Best instrumental music [Archive]

Bren

17th February 2009, 08:58

Dunno about you guys but I am very eclectic with music.

What do you guys rekon is the best instrumental.

My picks would be in this order
1) Tchaikovsky "1812th Overture" (the piece with the big guns in it)
2) Vangelis "Conquest of Paradise" (Crusaders theme piece)
3) Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells pt 1&2" (who does not know who Mike Oldfield is?)

3umph

17th February 2009, 09:03

Music to my ear is the exhaust note of a well tuned big bike or V8 working hard on a twisty section of road echoing of the nearby hills....

MsKABC

17th February 2009, 09:06

Mike Oldfield rocks! I had a fourth form music teacher who was besotted with him so we studied him lots! He is very talented. :niceone:

Murray

17th February 2009, 09:18

Albatross by the original Fleetwood Mac is cool
Green Onions by Booker T and the MG's

And I have an amazing CD of the Doors played by Nigel kennedy and some orchestra somewhere

MSTRS

17th February 2009, 09:20

Vangelis did a piece called Heaven and Hell that I really liked.
For something really upbeat, try Moonshine Sonata by Black Oak Arkansas.

Bren

17th February 2009, 09:27

Vangelis did a piece called Heaven and Hell that I really liked.
For something really upbeat, try Moonshine Sonata by Black Oak Arkansas.

yup, got heaven and hell here...got a lot of vangelis stuff....listening to it now actually, but listening to the 1492 album

Indiana_Jones

17th February 2009, 09:32

Mozart's Requiem.
Valvaldi's Winter.

My main choice of instrumental music is soundtrack scores from films, some of my favs being:

Last Samurai, Gladiator, Jurassic Park, The Good, the bad and the ugly, Titanic, Das boot, Star Wars (all 6), The Rock, Pearl harbour, Enemy at the gates.

Have more, can't remember; lost count lol

Also own all 9 Beethoven Symphonies on Vinyl, cost me $4 !

Edit: I also like Blade runner by Vangelis

-Indy

riffer

17th February 2009, 09:39

Nah.

Try some Ry Cooder.

Bloody brilliant guitarist.

TerminalAddict

17th February 2009, 09:43

John Michael Talbot - The quiet

Wish I could find it on cd tho' :(

Magua

17th February 2009, 09:46

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain.

MsKABC

17th February 2009, 09:50

John Michael Talbot - The quiet

Wish I could find it on cd tho' :(

Have you tried Amazon, etc?

TerminalAddict

17th February 2009, 10:21

Have you tried Amazon, etc?

Strangely enough .. I found it on iTunes about 30 mins ago .. never thought to look there before :)

martybabe

17th February 2009, 10:22

Karl08

17th February 2009, 10:23

"YYZ"- Rush

"Always and Forever"- Pat Metheny

And this- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aArSn4IhHI

martybabe

17th February 2009, 10:43

rachprice

17th February 2009, 11:16

I actually really enjoy classical and the above are all fantastic

There is a string tribute to tool which I naturally like

Also adagio for strings, i think originally by Sam Barber

turtleman

17th February 2009, 11:41

A couple of Rock instrumentals I like are:

Escape - Part one
Escape - Part two

From the movie soundtrack of McVicar - starring Roger Daltrey

Jantar

17th February 2009, 12:12

Mozart's Eine Kliene Nachtmisik. I'm listening to it right now.
:yes:

MaxB

17th February 2009, 12:20

"YYZ"- Rush

Just YYZ?

What about La Villa Strangiato, The Main Monkey Business, Malignent Narcissism/De Slagwerker, Echo, Where's My Thing (Pt. 4 Gangster of Boats Trilogy) and Leave That Thing Alone?

Great Instrumentals.

Indiana_Jones

17th February 2009, 12:39

The Master and commander soundtrack has quite a few goodies on it.

-Indy

cowpoos

17th February 2009, 13:00

NighthawkNZ

17th February 2009, 13:36

again me... ;)

GTRMAN

17th February 2009, 14:20

Have to say John Williams 'March of the Heroes' (trumpet fanfare from the opening of the 1984 Olympic Games) and the soundtrack from Crimson Tide rate fairly highly in my book, and we can't leave out Equinoxe

Indiana_Jones

17th February 2009, 14:24

John Williams is awesome

-Indy

Magua

17th February 2009, 14:28

Also adagio for strings, i think originally by Sam Barber

I concur. First heard it in the movie Platoon. Brilliant.

yungatart

17th February 2009, 14:44

The soundtrack to "Black hawk Down" is awesome!

Indiana_Jones

17th February 2009, 14:52

The soundtrack to "Black hawk Down" is awesome!

That's one I forgot on my list!

It is a very good soundtrack!

-Indy

Sully60

17th February 2009, 14:54

My main choice of instrumental music is soundtrack scores from films, some of my favs being:

Last Samurai, Gladiator, Jurassic Park, The Good, the bad and the ugly, Titanic, Das boot, Star Wars (all 6), The Rock, Pearl harbour, Enemy at the gates.

Have more, can't remember; lost count lol

Arrrggghh! What about the Top Gun anthem!?! You forgot that one, dude!

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A stirring piece of music, achtung!

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Romeo Foxtrot, shall we dance?

Sully60

17th February 2009, 15:12

The Tea Party, the living reincarnation of Jim Morrison doesn't have much to do on this one...
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Cajun

17th February 2009, 15:15

The Tea Party, the living reincarnation of Jim Morrison doesn't have much to do on this one...

the tea party is one of my favorite bands ever.

peasea

17th February 2009, 15:16

How long have you got?

