Meloncholy piano songs : Othor Games

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:55 pm

I'm looking for some sad or morose piano songs. But they don't have to be just piano, they can be other instruments too like violin, like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcXXpssBFVM. Things that fit that style of music.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:22 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue_C-HHfAUo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21iKBqBF-5c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTXVMGbpVRw

Might not be exactly what you asked for, but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GOtgQSllo0 always gets to me.

A start I guess? =)

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:40 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NZdggNUvq0
I absolutely love the original and this is a really great cover on piano.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:40 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3GLYgJQARI - Radiohead. may not be entirely what you are looking for

Edit: Oh how could I mis the opportunity. I mean it's in the thread title and everything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBD1BXOxnFc

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:18 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt9vjwBfXUE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yswWz49DNdc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cTJGEXiwRU

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:07 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDOXxa1U7Oc

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:20 pm

Claire De Lune?

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:12 am

"Moonlight sonata" by Beethoven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbwJarFL1c8

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:15 am

A lot of soundtracks are probably going to be what you'll likely end up with, be them from films, games, etc. Sure, there are musicians out there who do nothing but put out piano/string/etc. instrumental records, too, but I've never been to fond of them. In any case, there is a lot of music like what your looking for to be found throughout soundtracks. Ex.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUgC6215Gko, Clint Mansell, The Fountain.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:05 pm

I know some stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTdxAqY70KY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hTgvNsqb9Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUFh6TCl-nI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOL7cw_JN0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evVcZqvmqTA&feature=related

That's all for the moment. Haven't had a need for much melancholy piano music for a while so I don't have many on hand.

Edit: Oh! I just remembered another one from Shawshank Redemption!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtx3vQI1Rk4&feature=related

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:14 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZNvQMJ7N0s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JugGmkvhsKQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcoBKWTW14

I guess they are truly "sad" - more bittersweet.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:57 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NZdggNUvq0
I absolutely love the original and this is a really great cover on piano.

My addiction for tonight, thank you!

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:46 am

Definitely this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0oLYCdoDC8

Not sure if this is the actual story behind the recording but I'd like to think it's true:

"Billy Strayhorn had just died. Duke & his men go into? the studio to record some of Billy's forgotten scores. The session is over. The band is packing. Duke goes back to the piano, starts to play "Lotus Blossom" all by himself. Harry Carney unpacks his baritone and joins the Duke for the 2nd chorus. The mikes were on, someone looks on and hits the REC buttton. The tapes roll. This is how this was recorded."

This song always gets me.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:57 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw5acgqIHQE

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:02 pm

The Things You Said" Depeche Mode
"Ocean Rain" by Echo and The Bunnymen
"Lullaby" by the Judybats
"Pearls" by Sade
"Moon over Burbon Street" by Sting
"We are the Piano" by Mum
"Snowblind" by Styx

"Reptile" and "Under the Milky Way "by the Church for guitar.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:35 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xe2Rft62Kg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yef2yiFPiuI The other movements of this piece are also lovely, though I prefer the more well-known orchestral version a bit.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:11 pm

Here to display my severe lack of musical knowledge by reposting yet another song from a video game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdgPzyNbUQk from Persona 3.

Persona 4 has some good ones as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVyjuG5_0ck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=entxYRijXdY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFfSUBpLPdk&feature=related

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:02 pm

Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJyXB0sVNm8
It's called Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:04 am

A few of my favorite songs are melancholy piano pieces, as it so happens.
Here, let me link you to a few. They're all from either games or movies, but.... mnyeh. :3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Eykw4jxm8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTJ_q8FKe_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ELf7vMLq0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo18SL0Jr9Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1VkEzTmo2k

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:28 pm

Probably not exactly what you want, but here is one of the most melancholy piano songs I know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c1LNA6eAe0

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:50 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAzJ_7CeWbc

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:02 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJfhGL0F6LE It's always seemed like a pretty sad song to me

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:59 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VzLn6DMCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0kGAz6HYM8

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:34 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMzua0mwrVk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg0cmhjdiLs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByJsjIyS1wQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ff0PGN1ID8

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:22 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xe2Rft62Kg

Hell yes. I don't think it can be topped.
Michael Nyman has some good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S7DmnjWTSk and also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtaxmLmsPJU from Kaiba OST is unbearably melancholic.