жыл бұрын
"Mahler by the nose, Beethoven edging in the final stretch, Ligeti in the lead - the thoroughbreds are showing their best form in this heat"
@DeclanMBrennan 3 жыл бұрын
I thought I recognized Ligeti's Requiem. It opens up the second movie I saw in the cinema as a young child - "2001 a Space Odyssey" - just this music and a completely black screen. The terror and power of the unknown that it conjured up is still woven into my psyche after all these years.
@jacksonp2397 3 жыл бұрын
The chord from your opera genuinely gave me chills. Bravo!
@mestremusico 3 жыл бұрын
Beethoven's chord can be easily explained by the text sung by the baritone. " O Freunde, nicht diese Töne Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen Und freudenvollere"
@michaeltroke7239 3 жыл бұрын
I love this stuff; a combination of erudition and fun. Keep these analyses coming, many thanks.
@ThomasNimmesgern 3 жыл бұрын
6:28 "a proper 2020 run of luck" Brilliantly said!
@noahgodard3338 3 жыл бұрын
That moment in Mahler 10 is fantastic. Adams clearly took some inspiration in writing the second movement of Harmonielehre ...
@favor_play 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, it's my first time listening to music outside of Korea on KZfaq, and I really enjoyed it. You give me a lot of inspiration. I want to hear it often from now on. Thank you.
@AtomizedSound 3 жыл бұрын
By far my favorite video of 2020 I think! Love music tidbits such as this!
@pkurokawa 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, Mr. Bruce! The old adage “you’ve got to learn the rules before you can break them” is demonstrated here so well (setting the scene, degrees of dissonance, emotional shock value . . .)
@roachunter 3 жыл бұрын
I love this video!! Very cool analysis and rating system. Nice work, as always.
@TheBassKitty 3 жыл бұрын
I LOVED this video. Thank you so much for making this 👏👏👏👏👏
@johnmackenzie3030 3 жыл бұрын
Thank yuoso much David for bringing this to us. You are a very bright man!
@VocalEdgeTV 3 жыл бұрын
I’m very glad you included your own work in this list! Fantastic.
@edoardo8365 3 жыл бұрын
i was waiting for Lulu's death chord.
@jackkings 3 жыл бұрын
I wasnt
@scriabinismydog2439 3 жыл бұрын
Heeeeey
@jackkings 3 жыл бұрын
@@scriabinismydog2439 hello
@edoardo8365 3 жыл бұрын
helloo
@ftumschk 3 жыл бұрын
@@jackkings Neither was she!
@stefan1024 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I needed this
@roymayh3819 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, a most wonderful exposition and explanation, really broadens our understanding. This was much needed. Thank you
@Kosmo999 3 жыл бұрын
Wow what a fascinating topic! Really enjoyed that and the way you presented them!
@migueldoliveiracomposer 3 жыл бұрын
This was phenomenal. Thanks David.
@Starclimber 3 жыл бұрын
The Ligeti actually gave me chills. Fun video!
@l2084 3 жыл бұрын
This is a great video ! Keep them coming !
@1982Paolo1982 3 жыл бұрын
great stuff, David!
@thevoidanswerswithjazz2215 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my GOOOOOOOOOSJ I LOVE this channel, it inspires me to make more music!
@pittan86 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent feature this, really appreciate it. Maybe you can do more lists like this one? Like most "joyful" chord; and other adjectives. Beautiful. Holy. Dark. Longing. Ambivalent. And so on! Merry Christmas and happy new year as well Bruce!
@ZacPB189 3 жыл бұрын
Bruckner has a gnarly scream chord in the Adagio of his 9th
@YG-us6tl 3 жыл бұрын
Bruckner 9th is a nightmarish trek into death in some places, awesome stuff
@assodispade786 3 жыл бұрын
Not to forget that Bruckner's 9th has an astonishing nearly 12-tone passage, which is one of the most brilliant moments in music (for me).
@Daniel_Ilyich 3 жыл бұрын
The fact that your lovely channel has 174k subscribers is wonderful and reassurring. I hope it continues to grow and grow and grow!
@Bladavia 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, I was close to shitting myself when I watched 2001 for the first time. The music + the monolith was terrifying.
@chrisharrison809 3 жыл бұрын
This is amazing man. Thanks!
@JoshuaWillis89 3 жыл бұрын
That moment in The Eroica is one of my favorite moments in all of classical music. It’s just all the feels.
@mogmason6920 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been working on an opera of my own for a year and a half now, based on Grimm’s Rapunzel, with a self-penned libretto in Welsh. I’m going for more of a late-romantic/Wagnerian type of opera and I have decided to work heavily on a single “scream” chord, which will be a leitmotif that represents the Witch in the story. Your videos have been a great help amongst the world of amateur composers like myself.
@rowanbelt3612 2 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a very exciting project! Would be interested to hear it…
@franzlisztish 3 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT! Thanks Very Much.
