I just realised that, given access to today's equipment and tech, a lot of the early composers would have been full-on metalheads.

For all those out there this is Prelude to Madness originally done by Savatage off of Hall of the Mountain King.

These dudes did not have to go that hard....... What a banger of a show that looked like!

Original title : "In The Hall Of The Mountain King", composed by Edvard Grieg in 1875 to serve as incidental music for Scene 6 of Act 2 in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play "Peer Gynt". Covered by : Savatage 1987, renamed "Prelude To Madness" (as an instrumental intro to their original song entitled "Hall Of The Mountain King") Covered by : Trans Siberian Orchestra 2009, renamed simply "The Mountain". EDIT : @tbagdaskavenger _"Trans Siberian orchestra and savatage are related bands as well."_ Uhm, DUH.. 😛 I kinda thought my comment conveyed that... or maybe not, haha. Still, anyone who knows of one will surely learn of the other. If it matters to anyone, Savatage was the original article, with TSO being "spun off" from the band out of a kind of odd necessity due to commercial radio prejudice. When Savatage pretty much packed it in (no more new albums) after 2001, Jon Oliva's Pain (JOP) came along and kind of filled that Savatage vacancy (since most of JOP's songs were leftover and unfinished works of Criss), and we had that for almost a decade (starting in 2004) before that too came to a conclusion in 2013. Of course Jon had other projects like Doctor Butcher and whatnot, but if you wanna know more about that, go ask Wiki or visit the Savatage website(s), haha.

seen these guys like 25 times. show keeps getting better and better. last year's was the first year I missed in like 13 years. I usually see them more then once a year. been pen pals with Dave z for years. awsome guys!!

Yes sir most people don't want to believe it but this is exactly what they play in heaven 24/7

I’ve watched this show twice and I’m still amazed by it honestly

_Madness reigns!_ _My friend is,_ _in the hall_ _OF THE_ _MOUNTAIN KING!_

Literally blessed to have seen Savatage do this live in the 80s on multiple occasions. RIP Chris \m/

TSO was founded from Savatage..of course the ars playing it..seen them 7 times and always there is something from Savatage days..LOVE IT!

Trans-siberian orchestra hall of the king Mountain this is my favorite song this awesome my friends iam a big fan of yours ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊

Prelude To Madness. A classic Savatage song from Hall Of The Mountain King. Good stuff.

These are one-of-a-kind shows. I've seen two and are more than worth it.

This actually is "Prelude To Madness", precursor to 'Hall Of The Mountain King" on Savatage's HOTMK album . The confusion exists in the fact that this is part of the Peer Gynt Suite, written by Edvard Grieg and the original is called "In The Hall Of The Mountain King"...

So excited for the show this year

Never seen something like this before. Very impressive. I'm astounded at the state of stage technology

Spectacular performance love the light show the guitars and drummer is awesome 😎😎

Real Showmen. What an amazing spectacle. Brilliant.

Good for you and thank you for staying so still and having such great audio recording and framing!

Criss and Jon...Thirsty whale 1986ish. Best lead and fill at the same time. Sounded just like the produced album. Never forget the magic of this unique powerful sound.

Every time I hear that final note, I wait the riff that never comes :(

I was their with my family always an amazing show.

Not the version or the band that I was looking for, but wow!

That's one hell of a great recording!

calmest metal audience ever???? id be loosing my shit there

An absolute headbanger. Kinda surprised I didn't see more headbanging in the audience. I would have been.

❤ outstanding 👏 However I'd love to actually hear them do ' Hall of the mountain King' Sabotage style... for real this time guys! 😊

What a magnificent song!

RIP Paul O'Neil .I hope TSO carrys on the show you created .Rest well.

Great visuals! Astounding!

Awesome video! just saw them last night in Chicago and this part was the best!

Savatage...what a band..is TSO PAUL ONEAL..GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL..RIP!😔😥

I love these guys😍😍

Heavy Metal gets a lot of it's early influences from Classical Music scores.

It would have been so cool to see Jon Oliva walk out on stage. "Far away In a land caught between Time and space Where the books of life lay" \m/ ( - - ) \m/

YAY!!! Ever since I was a young girl I have loved this piece of music. I conducted it quite well at the age of 5... in my room, listening to the original score. Thanks!!!

TAKE THAT, PETE TOWNSEND! The Who only WISH they could've interpreted Greig in such a manner of fashion!

It's crazy to actually Feel Chris Olivia in TSO, His Sound, Style, and Soul are Very Prevalent in all Savatage and TSO Scores since his passing... You KNOW when You are listening to Randy Rhoads, You KNOW when You are listening to Vivian Campbell, You Know when You are listening to Jeff Loomis, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmstien , or DIO, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Savatage, Sanctuary, Crimson Glory, Lizzy Borden, Etc.... They all have Very Distinct Styles as does Chris and Jon Oliva.... While Chris's Passing was Crushing and His Silence Deafening, He is still Very Much With Us..... Through Music that was born of him so long ago... Great Video ... I hope to see TSO one day... Sadly, I flew to Florida with a friend years ago... He was going to introduce me to Jon and Chris... the day we were going to go meet them , my friend got the call telling him that Chris was gone..... Savatage has always been one of My Number One Favorite and Most Inspiring Bands.. To Me they are as good as any other band and have an Honesty and Spirit that very few bands possess...

dang, and i thought rick wakeman's grieg was cheesy... this is pure velveeta!

