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
Mars, bringer of war.
Mars, bringer of war.
You crack me up little buddy!
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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.
What you really need, not what you think you ought to want.
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)
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)