Haunting Songs

[ArchStantonsGhost]

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Ghost town (sorry, couldn't resist)

I like it Branny.

[rossobantam]

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a late (forgotten) entry:

Lulu..To Sir With Love..scroll forward to 3mins 53secs (there are other clips but this is from the film itself)
YouTube - To Sir, With Love - final

oh and Samuel Barber's 'Adaggio For Strings' as played in Platoon, or -far more memorably - the last scene of 'The Elephant Man'..to sleep just once like the little boy in the picture on his wall...'don't lie down John!' ...makes me blub every time
YouTube - The Elephant Man - Last Sleep Scene

this version builds soooo beautifully & reaches such a pitch by the 6-7 min mark
YouTube - Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, op.11

Derek,agree with you 100% on Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence....just for you.....
end scene

oh, and Callas of course:
O Mio Babbino Caro

[Derekflint]

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Thanks for that - even more powerful than I remembered.

Not a big fan of modern instruments/music in period pieces - very few people can pull it off - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence is one of the exceptions (in terms of entertainment, nothing annoys me more than the current fad for World War 2 games with rock music in the trailers - with the exception of the Daily Mail).

[Marine Boy]

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oh and Samuel Barber's 'Adaggio For Strings'...

I completely agree about this amazing piece of music. There is also a setting for voices which sounds incredible too. I have tried to find it on YT but the one I used to listen to seems to have gone. Worth searching out though.

[jimexe]

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Laurie Andersons o superman is one very haunting song,seems to draw you in.
YouTube - Laurie Anderson

[Richard1978]

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Laurie Andersons o superman is one very haunting song,seems to draw you in.
YouTube - Laurie Anderson

That's totally freaky, Marc Lemar compaired the intro to John Major getting turned on.

[curmudgeon]

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Soft Cell's Torch always sends a shiver up my spine, I love the sound of a breathy trumpet.

[Richard1978]

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Soft Cell's Torch always sends a shiver up my spine, I love the sound of a breathy trumpet.

I really liked it when it first came out, & was on my list of favouries for years after, even though I never heard it after it dropped out of the charts.

Years later my Dad borrowed a copy of Soft Cell's greatests hits from the library & it was just like I remembered it.

[glam_racket]

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One of the first songs I ever 'felt', I'd have been about 7, was probably 'Bright Eyes' by Art Garfunkel and Mike Batt, so that will always have a place in my heart.

However, the music that haunts me....

Michael Nyman Band - The Heart Asks Pleasure First
YouTube - Michael Nyman Band - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly
YouTube - Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Nomadic Revery
YouTube - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Nomadic Revery, Cph 2007-03-23

[Spunbowler]

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For the Scariest song ever Youtube Fire on High by ELO.

Extremely Haunting, or Steven by Alice Cooper

[chrisredditch]

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Haunting/Dreamy Song?

My Love, My Life by Abba. On the Arrival Album
In fact Abba did a few haunting songs The Day Before You Came is another.

We are the Dead by David Bowie (Diamond Dogs Album) is very Spooky!

[silverbirch]

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Torch

go here
YouTube - Soft Cell - Torch

[silverbirch]

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Fire on High by ELO

go here
YouTube - Electric Light Orchestra - Fire On High

[kevpk]

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there is something very " haunting " about Liz Fraser's vocals, very unique indeed. Check out this version of song to the siren....YouTube - This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren "Cocteau Twins"

[Kevin Mattingley]

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Originally Posted by rossobantam
David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto:

Forbidden Colours
YouTube - Sylvian & Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours

and a fantastic film too Merry Xmas Mr Lawrence

Forbidden Colours gets my vote as does Torch by Soft Cell and Song to The Siren by This Mortal Coil. Fantastic Songs!

But of course there is also the aptly titled

Ghosts by Japan..........

'When the room is quiet, and daylight's almost gone.....'

YouTube - Japan: Ghosts