I know this sounds silly, but can anyone tell me the name of the piece of music played in the introduction of Starcraft: Brood War?, it was also played, louder, in the trailer. I am a fan of classical music, and I was wondering if anyone knew what that piece was. Painfully beautiful singing, mixed with death and dirt, blood and bones, last ditch battle scenes just get to me, can anyone help me? As well, does anyone know what the singer is saying? That song is just so haunting.
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
I've never played nor see it, so that's just a flat out guess. I bet I'm right though.
Edit:Ã, Midi Link (http://www.anthea2.freeuk.com/carminaburana/burana.mid)
Edit AGAIN: That portion I'm thinking is called "O Fortuna", as the whole thing is an opera of some sort. So maybe google that too, I dunno.
yeah, don't know what you mean, but Carmina Burana is the most commonly used in for example Heavy rock, and music that needs lots of tragedy and needs to feel somehow huge... A great piece at that.
Carmina Burana is a collection of medieval manuscripts containing hundreds of poems and songs found in Benediktbeuern (hence the name). Orff wrote a cantata based on 24 of these poems, not just one - I like O Fortuna, but it somewhat irritates me that so many people seem completely oblivious to the rest of the piece.
AFAIK know, the piece was produced for the game.
It's called "Brood War - Intro", you should be able to find it ;)
Thanx everyone, you have been most helpful, again thanx. :)
QuoteI like O Fortuna, but it somewhat irritates me that so many people seem completely oblivious to the rest of the piece.
While I completely agree with this...as there are some really good pieces within this Opera. There's a number of musical selections that people only know a couple minutes of. The William Tell Overture comes to mind. 1812. Holst's Mars. I'm sure people have heard pieces from The Magic Flute, and wouldn't know anything about the rest of it. I'd say Adagio for String is used a lot in movies, although arguably once you've heard a couple minutes of this piece, you can pretty much get the picture. It's fairly commonplace for the public not to know anything about the tidbit of piece their listening to. But arguably, the tidbits they know are the best parts of the music, and are readily enjoyable for those who aren't fans of classical/orchestral music. So while it might be irksome, it's understandable.
-MillsJROSS
I agree, it is entirely understandable (although I don't agree with the identification of "most widely known" with "best"), and it would be ridiculous and unreasonable to expect everybody to be familiar with every single part of everything ever written - what bothers me is not so much the absence of familiarity with the rest of it, really, it's the inexplicable synecdoche.
Quote from: MillsJROSS on Wed 31/05/2006 23:29:21
There's a number of musical selections that people only know a couple minutes of.
The same could be said about pretty much all "famous" classical music. In fact, off hand I can't think of a single example of a similarly widely known piece that is not part of a much larger work. There's a challenge for you all, perhaps.
I would just like to say I found an mp3 with the music. the quality is pretty bad (almost as if someone stuck a microphone next to the speakers) but at least I heard it. it was marvellous, very tragic.
Washington Post...while it's not really "classical" neither is Carmina Burana. I'm sure Strauss has a few Waltzes that everyone knows, as well. Naturally, though...most composers make larger frameworks for their music. However, unless a musical piece is part of an opera, or has a recurring theme throughout some work, I think it can be considered a piece on it's own.
-MillsJROSS