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  • SockrateaseSockratease Posts: 813
    edited July 2013

    Just got a recently released re-mix of Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield (One of my Favorite albums EVER).

    It had a "Bonus Disc" with a "Lost" early version of Ommadawn on it. I wasn't expecting much, but it was a Wonderful find!

    If you like Mike, find this. Even if you dont - it's worth a listen.

    Here's an excerpt of the very strange ending - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6JC2Nj61dI

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  • SiennaBlueSiennaBlue Posts: 224
    edited December 1969

    Hiro Protagonist said:
    SiennaBlue said:
    My playlist from a genre they've labeled, Epic. Many are compilations from movies and/or games. Number 13, "Best Of Epic Music III - Two Steps From Hell (ft. 300)" has lots of violent imagery from the movie "300". The music held me enthralled, though. I'll have to listen to the songs listed by others here.

    I love "epic" (although I prefer to call it "bombastic")! I guess I got into it in a serious way via RPG music. I didn't have time to listen through everything on your list so I don't know if you have one of my favourites, the theme from the Japanese RPG "The Last Remnant". Symphony orchestra, synthesist and a 15 piece choir. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yhOYokax0M

    The theme from the Polish RPG Witcher 2 is also great (maybe even better). Assassins of Kings:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhSBSjbwEZs

    And now some epic Japanese pop. It's the theme from last season's (spring 2013) new anime Shingeki no Kyoujin (Advance of the Giants or Attack On Titan) Not sure I've ever heard anything quite like this—it's really over the top:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WxxnBg3vQg


    Nice. I especially liked the last two. This type of music gets the blood and adrenalin pumping. I feel it encourages creative energy/action. Thanks for sharing.

    Thanks to everyone for sharing. I still have a lot of listening to do. :)

  • tsaristtsarist Posts: 1,614
    edited July 2013

    I really enjoy Orphaned Land
    an awesome band.

    Learn more about them here...
    http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Orphaned_Land/2309
    and here...
    http://www.youtube.com/artist/orphaned-land

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  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,212
    edited December 1969

    ghastlycomic said:
    By the way, might I recommend Thomas Dolby's new album "A Map Of The Floating City", and in particular a little track called Toadlickers which features the accordion talents of a certain... ghastly... individual. :cheese:

    I looked to see an accordion but didn't. Catchy little diddy though!

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,505
    edited July 2013

    Not new music but new performance.

    I'm pretty much classical music (Romantic period), piano and symphonies mostly.

    Last night was an incredible performance. I was in tears and stomping my feet for an encore after 29 year old Alexander Gavrylyuk performed the Rachmaninoff 3rd Piano Concerto at Chautauqua. Standing ovation, full house (approx. 5000) on it's feet instantly with raucous bursts of "Bravo", cheering & stomping on the amphitheater seats. He gave us three encores, and we still wanted more.

    I'd heard the "Rach 3" performed before, in more prestigious theaters by more prestigious and seasoned pianists. But it never moved me (and the whole audience) like that incredible performance. Blew my mind!

    Chautauqua Amphitheater:
    https://www.google.com/search?q=chautauqua+amphitheater&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=UOXrUbG6GIzD4AOcq4HADw&ved=0CFMQsAQ&biw=1536&bih=690

    Chautauqua
    http://www.ciweb.org

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  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,212
    edited December 1969

    Rachmaninoff has a style I very much like! Not much into classical but yea, he's one I like listening too. I do love flute based classical though. YUMMY!

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...here's one that recently knocked me over:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QVPwYsZV4&list=FLAYnX1egxjn_6-4qEXfhsiQ&index=18

    I had always dreamed of playing this piece. Even practised the entire piano solo part, but never got the chance to play it on stage with an orchestra.

    Mind you the soloist is here is only 12 years old. This piece was a real challenge to me in and I was in my mid 20s.

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,212
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...here's one that recently knocked me over:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QVPwYsZV4&list=FLAYnX1egxjn_6-4qEXfhsiQ&index=18

    I had always dreamed of playing this piece. Even practised the entire piano solo part, but never got the chance to play it on stage with an orchestra.

    Mind you the soloist is here is only 12 years old. This piece was a real challenge to me in and I was in my mid 20s.

    Blew me out of the water. OMG! A very talented virtuoso that you all must hear!

    Thanks for sharing the link Kyoto

  • j87brown_4641e34c3cj87brown_4641e34c3c Posts: 80
    edited December 1969

    I recently discovered folk band Faun, Industrial band Eisenfunk, and dubsteb band Nero (which, I loath dubstep with every fiber of my being, but they are just amazing).

