Music For War
Submitted by neptune on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 02:13
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- Got this idea while listening to the first entry on this list, suggestions welcome.
- Gustav Holst - Mars, The Bringer of War
- Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
- Verdi - Dies Irae
- Grieg - In The Hall of The Mountain King
- Modest Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain
- Mozart - 25th Symphony (Allegro Con Brio)
- Orff - Carmina Burana
- Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (Particularly the end)
- Beethoven - 5th Symphony (Allegro Con Brio)
- Igor Stavinsky - The Rite of Spring
- Williams - Imperial March (Cmon, the Empire used it!)
I presume this is only classical?
Well, at the moment - I can't think of any appropriate rock ones (certainly not Jazz), without resorting to the incessant pounding of Shit and Shine, but I want the inspiration war-type music these above options all possess.
Funny the most appropriate rock one i can think of (with more of an emphasis on glory like the classical selections, as opposed to the tribal/anger emphasis of say Shit & Shine or Downward Spiral) is Metallica - One. Though the lyrics are regarding the horror of war so...
Another not so much anti-war as apathy is Portishead - Machine Gun. A fair few techno songs could be grouped with Shit & Shine and Downward Spiral especially Solar Quest - Acid Air Raid.
I've also heard before that the American tank soldiers listen to Drowning Pool - Bodies during combat. The lyric "let the bodies hit the floor" probably has something to do with. To be honest I'm sure these days nu metal or hardcore/gabber would inspire many people for the required blood lust. For me I'd use Why Don't You Eat Carrots? :D
EDIT: regarding classical obviously 4th Movement of Beethoven's 9th! It certainly inspired Alex in Clockwork Orange.
Parable of Arable Land-Red Crayola & Y-Pop Group
First rock artists that comes to mind is Hendrix. Especially his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
I've heard of a genre called Martial Industrial, though I haven't had the time to explore it. Its essentially war music. One album I do know of is Triarii - Muse In Arms