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forw · Post by **forw** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:08 pm

Edward Grieg, "in the hall of the mountain king"
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..almost everybody knows it.
I'm just having trouble finding pieces with a similar concept, which are NOT classical music.
The piece mainly concists of one melody which sometimes modulates,
the instrumentation changes and the tempo increases, but that's about it.

Any ideas anyone?

"north" by phoenix came to my mind..but it has a different concept..
a "neverending" chord progression and no melody..

Hybernation · Post by **Hybernation** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:26 pm

forw wrote:Edward Grieg, "in the hall of the mountain king"
()

..almost everybody knows it.
I'm just having trouble finding pieces with a similar concept, which are NOT classical music.
The piece mainly concists of one melody which sometimes modulates,
the instrumentation changes and the tempo increases, but that's about it.

Any ideas anyone?

"north" by phoenix came to my mind..but it has a different concept..
a "neverending" chord progression and no melody..

Well...check out Rick Wakeman's "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth" on which he lifts this melody entirely.

Definitely turned a few heads (including mine) back in 1974!

forw · Post by **forw** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:30 pm

Hybernation wrote:
forw wrote:Edward Grieg, "in the hall of the mountain king"
()

..almost everybody knows it.
I'm just having trouble finding pieces with a similar concept, which are NOT classical music.
The piece mainly concists of one melody which sometimes modulates,
the instrumentation changes and the tempo increases, but that's about it.

Any ideas anyone?

"north" by phoenix came to my mind..but it has a different concept..
a "neverending" chord progression and no melody..
Well...check out Rick Wakeman's "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth" on which he lifts this melody entirely.

Definitely turned a few heads (including mine) back in 1974!

good idea! thanks alot!

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:30 pm

This one perhaps. More by Sisters of Mercy.
Not exactly pop but there's only one motif going thru the whole song.

pandashake · Post by **pandashake** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:35 pm

Didn't the Who cover it on The Who Sell Out? Their arrangement might be interesting. Or maybe I had a dream where John Entwistle (sic) was rocking it out?

jopy · Post by **jopy** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:31 am

http://www.jopyjopyjopy.com/public/news

this is a joke, of course.

on a more serious note, raymond scott did a piece called "in the hall of the mountain queen."

thelizard · Post by **thelizard** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:35 am

pandashake wrote:Didn't the Who cover it on The Who Sell Out? Their arrangement might be interesting. Or maybe I had a dream where John Entwistle (sic) was rocking it out?

yeah, it's only on the expanded CD edition though. and yes, it is completely awesome.

jkleban · Post by **jkleban** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:55 am

Hmmm Hall of the Mountain King.....

or

Court of the Crimson King.....

Connection?

Jim

Rune · Post by **Rune** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:26 am

Here's another one:
http://www.stumbleaudio.com/#phideaux4/2
Probably not exatly what you're looking for since there are no modulations, but they totally ripped the theme, or rather made a bad parody of it if you ask me...

While on Grieg, I can mention that the last tune on the Ketezer Ev album by After Crying contains a beautiful rendition of "The Death of Aase" from the Peer Gynt Suite.

VicDiesel · Post by **VicDiesel** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:16 am

Dixie Dregs, The Great Spectacular.

Victor.

thelizard · Post by **thelizard** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:21 am

there's zorba the greek. similar idea.

also, plenty of jazz music will keep one theme that gets modulated throughout the entire piece.

tomg · Post by **tomg** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:48 am

Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill

CS80 · Post by **CS80** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:50 am

Hybernation wrote:
forw wrote:Edward Grieg, "in the hall of the mountain king"
()

..almost everybody knows it.
I'm just having trouble finding pieces with a similar concept, which are NOT classical music.
The piece mainly concists of one melody which sometimes modulates,
the instrumentation changes and the tempo increases, but that's about it.

Any ideas anyone?

"north" by phoenix came to my mind..but it has a different concept..
a "neverending" chord progression and no melody..
Well...check out Rick Wakeman's "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth" on which he lifts this melody entirely.

Definitely turned a few heads (including mine) back in 1974!

I was just going to say that...

pandashake · Post by **pandashake** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:53 am

thelizard wrote:
pandashake wrote:Didn't the Who cover it on The Who Sell Out? Their arrangement might be interesting. Or maybe I had a dream where John Entwistle (sic) was rocking it out?
yeah, it's only on the expanded CD edition though. and yes, it is completely awesome.

Ok, good. I'm glad it wasn't a dream.

someone called simon · Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:42 am

how about "something in the air" by Thunderclap Newman (sp?). No tempo change i think but simple melody modulating up. except for the honky tonk piano break... speaking of which, can you ever imagine something so out-of-left-field making into a pop song in today's formulaic world?

in the hall of the mountain king...similar concept in pop?