  • ManStanManStan Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    For some reason I have been drawn to die antwoord lately. A cross of rap and rave.

    Warning if you have issues with language and are easily offended do not click this link; even if you are not so easily offended :ohh: . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIXUgtNC4Kc
    You have been warned.
    This video is their response to Lady Gaga asking them to open for her in south Africa.

    But this is the video that first drew me to them, note you will have to login to verify your age on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcXNPI-IPPM and yes, that language is mixed German/English at the beginning. Sort of hard to understand but it does have subtitles lol

    Hay, you were warned and I am not kidding, this is mature stuff.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...here's another one. A bit lengthy but equally astounding.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du6M96E8KyE&list=FLAYnX1egxjn_6-4qEXfhsiQ&index=21

    the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain which performs this is comprised of young musicians all between the ages of 13 - 19.

    The two soloists, Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Joanna MacGregor (piano) and conductor Vasily Petrenko are the only adults taking part in the performance.

    In 2011, the orchestra was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society's Best Ensemble Award.

    Not many professional orchestras (certainly not the one where I live) attempt this work because of the expanded resources it requires, such as a larger percussion section, solo piano and solo ondes martenot (an early electronic instrument that is to say the least, "unique"). the work was composed between the years 1946 and 1948.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,789
    edited December 1969

    The NYO usually performs orchestral showpieces. Interestingly, the Prom concert last night was the new NYO USA.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...an equally fine ensemble. I enjoy it when young artists excel at what they love.

    It's sad that the arts here tend to be the first part of the curriculum to get the axe when public school systems are forced to reduce their budgets. Creative pursuits (and the encouragement of them) can go a long way towards building self esteem and confidence just as much as sports does.

  • Dr StupidDr Stupid Posts: 313
    edited December 1969

    ghastlycomic said:
    Prepare to have your minds BROKEN!

    Oh my.....
    Mind....broken....
    any more proper speak can't......

    (track couldn't be more perfect! and the accompanying video is very funny and totally apt - very Wendy as was pointed out! fantastic ditty :))))))

  • ghastlycomicghastlycomic Posts: 2,531
    edited December 1969

    RAMWolff said:
    ghastlycomic said:
    By the way, might I recommend Thomas Dolby's new album "A Map Of The Floating City", and in particular a little track called Toadlickers which features the accordion talents of a certain... ghastly... individual. :cheese:

    I looked to see an accordion but didn't. Catchy little diddy though!

    They filmed the video in England so I wasn't there. :down:

    But here I am rocking out on stage with him in Toronto!

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  • Dr StupidDr Stupid Posts: 313
    edited December 1969

    ghastlycomic said:

    But here I am rocking out on stage with him in Toronto!

    You most definitely rock!!! :)

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,212
    edited December 1969

    ghastlycomic said:
    RAMWolff said:
    ghastlycomic said:
    By the way, might I recommend Thomas Dolby's new album "A Map Of The Floating City", and in particular a little track called Toadlickers which features the accordion talents of a certain... ghastly... individual. :cheese:

    I looked to see an accordion but didn't. Catchy little diddy though!

    They filmed the video in England so I wasn't there. :down:

    But here I am rocking out on stage with him in Toronto!

    AWESOME pics there. You look kinda like your avatar! lol

  • ghastlycomicghastlycomic Posts: 2,531
    edited December 1969

    RAMWolff said:
    ghastlycomic said:
    RAMWolff said:
    ghastlycomic said:
    By the way, might I recommend Thomas Dolby's new album "A Map Of The Floating City", and in particular a little track called Toadlickers which features the accordion talents of a certain... ghastly... individual. :cheese:

    I looked to see an accordion but didn't. Catchy little diddy though!

    They filmed the video in England so I wasn't there. :down:

    But here I am rocking out on stage with him in Toronto!

    AWESOME pics there. You look kinda like your avatar! lol

    Sometimes when I'm on stage I look even more like my Avatar.

    Yes those are my boobs. :lol: Put together with LOTS of duct tape I can tell you. (very painful removing them after a show) When is Daz gonna invent a real life Morph slider so I can simply dial up the breast size when I have to do a show as Lola Internet and the Bangkok Proxies.

