Mix Tape Maven strikes again

[kjpepper]

So I have finally finished my Songs without Words tape, and it is beautiful.

Songs Without Words is a mix tape/CD theme originally started by either darkling_dreams or gossamer_gull, I don't quite remember which and just involved putting your favorite music without actual lyrics into a compilation. It was something I always wanted to do, and never quite got right until now.

The track list is as follows:

Side A:

• Zbigniew Preisner - Main Title from The Secret Garden
  
• Yoko Kanno - Charm (Escaflowne)
  
• Astor Piazolla - Por una Cabeza (Tango from True Lies and Scent of a Woman)
  
• BlackMore's Night - Mono Canz
  
• Jethro Tull - Bourée
  
• Mark Knopfler - Friends (The Princess Bride)
  
• Dune - Valley Of Tears
  
• Eric Serra - Akta (The Fifth Element)
  
• Genesis - The Brazilian
  
• Nobuo Uematsu - Freja's Theme (Final Fantasy IX)
  
• Morcheeba - Diggin' A Watery Grave
  
• Kenji Kawai - Theme from Vampire Princess Miyu
  
• Noriyuki Asakura - Run To You - A Theme of Sagara Sanosuke (Rurouni Kenshin)
  
• Joe Satriani - Oriental Melody
  
• Mundy - Escape From Mantua (Romeo + Juliet)
  
• Fluke - Zion (The Matrix Reloaded)
  
• R.E.M. - Endgame

Side B:

• Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
  
• Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk
  
• Delerium - Gateway
  
• Chopin - Walz Triste (Waltz in C# minor)
  
• Dave Brubeck - Take Five
  
• The Grateful Dead - Serengetti
  
• Brother Bones - Sweet Georgia Brown (Harlem Globetrotters Theme. Yep, go ahead and beat the New Yorker)
  
• Eric Serra - Heat (The Fifth Element)
  
• The Ventures - Wipeout
  
• Squirrel Nut Zippers - The Interlocutor
  
• Noriyuki Asakura - Tsuki mo naku, Hoshi mo naku (Rurouni Kenshin)
  
• Yann Tiersen - La valse d'Amélie (orchestral - Amélie)
  
• Steve Sharples - Bolero (Moulin Rouge! End Titles)
  
• Vangelis - Hymn

There's of course more that didn't fit (may still swap or squeeze in Ray Lynch's Celestial Soda Pop) but I suppose that can wait for another tape . . . I also kinda cheated with the last song, as Hymn does have words, except sung very softly . . . Still. It's beautiful.

Comments

That'd be me....

[gossamer-gull.livejournal.com]

There's a Harry Chapin song called "Songs Without Words" -- though it does, ironically, have lyrics. The chorus goes something like this:

she sings songs without words
songs that sailors and blind men and beggars have heard
she knows more of love than the poets can say
and her eyes offer something that won't go away

I believe that there is a version of Vangelis's "Hymn" that has no singing. With or without the voices, that tune is one of my mostest favoritests.

So, do I get a copy of this mix? The car I'm looking into buying has a tape deck....

[birkwelch.livejournal.com]

Have you heard the Celestial Soda Pop remix? Just a thought...
I'm not sure I could come up with a full tape, or even 80 minutes worth without a fair amount of repetition... must expand repertoire...

Mmmm . . . sweet buttery mix tape . . . *drool*

[darkling-dreams.livejournal.com]

The songs without words tradition was begun by gossamer_gull. I just jumped on the bandwagon.

I keep waiting for the technology-freaks to come up with longer CDs so that I can add to my musical chronology. I know that Chloe's theme from Noir would definately make it on as well as Electronaut by VNV Nation and something ethereal from .hack/sign.