Since I really don't know what I want to listen to when I grow up, I have heard somethings that really turn me on. I seem to really like a big band kind of sound, I don't know really what to call it, orchestral type stuff that is being played in a movie during very dark, evil, bad events. This music has a boat load of bass to it and like I said it's very dark and orchestral.

Anyone have a clue to help this redneck out?

Thanks,

Ron

Chamber music perhaps? Can you post a youtube example of what you're describing?

Maybe mention a movie or two with the kind of music you're talking about? There's a bunch of possibilities.

um, seems kinda obvious to go and listen to some soundtracks...Gladiator, anything Hans Zimmer....

Ron, sounds like you're a fan of a fascinating & vast musical genre known broadly as "Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music". It is difficult to track down compilations of this stuff that doesn't involve "excerpts" of commonly heard orchestral works, e.g., Beethoven, Debussy, Motzart, etc. I agrees w/ Shrinkboy: your best bet is to consider specific movies (or types of movies) w/ musical scores are to your liking, then get copies of the soundtracks. You could also try to track down the composer(s) of certain soundtracks by using such web-based repositories as Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), maybe also use that to search out incidental & program music titles with content similar to the stuff you like. I've seen hundreds of these kinds of albums in LP format over the years, seems like it was a commercially popular genre particularly between the mid 1950s & mid 1960s.

Well done Mystic!

Also sprach Zarathustra would likely be a good choice. The Band's Chest Fever may even tickle your fancy , as the opening (Toccota and Fugue) was one of Bach's more intense compositions.
Just a couple ideas.
I've found that my decision to get back into quality audio equipment (within my budget limitations) has colored a lot of my music preferences. The better the recording , the more I like listening.

there is an execellent compilation series "IN CLASSICAL MOOD". The CDs in the series have different themes. Check those in the series with themes:
Forces of Nature

Passion

Solitude

Melancholy Moments

Information on each can be obtained on the Amazon web site.

Wow! Thanks guys!!! Some ideas here and a few great places to start. I don't remember the movies, but I do know that I very much like Hans Zimmer! Black Hawk Down is a great example of Hans, very cerebral, the music kind of connects your mind to what is going on in the movie, kind of two dimensional. Instead of just seeing what's going on it impacts your mind. I don't know if any of that makes sense or not, there it is.

Thanks a lot!!!!

Ron

O Fortuna, from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.

:music:

I don't know if any of that makes sense or not...
Not really, but that's okay.

i second Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. i am not allowed to play it when my wife is home. it scares her! :)

music from the Battlestar Galactica series. awe-some.

These movie scores are from the composer's page, "Klandathu Drop" from "Starship Troopers" and the main theme from "Lonesome Dove" may speak to you:

http://www.basil-poledouris.com/basil/music.html

And for dark and stirring there is always Wagner:

http://hodie-world.com/cms_fr_full/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,20/Itemid,32/lang,en/

Check out the Tannhauser Overture.

Mahler was the first Hollywood composer. Oh, and Holst, with his "Planets" suite. Almost everything since has its origin - in melody, harmony, orchestration, mood, style, and emotional impact - in these two composers. If you want to add Stravinsky I'll let it slide. Basically there's not much new under the sun. And oh, how I wish there were!

another vote for Wagner,

give a listen to the "Excalibur" Soundtrack