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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?

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

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"

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...

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.

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:
> Barber - Adagio For Strings

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

World Cup 1990 Theme.... Tutti Al Mondo - by Pavarotti, was it?

That was.... emotional.

Has to be the answer for any lad old enough to have watched that Semi Final.

*sobs*

Wasn't it Nessun Dorma? I certainly remember hearing that a lot around that time.

Moving
"The Scientist" by Coldplay
"Stripsearch" by Faith No More
"Flower" by Eels
"Show Me" by Seal
"(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding
"Wish you Were Here" by Pink Floyd
"Block Capital" by Arkarna
"Handbags and Gladrags" by Rod Stewart or Stereophonics
"Strange & Beautiful" by Aqualung
"Cavatina" by John Williams
From 4m40s onwards in "The BridgeOf Khazad Dum" from Fellow Of The Ring
"Gollum's Song" from The Two Towers
"Into The West" from Return Of The King
"Binary Sunset" from Star Wars Episode IV
"Adagio For Strings" by Barber
"Gymnopedie 1" by Erik Satie
"Moonlight Sonata - Adagio" by Beethoven

Rousing
"Also Sprach Zarathrustra" by Richard Strauss
"O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana
"Ride Of The Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
"The Battle" from Gladiator
"The White Tree" from Return Of The King
"Mars, The Bringer Of War" by Gustav Holst
"Chateau" by Rob Dougan
"Avenue" by Paul van Dyk

smv wrote:
> Wasn't it Nessun Dorma? I certainly remember hearing that a lot around
> that time.

No idea, I can't remember...

.. It's a classic anyway. Especially the loud bit...