day 5 } when words fail
It is Sunday, and I still have a backlog the size of an unambitious continent, but I won't very well be able to concentrate on anything until I fill my quota for ranting about music for the day. About evocative instrumental music, to be precise.
Леопард в городе/ Leopard in the City | Hellawes
An amazing piece that gets under my skin and all but molds my flipping heartbeat to itself. Anybody trying to get me to do something utterly reckless? This is your instrument. Also, Irish harp!
Song From a Secret Garden | Eileen Foster
This has always reminded me of the end credits melody/song of Howl's Moving Castle, and I never attempted finding the actual song, but it has always struck me as something deeply sad for something so light-hued and beautiful.
Ghostwriter | RJD2
A tune played at the beginning of Wimbledon, as Paul Bettany's character speeds across a sunlit London in his sports mini. Perfection, this is it. It's slightly ridiculous how I love that film and Paul Bettany. Have I mentioned I love Paul Bettany? Yes, yes, I have. Just- I do.
An Cailleach | Salsa Celtica
What it says on the tin! Salsa with bagpipes! Celtic flutes with Spanish interjections! There is no way this can ever go wrong. Found it on the awesome, awesome movie Driving Lessons.
Those Who Fight (piano version) | Nobuo Uematsu
Every time I hear this, I want to go back seven (?) years and spend a year learning this for my piano exam.
Dheere Jalna (instrumental) | M.M. Kreem
I am all ?_? at how I acquired this (based on its awesomeness and the relation to an Indian movie, one of chisakami 's fanmixes are a fair guess), but I am frequently transported to a very The Fall-esque universe of my own by its aforementioned awesomeness.
The Bridge of Khazad-Dum | Howard Shore
My all-time absolute favourite in the LotR soundtracks, probably having to do with the fact that I absolutely love the ending of Fellowship of the Ring (Boromir fangirl over here!) and the running on narrow stairs with a bottomless drop on either side (=EXCITE!). Alright, so, Concerning Hobbits is obviously the runner-up, so you get that too. =D And The King of the Golden Hall, for good measure, because the Rohirrim are BAMFs.
Skudrinka (Dodet) | In-Extremo
If I go by Swedish, the title must be Death, but it's surprisingly jig-inducing for all that. This band is good with morbidity in general, but loving their medieval metal, I wouldn't expect anything less.
Winter Solstice | The Tea Party
I cannot properly explain, but I go into a very, very happy sun-squared place with this. I had it as my alarm clock tune for ages.
Голем /Golem | Мельница /The Mill
A beautiful, slow piece like a thick, warm woolen thread being spun into delicate, ebbing musical perfection.
La Sansonette | Оттава Ё /Ottawa Yo /no lexical meaning
These guys are crazy. Good crazy, with bagpipe, violin and drums crazy. I first heard them at an open-air folk festival last May and fell in love within ten minutes.
The Last Waltz | Jo Yeong-wook
Oldboy. Oldboy that I watched at three in the morning by myself in an empty apartment. That movie certainly took me places I've never been before and don't intend to go again. But the music is still gorgeous.
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence | Lifescapes
Has always, always made me think of Paris. Specifically, at the point in my life when I heard it, I thought of The Mosque de Notre-Dame, a near-future sort of anti-utopian Russian novel I had just read, mostly warning about the dangers of multiculturalism. I don't quite know what I think about the book now, the then me was probably a touch overzealous about it.. but the hymn still, unfailingly, does the trick of making me fall silent. The religious philosophy musings are just a bonus.
Fall Fest | Tomandandy
Deliciously chilling, y/y? Of the Sleepy Hollow persuasion. My mind fills with wide moors and leafless woods in dusk and wandering lights and stuff. I love it to bits.
Легенда Баскервилей /Legend of the Baskervilles | Vladimir Dashkevich
Speaking of moors, theme tune for The Hound of the Baskervilles episode of the Russian Sherlock Holmes series, with a cameo by the main theme of the series towards the end. The music, like the film itself, is forever and always the most glorious piece of cinematography ever in my heart.
Moondance | Nightwish
Well, where would we be without the titans of symphonic metal?
