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Marc Summers
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Help me out with this, please.

I'm very much into classical music, and one thing that is absolutely astounding with classical music, is that it can tell a story, or have a theme without any words at all. Probably the most recognizable piece of music is the orchestral interlude, "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Another example, will be Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". This suite consisting of ten pieces, is probably the most desriptive and colorful music I have ever heard in my life. Each and every piece has a story, "Gnomus", which is based ona toy nutcracker shaped like a gnome with deformed legs. And "The Market at Limoges", which is a piece about a busy market in france, truly captures the theme. If you all understand what I am talking about, I will get to my question.

In trance, there seems to be a lack of any recognizable theme, or story in songs. In Cosmic Gate's "Exploration of Space", I wouldn't be able to guess that the track was about exploring the cosmos if some guy wasn't saying it over and over again in the song.

I know there are song's out there, so help me out. What tracks have a story, or theme that is recognizable just by listening to the music? The music has to be non-vocal.

I'm truly at a loss, so if you can help me, I thank you in advance.


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I'd like to see the responses

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I think 99% of the time there is no relevance between the construction of the track and the name of the track. There may be for the producer, but most people out at a club couldn't care less what the track is called.

Mauro Picotto - Lizard, for example.... you could have called it Wooshaboosha and no one would have thought any different.

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I'd also like to see the responses, because I think such a trance song is pretty rare. All the non-vocal trance I know is more abstract, and can inspire far different images for whoever's listening.

Edit:
What about Rank 1 - Awakening (especially the Cosmic Gate remix)? IMO, the title seems to fit well with the song, although it doesn't really qualify as a story.


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a few off the top of my head that have a title that i feel is reflected through the track :

POS - Remember (Summer Sun)
BT - The Internal Locust
Hybrid - Last Man Standing
Re:Locate - Waterfall
Pulser - Cloudwalking
LSG - Netherworld
Mikka Leinonen - Calm Waters

Now whilst these don't really convey a story so to speak with the possible exception of the BT track they are definately have a correlation between their name and the mood and sounds of the music.


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shane 54 - equinoxe 4 (mat silver vs. tony burt remix) has a rather epic feel to it, no so much space but definately travelling somewhere, jean michel jarre whatdya expect?


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These are pretty rare. The most obvious one for me is composed by Sister Bliss, who is classically trained. It is Faithless - Drifting Away. Not only is the track pretty dreamy and surreal but the melody itself does indeed feel like it's drifting.


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These are pretty rare. The most obvious one for me is composed by Sister Bliss, who is classically trained. It is Faithless - Drifting Away. Not only is the track pretty dreamy and surreal but the melody itself does indeed feel like it's drifting.

Original or Paradiso remix?


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Original or Paradiso remix?


Well the melody is (for the most part) identical on both. The production on the original accentuates the overall effect, but the melody itself to me fits the title perfectly.


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Well the melody is (for the most part) identical on both. The production on the original accentuates the overall effect, but the melody itself to me fits the title perfectly.

Fair enough.. It's just that most people automatically get overly enthusiastic about the Paradiso remix, thereby forgetting the indeed equally great (if not, better) original..


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Fair enough.. It's just that most people automatically get overly enthusiastic about the Paradiso remix, thereby forgetting the indeed equally great (if not, better) original..


The Paradiso Mix is great. The melody sounds brilliant on the piano. The trouble is it doesn't drift away- it gets more direct as the track goes on. The best version of Drifting Away is the one I heard them play live- they completely redid the track, with the lead melody on a beautiful guitar. They played it as an encore and it was absolutely lush.


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Sounds exactly like something they'd do.. Indeed. Always reworking their tracks live.

If only some 'live acts' would take notice. That's an entirely different topic though.


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