Edvard Grieg — Hall of the Mountain King
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master_betty wrote:
or cowbell?
Needs more cymbal!
or cowbell?
MiracleDrug wrote:
Yes! ...Bugs Bunny helped to introduce me to classical music as a small child. I am 68yrs old & at 5 or six, Loony tunes/ Merry Melodies cartoons were my introduction to classical music!
this type of piece brings to mind just how MANY classical pieces were injected into older cartoons and just how lucky we were to have seen them...
Yes! ...Bugs Bunny helped to introduce me to classical music as a small child. I am 68yrs old & at 5 or six, Loony tunes/ Merry Melodies cartoons were my introduction to classical music!
Great Tune!!! ...where is Bugs Bunny?
jpfueler wrote:
Nandy!
Madness1954 wrote:
Seems like yesterday doesn't it?
"Released 1876"!
Seems like yesterday doesn't it?
Bangin'
Annihilation defined in the musical dictionary
Yeah, take that!
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
Nandy!
David Grohl on drums.
Nandy!
David Grohl on drums.
this sounds like a song from the Nut Cracker
Oh look! It's Nightwish's backing band!
master_betty wrote:
and some cow bell
Needs more cymbal!
and some cow bell
Needs more cymbal!
"Released 1876"!
Yes, yes, I'm sitting at my desk but still dancing on my chair and clapping those cymbals over my head!
TSSSHHHHH!
TSSSHHHHH!
This was one of the 1st heavy metall pieces :)
reminds me a bit of prokokiev and Peter and the Wolf
On_The_Beach wrote:
...and Wagner!
Before there was rock & roll, there was Grieg!
...and Wagner!
Steve Cutts in his carton has been used this song
I have a hazy recollection of a relatively unknown ELO opening for (a very loud) Deep Purple on the Burn tour, circa '74. I remember a kick-ass version of Hall of the Mountain King that brought the house down, and thinking "Deep Purple has their work cut out for them".
As a professional classical musician it always gives me a little thrill when you throw in some of my usual rep.
Baby_M wrote:
Neat! And for the curious, here are those lyrics (with an English translation) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/i-dovregubbens-hall-hall-mountain-king.html
The scene in the play for which this was written is a lot more menacing than the music lets on. There are lyrics in Norwegian (duh!) in which the trolls sing a discussion of comparative methods for dismembering, cooking, and eating Peer Gynt. These are usually left out of modern orchestral performances for what should be obvious reasons.
Neat! And for the curious, here are those lyrics (with an English translation) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/i-dovregubbens-hall-hall-mountain-king.html
Excellent choice for Song Du Jour!
Fun to be the cymbal player on this one!
if I choose one single in my life. this is unforgettable... :D :D I have but. :D perfect!!
The HD slideshow accompanying this song is utterly amazing and fantastic! Thanks, RP!!!!!!!!!!!
westslope wrote:
Yeah! Funny how more RP posters do not cite Grieg as an influence as opposed to ... I dunno... Pink Floyd?
I am not aware of any of my posts being influenced by Grieg.
Yeah! Funny how more RP posters do not cite Grieg as an influence as opposed to ... I dunno... Pink Floyd?
I am not aware of any of my posts being influenced by Grieg.
SanFranGayMan wrote:
In my childhood, I travelled the train by myself from my bestefar and bestermor's house in Arendal to Hamar to visit my Uncle, Aunt and their family on a farm. Then I travelled back. I recall counting over 115 tunnels.
Mountainous.
Reminds me I need my Peer Gynt fix. Ist heard this on the train to Bergen at the summit in 75. As a son of Norway, so appropriate and transfixing in that setting.
In my childhood, I travelled the train by myself from my bestefar and bestermor's house in Arendal to Hamar to visit my Uncle, Aunt and their family on a farm. Then I travelled back. I recall counting over 115 tunnels.
Mountainous.
On_The_Beach wrote:
Yeah! Funny how more RP posters do not cite Grieg as an influence as opposed to ... I dunno... Pink Floyd?
