Originally posted by fiftyyearstoolate
bc sometimes you just want a little mood music for re-reading the handbook and plotting galactic domination (or for writing a darkfic or battle-scene).
- Dvořák: Symphony №9, “From The New World” – IV – Allegro Con Fuoco
- Holst: The Planets, Mars
- JS Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (mandatory listening for all vampires)
- Grieg: Peer Gynt, Hall of the Mountain King
- Saint-Saëns: La danse macabre
- Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
- Verdi: Requiem, Dies Irae
- Schnittke: Seid nuchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata); VII. Es geschah (It came to pass) IT’S AN EVIL TANGO. ABOUT FAUST. BEING DRAGGED. INTO THE UNDERWORLD. Come on.
- Orff: Carmina Burana, O Fortuna
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5, 1st movement
- Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel, Witch’s Ride (Hexenritt)
- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Dance of the Knights (Montagues and Capulets)
- Grieg: Piano Concerto
- Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “The Titan”
- Mozart: Requiem, Dies Irae
- Mozart: Requiem, Confutatis
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, Finale
- Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Dance Of The Pagan Monster
- Bruckner: Symphony no. 9, Movt. 2. Scherzo.
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, 4th Movement (let’s be real here, you’re a villain, Shosta is probably your favourite composer.)
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, March To The Scaffold
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Dreams of a Witches’ Sabbath
- Liszt: Totentanz
- Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (II)
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Gnomus
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Summer (Presto)
- Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, third movement
- Stravinksy: The Rite Of Spring, The Adoration of the Earth
- Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op.3 No.2 in C-sharp minor
- Mahler: Symphony 5, 2nd Movement
- Mahler: Symphony 9, 3rd Movement
- Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (for all you Jokers and clown-themed villains out there)
- Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave
- Beethoven: “Moonlight” Sonata, Movement 3
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no.2 op.18
- Chopin: Funeral March
- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt’s Death
- Prokofiev: Sarcasms
- Prokofiev: “Suggestion Diabolique”
- Mozart: The Magic Flute, Der
Hölle Rache
- Wagner: Die Walkure, Ride of the Valkyries (for releasing the flying monkeys…)
- Wagner: Siegfried, Fafner’s Death (BECAUSE DRAGONS)
- Wagner:
Götterdämmerung, Siegfried’s Funeral Music
- Wagner: Flying Dutchman Overture
- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Swan Theme) (to be played underneath your tragic backstory… right before you stab whoever’s telling it)
- Marschner: Der Vampyr, Overture
- Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit (sad, creepy Gollumesque villains, this one’s for you)
- Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead
- Ligeti: Requiem
- Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
- Elgar: Dream of Gerontius, Demons’ Chorus
- Liefs: Organ Concerto, Introduction
- Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (to be used during the dramatic reveal of your planet-sized superweapon…)
- Mahler: Um Mitternacht
- Schubert: Erlkönig
- Bernstein: Kaddish, Din Torah
- Edgard Varèse: Amériques, final movement
- Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin
I have also made a Youtube playlist of all these pieces! Please enjoy
as you work on your villainous laugh 🙂@ceruleancynic I think this is rtyi
WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS
brb rolling around in all of this awesome
@editorincreeps did you know about this?
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Somebody once engaged in a so intimate relationship with that stone that it seems to be more alive in its eternal stillness than are people in their well-known fading daily gestures.
Fragments of a photoset by Vasilisablue on t.
Classical Pieces You’ve Probably Heard but Might Not Remember the Name
- William Tell Overture– Rossini (Most famous part at 8:45, but why not listen to the whole thing?)
