Orchestral / Classical Music

[COLACNT 5,180]

i've always had a minor thing for horror movie scores, but lately i've been really into sweeping / dramatic orchestral stuff in general (i.e the ride / tropico / gatsby stuff) but i'm kind of running low on songs / composers to listen to and need recommendations! it really helps me study too 

 

this is the kind of stuff i like (in order of beauty): 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBh2GkJiRgE

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1tUpx7qmjQ

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7NFDPbTDSA&list=PLLKbqQI5iHgO6GQS_JhiIDBMtk4xg1oGP&index=6

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jjLMm7C2EY&list=PLLKbqQI5iHgO6GQS_JhiIDBMtk4xg1oGP&index=4

 

any good suggestions? any orchestral / classical stuff is fine with me i'm open to all types, the stuff above is just to give a general idea of what i tend to listen to 

 

[phahad 691]

omg half-way through i was like oooh let me link him/her (not sure) to helen's theme from candyman then i see that u listed it!! i've always liked this type of music but could never be bothered downloading any. u would do me a great favor if u pmd ur collection id owe 5ever nojoke @

[lolitanymphet 207]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsS5EO_SHNM

 

Anything from the Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders Soundtrack, I practically live off this it's so perfect.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2c5rL1-KXg

 

I know the score for The Virgin Suicides is more Electronic but it's really worth a listen. I managed to snag a physical copy of it not so long ago ;0;

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08K1GSx7s8w

 

Annnnnnnd last one, when I feel happy I listen to the soundtrack for Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (1972)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOB2u5TBZZc

[Philomene 928]

[COLACNT 5,180]

Anything from the Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders Soundtrack, I practically live off this it's so perfect.

 

I know the score for The Virgin Suicides is more Electronic but it's really worth a listen. I managed to snag a physical copy of it not so long ago ;0;

 

Annnnnnnd last one, when I feel happy I listen to the soundtrack for Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (1972)

 

 

OH MY GOD those are all exquisite; i love the stuff from valerie and her week of wonders. i've seen bits and pieces of the film, its beautiful i need to watch the whole thing. adding those all to my playlist now, if you have more suggestions please post them!

 

omg half-way through i was like oooh let me link him/her (not sure) to helen's theme from candyman then i see that u listed it!! i've always liked this type of music but could never be bothered downloading any. u would do me a great favor if u pmd ur collection id owe 5ever nojoke @

 

i have a d lmao but yea i can just post all of the stuff in my playlist here, i honestly don't have a 'collection' really, just a few pieces i've liked over the years but i've just been listening to them more lately and interested in finding more too 

 

this is probably the most beautiful score i've heard from any film: 

 

 

carrie comes close second: 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76islrQOcLw&list=PLLKbqQI5iHgO6GQS_JhiIDBMtk4xg1oGP&index=19

 

and a few more:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Sp3SSWqQw&list=PLLKbqQI5iHgO6GQS_JhiIDBMtk4xg1oGP&index=7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfQtdX3Ryz4&list=PLLKbqQI5iHgO6GQS_JhiIDBMtk4xg1oGP&index=13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liix3BxSvts

 

the soundtracks for "dressed to kill" and "sympathy for lady vengeance" are also particularly beautiful, they're up on youtube in full 

[COLACNT 5,180]

more pls 

[Lirazel 700]

I'm not sure if it's your cup of tea (music recs are tricky!), but Kow Ohtani's Shadow of the Colossus OST is really gorgeous:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh6KOSrwig8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8ilOHhPPg

It has also a lot of epic songs on it, like this one:

I mostly chose the slower and more athmospheric ones.

[slang 1,532]

There are lots of dramatic orchestral composers one could suggest (e.g., Atterberg, Mahler, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich) but the trick is getting something not too intrusive (so you can study) but good enough to stay awake? That was sort of how I interpreted your request, so these examples struck me as possibly appropriate. Some are famous; some off the beaten track.

 

Phil Glass does movie scores:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG76gIvzUeY

 

There's Karl Jenkins, known for the "Diamonds" commercial,

but he writes a lot of other stuff (this is just a random selection):

 

Alla Pavlova writes symphonies cinematically but pastorally. This was just a random selection off of Youtube from stuff available. It's like the one or two CDs I have of her:

 

Maybe Myaskovsky (whom I'm more into). This written just after WWI so he's a little more PTSD than usual:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjpf_Gcspok