Great Instrumental Bands/Music

kentoshogun · Post by **kentoshogun** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:23 pm

The best soundtrack i listened in my life is:

The thin red line OST by Hans Zimmer, always i listen to it i feel like floating in the ocean.
He also made the OST of Gladiator, The Last Samurai...

There are many composers with a great works behind, like Michael Nyman (The piano, Gattaca, The claim); Carter Burwel(Conspiracy, Rob roy) Danny elfam (Edward scissorhands, Black beauty, The kingdom)

PD: I just listened an album called Eingya by Helios, >> beautiful.

Tono_Fyr · Post by **Tono_Fyr** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:44 am

Gordian Knot - Jazzy and progressive. Bassist Sean Malone (Cynic) masterminds this project, and there's very little that's better as far as just listening goes.

Dysrhythmia - Not really relaxing at all, but cool and challenging. You may have a hard time getting into it, or you might not. I'll just say that their name really does say it all.

Liquid Tension Experiment - Dream theater with a different Bassist (Tony Levin of King Crimson fame) playing all instrumental songs. I see your eight minutes and raise you sixteen or more (if you string all of Three Minute Warning together, it comes out to something like twenty eight minutes, it was split because the original master ran out of tape while they were playing, and Portnoy had to splice in his personal recording for it).

Also, to note, Savatage (from which the Trans Siberian Orchestra was formed) played a version of "In The Hall of the Mountain King" called "Prelude to Madness", and they also wrote a song called "In The Hall of the Mountain King", which had lyrics.

str1ngheese · Post by **str1ngheese** » Fri May 16, 2008 3:42 am

AtomX wrote:EF
Saxon Shore
Mogwai
Mono
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Caspian
pg.Lost
Lakes of Russia
A Silver Mt. Zion
Bloemfontein
Yndi Halda
Laura
Russian Circles
The Seven Mile Journey
Things Falling Apart

Much of what this guy said. I would really like to stress Caspian as they have released some really epic stuff since they formed...

Also adding to it....

Jakob
Pelican
Joy Wants Eternity (One of the best I have heard in a long time.)
Souvenir's Young America
Signal Hill
From The Sky

Emotive · Post by **Emotive** » Fri May 16, 2008 3:45 am

Lots of good stuff on this thread. Got to add Enduser to the list - he's not exclusively instrumental but has lots of awesome instrumental songs.

I also like some of Charlie Clouser's instrumentals, like the Resident Evil OST tracks he composed.

devilsmaster · Post by **devilsmaster** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:33 am

I think Bon Jovi's and Bryan Adams's songs r the best.

Pseven21 · Post by **Pseven21** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:27 pm

devilsmaster wrote:I think Bon Jovi's and Bryan Adams's songs r the best.

I'm pretty sure their not instrumental bands....

Ghet · Post by **Ghet** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:58 pm

Tono_Fyr wrote:Gordian Knot - Jazzy and progressive. Bassist Sean Malone (Cynic) masterminds this project, and there's very little that's better as far as just listening goes.

just checked them out, 'fraid im gunna have to go out and buy their album now, its amazing o=

Yukinon-chan · Post by **Yukinon-chan** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:09 am

Explosions in the sky ftw, I'd add So Long, Lonesome and Welcome, Ghosts to their best songs.

Other bands..

Apocalyptica, simply incredible.. all with cellos, it's awesome.
My favourite ones are Farewell, Somewhere Around Nothing and No Education

And then there's Alcest, which technically isn't instrumental, there IS lyrics to it but it's not much and it isn't a very remarked voice, it's kind of merged in with the music, like distant moaning sometimes.. anyway the band's awesome, really really emotive.

My favourite songs: Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde, Les Iris and Printemps Emeraude

Kevmaster · Post by **Kevmaster** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:05 pm

Check out the Instrumental Version of Nightwish's Dark Passion Play.

Ghet · Post by **Ghet** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:07 pm

Kevmaster wrote:Check out the Instrumental Version of Nightwish's Dark Passion Play.