# Soundtrack for the Apocalypse. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226 "2001-11-14T00:55:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/1 "2001-11-14T00:55:19Z")
This gives a much better idea to what I was looking for in that other thread. See waht I meant by O’Fortuna and Duel of the fates now? PS. A pre-emptive whack accross the back of the head for anyone who posts Barry Manilow, Brittany Spears, N’sync, etc. Well, maybe not for the boy-bands… ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/2 "2001-11-14T02:55:33Z")
I’ve always thought that they should book Tom Jones for the apocalypse. Maybe it’s just the Tim Burton in me. If not Tom, then maybe The Birthday Party, Nick Cave’s first band. Fire, chaos, California sliding into the ocean, all to the tune of “Big Jesus Trash Can.” Somehow, I doubt that this is what you were looking for though. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/3 "2001-11-14T03:46:03Z")
No, no, I am serious. I mean songs Like “Mars bringer of war” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/4 "2001-11-14T04:46:56Z")
Now what exactly is wrong with the other thread? It has lots of perfectly respectable suggestions and fine examples of classical music, as well as a healthy variety of film scores. It’s the thread title, isn’t it? You dig this thread title more, right? You’re like the guy who thinks of the killer comeback an hour after that conversation where you really wished you had said that thing to that guy who, well, you know. You’re that guy. Well, it’s too late. Let this die on the vine. It’s for the best. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/5 "2001-11-14T06:05:25Z")
Not quite, I started this second thread because in the first one people got the wrong idea about moody. Adagio for strings is not the moody I was aiming for. Although I do appreciate the other suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/6 "2001-11-14T12:37:36Z")
Um… **Night on Bald Mountain**? ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/7 "2001-11-14T14:15:52Z")
Might I suggest this…? [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JWNB/qid=1005747308/sr=8-1/ref=sr\_8\_5\_1/103-7917576-2168662](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JWNB/qid=1005747308/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_5_1/103-7917576-2168662) ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de053/32.png) [@Umbriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/8 "2001-11-14T17:27:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tanstaafl \* > \*\*Might I suggest this…? > > [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JWNB/qid=1005747308/sr=8-1/ref=sr\_8\_5\_1/103-7917576-2168662](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JWNB/qid=1005747308/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_5_1/103-7917576-2168662) \*\* That looks right on the money. And I reiterate my Hellbound: Hellraiser II and The Final Conflict soundtrack suggestions, both of which seem even more appropriate now. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/9 "2001-11-14T19:43:10Z")
I highly recommend Kreator’s _Pleasure To Kill_, and especially the uplifting little jingle, [“Riot of Violence”](http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/lyrics/kreator/pleasure_to_kill_1986.html#riot_of_violence): _On a field littered with corpses Was a lonely flower It reminds the world how it was But we kicked it away With POWER!_ However, I think everything about Devo’s [Beautiful World](http://www.forte-intl.com/~ronald/devo/lyrics/adventures_of_the_smart_patrol.html#a14s8), from the vaguely melancholy tune to the hilarious, escalating video makes that song the centerpiece of my personal list of Music to Die In Fear To. It is not, however, an awe-inspiring song. That’s the point. (As an aside, I noticed a K-Mart commercial a while back that actually used part of that Devo song. It makes for a great insider joke, because the commercial pimps the Big K, saying, _“it’s a wonderful place”_, leaving unspoken the very next line: _“for **you.** ”_ That’s about how I see it, too.) ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/10 "2001-11-14T20:09:27Z")
Revolution Number 9, by The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Kalashnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kalashnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalashnikov)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/11 "2001-11-14T21:28:11Z")
anything by the doors yes, even the happy stuff it just works or maybe I’ve seen to many 'nam movies ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/12 "2001-11-14T23:41:33Z")
May I also recommend Carcass’ [\*Symphonies of Sickness](http://carcass.goddamnbastard.org/carcass/symphonies.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/13 "2001-11-15T01:07:19Z")
**Sofa King** - I’d gladly hang out with you on Reckoning Day. Excellent recommendations ! I’d add to that **Slayer** - _Seasons in the Abyss_, **The Crown** - _Deathrace King_, and **Iron Maiden** - _Number of the Beast_. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/14 "2001-11-15T01:47:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tanstaafl \* > \*\*Might I suggest this…? > > [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JWNB/qid=1005747308/sr=8-1/ref=sr\_8\_5\_1/103-7917576-2168662](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JWNB/qid=1005747308/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_5_1/103-7917576-2168662) \*\* Beautiful!! That is exactly what I was looking for! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/15 "2001-11-15T01:59:31Z")
Louis Armstrong, _What a Wonderful World._ Alternativly, _We’ll Meet Again_ ---
**Author:** ![Reemul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Reemul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reemul)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/16 "2001-11-15T04:48:19Z")
Anything by **Lustmord**. It’s my feeling that when the apocalypse arrives, it’ll be Lovecraftian, and **Lustmord** fits that bill to a T! ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/17 "2001-11-15T13:08:07Z")
You may want to try this one too. Heavy Classics. [http://cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=248140353/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/popsearch.html/clickID=bn\_srch\_txt](http://cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=248140353/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/popsearch.html/clickID=bn_srch_txt) (Hopefully the url will work) Isn´t the soundtrack from Terminator 2 quite good? Another favourite of mine is the Conan soundtrack. /Coil ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/18 "2001-11-15T13:46:11Z")
Faith No More - King for a day. _Don’t let me die with that silly look in my eyes_ I’ve always thought that the end of that song is what death sounds like. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/19 "2001-11-15T14:28:53Z")
Franz Schmidt’s [_Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln_](http://www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/SandH/2000/aug00/prom48.htm) has some kickass end-o’-the-world music in it, especially the chorus of warriors and women. Unfortunately the work in its entirety is too uneven (IMHO) to justify buying the whole thing; if I could just add that bit to the Y2K CD, I’d be at the record store right now… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226/20 "2001-11-15T19:02:28Z")
Verdi’s _Dies Irae_ is good, and has the added advantage of actually being about the end of the world. Strauss’ _Also Sprach Zarasthustra_ is another, as are Tchaikovsky’s _Marche Slave_, and Enya’s _Cursum Perficio_. And, although I’m not usually much of a heavy metal fan, I’d have to say that almost anything by Man of War would work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soundtrack-for-the-apocalypse/93226.md?page=2)