I leave you to ponder on this, aided by this exemplary selection, if I say so myself.
Леопард в городе/ Leopard in the City | Hellawes
An amazing piece that gets under my skin and all but molds my flipping heartbeat to itself. Anybody trying to get me to do something utterly reckless? This is your instrument. Also, Irish harp!
Song From a Secret Garden | Eileen Foster
This has always reminded me of the end credits melody/song of Howl's Moving Castle, and I never attempted finding the actual song, but it has always struck me as something deeply sad for something so light-hued and beautiful.
Ghostwriter | RJD2
A tune played at the beginning of Wimbledon, as Paul Bettany's character speeds across a sunlit London in his sports mini. Perfection, this is it. It's slightly ridiculous how I love that film and Paul Bettany. Have I mentioned I love Paul Bettany? Yes, yes, I have. Just- I do.
An Cailleach | Salsa Celtica
What it says on the tin! Salsa with bagpipes! Celtic flutes with Spanish interjections! There is no way this can ever go wrong. Found it on the awesome, awesome movie Driving Lessons.
Those Who Fight (piano version) | Nobuo Uematsu
Every time I hear this, I want to go back seven (?) years and spend a year learning this for my piano exam.
Dheere Jalna (instrumental) | M.M. Kreem
I am all ?_? at how I acquired this (based on its awesomeness and the relation to an Indian movie, one of chisakami 's fanmixes are a fair guess), but I am frequently transported to a very The Fall-esque universe of my own by its aforementioned awesomeness.
The Bridge of Khazad-Dum | Howard Shore
My all-time absolute favourite in the LotR soundtracks, probably having to do with the fact that I absolutely love the ending of Fellowship of the Ring (Boromir fangirl over here!) and the running on narrow stairs with a bottomless drop on either side (=EXCITE!). Alright, so, Concerning Hobbits is obviously the runner-up, so you get that too. =D And The King of the Golden Hall, for good measure, because the Rohirrim are BAMFs.
Skudrinka (Dodet) | In-Extremo
If I go by Swedish, the title must be Death, but it's surprisingly jig-inducing for all that. This band is good with morbidity in general, but loving their medieval metal, I wouldn't expect anything less.
Winter Solstice | The Tea Party
I cannot properly explain, but I go into a very, very happy sun-squared place with this. I had it as my alarm clock tune for ages.
Голем /Golem | Мельница /The Mill
A beautiful, slow piece like a thick, warm woolen thread being spun into delicate, ebbing musical perfection.
La Sansonette | Оттава Ё /Ottawa Yo /no lexical meaning
These guys are crazy. Good crazy, with bagpipe, violin and drums crazy. I first heard them at an open-air folk festival last May and fell in love within ten minutes.
The Last Waltz | Jo Yeong-wook
Oldboy. Oldboy that I watched at three in the morning by myself in an empty apartment. That movie certainly took me places I've never been before and don't intend to go again. But the music is still gorgeous.
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence | Lifescapes
Has always, always made me think of Paris. Specifically, at the point in my life when I heard it, I thought of The Mosque de Notre-Dame, a near-future sort of anti-utopian Russian novel I had just read, mostly warning about the dangers of multiculturalism. I don't quite know what I think about the book now, the then me was probably a touch overzealous about it.. but the hymn still, unfailingly, does the trick of making me fall silent. The religious philosophy musings are just a bonus.
Fall Fest | Tomandandy
Deliciously chilling, y/y? Of the Sleepy Hollow persuasion. My mind fills with wide moors and leafless woods in dusk and wandering lights and stuff. I love it to bits.
Легенда Баскервилей /Legend of the Baskervilles | Vladimir Dashkevich
Speaking of moors, theme tune for The Hound of the Baskervilles episode of the Russian Sherlock Holmes series, with a cameo by the main theme of the series towards the end. The music, like the film itself, is forever and always the most glorious piece of cinematography ever in my heart.
Moondance | Nightwish
Well, where would we be without the titans of symphonic metal?
I leave you to ponder on this, aided by this exemplary selection, if I say so myself.