Most foreboding music

[Leroy]

The soundtrack for Mobile Suit Gundam Zeta was pretty good at setting up a grim pessimistic atmosphere.

[Canadave]

You mean besides the frakking Avatar pop-up music?

Heh, some good choices here, but I'm afraid I have the winner. "Koyaanisqatsi" by Philip Glass:



I dare you to top that one.

[Deckerd]

It's a good flesh-creepy one but I'm sure it can be topped. The use of Ligeti (apparently without his permission) in Space 2001 is fairly hair-raising in parts.

[publiusr]

Try program #338 from www.hos.com
Festival of Gloom

Details:

"INTRO : Welcome to Scorpio - a time of darkening in the world around us,when Celtic mythology considered the veil between this world and the 'world of the spirits' to be at its thinnest - In the spirit of the season, we have an immaculately moody offering for you."

"English singer DAVID SYLVIAN puts it this way:

'The night is dark and cold
Strong winds and the rain
Crack the branches upon my window
The devil beats his drum, casting out his spell
Dragging all his own down into hell.'

" On this edition of HEARTS of SPACE we journey down the dark corridors, through the rainy streets, past the industrial wastelands, and into the ethereal, introspective sounds of the Halloween season, with a program called 'FESTIVAL OF GLOOM.'"

DAVID SYLVIAN
The Devil's Own < 0:0->1:11>
: SECRETS OF THE BEEHIVE ; Virgin Records CDV 2471; 1987
: Info: www.virginrecords.com



HYBRYDS
Voices of the Sacred Men < 01:11->2:35>
: THE RITUAL SHOULD BE KEPT ALIVE, Part 2 ; Dark Vinyl DV #09;


BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL
Am I So Deceived < 02:35->7:15>
: ASHES IN THE BRITTLE AIR ; Projekt PRO26; 1989
: Info: www.projekt.com


LUSTMORD
The Daathian Doorway < 07:15->8:40>
: THE MONSTROUS SOUL ; Side Effects DFX 14;


AIR
Wind < 08:40->11:33>
1st Impression < 11:33->15:15>
: YOU ; Music Man MMA 9393;


BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL
We Watch Our Sad-Eyed Angel Fall < 15:15->20:47>
: A CHAOS OF DESIRES ; Projekt PRO30; 1990
: Info: www.projekt.com


XOLOTL
Procession < 20:47->28:12>
: PROCESSION ; Erdenklang 30652; 1993
: Info: www.erdenklang.de


CONTROLLED BLEEDING
In Drowning Hands (excerpt) < 28:12->30:16>
: SONGS FROM THE ASHES ; C'est La Mort CLM-CD 022; 1989


BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL
From the Tightrope < 30:16->35:05>
: ASHES IN THE BRITTLE AIR ; Projekt PRO26; 1989
: Info: www.projekt.com


T.G.V.T
Untitled Composition 8 < 35:05->38:27>
: RINDE HUMANO ; Flabbergast FG5; 1991


DAVID PARSONS
Lahaul Valley < 38:27->44:50>
: DORJE LING ; Fortuna 17076-2; 1992
: Info: www.harmonies.com


STEVE ROACH
Melting at the Inbetween < 44:50->53:55>
: FROM ACROSS THIS GRAY LAND NO. 2 ; Projekt PRO29; 1990
: Info: www.projekt.com

BRIAN ENO
Cavallino < 53:55->58:41>
: THE SHUTOV ASSEMBLY ; Warner Bros. 9 45010-2; 1992
: Info: www.warnermusic.com

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Another vote here for O Fortuna.

[DonIago]

No love for Bach's Toccata and Fugue in G-minor? Wow.

[Canadave]

^ The problem with Toccata and Fugue is that it's cliched foreboding music now. It brings to mind parodies of horror just as easily as it does actual horror, you know?

[DonIago]

How about Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain then?

[macloudt]

Henryk Gorecki's Third Symphony always gives me the chills. It's the classical piece I play most often.

[Zion Ravescene]

Niorah wrote:

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Clint Mansell - Lux Aeterna (Requiem for a Dream OST)

In my mind it is tied to scenes of nuclear apocalypse. Awful.

In my mind it is tied to scenes from Sky Sports News. The humanity...

DonIago wrote:

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No love for Bach's Toccata and Fugue in G-minor? Wow.

Much love for it here. All of it.



I also find very foreboding Henry Purcell's "Funeral March of Queen Mary II" (especially Wendy Carlos's version for A Clockwork Orange).

In general, Baroque music rocks.

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

[DonIago]

I'll add the overture to TUC. Hard to believe that was music for a Trek film.

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

[marillion]

Another vote for "O Fortuna"... And just about anything by VNV Nation..

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Scotty wrote:

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Good, but not as good as this one, IMO:

Or this one: