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"The most POWERFUL piece of music you have ever heard?"

What music do you find exceptionally powerful in an emotionally moving way? just a little topic I was wondering about when watching Revenge of the Sith last week.

I would have to say the most powerful and inspirational piece I have ever heard would be 'Duel of the Fates' from star wars episode 1:The phantom menace but I think it features in all of the new films. I'm sure its the echoeing choral element that sets it apart from other film tracks. I'd say 'Duel of the Fates' is closely followed by Rob Dougan's 'Chateau' from The matrix reloaded and 'In a heartbeat' by In da house from 28 days later.

what do you think? is there any music from the commercial sector that you find particularly powerful?

Oriental Rib wrote:
> Barber - Adagio For Strings

Ditto. Also Con Te Partiro, for that spine-tingling uplift/Tony Soprano's gonna whack me kind of feel.

I'd have to agree on the Final Fantasy music. Soundtracks to 7 and 8 were excellent - particularly the special orchestrated versions of things like One Winged Angel.

Oriental Rib wrote:
> gimo80 wrote:
> And the piano theme tune in FFX and Balamb Garden in FFVIII really
> hits the waterworks.
>
> The intro music to FFx-2 and the end of first disk boss in VIII are
> brilliant also.

FF music has a tendency to be quite powerful.

Although I'm not arguing with Playmate of the Year.

On a serious note, several Red Hot Chili Peppers songs have hit me hard when I first came to hear them live (only through the TV/DVD), with the volume turned up. Under the Bridge and Californication are two of them. And Otherside has its moments.
But there's a version of Blood Sugar Sex Magik that's totally something else. If you don't have their Off the Map DVD, I believe you can see it on the Winamp website.

I've found great feelings within some of John Frusciante's solo recordings also. You can get some demos from his website that are pretty strong, and it's mainly all from the first two or three albums where I felt the most. Although, Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt is a little too strong for my liking - which I can only assume is partly down to the fact that River Phoenix, one of John's good friends, died around the same time.

I just find him to be an awsome guitarist whatever he's doing. He's young and energetic in the band, but at other times, you can hear his soul crying out through the notes...

monkey_man wrote:
Do do doo doo dooooooooooooo dooooo doo
do do doo doo deeeeeeeeeeeee deeeee dee
do do doo doo doooooo dooooo do doo dee dee
doo deee doooo dee doo doo
---

"OMG!!!11!! itz suppa marioooooo!!!1!11"

Mr Snuggly wrote:
> One piece of music that always evokes an emotion out of me is Clare De
> Lune by Debussy (I think).

Yay, the rippling piano effect is great

One piece of music that always evokes an emotion out of me is Clare De Lune by Debussy (I think). I was first introduced to it on the Ocean's 11 soundtrack and it's a brilliant piece of classic music that makes the hairs on my arms stand on end.

As does a baseball bat to the head...

cookie monster wrote:
> But, but, the violins!

Mmm, violins make [almost] any piece powerful sounding.

yeah, FF7 has an awesome soundtrack, i was going to put "one winged angel" as one of my choices, but "the death of music" just beats it.