Looking for epic orchestral MUSIC pls. Like LOTR musics

just in case you need to record you tube audio to an mp3 file.

http://www.listentoyoutube.com/

 

From a game called Battle for Wesnoth "The City Falls" ~ Since wesnoth tends not to be a mainstream game I doubt you've heard this one. Sorry for the low quality.

Note: Battle for Wesnoth is open source and free, so you can actually download the game if you want.

 

"Backdraft" is nice also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj974zkjylo

He even made MWF2 score (I did not like the game that much but the music was good ;-))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgI8A4orFSg

Still game related (not done by Zimmer this time). Darksiders soundtrack is nice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo4InDK6q0M

 

Ohhh, this topic feed me great with what iam looking for..Thank u all!

and pogo, thanx for thetool man

 

I LOOOOOOVE era, for that type of mood:

Era Era
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egy5BIypnlQ < Epic guitar

I could save the world on that song

EDIT: I wanted to go onto youtube to get other songs for you, but I can't until my listening to that song is over.

Rhapsody - The Mighty Ride of the Firelord
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXMUjwih0e8

 

Two Steps from Hell - Dragon Rider.

Mass Effect 2 soundtrack.

 

Hey! Mr. BigTime... the Back to the future soundtrack is also EPIC!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkJUJ7TB_oU

The one from Legends of the fall is amazing too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxVaQUn7L4Y

And... what about The Big Blue??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NEfPHQ6LIo

 

There's no such thing as epic music. Get it right.

 

TSO

not sure if it's exactly what you are looking for, but check it out, I think you will like it...

 

The Witcher OST.

 

ok, let me show you some of my favorites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzj6wdJuyQ abit more fast paced but epic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWFEVbfCcOY pure epicness from dragon age like the whole soundtrack

 

Jerry Goldsmith's "Total Recall". Best movie soundtrack ever IMHO. Lots of action, lots of jazz, all mixed in a unique style. You can't miss it.

 

Jack Wall - from Mass Effect OST's
As said earlier, The Witcher OST is great too.
Oblivion and Dragon Age may have some of it too.

 

I am not really into this music at all, unless its whilst watching a movie. But I LOVE Summer Overture by Clint Mansell in Requiem for a dream. The whole soundtrack for that movie is exceptional - fits the movie perfectly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7vF8zGeljA

 

Daft Punk - TRON Legacy OST

Immediate Music - An Epic Age
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj5OI_JuB0U

Immediate Music- Serenata Immortale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HtCquBppTc

Immediate Music - Prometheus Rising
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL9TG8QWfMc

Some of the best trailer accompanying overtures I have ever heard. Probably only equaled by Hans Zimmer.

 

Baldur's Gate II - Title Theme

Planescape Torment - Theme

Icewind Dale - Title Theme

(noticing a theme up there?)

Red Cliff - Theme

Final Fantasy XIII - Archylte Steppe (I llloooveeee this tune)

Just some random stuff I thought of in the wee hours of evenin...

 

Sergey Rachmaninov.

 

I want to reiterate Holst's Planets Suite. Absolutely incredible and by far one of my favorite suites. I will admit it's cliche, but Mars: Bringer of War is my favorite piece from it though I'm also fond of Jupiter: Bringer of Jollity as it is pretty much the opposite of Mars.

Another composer who made excellent moving music was Sergei Prokofiev. He was extremely prolific and started composing when he was a child. The most famous are probably Toccata in D minor, Lieutenant Kije, Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the Wolf, and many others. I grew up watching the Disney rendition of Peter and the Wolf in fact.

One who has a mixed reputation (for how his music was eventually used and for his own personal beliefs) but who was very talented was Richard Wagner. The most famous work is probably The Valkyrie (Die Walküre) where The Ride of the Valkyries is probably what you are most familiar with from it.

Hector Berlioz is a more mild French composer. Still, absolutely beautiful. Symphonie fantastique is likely what you'd want to check out first.

Johannes Brahms is another German composer you may like.

Antonín Dvořák was a Czech composer you may also enjoy.

Johann Strauss I and his son Johann Strauss II both excellent Austrian composers. They might be a bit more your taste with a bit more excitement to their music. One example would be Strauss II's Die Fledermaus.

I know I'm going to get a lot of flak for this, but regardless, Yanni has produced his fair share of very moving music. Perhaps I have a soft spot for this Greek composer because I grew up listening to his albums but I do stand by my word that he has produced some of my favorite orchestral music. Two of my favorite works of his are Keys to Imagination and his Live at the Acropolis album (which includes some pieces from Keys to Imagination). Santorini, Acroyali/Standing in Motion, Keys to Imagination, The North Shore of Matsushima, and Forbidden Dreams are all examples from those.

There are many, many more that I also enjoy. If you want some game music look into the Orchestral Game Concerts and see if you can't find them as they covered many of the greats of early Japanese videogaming from Final Fantasies, to Chrono Trigger, to Mario. For gaming composers check out Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu. Another Japanese composer with a massively prolific library to his credit is Joe Hisaishi, most notable for doing the music to many of the Hayao Miyazaki movies. His compositions for the various NHK learning shows, such as the ones on the human body (specifically The Brain), are excellent.

Finally, if you haven't seen Fantasia or Fantasia 2000 I strongly recommend them both. You get to see a movie and listen to some of the most beautiful music ever composed. I loved watching the original as a kid and I believe it's partially responsible for my love of orchestrated music.