Gut wrenching music, anyone?
I am trying to finish a project and need to get a little deeper. Music always does it, and I am looking for music that draws the depth out of you. I just discovered this great cellist David Darling. Pretty stirring. Also if you know something along those lines Gorercki “Miserere”. I realize this might be a bit specific but thought it was worth a try. I have searched itunes to pieces but to no avail. Does anyone know of moving music they would recommend. The genre is not too important although I will say a ballad but Guns and Roses is not exactly what I had in mind, but if it moves you, please share. Thanky.
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“I Will Love You” by Fisher.
“Fields of Gold” by Eva Cassidy.
Not the same kind you’re looking for, but they’re very beautiful songs that I would recommend to anyone. Good luck.
anything Yann Tiersen (summer 78)
...sigh
finally a question that i know i can for sure recommend Bright Eyes! i promise that virtually anything you listen to that Conor Oberst has taken part in will be gut wrenching. you can pull just about any mood out of his music.
ahh i need to stop gushing about that man!
@tiffyandthewall “Lua” always makes me cry. there’s just something about that song.
@TheHaight i know right! it’s worse when you watch it. i didn’t think it got any more like, heart-breaking, but, yeah. yeah it does.
Sufjen Stevens – “John Wayne Gacy Jr”
You should google within temptation
It’s too late for me to edit, but I’d like to add How It Ends to my list also. It’s tugs even more at the heartstrings without words, but I couldn’t find that version. This is close, but they added happy little pings. Boo.
Now We Are Free – Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard (from The Gladiator soundtrack)
oooh! how exciting – new music! many thanks to all!
@tiffyandthewall god I could gush about him for HOURS. I am currently BEYOND addicted to his album with the mystic valley band. Sooo amazing.
I would recommend “Geraldine” by Glasvegas…it’s gut wrenching in a way that isn’t depressing. Everytime I hear that song I would swear that it reaches in and touches my very soul.
Almost anything by the Mountain Goats, although there are certain tracks that resonate more than others, like “Woke Up New,” “Your Belgian Things,” “Pale Green Things,” “Cold Milk Bottle,” “There Will Be No Divorce,” “Cotton,” and “Song for Dennis Brown.” These tracks are a lot more gut-wrenching when it comes to the lyrics than the melodies.
You could also listen to Kimya Dawson’s “Lullaby for the Taken,” or better yet “Stinky Stuff,” and the Moldy Peaches “Nothing Came Out.” Such, such sad songs.
Personally, I think that Goa trance is of the best “moving” music.
If you want such, music, Don Davis, composer of The Matrix Trilogy soundtracks wrote a good song. The Closing credits of Revolutions Navras is a really great “Gut Wrencher” in that regard…
@DrasticDreamer: I’d give you a million lurve for Eva Cassidy if I could – one of my all time favorites!
I like John Williams’ “Remembering Munich”
@jmah; yes.. Such beautiful music! If I tried spelling my favorite song on that soundtrack i’d totally butcher it. :)
@jmah good choice I LOVE Comptine d´un autre été!!
Goddamn the Sun – Swans
No Woman’s Flesh But Hers – Johnny Dowd
Have you Forgotten (Vanilla Sky version) – Red House Painters
I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine – Beth Orton
Lover, you shouldnt have come over – Jeff Buckley
Padraic My Prince – Bright Eyes
For The Sake Of The Song – Townes Van Zandt
@adreamofautumn oh yess, it’s amazing. he has another album out with them, gentleman’s pact. it’s only got about 5 songs on it, but they’re all incredible. and i hear a new album’s in the works.
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“10,000 Miles”—either the Mary Chapin Carpenter or June Tabor versions
second to “Fields of Gold,” Eva Cassidy version (Sting’s just doesn’t do it)
“Ellis Island,” Mary Black version
Bach’s Unaccompanied Cello Suite in G Major, first movement
All these have powerful and sorrowful associations for me, and the Bach and the Carpenter also show up on screen—Bach on The West Wing (Yo-Yo Ma episode) and “10,000 Miles” over the gut-wrenching opening sequence in Fly Away Home.
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