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Title: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: azile0 on June 25, 2009, 05:40:06 pm

So, if you read my first topic, you'd see that Pandora was playing as one of my tabs. Well, the song "Song from a Secret Garden" just started playing and I'm sobbing over my keyboard right now. Do any of you know of any songs that move you just by listening to them? "Handlebars" by Flobots comes to mind.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: iamzack on June 25, 2009, 05:56:39 pm

Paper Bag by Fiona Apple

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Mongoose on June 25, 2009, 05:56:57 pm

Most of the songs that do that to me are from soundtracks of shows/movies I've seen.  The anime series Cowboy Bebop has at least two or three of them.  I can't get through "Call Me Call Me" or "Blue" without tearing up a bit.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Ghostavo on June 25, 2009, 05:59:55 pm

Kierunai Omoi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LScgjuP9hjs)

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: The E on June 25, 2009, 06:09:07 pm

Hmmm.... Clint Mansell's Lux Aeterna. I know it's been overused as generic awesome music, but after seeing it in its original context (As one of the crowning pieces of the soundtrack to Requiem for a Dream), it gains a very different note.

Then there's "Skin" and "Dark City" by Machinae Supremacy.
And "Letter - From the lost days" by Akira Yamaoka and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: redsniper on June 25, 2009, 06:48:15 pm

I can't say any song on its own moves me to tears but,

"The Best is Yet to Come" is pretty haunting. Oh and "The World of Midnight" from Black Lagoon is kind of a downer too.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Flipside on June 25, 2009, 06:57:58 pm

Adagio for strings. Every.Damn.Time.

I blame Homeworld.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Rick James on June 25, 2009, 07:06:36 pm

*sniff* I love the Homeworld soundtrack.

Entre Moi, by Qntal. Gets me every time, and I don't know why.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: TESLA on June 25, 2009, 07:09:49 pm

Well here are the ones I feel make you think, or feel some emotion

Sacrifice from 'the gift' (Tv: Buffy) (Josh Whedon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdjVo68ASak

Shooting Star (Film: Stardust)(Ilan Eshkeri)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5exhwAvO3-M


Arrival to Earth (Film: Transformers)(Steve Jablonsky)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H0JDomv8ac&feature=related

Now We Are Free (Film: Gladiator)(Hanz Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCw9zo0CAZU

Run (Band: Snow Patrol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP5j_Q9CZ3w

May It Be (Artist: Enya)(From Lord Of The Rings)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQAAupd25g

Admiral and Commander (Bear Mc Creary) (Battlestar Galactica)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7jH45JVdTw

All these can be bought from Amazon or iTunes. Have loads of em, really really good!

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: peterv on June 25, 2009, 07:32:06 pm

Tom Waits, "I'll be gone".

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Liberator on June 25, 2009, 07:36:58 pm

Trust You by Yuna Ito (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEt-JKw37NE)

Tears me up something fierce when I think about how Lyle had Anew in his fingers and had her ripped away.  Burn in hell Ribbons Almark, burn in hell.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 25, 2009, 07:44:27 pm

Tears...not for a long time. Randy Edelman's Gettysburg soundtrack used, to particularly Fife and Gun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NonQZWWe1y8) and Killer Angel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLXPRnp6qfU&feature=related),

But some other things.

I Saw Your Ship (http://ccp.vo.llnwd.net/o2/music/www/Ambient038.mp3) is awe given musical form. I really can't describe it better than that.

...But Still We Go On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw42ULtUM5Q) is a problem. I can't quite explain what it speaks to, only that it fits its title.

Rob Dougan is the master of conveying anger as I know it; dark, intense, somehow sad. Clubbed to Death (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eQ9oN254qk) does it best, but Furious Angels (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDi9OeJqwG4) does it well (that's not the full version of Furious Angels on the album, oddly I can't find that...the video's actually pretty good, though) as well. His Nothing At All (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV8m5uWilpg) used to hold the title of "best description of what it's like to be in love" but that's gone to Lamb - Gorecki (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtZym8gQKAc) by now.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: perihelion on June 25, 2009, 09:06:54 pm

Not tears, exactly, but I can still feel all the blood drain out of my face and the hairs on my neck stand on end whenever I listen to Radiohead's "Blow Out," even after 13 years.  It really captured the feeling of panic that you might be losing your mind and powerless to stop it.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: BloodEagle on June 25, 2009, 10:17:40 pm

Blood On The Risers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWgsdexkv18) always moves me.  :drevil:

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: StarSlayer on June 25, 2009, 11:55:42 pm

When i first heard it with pinning scene in season 2 it was pretty damn sad, especially when it kicks in at about 2:00.  I've designed a Battlestar or two to this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG-Js_rMEV4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG-Js_rMEV4)

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Ford Prefect on June 26, 2009, 12:36:52 am

Devendra Banhart, "Insect Eyes" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCmDV5lYjWo)

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on June 26, 2009, 01:02:44 am

The only song I can think of is Judgement Fray by Machinae Supremacy for the album Jets'n'Guns (http://www.machinaesupremacy.com/music/jetsnguns/24-machinae_supremacy-judgement_fray.mp3).

...this is interesting. MS knows that people are distributing their music on P2P networks, and this is their take on it:

(http://www.machinaesupremacy.com/images/dlimg_05.png)

Words to live by if anyone wants to use the BitTorrent protocol.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Mefustae on June 26, 2009, 01:04:30 am

Quote from: Flipside on June 25, 2009, 06:57:58 pm

Adagio for strings. Every.Damn.Time.

I blame Homeworld.

Yes.

