Hi everybody, I wonder if anyone out there can help me. :)

If you have listened to the new album by Muse (The Resistance) can you tell me the name of the classical piece that the last track on the album is taken from?

Not had chance to listen to it yet, but this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exogenesis_(Muse_song)

suggests that it is an original piece, though cites some possible classical influences for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIAKt2KmU0c&feature=PlayList&p=AB38E59CA595ED52&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22


this song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIAKt2KmU0c&feature=PlayList&p=AB38E59CA595ED52&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22


this song?

Yes...a thousand thanks. :)

I play this album every day and have a vast classical collection but can't pin down exactly what it's based on. I hear Ave Maria and some Puccini and possibly Verdi...I think.

It's driving me nuts! :D

Not had chance to listen to it yet, but this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exogenesis_(Muse_song)

suggests that it is an original piece, though cites some possible classical influences for it.

Thanks Dark Moomin :) be interested to hear what you think when you've heard it. :thumbsup:

I know what you mean, it's the opening few seconds that are very similar to a classical piece. Damn you Swami Dhyan! It's going to bug me all afternoon now!

:hihi:

There's a bit of Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata in there, but there's another piece I'm thinking of as well.

Damn it, damn it ... damn it!

You're probably thinking of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFSRs7iqAv8&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=D12951B688DB52DD&index=4


... maybe with a bit of Chopin's Nocturne?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asDXpfFMKNA&feature=channel

Yes...a thousand thanks. :)

I play this album every day and have a vast classical collection but can't pin down exactly what it's based on. I hear Ave Maria and some Puccini and possibly Verdi...I think.

It's driving me nuts! :D My bold

I always thought "Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast," - it doesn't seem to be working in this case. :hihi:

I know what you mean, it's the opening few seconds that are very similar to a classical piece. Damn you Swami Dhyan! It's going to bug me all afternoon now!

:hihi:

"All afternoon?"...I've been "at it" for 3 weeks now...it won't go away...it's in my head all the time...I wake up with it and go to sleep with it. :D
Don't get me wrong here though...I'm not complaining...it is SUBLIME! I :love::love::love: it! :D

You're probably thinking of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFSRs7iqAv8&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=D12951B688DB52DD&index=4


... maybe with a bit of Chopin's Nocturne?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asDXpfFMKNA&feature=channel

You may be correct about some Chopin although I don't think it's that piece. :)
Definately Beethoven! :thumbsup:

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I always thought "Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast," - it doesn't seem to be working in this case. :hihi:

Oh it definately soothes me when it's playing...make no mistake. :D
And I think you mean beast...:hihi:

A little bit of Einaudi aswell maybe?

Thankyou everybody who took an interest. :thumbsup:

ALL can now be revealed!

There are credits to Saint-Saens, Chopin, Shostakovich, Phillip Glass, Grieg, Beethoven, Strauss.
Matt Bellamy actually sings an aria from Samson & Delilah that was written for a soprano. I have a recording of this aria performed by Maria Callas...if you hav'nt heard it you hav'nt lived. It's a sumptuous assualt on the senses!

Have a great weekend people. :love:

I'm new to opera, never heard of Saint-Saens. I've started with Wagner (more fun than i thought it would be) and Puccini (beautiful music). Any ideas where to go next?

I'm new to opera, never heard of Saint-Saens. I've started with Wagner (more fun than i thought it would be) and Puccini (beautiful music). Any ideas where to go next?

I'm not a fan of Wagner myself. Some bits of it do gel but I find I get bored too easily.
As for where to go next...
...Buy yourself any collection of arias by Maria Callas or Jussi Bjorling...and prepare to melt into an emotional wonderland. Your life may never be the same again...in the nicest possible way of course. :)

I like Wagner for the same reason i like Sonic Youth, they make you wait and wait and wait for something beautiful. The melodic tease, figuratively. Wagner just makes you wait an hour and a half. :)

I like Wagner for the same reason i like Sonic Youth, they make you wait and wait and wait for something beautiful. The melodic tease, figuratively. Wagner just makes you wait an hour and a half. :)

In that case the I think you'll also like Richard Strauss. Try Salome or my favorite - Der Rosenkavalier. Also check out Bizet's Carmen.

And if you like Puccini then try some of the other romantic Italian Operas. Something like Verdi, or from a bit earlier than both of them you could check out Rossini.

In that case the I think you'll also like Richard Strauss. Try Salome or my favorite - Der Rosenkavalier. Also check out Bizet's Carmen.

And if you like Puccini then try some of the other romantic Italian Operas. Something like Verdi, or from a bit earlier than both of them you could check out Rossini.

I like your choices. :)

Tosca by Verdi is superb.
Interesting that you mention Rossini...he said of Wagner, "Wagner has some beautiful moments, but awful quarters of an hour."
He also had this to say having just watched Tannhauser. "It is a music one must hear several times. I am not going again."

His Christmas card list must have been shorter than Brian Sewell's. :hihi:

There's a bit of Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata in there, but there's another piece I'm thinking of as well.

Damn it, damn it ... damn it!

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is what immediately came to mind when I heard it, and the piano in part 2 of the Exogenesis Symphony reminds me a lot of the jazzy piano in Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue.

The whole symphony at the end of the album is wonderful. :love:

Hi everybody, I wonder if anyone out there can help me. :)
If you have listened to the new album by Muse (The Resistance) can you tell me the name of the classical piece that the last track on the album is taken from?

This is one fantastic album. Can't stop listening to it. I'm off sick at the moment and I have 54 minutes every day where I just sit and listen (and sing, I love singing the songs!)