Before there was rock & roll, there was Grieg!
Yeah! Funny how more RP posters do not cite Grieg as an influence as opposed to ... I dunno... Pink Floyd?
Very fun video using this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIz3klPET3o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIz3klPET3o
Reminds me I need my Peer Gynt fix. Ist heard this on the train to Bergen at the summit in 75. As a son of Norway, so appropriate and transfixing in that setting.
I love it when you surprise us with classical music.
Is this the song for the ballet with the giants rats dancing around and fighting the giant nutcracker?
pvg44 wrote:
By all means, put the Interwebs to work! I found a vinyl of "When Daddy Comes Home," which I used to dance to in my feetie pajamas (age 4?). If it existed once, it's probably on eBay.
(The power of RP shines through again.)
Back when I was a wee lad, there was an album of Halloween songs and this was on it. Scared the crap out of me:
On October 31
when the sun
goes to rest
That's the night of Halloween
When fun is at its best
...
Would love to find that album again.
On October 31
when the sun
goes to rest
That's the night of Halloween
When fun is at its best
...
Would love to find that album again.
By all means, put the Interwebs to work! I found a vinyl of "When Daddy Comes Home," which I used to dance to in my feetie pajamas (age 4?). If it existed once, it's probably on eBay.
(The power of RP shines through again.)
Mojo_LA wrote:
Fritz Lang and his classic movie 'M'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCjc_OllHdE
Interestingly enough, Justin Timberlake used this melody for the first song on DreamWorks Trolls soundtrack, the song titled "Hair Up" :)
I know it's been used any number of other places as well, and here's the original. The rest of the Peer Gynt Suites are a delight too.
Mojo
I know it's been used any number of other places as well, and here's the original. The rest of the Peer Gynt Suites are a delight too.
Mojo
Fritz Lang and his classic movie 'M'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCjc_OllHdE
Interestingly enough, Justin Timberlake used this melody for the first song on DreamWorks Trolls soundtrack, the song titled "Hair Up" :)
I know it's been used any number of other places as well, and here's the original. The rest of the Peer Gynt Suites are a delight too.
Mojo
I know it's been used any number of other places as well, and here's the original. The rest of the Peer Gynt Suites are a delight too.
Mojo
I see giant rats dancing...fighting a giant nutcracker!
Oooops. wrong one.
Oooops. wrong one.
makes me miss 80's quasi-metal.
Before there was rock & roll, there was Grieg!
jagdriver wrote:
Quite rightly!!!!
Outstanding!
Quite rightly!!!!
Beats Bolero for - how should I put it to keep within RP guidelines - romantic dalliance! Gets dangerous at the end...
My perception of this piece will always be colored by Mel-O-toons.
RedGuitar wrote:
I remember this from playing cello in the school band in elementary school. The instructor cited this as a perfect example of a musical piece "building tension".
Liked this one from grade school days - the "Music Appreciation" class where they exposed us to "serious" music. I still discovered Rock n Roll in 1964!
I remember this from playing cello in the school band in elementary school. The instructor cited this as a perfect example of a musical piece "building tension".
pvg44 wrote:
Dude, you're livin' in my hometown! How 'bout them taxes! Hey, if it's good enough for Taylor Schilling...
Have you been asking around on the Web about that recording? I get the feeling that others are searching too. The first two links indicate that it was published by Majestic Records.
https://masterworks.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/musical-memories-of-halloween/
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071031165504AA7RPl1
https://tinyurl.com/ljjp4qk
This link mentions a Kindermusik teacher, "Danielle Grimes of Norcross", who submitted the lyrics you cite to a blog. She's friend with the blogger (also a Kindermusik teacher). You might be able to track her down through the blogger for more info:
https://masterworks.wordpress.com/tag/halloween-songs/
There's also a version on YouTube, with one posters commenting that the name of the record might be "Songs for Little Folks":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc9R6mrCLqE
Go Warriors!
