Favorite instrumentals

[MacLeod]

It can be pump up music,epic,classic,ambient or anything else.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

For me, my favorite instrumental has remained as such ever since I first heard it at least 9 years ago.

Spoiler: Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson

That said, three have come close.

Spoiler: Surfing with the Alien by Joe Satriani

Spoiler: For the Love of God by Steve Vai

Spoiler: YYZ by Rush

 

[Queen Michael]

I know that it's been tainted by Twilight, but it's still a good piece.

 

[Zen Bard]

Well crap! thebobmaster took two out of my top five!

(You have excellent taste, sir)

So here are my Top Three:

Spoiler: The Summer Song - Joe Satriani

Spoiler: School Days - Stan Clarke

Spoiler: In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - The Allman Brothers

 

[Faaip]

Here's a couple of my favorites

Spoiler: One of These Days - Pink Floyd

Spoiler: Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

and honorable mention

Spoiler: Rumble - Link Wray

 

[Asita]

I assume synth doesn't count. On the off chance that it does:

Spoiler: Spear of Justice/Ngahhh!! Dual Mix - Undertale

More classically, we have these

Spoiler: Firebird Suite - Igor Stravinsky

Spoiler: Violin Sonata in G Minor (Devil's Trill Sonata) - Giuseppe Tartini

And then we get this bridging the gap

Spoiler: Canon Rock - JerryC

And while I don't know the name of what he plays, special mention also goes to this guy

Spoiler: Bryson Andres

 

[American Fox]

Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi
Walk Don't Run - The Ventures
Wipeout - The Ventures
Tequila - The Champs
One Step Beyond - Madness
Bankshot - Operation Ivy
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Having An Average Weekend - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny
Mega Man 2 - The Minibosses
Lets Go To Tokyo - Sweet
The Massacre - FantomenK

 

[Kyrian007]

Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi
Walk Don't Run - The Ventures
Wipeout - The Ventures
Tequila - The Champs
One Step Beyond - Madness
Bankshot - Operation Ivy
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Having An Average Weekend - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny
Mega Man 2 - The Minibosses
Lets Go To Tokyo - Sweet
The Massacre - FantomenK

Guaraldi and Mason Williams, awesome choices.

There's several I harp on in most musical threads. Here's one I haven't for a while. I started a new campaign of Pinnacle's Deadlands this weekend. And I went back to the cd-rom again for some mood music.

Spoiler: Lucasarts' Outlaws soundtrack

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

The 2 that immediately spring to mind are...

Spoiler: Cowboy Bebop - Tank!

Spoiler: Metal Gear Solid 2 theme by Harry Gregson Williams

 

[CaitSeith]

I'm in orchestral mood today, so I'll say:

Spoiler: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg

The same tune repeated with different instruments while increasing its tempo and volume until reaching an energetic climax. I love it.

Spoiler: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach

Be it performed by an orchestra...

...or by Vanessa Mae.

Spoiler: Beethoven's 5th Symphony

The brief version, that's it.

 

[busterkeatonrules]

Composer Robert Israel specializes in writing new scores for re-released silent movies. Not that he doesn't usually pull out all the stops anyway, but I have an extra soft spot for the work he delivered for Harold Lloyd's classic For Heaven's Sake (1926)!

Spoiler: Movie: Click to View

Yup. Just posting the whole movie here. Can't find the soundtrack without it.

Bonus: A few highlights from the first-ever sci-fi epic, Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927). Only the mad and opulent world of Weimar-era German expressionism could have produced such a movie - and only Gottfried Huppertz could have scored it!

This is one of those rare cases where the original sheet music has actually survived. Here, then, are the same tunes as were played by a live orchestra at the premiere - nearly a century ago!

Spoiler: Intro

Spoiler: Sports stadium

Spoiler: The Moloch machine

Spoiler: Revolt!

 

[Padwolf]

The one Instrumental that I shall name is Howl's Moving Castle - Main Theme. Just please, whatever else you do today, go onto youtube and give it a listen. It's taken me to far off places and gave me inspiration to write again.

 

[KissingSunlight]

I don't listen to a lot of instrumentals. So, the only one I can think of off-hand is from Kill Bill.