Epic Music

[sgrevs]

Right, so I'm a real sucker for an epic song.

Long build-ups, massive cruscendo's, it's all for me.

I need some good music, it doesn't have to be post-rock specifically, but anything int eh same vein as sigur ros is great, but variations too.

So, anything epic, let me know!

Peace out bretheren.

[Matt?]

faith no more- epic

[Sam]

T.I - What You Know

[weerez1391]

City Of Caterpillar-A Little Change Could Go A Long Way

[Reaganista]

and painting over the blood on the walls

and lies and releases from silence by envy

most other 'epic' songs sound more like 6 minutes of boring random noises and two minutes of an actually good song

[StreetlightRock]

Craig Armstrong - Hanging/Escape

There two different songs that sorta blend into each other, but its about as Epic as you're ever, ever, ever gonna get:

Escape:
http://www.spiceweasel.net/misc/escape.mp3

Hanging: http://www.angelfire.com/vamp/kaydalia/Craig_Armstrong_-_Hanging.mp3

I put Hanging second b/c its just Buildup, whereas Escape is the Cruscendo, and is awsome.

[Matt?]

because we're on the topic now, other epic emo songs...

a demi mots- mihai edrisch
the gaze- a day in black and white
by the fireplace in white- pg 99
doomsday parade- welcome the plague year
of epic proportion- yaphet kotto

the last one is onhly in for having epic in the title
i don't listen to much epic music because of what the tway said... boring

[Lydisk]

Dredg

[incubliss]

Oceansize - Massive Bereavement

[asymm]

Shining - "Goretex Weather Report"
It's only 5 minutes long and it's huge. Make sure you give this one a shot.

[cobert]

"For Meg" by On The Might Of Princes. Raddd song.

Some people allready beat me to City of Caterpillar.

[Neurotoxin]

Speaking of epic, right now I'm listening to the new Agalloch disc (more specifically "Not Unlike the Waves"). This song is simply amazing... certainly one of the greatest things Agalloch have created.

[NineBitFable]

Nearly anything by Trail of Dead is pretty goddamned epic. Check out 'Another Morning Stoner'.

[Otherside]

Cassandra Gemini is pretty epic, if not unlistenable.

[RockISdead420]

Sharks Keep Moving

actually I dont even like that band wtf lol

[italic zero]

Lord of the Rings score

[kong88888]

Wagner's Ring Cycle, the most epic and ambitious musical work ever written. If you've got 16 hours free then give it a try.

[pulseczar]

King Crimson - Starless

[Badmoon]

Calexico - Praskovia
Calexico - Sunken Waltz

[Bukowski]

Slint - Good Morning Captain

Best build up and ending ever.

[Happymeal]

Neu! - Hero

It has kind of an abrupt ending, but it's still a great song.

[EightMilesHigh]

Rush have some pretty epic songs. Like 2112 Overture.

[stinkypoptart]

Tonight Tonight by Smashing Pumpkins

[The Great Decay]

Jeff Buckley has some epic songs; Hallelujah, for one.

[Tangy zizzle]

Tomahawk - Capt. Midnight

[sgrevs]

Mental dudes, thanks heaps this has been great.

I knew I could count on my friends in A&I, thanks for not letting me down :thumb:



















That Wagner score sounds tempting...

[Wanker]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Blaise Bailey Finnegan III
Mono - Halcyon (Beautiful Days)
A Silver Mt. Zion - Sow Some Lonesome Corner So Many Flowers Bloom
The Arcade Fire - Vampire/Forest Fire
Explosions in the Sky - Six Days At the Bottom of the Ocean

The first and last ones are probably my favorites, and the Arcade Fire one isn't that epic but it has a great build-up towards the great ending.

[Zorg]

Slint - Good Morning Captain

Best build up and ending ever.

This thread should of ended here. Anything Slint. Actually upon listening to Slint everything else is just not as good.

[mr_jackalope]

Shining - "Goretex Weather Report"
It's only 5 minutes long and it's huge. Make sure you give this one a shot.

Ooo you're good. Fantastic call.

Wagner's Ring Cycle, the most epic and ambitious musical work ever written. If you've got 16 hours free then give it a try.

Hated it.

Slint - Good Morning Captain

Best build up and ending ever.

When he starts screaming I have a tendency to just lose it. That is a buildup, people.

I'm a big fan of The National's "All the Wine;" when it hits the bridge, it's just breathtaking.

[YDload]

Nearly anything by Trail of Dead is pretty goddamned epic. Check out 'Another Morning Stoner'.

Hell yeah, my personal favorite for epic bands. Also look out for "A Classic Arts Showcase" which is even MORE ridiculous in terms of strings and a choir and the whole nine yards. Probably my favorite song off of Worlds Apart.

[pixiesfanyo]

Gospel - What Means of Witchery is This
Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother (Get a live version)
Converge - Jane Doe
Kayo Dot - Manifold Curosity

[br3ad_man]

Lots of good suggestions in here. I was going to suggest the Tomahawk song that Tangy suggested. Instead, I will suggest:

Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight Tonight"
Aereogramme - "Post-Tour, Pre-Judgement"
We Followed Tigers - "The People From The Sky Said They'd Return"
Mogwai - "Mogwai Fear Satan"
Mono - "Halcyon (Beautiful Days)" (seconded from Wanker)
The Flaming Lips - "In The Morning Of The Magicians"

[FA]

Listen to the entire Jeff Buckley - Live at L'Olympia album, it's pretty epic..not to mention crazy good.

[bah]

muse - pretty much all their stuff, except the new song. Hahaha, although its probably the most epic 'alt-dance-rock' song i've heard.

[Clunge]

Amplifier are a must. Their debut album is fantastic.

Muse to a certain degree, songs like Butterflies And Hurricanes, Newborn and Citizen Erased build-up nicely.

[World Burns To Death]

indian summer - angry son
anything by dragonforce.

[Shadius]

Wagner's Ring Cycle, the most epic and ambitious musical work ever written. If you've got 16 hours free then give it a try.

I'm from York too. Hah, cool. I'm in Lancaster at Uni at the moment though.

[ATM]

Radiohead - Exit Music

[Ficus]

Radiohead - Exit Music
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I was just about to post this

[Kayetan]

A lot of songs by the Friends of Dean Martinez are pretty epic, I'd say.

[mr_jackalope]

indian summer - angry son
anything by dragonforce.

Both're wicked.

[sgrevs]

Thanks heaps everyone o lord you've helped me more than I can imagine, I have so much epicness to sit through I might just implode.

Thanks though, and keep it up if you have any more suggestions!

[dei]

Wonderful call. Followed by a bad call, but still.
Quoted for truth.

Destroyer - "European Oils"
I cried the first time I listened to this album. I've always been a big Bejar fan (well, since I first heard Streethawk: A Seduction back in 2001), and I think Rubies is excellent.

[Tangy zizzle]

A lot of songs by the Friends of Dean Martinez are pretty epic, I'd say.

Agreed.

[sgrevs]

:upset: *shameless bump*

[Phototropic]

Isis!

And this band

www.myspace.com/bombthesun

[Dave de Sylvia]

As far as music descriptions go, 'epic' is right up there with 'emotional' for the most useless.

[Kayetan]

^
:lol:, I suppose you're right.

[Aryeth]

Its already been mentioned but Classic Art Showcase by the Trail of Dead is really fantastic.

[sgrevs]

Thanks Plath, you just spoiled all my hopes and dreams that were building up on those single words.

But it lets people interpret it how they want and recommend me the music they see fit.