@venice9438 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video! I would love to learn more about your opera.
@narayana8249 3 жыл бұрын
I love that Bach chord... Shocking but beautiful in a way, all while feeling wonderful in the context of the music. But then how could I not, when I love the Matthew Passion so damn much
@ha3vy 3 жыл бұрын
I think the one in Schnittke's Violin concerto 4 (before the visual cadenza) is worth mentioning too, it's just great
@JB-dm5cp 3 жыл бұрын
I always find the outbreak at '26 (Andante)' in the Adagio of Mahler 10 more frightening than the 'scream' (27-29 in the score) itself. Especially in the recording with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle (on EMI, now Warner). I find it so horrifying, that most of the time I have to turn the volume way down. Its power will never fade for me, because of its feeling of complete and utter horror and despair. The Kyrie from Ligeti's Requiem is indeed awesome in its despair/horror/fear as well. Possibly my 'favorite'. Even Lovecraft's cosmic horror writings feel not as bleak as that music.
@lordchameleon2650 3 жыл бұрын
0:44 Oh my old friend Bach, we met again... I remember the calmness and (sort of) boring part that was going on in Mattheus Passion and than this "BARRABAM!" and then "Lass ihm kreuzigen". It's like a gun fire in theater just before you fall asleep.
@LogicalQ Жыл бұрын
Video is legit, was about to complain about a lack of threnody… it was in here. Good job.
@alkishadjinicolaou5831 5 ай бұрын
Very nice episode!
@laugebuchreitz683 3 жыл бұрын
Great video Bruce, and such a fun idea:) It reminds me of another great example, from the overture of John Adams "Doctor Atomic". Now that, is truly a musical jumpscare!
@WongAndrew_ 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent Excellent choices !!
@adrianosbrandao 3 жыл бұрын
That was a great 90s-vibe video :) There are funny dissonant chords too. My favorite: the last chord in Ives’ Second Symphony, which I always call “The Big Fart”. I find it hysterically funny.
@plastique45 3 жыл бұрын
Simon Cowell : "And how would you describe your music?" Bach : "Shocking" Simon Cowell : "Ok, off you go." Bach : ".....................BA-RABAS!!!!!!!"
@Betterthantelly 3 жыл бұрын
What an interesting educational excellent presentation. Thank you. Subscribed.
@shadowhegog9798 3 жыл бұрын
Prokofiev 5 has a gnarly cluster chord in the third movement.
@luvmufvin5752 3 жыл бұрын
you, polyphonic, 12 tone and Adam have it on lock
@jackkings 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@spacebiggles 3 жыл бұрын
Happy Halloween David
@materedai4158 3 жыл бұрын
I know I'm late but you gave 40 points for a Hungarian artist. I'm a Hungarian guy born in 2000, so I'm young, but sometimes life feels like those sounds in this country.
@goblinhairedguy 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant piece! Thank you. I did not know the Mahler chord. Great backstory. And I was mesmerized to see a Bacon in Ottawa. But Ipanema is not schmoozy, my friend! It is superb. Keep analyzing it
@BrendanCalliesComposer 3 жыл бұрын
So glad you included the mahler one, that's my favorite mahler symphony
@pavlelazarevic3270 3 жыл бұрын
Also his 1st. Finale is pretty loud
@princessprog 3 жыл бұрын
great video!
@TrebleWoofer1 3 жыл бұрын
YES! Last year I turned in a paper comparing the Psycho and Threnody openings. I too wondered about them both being composed in 1960 was interesting. So happy I wasn't alone!
@camillehocde8195 3 жыл бұрын
I just love your chord, the piccolo gives me some really thicc chills
@gianlucapolitano3228 3 жыл бұрын
Maestro, very interesting!!!! I'd love to include (for the thrill, I don't analyzed the music sheets) Dies Irae from Cherubini. It's amazing as all of the above! Beautiful channel by the way! Cheers from Italy.
@alexandergadjiev3733 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! There is although at the beginning of the 4th piece from the Altenberg lieder op.4 by Berg with 12 notes. Absolutely mesmerizing!
@fanyafeng7094 3 жыл бұрын
Really interesting video. Thx
@AndresFigari 3 жыл бұрын
I liked this Video because I really liked Bruce's chord - the production of that opera looks great, going to look for a way to see this somehow...
@Schumann8 3 жыл бұрын
The ''Northern Lights'' chord in Cantata for Wartime by Ernst Krenek is quite the collector's item.
@slimyelow 3 жыл бұрын
The score for The Queen's Gambit by Carlos Rafael Rivera was absolutely the shining star in that miserable waste of a year.
@ejaviolin 5 ай бұрын
I feel like “inferno” from firebird is pretty iconic too 😂 the mvmt right before is so tranquil, that first chord always wakes ppl up
@ltrizzle12 3 жыл бұрын
The final chord of Poulenc’s “Melancholie”?!?! That Bbb (A natural: the flat 6) added to the final Db chord paralyzes the listener with such imbalance, it’s borderline sacrilege.....but got damn he committed to it. Both fascinates and haunts my ear. Utterly riveting.