Back when I was a wee lad, there was an album of Halloween songs and this was on it. Scared the crap out of me:
On October 31
when the sun
goes to rest
That's the night of Halloween
When fun is at its best
...
Would love to find that album again.
On October 31
when the sun
goes to rest
That's the night of Halloween
When fun is at its best
...
Would love to find that album again.
Dude, you're livin' in my hometown! How 'bout them taxes! Hey, if it's good enough for Taylor Schilling...
Have you been asking around on the Web about that recording? I get the feeling that others are searching too. The first two links indicate that it was published by Majestic Records.
https://masterworks.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/musical-memories-of-halloween/
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071031165504AA7RPl1
https://tinyurl.com/ljjp4qk
This link mentions a Kindermusik teacher, "Danielle Grimes of Norcross", who submitted the lyrics you cite to a blog. She's friend with the blogger (also a Kindermusik teacher). You might be able to track her down through the blogger for more info:
https://masterworks.wordpress.com/tag/halloween-songs/
There's also a version on YouTube, with one posters commenting that the name of the record might be "Songs for Little Folks":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc9R6mrCLqE
Go Warriors!
Outstanding!
Back when I was a wee lad, there was an album of Halloween songs and this was on it. Scared the crap out of me:
On October 31
when the sun
goes to rest
That's the night of Halloween
When fun is at its best
...
Would love to find that album again.
On October 31
when the sun
goes to rest
That's the night of Halloween
When fun is at its best
...
Would love to find that album again.
jagdriver wrote:
It was definitely the place to be. After Bill Graham tutored "Uncle" Russ ("Paul Is Dead") Gibb in the running of a rock emporium, attending concerts at the Grande Ballroom was a life-changer. For more on that story, visit my blog post here. (Even The Who cite debuting Tommy at the Grande changed everything for them.)
We also had Larry Miller, late of SF and a true "underground radio" visionary, helping his fellow Air Aces at WABX to revolutionize radio. (The closest thing we have to that experience today is right here at Radio Paradise.) For more about that, see this post: https://floydslips.blogspot.com/2009/07/freeform-radio-masterdave-dixon-on-wabx.html
SRC had a huge Detroit hit with this back in the late '60s:
It was definitely the place to be. After Bill Graham tutored "Uncle" Russ ("Paul Is Dead") Gibb in the running of a rock emporium, attending concerts at the Grande Ballroom was a life-changer. For more on that story, visit my blog post here. (Even The Who cite debuting Tommy at the Grande changed everything for them.)
We also had Larry Miller, late of SF and a true "underground radio" visionary, helping his fellow Air Aces at WABX to revolutionize radio. (The closest thing we have to that experience today is right here at Radio Paradise.) For more about that, see this post: https://floydslips.blogspot.com/2009/07/freeform-radio-masterdave-dixon-on-wabx.html
Very nice. Another reason to listen to RP
Lots of cool videos out there:
and also one from Apocalyptica...
and also one from Apocalyptica...
Check out SRC's version on Milestones.
First hard rock song.
If u like classical amazon has these downloads for extremely low price...this one for example gives 50 songs for a few bux..
Rick Wakeman covered this, in his Journey to the Centre of the Earth album.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Centre_of_the_Earth_%28album%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Centre_of_the_Earth_%28album%29
Love it. Starts with a riff and stays with it.
Ahhh, the memories...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Miner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Miner
The Who do a pretty rocking cover of this. : )
Probably first heard this on the radio: Karl Haas' 'Adventures in Good Music'. Thanks, Karl. RIP.
Baby_M wrote:
Spoilsports! :)
The scene in the play for which this was written is a lot more menacing than the music lets on. There are lyrics in Norwegian (duh!) in which the trolls sing a discussion of comparative methods for dismembering, cooking, and eating Peer Gynt. These are usually left out of modern orchestral performances for what should be obvious reasons.
