I've posted the Pacific Rim main theme before, and my friends should know by now that I am obsessed with it. However, I was browsing youtube this morning when I stumbled across an 8-Bit version of the Pacific Rim theme:
So it's just like the original, except it's done in the style of an old videogame. I love it. Not as epic as the original, but it certainly is very funny and pretty cool.
On a similar note (music pun, LOL), here's a sped-up version of the Pacific Rim theme:
From the uploader: "it makes it sound a bit more like a Saturday Morning Cartoon" I agree, and I like it. :D
A very cool track. It gives you the feeling that you're moving through some kind of very exotic alien environment. I've never played Halo 4, so I don't know the real context of this piece, but I'm sure it's cool.
At first we're given the impression that our surroundings are very high-tech, like we're in a spaceship or futuristic city. Then we slowly move out of the city, through the more dangerous, broken-down parts of town, and then out into the wild... Perhaps a jungle, perhaps a desert, perhaps caves and canyons... let your imagination decide.
Michael Giacchino is one of my favorite living composers, along with John Williams, Hans Zimmer, and Howard Shore. He was tasked with composing the soundtrack for the new Star Trek movies, and I must say, he did a really good job. I'm not a huge Star Trek fan, but I still think Giacchino did a great job in making fresh new music while still retaining the feel that the soundtracks from the older films/shows had.
In any case, this is probably my favorite part of the entire soundtrack. Do you have a favorite part?
Shai Linne and Willie Will give a biblical defense of the doctrine of Election... with music! You should listen to this, Payton.
The music isn't very catchy, neither is it showy or "offensive-sounding" as most rap/hip-hop is characterized. That's one of the reasons I like Shai Linne so much: He focuses so much on having biblical lyrics instead of catchy music.
Time to break the streak of Star Wars-related music... Hmmm.... I know! Lord of the Rings!
This is such a good song. I shouldn't really have to say anything about it, since all my readers already know... But in case you don't know, this song is from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. Some of the lyrics are English, but some are in the graceful Elvish language of Quenya. It's very beautiful, and I can imagine Arwen singing it (it even sounds like her).
I have used this song many times to calm myself down or to amplify a peaceful mood. I have even used it as a lullaby, falling asleep to it. No joke. It's that good. Listen to it if you haven't already.
When it comes to climactic battle scenes, you need epic music. John Williams provided just that when scoring Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, with Duel of the Fates.
I really love the emotion, lyrics, and pace of this. It fits the epic final scenes of Phantom Menace so well, especially the duel between Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, and Maul.
A little trivia: The lyrics are partly based on an ancient Welsh poem and are sung in Sanskrit. For Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Duel of the Fates was adapted into a more tragic piece called Battle of the Heroes, which I will post in the near future.
Couldn't help sharing this... It is a parody, so it's only going to be funny if you're familiar with the source material (Star Wars, Moves Like Jagger). I like this much better than the original song. XD (especially since the original is kind of... inappropriate)
It's way too catchy, and gets stuck in my head so bad...
Republic Commando was a Star Wars FPS game. You got to play as "Delta 40," a Clone Trooper Commando and the leader of Delta squad during the Clone Wars. It was a really cool game, and it's a shame there are no sequels.
This track is called "Vode An," which means "Brothers All" in Mando'a, the Mandalorian language in which this entire song is sung. Vode An was one of many chants that the Mandalorian Warriors used to sing. When Jango Fett was training the Clone Army of the Republic, he taught many Mandalorian chants (including this one) to the clone troopers (though he did alter some of the lyrics, like changing "Mandalore" to "Coruscant," though "Kamino" might've made more sense).
ANYWAY, the song has a lot of the same elements as the Duel of Fates heard in Star Wars episodes 1 and 3. So if you liked Duel of Fates, you might like Vode An. Though, being a chant, it is calmer and more repetitive than Duel of Fates.
Trip Lee is a singer, poet, author, and pastor. He's also a rapper!
In this song, Trip Lee makes a comparison between being controlled by sin and being a robot. In truth, until Christ sets us free, our wills are enslaved to sin (John 8:34; Romans 6). Thankfully, Christ came to free us from sin, and he makes us new. We don't have to be robots anymore.
"Hey world, you know I see your game
And I don't need your lies, I ain't worried bout a thing
Hey devil, I know you want me chained
But you have been defeated, and your power has been drained
Hey flesh, I know you bear my name
I know you love the lies, but I'm steady tryna change
You mighta been confused, but this a new day
I'm saved now, I ain't gotta do what you say!