- Also Sprach Zarathustra– Strauss
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik– Mozart
- Symphony 94, Mvt. 2 “Surprise Symphony”– Haydn
- Toccata and Fugue in d Minor-Bach
- Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2– Chopin
- Rondo alla Turca– Mozart
- Sinfonie de Fanfares: Rondeau– Jean-Joseph Mouret
- The Four Seasons: Spring– Vivaldi (I just linked to the whole thing because it’s great)
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring– Bach
- O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)– Carl Orff
- Funeral March– Chopin
- Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop (A.K.A. Can Can)– Offenbach
- Pomp and Circumstance (You probably graduated to this)– Elgar
- Gayane: Sabre Dance– Aram Khachaturian
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March– Mendelssohn
- Carmen: Les Toreadors– Bizet
- The Ride of the Valkyries– Wagner
- Für Elise– Beethoven
- Dance of the Hours– Ponchielli
- Rigotello: La Donna e Mobile– Verdi
- Night on Bald Mountain– Mussorgsky
- Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme– Tchaikovsky
- Entry of the Gladiators– Julius Fucik
- Lakmé: Flower Duet– Delibes
- Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King– Greig
- Rodeo: Hoedown– Copland
- Peer Gynt: Morning Mood– Greig
- New World Symphony Mov. [2][4]- Dvorak
- Ave Maria (You knew this, but did you know that it was by Schubert?)
- Canon in D– Pachelbel
Add others if you want! Have fun!
- Dies Irae (from Requiem) – Verdi
- Flight of the Bumblebee – Rimsky-Korsakov
- Finale to the 1812 Overture – Tchaikovsky
- Der Holle Rache kocht in meiner herzen (aka the Queen of the Night aria) – Mozart
- Libiamo ne’ lieti calici – Verdi
- Largo al factotum – Rossini
- Overture to The Barber of Seville – Rossini
- The Blue Danube Waltz – Strauss
- Moonlight Sonata (mvmt. 1) – Beethoven
- Symphony No. 5 – Beethoven
I’m sure there are more but these were some of the first that came to mind as missing!
I think this one’s missing, one of my favourites:
Danse Macabre – Camille Saint-Saëns
This is one of the best classical music master-posts I’ve ever seen. I’m so proud of yall
Hand painted, studded, and sewn punk jacket of my favorite Brat Prince.
Aunty, as someone who finds overt expressions of Christian faith jarring and uncomfortable, is it worth getting into The Vampire Chronicles knowing that’s the direction Rice went in in later books?
It’s a tough call to make. While the first three books are nowhere near as heavy on religious symbolism as the books that follow them, Anne Rice’s faith still provided a scaffold for her early writing. (Well, for all of her writing, really.)
*I* don’t think the first three books are overtly Christian, but it’s been a while since I’ve reread Interview or QotD. I tend to stick with Lestat, because he’s so ridiculously over-the-top.
@annabellioncourt, @forthegothicheroine – I’m looping you two in on this question, if you don’t mind.
I was really sensitive towards the religious content when I read them all the first time for my own reasons, so I do remember this well, as it stuck out to me.
Ended up being SUPER LONG so its under a cut
This is my ugly sweater prompt gift for @garama!!
From: @superhiki
TO… Expand upon my terse words-
Lestat hosted the Ugly Sweater Party 2017 because last year, during the Trinity Gate Christmas Shindig 2016, he was awarded ‘Ugliest Sweater’ when he didn’t even participate in the contest.His attempt to beat Armand at his own game has backfired terribly. He may never recover from this burn. (jk, otherwise all the baby vampires would burn too)
Edit: CHRIST! I forgot the most important part- I was inspired to draw this from a reddit post, HAHAHA. This guy wore a mirror to an ugly sweater party at work and his boss just looked so devastated in the mirror loool.
Belated gift for @garama!! Who wanted Christmas sweaters! 😀
(If the animation doesn’t work bc this is Tumblr, here is a stable link to the animated and non-animated version.)
From: @remarried
are u the “i gotta to save everyone” protagonist or the “i did not sign up for this shit” protagonist
Technically RegentCouture but that’s besides the point.
source for the actual shades: http://regentcouture.tumblr.com/post/149995461389
merry christmas Lestat! @thelionscrimsonclaws
I have other doodles done but they aren’t as good as this one.
@ourmaskoflies you did so much to help me actually utilize sai and draw like an artist thank you! U3U *chu*
“We wish you a Merry Shitscram!”
pfffft merci! Same to you, Santi ❤
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