@ALF8892 Ай бұрын
I loved 2 and 3. It was deeply felt in my soul. I thought they where almost all beautiful
@AidanMmusic96 3 жыл бұрын
Penderecki's St Luke Passion has a lot of chilling moments throughout for me!
@Nooticus 3 жыл бұрын
Yup 100%! Not to criticise, but either David Bruce hasn’t heard them or he really did Penderecki a disservice in this video!
@peterruark645 3 жыл бұрын
Penderecki’s Utrenja as well!
@PeanutButter21505 3 жыл бұрын
LOVE VIDEO ! SUCH VIDEO !
3 жыл бұрын
Scriabin/Nemtin's "Mysterium" (opening chord), is insanely good!
@SuperEricdolphy 3 жыл бұрын
Very good!!
@coma-body-stilllife 3 жыл бұрын
The most effective sounds that inspire fear and shock are all linked with practical and inherent survival functions. The harmonic signature, pitch shifting and amplitude produced by someone screaming in terror has distinct reproducible elements. The brain interprets these signifiers as a threat or a situation that requires immediate attention, and your experience of a musically emulated version carries the same weight. Chords, in this context, multiply the perceived effect by bringing "group survival" into the mix. If a group is screaming in terror, survival is much more threatened than it would be if an individual was screaming. Multiple persons screaming with their own distinct pitch, and their own distinct signatures creates the complex polyphony/dissonance associated with group threat, and for artistic purpose, a much more potent tool in creating shock and fear. Emulate sounds that people produce while experiencing the emotion or situation you would like to produce musically.
@coma-body-stilllife 3 жыл бұрын
@terry riley creating a relevant piece around the traumatic experience would require the specifics of that experience, but just thinking in general here, there's actually a lot of sound going on involuntarily by the body during a traumatic experience, the autonomic system goes crazy, the heart accelerate and produce strong beats and breath will become heavy; the sound of trying to suppress breath is very uncomfortable to listen to. There is potential to use these elements as sound in a score, or musically emulate them with specific instruments or a full choir for an exponential effect. Depending on the event, there could be the experience of the one creating the traumatic event as well and their experience of it. Silence is also very jarring when sound is expected especially from a person, and in the context of a film, could emphasize the visual experience over the musical, which may lead to a more impactful overall experience. My last thought is that the challenge could also be more direct in its representation over musical. The traumatic experience itself could be emphasized through heavy compression and some distortion mirroring the intensity and over stimulation of each traumatic action in the sequence.
@coma-body-stilllife 3 жыл бұрын
@terry riley Can't help myself lol. You start making the "Involuntary-gas-stress-response" noises, and I'll make the "liquidy-stress-response" variations, and we'll combine our work for a compressive sample library. Play both links at the same lime for a inspiration. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZt9frti09PJfnU.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpZjfJR61Zq0eoU.html
@II-V-I 3 жыл бұрын
Good one! I really enjoyed that. However to me a highly dissonant chord in an almost atonal piece effective yet not shocking. And you've been little modest with your own chord. Gave me instant goosebumps
@ikmarchini 3 жыл бұрын
Love it. I'm rather fond of Holst near the end of Mars in the Planets - a horrible chord where I always envision a sword running thru someone. Well thought out and presented. Bravo.
@timschulz9563 3 жыл бұрын
A video beginning with Paul Hardcastle? Awesome! But your other videos are awesome too of course.
@wescoffin8933 3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad Threnody is in here. I was overwhelmed with darkness when I first heard it.
@edgarwalk5637 3 жыл бұрын
That last one gave me goose bumps!
@DumblyDorr 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha... I was honestly waiting for Ligeti the entire video :) And I'm wondering whether something from Bouléz or the later Zappa - or perhaps the cacophonic sound/noise-collages of Stockhausen might qualify.
@LestatAlone 3 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to see the Ligeti piece performed live during a performance by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in Ann Arbor. They were playing all of the music from 2001: A Space Odyssey with the movie playing on a huge screen behind the orchestra. It was a truly amazing experience, and the effect of the choir is indescribable in person. Speakers hardly do it justice.
@blazer6248 3 жыл бұрын
After watching Rob Scallon attempt to write beautiful music without hearing it, I have much, much more respect and appreciation for Beethoven. That's incredible.
@JoshuaWillis89 3 жыл бұрын
Make a second list, so you can include Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” Peter Maxwell Davies’ “Eight Songs for a Mad King,” Bruckner’s “Adagio” from his ninth symphony, James Moorer’s “THX Logo Theme,” and Elgar’s “Dream of Gerontius.”
@chambord860 3 жыл бұрын
I watch this video out of curiosity and found my old master Bach here. He never disappoints me.