favourite instrumental songs

Luis G

Luis G

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Only instrumental songs, no voices.

I love the following Gipsy Kings songs:
Inspiration
Passion
Duende
Ternuras
 
Ummmm, Gypsy Kings, Altan - both excellent. David Bowie has done some interesting instrumentals as well.
 
Well, I listen mostly to techno music (often non-commercial), which doesn't have lyrics 80% of the time but often have voices, so it might be hard to pick a favorite:

Some stuff from CoLD SToRAGE (WipeOut OST)
Pills - Rock Me
Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury
Future Sound of London - Landmass
Fluke - Goodnight Lover
Plasma - Restricted Area
PFD - Interrupt
Squarepusher - The Swifty
Fear Factory - 21st Century Jesus
Many videogames soundtracks


And among other genres:
Nightwish - Lappi I-II-IV (some voices)
Rhapsody - Trolls In The Dark (some voices)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire, Antartica
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene
...

I'm sure pretty much anyone here hates techno, but oh well...
 
Originally posted by equinoxe3d
...I'm sure pretty much anyone here hates techno, but oh well...
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Nah - techno is good too... although I must admit, I don't know much in the way of specifics.
 
most stuff by aphex twin is good vocal-less, especailly window-licker :)

lemonjelly do nice stuff too
 
Originally posted by AlladinSane
Anyone for Vangelis?
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Chariots of Fire .. a classic ...

of course, Incubus has some fabuphreakinglous instrumentals on their releases ..
 
Jessica by the Allman Brothers :D

The theme song to Forrest Gump has always been one of my favorites. When it comes to classical, just give me a piano and violins and I'm happy.

I used to like The Rippingtons, specifically an album called Kilimanjaro. I haven't heard it in years.
 
Purple Porpoise Parkway - Tom Kubis
Battlestar Scralatchtica - Incubus
A Mis Buelos - Arturo Sandoval
Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
Portrait of Tracy - Jaco Pastorius
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Let Forever Be - Chemical Brothers
Spain - Chick Corea
La Fiesta - Chick Corea
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk
Klunky - Directions In Groove
Rimsky - Gillespie/Sandoval
First few bars of "Weapon Of Choice" - Fat Boy Slim
First few bars of "Smack My Bitch Up" - Prodigy
Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
After The Fall - Incognito
Havona - Weather Report
Palladium - Weather Report
Funky Drummer - James Brown
Soul Power '74 - Maceo &amp; The Macks
Check It Out - James Taylor Quartet
Hooked Up - Jamiroquai
Instrumental section of "Scam" - Jamiroquai
Headin' Home - Joshua Redman
One Shining Star - Joshua Redman
Cat Battles - Joshua Redman
Brown Paper Bag - Roni Size
New Forms - Roni Size
Forty Days - Billie Brooks
Summer In The City - Quincy Jones
Dirty Old Bossanova - Howard Roberts Quartet
Cissy Strut - The Meters
Tippy Toes - The Meters
Little Ole Money Maker - The Meters
Walkin' Up Hip Street - Tower Of Power
Oakland Stroke - Tower Of Power
Ebony Jam - Tower Of Power
Squib Cakes - Tower Of Power
Contusion - Stevie Wonder
Once Is Twice Enough - The Brand New Heavies
Thunderbirds - Opening Theme :)
Most of John Williams' scores
Fred - Tony Williams' Lifetime
Proto-Cosmos - Tony Williams' Lifetime
Olympic Runners -
Knightrider - Opening Theme
Brain Teaser - Victor Bailey
We Be The Crew - The Wiseguys
Search's End - The Wiseguys
Shit loads of other jazz/funk/drum&amp;bass/latin-american stuff and the odd classical piece...

Man, there's so much instrumental stuff I listen too. Can't get enough of it, lol. :)
 
When I'm playing my FPS games, I love to put on Mozart or Tchachovsky(sp?). It seems to put me in the mood to do some serious killin :headbang:
 
Originally posted by PuterTutor
When I'm playing my FPS games, I love to put on Mozart or Tchachovsky(sp?). It seems to put me in the mood to do some serious killin :headbang:
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Tchaikovsky :wink2:

I also like classical/barocco. Bach's Air, and 2nd movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony are very nice.
 
Wipeout by The Beach Boys. . . . the only lyric in the song is the title.

Down to the Moon by Andreas Vollenweider

007/ Mission Impossible/ Peter Gunn theme by Brian Setzer(Stray Cats fame)

Spyro Gyra
 
Birdland by Weather Report
Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Mahler's 1st Symphony
Mahler's 3rd Symphony
Mahler's 5th Symphony
Schubert's 'unfinished' Symphony
Just about anything by Tangerine Dream
 
Tchaikovsky with 1812 Overture, and Holst with his "The Planets" series are pretty cool. Gershwin and his Rapsody in Blue is an old favourite.

I also listen to a lot of film score composers, such as John Williams, John Barry, Danny Elfman, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Ennio Morricone, Randy Edelman, Hanz Zimmer and even a bit of Philip Glass and Vangelis for his work on Blade Runner.
 
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