The Evil Overlord’s Classical Mixtape

20th November 2022

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The Evil Overlord’s Classical Mixtape

ceruleancynic:
eulersbidentity:
determamfidd:
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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The Evil Overlord’s Classical Mixtape