The most mournful melody?

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[ELynx]

Sergei Prokofiev's OST for Alexander Nevsky, a very old movie.
Two parts are really haunting, evening songs of crusaders, and lake battle aftermath

(Battle aftermath is on minute 28)
Whole OST is haunting, eery and very manic in brass vs string sections.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

McCartney's "She's Leaving Home" is always quite mournful for that matter.

 

[Clark Dark]

 

[maxschrek]

Definitely one of these, for me:



And Supertramp's Know Who You Are

 

[boombloom]

 

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Great stuff, folks! Keep 'em coming! (or should that be , hehe)

 

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Thanks to the OP for a post that actually has some substance. As of late, I find TB filled with repetitious or attention seeking posts. This, at least, brought forth some music that comments on the fragility of the human condition. I know it's not feasible or beneficial to reflect on such morbid contemplations frequently, but life is worth exploring... Or should I say, All facets of it through music...

I'm just as guilty of attention-seeking as anyone else here, I think, but sometimes I manage to do ok despite myself. I do like occasional "digging for folk's input on a theme" threads like this, partially attention seeking for the KC song, but also I really like the "cross-genre-width" of responses here. Food for thought, anyway. What makes a melody sound mournful? I don't really know, but we've got lots of great examples to study here.

 

[ColonelZulu]

 

[ColonelZulu]

 

[ColonelZulu]

 

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I'm down with Verdi's Dies Irae, but that's more angry retribution than mournful.


oops, that part is mournful, I meant this part:


I particularly like the "Full Orchestra and Chorus vs. Big Bass Drum" moments.
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[The Rage]

 

[TNCreature]

 

[neddyrow]

 

[ColonelZulu]

I'm down with Verdi's Dies Irae, but that's more angry retribution than mournful.


oops, that part is mournful, I meant this part:


I particularly like the "Full Orchestra and Chorus vs. Big Bass Drum" moments.
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Debating on this? Ok...

The question was about the “melody” not the orchestration. You can give Row Row Your Boat to John Williams and it can sound epic. Give Dust in the Wind to Spike Jones and it will make you piss yourself.

mournful:
1. expressing or suggesting mourning

• she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died

2. feeling unhappiness

• the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead

3. causing unhappiness

• the mournful death of a beloved entertainer

The Dies Irae was specifically composed centuries ago with the expressed intent to evoke mourning.

 

[Atshen]

 

[maxschrek]

Handel's Sarabande is beautiful, loved it's use in the soundtrack for Barry Lyndon.

 

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Debating on this? Ok...

The question was about the “melody” not the orchestration. You can give Row Row Your Boat to John Williams and it can sound epic. Give Dust in the Wind to Spike Jones and it will make you piss yourself.

mournful:
1. expressing or suggesting mourning

• she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died

2. feeling unhappiness

• the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead

3. causing unhappiness

• the mournful death of a beloved entertainer

The Dies Irae was specifically composed centuries ago with the expressed intent to evoke mourning.

Not debating, didn't mean to come across that way, sorry, just triggered a related thought is all. That Dies Irae is certainly most mournful. Verdi's, on the other hand...

 

[maxschrek]