Mars, bringer of war.

Post by **tulip** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 22:41

I was reminded of this today,
I guess most of you know by now that the QED song of Keen 5 wasn't composed by Bobby Prince but is instead Part of a Suite by Gustav Holst. It is in KeenWiki, so you probably know it.
But have you listened to the original orch version?

Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I

Post by **Levellass** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 0:53

Incorrect, Mr Prince did compose it, he however used the melody from said Planet Suite. I have the entire Suite, and it is wonderful music for relaxing along to.

Deltamatic · Post by **Deltamatic** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 0:57

Eh? What is this planet suite of which you speak?

Post by **Levellass** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:11

It's (Now) an album (Classical music speak for 'album' is 'suite', or a set of things that all go together, thus you can get a suite of applications these days.) It contains a song for each of the planets, Mars is the bringer of war, Saturn of old age, and so on. Most of them are rather peaceful, calming pieces, with only Mars being particularly ominous.

Genius314 · Post by **Genius314** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:19

I like the sort of arpeggio that Bobby Prince added to one part of the song... I kinda wish it was in the orchestral version.

I've known about this for a while. I remember Xky or someone had mentioned it, but I never bothered to look it up. I heard it in some TV show after that, though, so I looked it up... although I had no idea what to look for, so it was kinda tricky.

It's by far the best song in the suite, probably followed by Jupiter. The others are too slow to really hold my interest.

The airship music in Super Mario Bros 3 is inspired by mars.
Also, Symphony X has a pretty good metal version of it in one of their songs (you have to skip to like 1:45 where it starts, the beginning is just like Gregorian chanting)

ZidaneA · Post by **ZidaneA** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:14

I kinda imagined this as the Final Boss theme in a Commander Keen movie.

It was kinda epic.

Post by **tulip** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:32

Yes the super mario airship theme is quite similar.

As for the metal version, there is one by Metallica from 1984: "Am I Evil?" starts with citing Mars bringer of war.