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Music for Sound-Alike
A short piece for small orchestra. The flutes play off the bassoon well. The B section includes a pleasant string theme. This piece culminates in a nice, easy ending.
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Bach. Abnormal instrumentation. Light and uplifting. Perfect for commercials!
03:57
1960s club-style jazz. This pairs well with the White Russian cocktail and a Lucky Strike. Also pretty decent for establishing shots, and anything sci-fi that has a retro party.
03:10
The beginning is calm with the Middle Eastern dudek playing the melody. As the electronic elements melt into the dudek and the plucked strings, the groove is established. Just into the third minute the melody changes to beautiful and touching, but returns to the feel of the intro, while a woman?s voice sings a haunting melody in a distant language. This is music of wonder, and is best as exposition music for a film about nature or a group of people struggling to survive.
03:28
Just the low strings and brass from the finale of "Danse Macabre".
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I like the waterphone in this piece. It is a bunch of metal tubes welded together, and played with a bow. It is that creepy high-pitched thing you hear in horror movies all the time.
03:17
A floor thumping modern take on the meringue. Horns, guitar, piano, and a pile of percussion.
03:01
Written by Beethoven. The original source recordings for this come from MusOpen (and are available for free!). This mix is slightly augmented, and highly produced in a cinematic style.
This piece of music is available in an uncompressed format here.
This piece of music is available in an uncompressed format here.
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Solo trumpet version of the 1862 military ceremonial piece.
00:54
Thematically, a small section of "Danse Macabre" - but with good motion.
00:21
Yo, Heave Ho! The classic theme of difficult drudgery. Based on a Russian folk song.
This piece of music is available in an uncompressed format here.
This piece of music is available in an uncompressed format here.
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Just the finale from the "Danse Macabre". This is the highest energy portion of the piece in isolation.
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This is notable in that it was the last completed piano piece Beethoven ever wrote. Thanks to the Unheard Beethoven people for their great work on uncovering these lost pieces!
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Bach. WARNING! This is a very baroque organ piece. It sounds very old. Not something you listen to unless you're into that kind of thing.
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