To my friends, who are still on lockdown
Still controlled by their passions, stop now
He can free everybody from the top down
If you're freed up, say this with me right now:
There's no denying it, Avatar was super weird. Like Pocahontas with a sci-fi twist. In other words, super weird.
The music, however, was not bad at all. It was actually quite good, and was composed by James Horner, who has composed movie music for James Cameron in the past (James Honer is to James Cameron what John Williams is to George Lucas, one might say). Anyway, this track is pretty darn good. Some of the vocals in the first half are a little weird, but if you just skip to the second half then it's really good.
At about 4:30 you can tell that something bad is about to happen, or in the process of happening, and that the good guys are trying to stop it, but are failing. 5:24 and onward is my favorite. You know that the good guys have suffered a defeat and that the enemy war machine is marching steadily on. Which is bad, but it's very emotionally moving, and I like that. It fits well with the sight of Colonel Quaritch's gunships flying away in triumph as Hometree burns. It also fits really well if you imagine German bombers flying away from a successful bombing run over London during the Battle of Britain. Which again, was a bad thing, but the music emotionally connects you to what's going on, which is a good thing. Ah, what the heck am I talking about. Listen and find out for yourself. Then comment and tell me if I was right.
Something silly again today... I was scrolling through my youtube history from the last two years, and stumbled across this hilarious song and had to share it.
It is a parody, but unlike most parodies, you don't need to hear the original song for it to be funny. The only thing I really know about the original song other than the title is that I will laugh to death if I ever listen to it.
Not sure if this is the best version, as my internet is now too slow to play videos. So if there's something wrong with this vid, lemme know.
The angry birds theme song was designed to drive people insane. Fortunately, symptoms are only observed in subjects who listened to the track more than twice in a row.
BEAR WITH ME FOR JUST A MOMENT! I know "Two Steps From Hell" sounds really bad, but I assure you, there is absolutely nothing demonic or satanic about this music. No, it's not metal, rap, rock, or dubstep. It's what's fondly referred to as "Epic Music" on youtube. And yes, it is epic. Give it a try:
I used to listen to this song back when I was little, then again in my early teens, and now I've found it once more. The doctrinal content isn't the best, the song being on the silly side, but the Newsboys still managed to get some serious lyrics in there.
The Avengers, in my opinion, was a pretty cool movie. Overall, the
soundtrack wasn't anything special, but a few parts really stood out,
like this one:
Not much to say about it. It's just epic. Here's the awesome scene where the theme is used:
Sorry I haven't been super active lately, I've been busy, it being the New Year and all.
Sometimes we describe songs like these as being
"beautiful." And well, it is, isn't it? What we need to remember is that
the beauty is not in the song itself, but rather, in the message the
song is communicating. "Guilty, vile, and helpless we, spotless Lamb of
God was He, Full atonement, can it be? Hallelujah! What a savior!" This
is the Gospel. That's where the beauty lies.
This music comes from the 2008 Clone Wars movie, specifically from the battle of Christophsis, where Republic troops backed by heavy artillery held off wave after wave of battle droids. It was a pretty cool battle, and the music really improved it. I love the trumpets, and the vocals are pretty good too. The beat of the drums perfectly matches the steady marching of the battle droids.
Even if it wasn't composed by John Williams (normally I would consider this to be sacrilegeous), Kevin Kiner still did a good job making it sound Star-Warsy.
Here's a crappy video of the battle of Christophsis. What's your opinion? Do you think the music matches the battle well?
I'm listening to this as I fry up burgers for my family. This is what I turn on every time I go to clean the house, cook, or do dishes. For some reason it just goes really well with doing chores. XD
Some parts (like the very beginning) are a little 'rough' in my opinion (because of the electric guitar), but overall it's a very epic soundtrack from a very epic movie.
Did you see Pacific Rim? What did you think of the movie or the soundtrack?
This post is from Electric Bubbles over at The Music Corner. I liked the song so much that I decided to re-post it here:
That’s the gospel, people, the greatest story ever told. I’ve heard people say that rap music is impossible to follow, but I’ve got this just about memorized, and I love it.
If you're not familiar with this piece (which you should be), don't let the title or thumbnail fool you; this is actually really epic. My dad and I really enjoy this kind of music, especially with vocals like that.
Like the Rohan theme I posted yesterday, the Gondor theme is extremely epic. It has a feeling of nobility and honor to it, and you get the sense that said honor and nobility is very long-standing. Like the Rohan theme, this sounded really awesome while driving through the snow-capped mountains of Montana and Idaho.
My favorite part is about 3:12 and onward, which is the same music that plays while the warning beacons are being lit from Gondor to Rohan, and we're given sweeping shots of mountain grandeur. What's your favorite part?
