# What's your favorite instrumental? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528 "2003-06-08T22:13:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/21 "2003-06-09T20:32:24Z")
Pretty much anything by Miles Davis, John Coltrane or Charlie Parker. I’ve always loved instrumental Jazz. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/22 "2003-06-09T21:06:01Z")
I really love the theme from The Deer Hunter, and I can’t for the life of me remember the name of it. It’s just beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/23 "2003-06-10T00:05:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yersinia \* > \*\*Oops. Did I just post the same thing twice? I’m sorry!!! ☹ \*\* No (twice times two). 🙂 **Don Reno - Green Mountain Hop** ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/24 "2003-06-10T00:10:18Z")
“End Theme” by Zero7. It’s gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/25 "2003-06-10T01:38:47Z")
Mozart’s Serenade in G-the rondo-K525 ---
**Author:** ![lurker\_anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@lurker\_anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurker_anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/26 "2003-06-10T01:45:26Z")
“Little Martha” by the Allman Brothers. Perfection. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/27 "2003-06-10T04:29:48Z")
i like lots of New-Agey type stuff… ## Pretty much anything by **Tangerine Dream**. Isao Tomita’s **Snowflakes are Dancing** , which features modern classical works performed on synthesizers and of course, Mike Oldfield’s **Tubular Bells**. And oddly, amongst all this new agey stuff, I love **The Ventures!**. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/28 "2003-06-10T05:56:39Z")
Apocalyptica. Especially “Nothing Else Matters.” I wish I’d known about them back in high school, when I played the cello (poorly). ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/29 "2003-06-10T06:02:06Z")
“Sun Goddess” by Earth, Wind and Fire (there’s some “Ahhh” type vocals but no words, so I hope it counts). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/30 "2003-06-10T15:23:00Z")
I’d have to go with an Allmans song as well. Almost pointless to ask which one… maybe _In Memory of Elizabeth Reed_, maybe _Mountain Jam_, maybe _Little Martha_… ---
**Author:** ![TanethTheTongueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@TanethTheTongueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TanethTheTongueless)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/31 "2003-06-10T16:54:14Z")
Porno Creep by KoRn, Hargalaten by In Flames, and another not-quite-an-instrumental-but-still-kinda-sorta-one that I can’t remember the name of. ^^; ---
**Author:** ![TanethTheTongueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@TanethTheTongueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TanethTheTongueless)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/32 "2003-06-10T16:56:39Z")
D’oh! Three seconds after I clicked the button! \>.\< Anesthesia by Cliff Burton. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/33 "2003-06-10T20:29:21Z")
Birdland, by Weather Report Jessica, by the Allman Bros. Sing Sing Sing, Benny Goodman, live at Carnegie Hall ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/34 "2003-06-10T20:33:16Z")
“Gabriel’s Oboe,” by Ennio Morricone from the soundtrack to _The Mission_. I have other faves, but this is at the top of the list for non-classical pieces. BTW, I also like Snowflakes are Dancing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/35 "2003-06-10T21:17:02Z")
**Cast Your Fate To The Wind** and **Linus and Lucy** - Vince Guaraldi Trio ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/36 "2003-06-11T23:43:21Z")
“Uselink” by Depeche Mode. It molds beautifully into the next song, “Useless”. ---
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/37 "2003-06-11T23:49:12Z")
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by GF Handel ---
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/38 "2003-06-11T23:52:50Z")
And, non classical: Serra Pelada by Philip Glass ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/39 "2003-06-11T23:59:27Z")
**Root Beer Rag** by Billy Joel. It’s buried on Streetlife Serenade, so you have to be pretty hardcore to know it, but it kicks ass. It’s also damn near impossible to play. Honorable mention to **Theme From Dr. Pyser** by Ben Folds Five, a B-side in the U.S. and bonus track on the Aussie version of Reinhold Messner. ---
**Author:** ![TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFunkySpaceCowboy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528/40 "2003-06-12T04:54:14Z")
Currently (because I’ve been listening to them a lot lately) I’d have to say that the Kronos String Quartet’s cover of \*\* Purple Haze\*\* is my favorite.l The entire soundtrack from \*\*Requim for a Dream \*\*, which was also performed by Kronos, also deserves mention as a favorite instrumental. Of course any “favorite” poll is pretty much useless for me since I’ll have a new favorite next week. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-instrumental/180528.md?page=3)