This will always be Jon Olivia and Savatage to me... Thanks TSO for carrying on

Best band + best song = best possible thing

Wow! What an unbeatable show!

I just saw them perform yesterday and it was awesome!!! You will definitely appreciate it more as a musician (I play the cello)

We’ve been bamboozled

I was hoping to hear, "Madness reigns, in the Hall... of The Mountain King" but it wasn't there. This is just the intro to that song. Prelude to Madness.

I'm sure this vid doesn't do it justice - but still cool just the same! Wished I could've been there!!! 🤘😎🎛🎸🎼🎻

RIP Paul O'Neill

If you listen close you can hear the Roaring Thunder of the Almighty

Rik Emmett of TRIUMPH used to play this song during his guitar solos in the 80's everyone else doing it is late to the dance Emmett was first!! long live TRIUMPH

Fantastic!

As a heads up a lot of the best TSO songs are Savatage songs! This is Prelude to Madness. Sarajevo 12/24 is from Dead Winter Dead!! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 RIP Criss Oliva!

great light show

Yes muito obrigado por ter postado😉🙄

This just makes me miss Criss

This band is awesome!! I do wish the guy with the camera would have zoomed in a few times.

Blows me ✌💣

I was there when they did this in Pittsburgh

Some of the members of Savatage are now a part of TSO. Paul O' Neil who was behind Savatage along with Jon Olivia, founded TSO. Of course TSO's music is a lot like Savartage's music because it is a side project of Savatage and a lot of the people who were a part of Savatage are now a part of TSO. Just saying.

❤this!!!!!

I just realized something. The Dragon in the intro sequence of “The Mountain” is Smaug from The Hobbit.

Awesome!

I liked Ritchie Blackmores version too!

Yngwie malmsteen would make a great addition to the show.

Its Prelude To Madness not Hall Of The Mountain king its based off hall of the mountain king but called Prelude To Madness and hall of the mountain king is a different song by them (them meaning savatage) i bet so many people have no clue what i just said

i liked it😀

this is the intro music to Hall of the Mountain King and not the actual song. just sayin

Was really hoping for the actual song with VOCALS. Oh well. It was good, but that would have OWNED the show!

The dragon on the screen makes the show more Awesome!!

Came.here for savatage hall of the mountain king

Fabulous Y E S !

Just imagine if they did Temptation Revelation instrumental off of the Gutter Ballet album from Savatage?

Waouuuuuuuuuu

Who else is here from Dungeon Crawler Carl. The comment is right this is good Bossbattle music

Every bass players nightmare....

I miss the Savatage version of this song so much

Thumbs up for the music but thumbs down for the wrong song title. This is Prelude to madness. It was the track that preceded, Hall of the Mountain king.

Savatage made an album starting with this. I see they were ahead of time

After the show, I couldn't see normal for a few days.

You got that shit right , very cool, no doubt.

Bach, Grieg, Orff and maby others would be Metalheads nowadays

YES🎻🎸🎤🎵

reminds me a bit of the amazing performances of Rammstein! :O

The beginning of that song sounds a LOT like Diamond Head's "Am I Evil?"

still cool, no doubt, time to do it again

Busting out the Savatage cover!

Anyone else wished they had done this with Dio ?

R.I.P. Paul...

I can’t believe that the entire Siberian Orchestra is trans. So brave.

The only other band that would do this is KISS (but now that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are over 70 years old, it would be rare). There are only a handful of bands that have a light show of that scale but, for example David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Peter Gabriel or Paul McCartney would NEVER hover over a crowd strapped on a hydraulic crane 20 feet above the floor! That is what makes this show unique, really.

TSO begins their tour in my area every year. They practice the tour here.

Inspired by The Band Savatage!!! Rip Paul O Neil and Criss Olivia

Deceiving title....tis Prelude to Madness (the track before HOTMK) on Hall of the Mountain King....was thinking Jon Oliva might have stepped out to sing HOTMK..

Joel is un-flipping real....

You mean prelude to madness

🤘

Consider the classical composers as being in "Their Acoustic Period." If they had access to electrics, they certainly were clever enough to get a ride out of them! Unlike oh so many of today's pop artists...

Prelude to madness

I love Trans Siberian Orchestra but this video explains to me why my neurosurgeon advised me not to go to a Trans Siberian Orchestra concert! because it will give you seizures! I'd have to wear enough blinder masks to block out the flashing lights! but I still love the music of Trans Siberian Orchestra!

Epeliptic stroke. More lights please a,! Holy lazaer beams !

Serious party back in the day if you walked into a party and SAVATAGE was playing on the tape player at the party…..🤟🏼😃