Spoilsports! :)
Liked this one from grade school days - the "Music Appreciation" class where they exposed us to "serious" music. I still discovered Rock n Roll in 1964!
rocks like hell,
doesn't it?
:-)
doesn't it?
:-)
I'm envisioning Monty Python's crew doing calistenics to this! Ha! lololol
jim1964 wrote:
I think Disney used it in Fantasia, in the Sorcerer's Apprentice.
It is somewhat similar, but Disney used a piece of music called "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", composed by Paul Dukas, for that sequence. I remember playing this song on the cello, in my elementary school band.
I think Disney used it in Fantasia, in the Sorcerer's Apprentice.
It is somewhat similar, but Disney used a piece of music called "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", composed by Paul Dukas, for that sequence. I remember playing this song on the cello, in my elementary school band.
If no one has mentioned it already, this is the music the serial child killing villain, played very memorably by Peter Lorre, whistles in the 1931 Fritz Lang German cinema classic, M. One of the greatest movies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_(1931_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_(1931_film)
2cats wrote:
Go bassoons!
But I do like bassoons.
Go bassoons!
But I do like bassoons.
Repetitive. Please play more New Pornographers for something original.
Ah yes .. the contrabass bassoon and in some large symphony orchestras the Countrabass Sarousphone. Hits those bowel-releasing ultra low notes below the 64 foot Great Organ Pipe too.
Love this!
Dave_Mack wrote:
Go bassoons!
Bassoons rule this song!
Go bassoons!
Nothing gets the heart racing like this song. Panic!!
Bassoons rule this song!
The scene in the play for which this was written is a lot more menacing than the music lets on. There are lyrics in Norwegian (duh!) in which the trolls sing a discussion of comparative methods for dismembering, cooking, and eating Peer Gynt. These are usually left out of modern orchestral performances for what should be obvious reasons.
bachbeet wrote:
I think Disney used it in Fantasia, in the Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Great song! Like others here, was first exposed to this in cartoons (Disney?). Discovered later that it was a classical piece. Learned today that they actually made records in 1876. Never knew that! 
I think Disney used it in Fantasia, in the Sorcerer's Apprentice.
bachbeet wrote:
Looney Tunes anyone?
Great song! Like others here, was first exposed to this in cartoons (Disney?). Discovered later that it was a classical piece. Learned today that they actually made records in 1876. Never knew that!
Looney Tunes anyone?
SRC had a huge Detroit hit with this back in the late '60s:
Great song! Like others here, was first exposed to this in cartoons (Disney?). Discovered later that it was a classical piece. Learned today that they actually made records in 1876. Never knew that!
ImaSilly wrote:
There's a track here - is this what you had in mind?
https://archive.org/details/db2003-08-31ccm4v.shnf
in some year at some Panic show the warm-up band was Disco Biscuits and they did the MOST awesome rendition of Hall of the Mountain King that i have EVER heard. It must be on some taper's cd somewhere in a box on a shelf, when really it belongs on this station, just to do complete justice to the band and the song 
There's a track here - is this what you had in mind?
https://archive.org/details/db2003-08-31ccm4v.shnf
in some year at some Panic show the warm-up band was Disco Biscuits and they did the MOST awesome rendition of Hall of the Mountain King that i have EVER heard. It must be on some taper's cd somewhere in a box on a shelf, when really it belongs on this station, just to do complete justice to the band and the song
Little Einsteins - final ascend of the little Dragon to the top of the mountain to free the Orange Emperor Kite...
Could have used more cowbell.
I'm ready to watch Inspector Gadget now.
Total awesomeness! Good new choice - add to the rotation. Always one of my favorite classical pieces.
this type of piece brings to mind just how MANY classical pieces were injected into older cartoons and just how lucky we were to have seen them...
That's an old record!
What, no lyrics?
VERY COOL!
Best song of the morning! 
First to say berry, berry sneaky.......
or cowbell?
More Troll. Its Grieg, it definitely needs more Troll!