Joe Satriani-Flying in a blue dream
" " -Rubina's blue sky happiness
" " -The Extremeist
Simple Minds-Theme for great cities
Black Sabbath-Supertzar
David Gilmour-Raise my rent
Tool-Triad
Led Zeppelin-Bron Yr Aur
" " -Bonzo's Montreux
" " -White summer
" " -Travellin riverside blues
Rare Earth -Come with me
Van Halen -Eruption

The list goes on.............

Big Dave

17th February 2009, 16:38

P38

17th February 2009, 16:42

The Shadows.... Apache

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P38

17th February 2009, 16:46

The Shadows .... Riders in the Sky

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Big Dave

17th February 2009, 16:49

Three Legged Dog - Cruel sea

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ynot slow

17th February 2009, 16:55

Almost musical but around 1980's "Vienna" by Ultravox.

Sully60

17th February 2009, 16:55

Like Bren said in the OP...

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T.W.R

17th February 2009, 17:00

Pink Floyd = Echoes
Jean Michel Jarre = Oxygene PtII
Claytown Troupe = Chiracahua Sun

Sully60

17th February 2009, 17:05

Jean Michel Jarre = Oxygene PtII

Snap!

I was just looking for it and saw your post when I came back to post it.
Enjoy...

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MisterD

17th February 2009, 17:06

enigma51

17th February 2009, 17:08

Not completely instrumental but one of my favorites .....

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Creeping Death

17th February 2009, 17:15

Requiem for a dream -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Ma4BvMUwU

Cannon -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8&feature=related

enigma51

17th February 2009, 17:16

T.W.R

17th February 2009, 17:26

Snap!

I was just looking for it and saw your post when I came back to post it.
Enjoy...

:niceone: Got it on tape somewhere :pinch:

The Theme music from the movie Southern Comfort by Ry Cooder

Sully60

17th February 2009, 17:29

:niceone: Got it on tape somewhere :pinch:

The Theme music from the movie Southern Comfort by Ry Cooder

I was going on the Gallipoli soundtrack.

Now for something completely different...
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Remember that's a bass guitar Cliff is playing there. R.I.P

T.W.R

17th February 2009, 17:44

I was going on the Gallipoli soundtrack.

That's the short version :cool:

idb

17th February 2009, 19:56

Duelling Banjos.

pete376403

17th February 2009, 20:23

Jessica - Allman Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs

Big Dave

17th February 2009, 20:31

Duelling Banjos.

I heard at one stage it occupied all 12 places on the Arrowtown Top 20.

Bren

17th February 2009, 20:37

Pink Floyd = Echoes
Jean Michel Jarre = Oxygene PtII
Claytown Troupe = Chiracahua Sun
Oxygene, that brings back memories

Duelling Banjos.
Now there is a man with TASTE

And who cannot remember "Chariots of Fire" by Jon Anderson and Vangelis

Robert Taylor

17th February 2009, 20:47

idb

17th February 2009, 20:53

I heard at one stage it occupied all 12 places on the Arrowtown Top 20.

Depends how many fingers ya got!

McJim

17th February 2009, 20:56

1/ Rush - La Villa Stangiato
2/ Gustav Holst - Mars, Bringer of War from Planets Suite
3/ James Curnow - Trittico

I used to play lots of orchestral gigs and have played 1812, Bolero and a lot of the other popular stuff to death - so much so that it really bores me. I've found that modern Brass Band music just tears strips off of modern orchestral repertoire because it's just so cutting edge.

Brass Band composers are writing test pieces that are more demanding than ever before and brass players are getting better at doing the impossible so that envelope just keeps getting stretched. The only way for me to keep up was to allow the whole Brass Band movement to consume me and I practiced in all the spare time I had. this is why I keep resisting the temptation to pick up an instrument again as I am unwilling to lose that amount of free time again.

Skyryder

17th February 2009, 20:57

Bit dated by today standards but it started for me with these guys

The Shadows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrbDN9R9rIQ&feature=PlayList&p=E12A87A8E932EDAF&index=2

Tangerine Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMizFkOzDRA

Ill have a hunt for some more.

Always liked this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZNsvJQtfqU&feature=related

Skyryder

Big Dave

17th February 2009, 20:59

Nobody mentioned Rick Wakeman yet.

He had some of the biggest selling records in the 70s painting 'musical portraits'.

Sully60

17th February 2009, 21:01

Jeff Beck...
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Big Dave

17th February 2009, 21:01

Depends how many fingers ya got!

You set 'em up - I'll knock 'em over mi amigo

idb

17th February 2009, 21:03

Organ 2/ASLSP
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1525792.stm

639 years to play!

Big Dave

17th February 2009, 21:04

It's like the Scottish Play. It must be repeated every time someone mentions 'The Bolero Player'.

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Macontour

17th February 2009, 21:08

Tangerine Dream and their Album Force Majeure. Sort of hippy, druggy 70s synthesizer music, especially the train sound going from one speaker to the other.

McJim

17th February 2009, 21:14

It's like the Scottish Play. It must be repeated every time someone mentions 'The Bolero Player'.

Is that the same bloke wot invented the Camberwell Carrot? He's got old since Withnail and I.........

Big Dave

17th February 2009, 22:19

Is that the same bloke wot invented the Camberwell Carrot? He's got old since Withnail and I.........

I would guess that WW is an older fillum than W&I.

MaxB

18th February 2009, 00:02

Nobody mentioned Rick Wakeman yet.

He had some of the biggest selling records in the 70s painting 'musical portraits'.

Him you mean

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And from his heyday

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MaxB

18th February 2009, 00:20

And a little bit of Yes with Tony Kaye. You had to be good to get on stage with that band.

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Oscar

18th February 2009, 08:03

Him you mean

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And from his heyday

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Wow.
I saw Wakeman at Western Springs, a long long long time ago...