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

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.