Also: Vode An (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao1HQAPRSwo). Or 'Brothers All' in Mando'a. Ever since I got into the series and put more mythology behind it, it's become quite stirring for me.

Then there's Late Goodbye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atKv1JyQgV8) (ignore the visuals in that video, they are dumb. First heard it over the end credits of Max Payne 2, and I really felt it encapsulated the storyline, and it's since become probably my favorite song. It moves me every time.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on June 26, 2009, 01:08:01 am

Oh yes, Late Goodbye. An excellent song indeed. :nod:

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: nvsblmnc on June 26, 2009, 01:34:01 am

I've always found "Follow Me" by Kenji Kawai very powerful.  It was used for the end theme to Innocence, and I've always felt it totally summed up Batou's devotion to Kusanagi.

Another good one is Advent Rising - the main theme from the game with the same title.  The soundtrack to the Karas films also has some very affecting music.

And I'll agree with Late Goodbye.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Black Wolf on June 26, 2009, 03:12:51 am

Keep Me in Your Heart for Awhile by Warren Zevon or The Show Must go On by Queen. Both awesome moving songs made much more impacting when you realize they were written and performed essentially as goodbyes from dying artists.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Enigmatic Entity on June 26, 2009, 07:21:16 am

Howard Shore - Hymn to the sea //mourning never ceases
Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard - Elysium //Gladiator; after he dies
Hans Zimmer - One Day //Pirates of the Carribean; 1,2 or 3; I don't know
John Debney - Resurrection //Sort of more epic to begin with, movie unknown
Taj - Hero //about going to jail for knifing; hits home sometimes
Zbigniew Preisner - Requiem for my friend //not the crying sadness, but sad
Hot Butter - Popcorn //believe it or not, mainly the artist's sadness showing through, at least for me
Elsiane - Vaporous //hard to describe this one
Black - It's a wonderful life //really, it is...
FreePlay Music - Eternal champion //epic, sad - why is it called eternal champion?
FreePlay Music - Steadfast //standing up in the face of death, for when a hero dies?
Adam Langston, Andrew Skrabutenas and Chris Bouchard - The forgotten people of Arnor
//from "The Hunt for Gollum" movie
Kevin MacLeod - Sovereign //nice piano music there
Chris De Burgh - Anything from the "Flying Colours" album
Dead can Dance - The host of Seraphim //Despair, for some reason doesn't induce crying
FreePlay Music - Nostalgia //very good representation
FreePlay Music - Lightning steps //similar to Nostalgia
Jacques Davidovici - Insektors soundtrack 2 [credits theme] // more of a nostalgic thing - I used to watch that show
Tasmin Archer - Sleeping satellite //sad and sorry
Erik McClure - If a dream came true //if? when.
Mattafix - Big city life

There's too many for me to list here - some have a different kind of "sad" or "epic" feel, I can't really categorise them that easily, so I usually end up with very long lists...

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: perihelion on June 26, 2009, 11:01:54 am

I second Black Wolf's nomination of "The Show Must Go On."

I'll also throw in Pink Floyd's "The Final Cut."  The whole album, really, but mostly the title track.  Not a good thing to listen to if you are already depressed.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Nuke on June 26, 2009, 11:42:57 am

slayer-killing fields
very moving

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: peterv on June 26, 2009, 01:12:39 pm

Quote from: perihelion on June 26, 2009, 11:01:54 am

I'll also throw in Pink Floyd's "The Final Cut."  The whole album, really, but mostly the title track.  Not a good thing to listen to if you are already depressed.

The most depressing about this album is that Pink Floyd did brake up because of it. Two resons to cry when you leasten to it.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: spaceranger on June 26, 2009, 01:29:40 pm

Goodbye - Emmy Lou Harris (mind blowing cover of a tune by Steve Earle off of Wreckingball album)

That song could form rivers, seriously.  Don't be put off at all by Emmy Lou's country association, this song can't fit in that box.  It helps a lot that the song was arranged and recorded by Daniel Lanois (who also played on it; he's the dude who helped get U2 their sound, along with Brian Eno, starting with The Unforgettable Fire).  :pimp:

*gets a hanky*

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: BengalTiger on June 26, 2009, 01:39:36 pm

Try these:

Tears in heaven

Knocking on heavens door

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: TrashMan on June 26, 2009, 02:57:21 pm

Sonngs that move me?

Moe as in "energize", like some action songs that get my adrenaline flowing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1clgyPLkUg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVi2HVWm72c&feature=related


Or "move" as in make me sad, thoughtfull?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfkqkVMEqmk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQ3asOb4wU&feature=related


Heck, practicly anything from Yoko Kanno is insanely powerful stuff.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: The E on June 26, 2009, 03:03:23 pm

Cup of Coffee, by Garbage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykJNJYganCg&feature=related)

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Nuke on June 26, 2009, 03:45:32 pm

theres always hank sr

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: castor on June 26, 2009, 05:29:29 pm

To Live Is to Die (Metallica)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WdYt9VkVek

Flowers of The Forest (arr. M. Oldfield)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBWaMpoYfAk

Psalmus Ode (Vangelis)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rw7p8McXzw

Dante's Prayer (L. McKennitt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60g7gvBLIoQ

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: redsniper on June 26, 2009, 06:02:23 pm

Also, any rendition of Terra's Theme from FF6.

And the opera song.

Really most if not all of the music in FF6 is excellent. Nobuo Oematsu FTW.

Title: Re: Sad/Epic enough for a double topic.
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on June 27, 2009, 12:25:02 am

Sad Christmas by Freeplay Music is also an easy choice.