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  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,212
    edited July 2013

    Hahaha... I can never tell who's a girl or boy here at DAZ3D. I'm a Wolfie boi myself! LOL

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050
    edited July 2013

    Thanks to the OP's link (which is to a very cool piece), I came across the work of "Two Steps from Hell"... A production music team responsible for many of the cooler "epic themes" used in recent movies...
    I don't really pay too much attention to how YouTube works... But, this seems to be the official channel for Two Steps from Hell-
    http://www.youtube.com/user/TwoStepsFromTheMusic?feature=c4-overview-vl
    This (for me at least) is perfect music for those moments when your inspiration meter is on the bottom bar, or if your fortress is being besieged by the legions of darkness... this really would have come in quite handy for me last week when I was attacked by an army of demon squirrels... all I had handy was my wife's playlist, and somehow standing atop my garage fighting off an onslaught of monster rodents riding giant bat/snakes wasn't as epic with Barry Manilow playing... as a matter of fact I'd really like to not think about it anymore... but next time they come back I'll have better music (this really happens around here more often then you'd expect).
    Well, I hope you find their music to provide that bit of inspiration to fill in the blanks...

    Now go forth and render something cool!

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ghastlycomic said:
    RAMWolff said:
    ghastlycomic said:
    By the way, might I recommend Thomas Dolby's new album "A Map Of The Floating City", and in particular a little track called Toadlickers which features the accordion talents of a certain... ghastly... individual. :cheese:

    I looked to see an accordion but didn't. Catchy little diddy though!

    They filmed the video in England so I wasn't there. :down:

    But here I am rocking out on stage with him in Toronto!


    ...totally awesome.

  • j cadej cade Posts: 2,310
    edited December 1969

    Kind of have to comment on this one, 'cause I just went to the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival. To be fair most of the bands were not recent discoveries for me (I am now going to break the spirit of this thread and mention the Duhks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcOh5n4_Oh8 and Chris Thile & Michael Daves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ_X88RHNyM [For some context on that last one I was there for that too,and they did the same thing this year, which was have the audience yell out any traditional fiddle tune and then they improvised the whole thing off of three of them]).

    However there was one band I did not know that particularly blew my mind, Carolina Chocolate Drops, who tick my particular boxes of having an alto lead singer, who can also actually play an instrument, not just sort of strum a guitar a bit.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXGoJATobqU

  • ghastlycomicghastlycomic Posts: 2,531
    edited December 1969

    RAMWolff said:
    Hahaha... I can never tell who's a girl or boy here at DAZ3D. I'm a Wolfie boi myself! LOL

    I usually refer to my gender as "a little from column A and a little from column B". :lol:

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,212
    edited December 1969

    ghastlycomic said:
    RAMWolff said:
    Hahaha... I can never tell who's a girl or boy here at DAZ3D. I'm a Wolfie boi myself! LOL

    I usually refer to my gender as "a little from column A and a little from column B". :lol:

    Ah, I've found my twin! ;-)~

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...so have I. I guess that makes us triplets eh?

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,212
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...so have I. I guess that makes us triplets eh?

    :P

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...hehheh...

  • dylyn.prosserdylyn.prosser Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    When I was in college there was this great punk band, Daisy Chainsaw, that I loved. They had a few EPs and a full-length release, Eleventeen. Right after their video started getting played a lot on MTV (I think it even got shown on Beavis & Butthead), their lead singer Katie Jane Garside split. I think she basically became a recluse for 6 years or so.

    I recently learned the guitarist, Crispin Gray, convinced her to form a new band in 1999. They got the drummer from the Clash, Pete Howard, & formed Queenadreena. They're even better than Daisy Chainsaw. I've got 3 of their 4 albums. I've been listening to them non-stop for the last month.

    Unfortunately, they broke up in 2010. It's a shame, because I hear their live shows were amazing. There are a few videos, including one of their show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, on Youtube, and a few other ones here.

    Katie Jane is now in a folk band named Ruby Throat, and Crispin Gray and Nomi Leonard formed The Dogbones, neither of which I've heard much from yet.

  • RenpatsuRenpatsu Posts: 828
    edited December 1969

    Due to the french TV series "Les Revenants" ("The Returned") I kind of rediscovered Mogwai.

    Mogwai - Hungry Face (Thème principal)

    Mogwai - Wizard Motor

    Apart from that I love quite a few bits of Japanese music - I won't link to J-POP here, but instead to a live performance of Kenji Kawai of "Log In" featured in the movie "Avalon". One of the few classical concert type themes I am listening to.

    Kenji Kawai - Log In

  • ben98120000ben98120000 Posts: 469
    edited July 2013

    I didnt understood a word from these. As it turns out, it wasnt required. :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1d9ZLhQD6E&list=RD02jcrTYJG-UGk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxF9IXONp8k&list=RD02jcrTYJG-UGk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W72E3_MuJ0M&list=RD02jcrTYJG-UGk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSE_-IHfbjU&list=RD02jcrTYJG-UGk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDECtusAjk&list=RD02jcrTYJG-UGk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD83L4kI3qY&list=RD02jcrTYJG-UGk

    Age of Conan MMORPG music

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