Classical hissy fit

[kjpepper]

When I was still in my teens one of the primary things that got me yelled at by Dad was cranking up my music to a volume I can only quantify as "capable of shaking a 40 pound window sash." (Yes, they actually were about that heavy. Old house, large-ass windows.) He'd usually stand at the bottom of the stairs leading up to my room and bellow something to the effect of "ANDEE! TURN THAT NOISE DOWN!"

One day I was having some sort of emo fit and was probably playing something like Pearl Jam or some shit and the expected bellow sounded up the stairs after two or three songs, but by that time I was just being pissy and required the entire borough of brooklyn to know about it. On the other hand, I didn't want Dad to keep yelling at me either. So in a fit of outraged pique I stuck in Beethoven's 5th, cranked the stereo, and was quite amused by the fact that Dad didn't say a thing for the entire symphony. (Classical is all Dad listens to anyway.)

Anyway, I'm having a similar bout of hissy fit-worthy goodness, and in my pique began amassing a list of orchestral music worthy of putting on that selfsame stereo and shattering my windows. So far I've got:

Masquers - Prokofiev
Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorsky
Symphony #25 allegro - Mozart
Summer Mvt 3 - Vivaldi
Beetlejuice - Elfman
Imperial Death March - Williams
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg
Symphony 5 Mvt 1 - Beethoven
Dance of the Young Girls - Stravinsky
Batman/Spiderman - Elfman
Danse Macabre - Saint-Saens
Baba Yaga - Lyadov

you can sort of see where I'm going with this... lots of low brass and/or aggressively played string, nicely dark and angsty, at least one prolonged section probably marked fff, you know, as close to industrial as you can get while still being composed by some dead white guy in Europe somewhere. The question is, what did I miss?

edit: thought of two more: Moonlight Serenade - Klaus Badelt, and The Caverns of Isengard - Howard Shore

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[innostrantsa.livejournal.com]

Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Bach
Mass in B minor - Bach
Mein Herz Brennt - Torsten Rasch (a living white guy, and based on Rammstein lyrics to boot)
Third Essay - Barber (I think... maybe.)

Can't think of anything else, too tired. Your list fucking rocks.

[austingoddess.livejournal.com]

Any Elfman soundtrack will sound all nice and dark.
Me, I go for Chopin myself. Varying amounts of loudness, but lots of minor keys, which is good for the angst.

[morlock.livejournal.com]

whenever i don't wanna talk to people i always go for quiet, higher strings with minimal bass. to listen to it, people have to shut the hell up,and usually they are extended, so anyone looking for me will walk into this wall of quiet but loud music, confusing the fuck out of them and at the same time making them shush immediatly.

sorry you're having a fit :-(

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

I tend to want louder fuller sound when I'm pissed off. I think it's why I like goth music so much. But yeah, I like the sort of classical music that leaves you feel punched in the gut by sound. Romantic period and movie soundtracks generally fit the bill.

but yeah, I've noticed whenever there is Ave Maria and Morlock in the same room, it's usually a harbinger of mayhem, destruction and probably Death By OMG Pissy Mood. Run Away.

[morlock.livejournal.com]

romantic period...meh. all that is is composers playing with new toys. bass heh! brass bah! a jedi needs not those things ;p

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

Dude, I know you have a Baroque fetish. They SO had brass to play with back then. Trumpet Voluntaries left and right. :P

Full orchestras make more noise. I like musically interesting noise. There is a reason I took up organ in college. Talk about being able to make a crapton of noise with very little effort. :D Seriously, I feel a lot better if there much abuse of timpani, trombone, bass clarinet and cello in my presence.

[harinezumi.livejournal.com]

You forgot Bolero - Ravel, one of the few classical pieces you can headbang to ^^

[harinezumi.livejournal.com]

And, of course, if you _really_ want to shake the building, get a recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture that uses real cannons.

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

ah, now THAT is a worthy addition to the list. :)

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

I've got that. It's a little long, and a bit on the slow side to headbang to, I would think. That and it doesn't get loud enough to tickle my angst pickle until the end, though the end be magnificently fortissimo.

[kshandra]

gridlore and I wound up with this CD in our collection a few years ago....

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

that looks fabulous. :D

[peacockdress.livejournal.com]

You forgot Ride of the Valkyries. Wagner can't be a bad choice.

Also, when you start to feel better, the overture of Strauss' Die Fleidermaus can't be beat for a punchy opening that'll make the neighbours' hair stand on end.

Ooh - and that piece that opens the movie Amadeus. I forget what it's called.

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

Oh jeez, you're right, I'd forgotten Wagner...

I've got the Amadeus opener - it's the 1st movement of symphony # 25