OT: Classical Music

[TurinTurambar]

I was also wading thru the soundtrack samples of THIS at Buy.com and thought there was some pretty cool stuff on it.

[Morkilus]

You'll find nothing else by Orff that resembles O Fortuna. If you enjoy dark, huge choral pieces, there are many options though...

-Requiems by Mozart, Verdi, Brahms, Berlioz (usually the Dies Irae)
-Prokofiev's soundtrack for Alexander Nevsky, esp. "Battle on the Ice"
-Shostakovich's Babi Yar symphony (don't remember the number)
-Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde
-Anything by Wagner or Bruckner if you have the patience for it...
and finally
-end battle of Final Fantasy 7

All quite better quality than Orff, no offense.

[Hunpecked]

Not to resurrect a dead thread or anything, but I just saw "Van Helsing" on cable. The music for the opening sequence and for the carriage chase would seem to make suitable backgrounds for combat.

[Raging Deadstar]

It does. I've played in several RPGs where we used the Van Helsing soundtrack for those suspense building moments.

It's by Alan Silvestri and is pretty dam good. The best for film soundtracks I've found is Hans Zimmer by far though.