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    Posted: August 21 2010 at 23:55
I have put special emphases on those epic moments that basically represent climaxes in songs or albums throughout my prog 'odyssey'.
 
recently I have come to notice it is those special melodys that bring that out, and have really wondered what some other people think of things along the lines of that.
 
What instantly comes to mind is that melody that is played on guitar and sung on Shine On You Crazy Diamond and some of the melodies on Most of Mike Oldfield's works. Like Incantations' trumpet solo in Part 1 and some of Amarok.
 
But what instantly came to mind wasn't necessarily Prog, it was the trombone solo midway through 'Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity' a song in the suite called 'The Planets' composed by Gustav Holst.
 
I know most (or some at least) people on here are kind of disconnected from the classical music scene, either deliberatly or not so. But Gustav Holst has a modern, climactic sound, that, if transcripted to rock instrumentation would be held as a masterpiece of prog.
 
But that center part of Jupiter is quite possibly the greatest moment in music history, hands down.
 
 
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The main theme of Octavarium by Dream Theater.
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Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

The main theme of Octavarium by Dream Theater.


It's an epic majestic bright melody. Not a catchy one though.
Examples of catchy melodies: Porcupine Tree's Way Out of Here, which is also the prettiest melody I've heard in prog. Closely followed by Anesthetize (but this song has many melodies, so i guess it isn't fair).
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Because (Beatles) comes to mind.  The vocal melody of Dream Brother (Jeff Buckley) is very beautiful, Grace too actually.  Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Turn Your Back is very haunting too.   I would say in both Musical Box and Salmacis the accompaniments are very beautiful but not so much the vocal melody.  I like Shringar (Shakti) more than all of these...as an Indian music listener, I find 'our' melodies are far more beautiful and capture the more joyful expressions effortlessly whereas in the Western system, happy melodies somehow come off as a bit cheesy unless done really well.   


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the tune of TURTLE HAVE A-SHORT REGS, NOT FOR THE WALKING
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I'm not truely much into classical music, but perhaps Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 5th Movement should be seriously considered.
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Originally posted by idoownu idoownu wrote:

I have put special emphases on those epic moments that basically represent climaxes in songs or albums throughout my prog 'odyssey'.
 
recently I have come to notice it is those special melodys that bring that out, and have really wondered what some other people think of things along the lines of that.
 
What instantly comes to mind is that melody that is played on guitar and sung on Shine On You Crazy Diamond and some of the melodies on Most of Mike Oldfield's works. Like Incantations' trumpet solo in Part 1 and some of Amarok.
 
But what instantly came to mind wasn't necessarily Prog, it was the trombone solo midway through 'Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity' a song in the suite called 'The Planets' composed by Gustav Holst.
 
I know most (or some at least) people on here are kind of disconnected from the classical music scene, either deliberatly or not so. But Gustav Holst has a modern, climactic sound, that, if transcripted to rock instrumentation would be held as a masterpiece of prog.
 
But that center part of Jupiter is quite possibly the greatest moment in music history, hands down.
 
 
 
...in your opinion. LOL I prefer Mars!
 
But the best melody ever, for me, is probably the simple yet effective theme from Yes's Ritual (The happy-sounding part in the introduction where Jon sings "da-da-da-da-DA-da-da-da-da-Da-da-da-duh"). It sums up the whole meaning of the song and it isn't even lyrical. That's the power of melody.
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This is heaven
 
 
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On Reflections - Gentle Giant
An inteligent melody :)
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intelligent melody = oxymoron ?
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I absolutely love those moments in a song where you feel like you're in a journey. When the piano or drum beat change and the melody has something epic and fantastic in it, that you feel like your entire environment has changed and you developed by just a bit by just listening to it.

Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

The main theme of Octavarium by Dream Theater.


that's exactly what came to my mind as well. but if I have to think of another one I got to point out the part which comes after the second "chorus", at around 6:00 in Pain of Salvation's King of Loss from the album The perfect Element. The epicness lays in the vocal harmonies (oh god, Daniel is such a great singer) with the changing melodies of the guitar and piano, building up emotionally slowly with the violins to the guitar solo.

Speaking of Pink floyd, Us and Them has also a great melody. Also, Opeth's Burden - great melody and a great solo.

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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

I'm not truely much into classical music, but perhaps Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 5th Movement should be seriously considered.


Everybody knows that symphonies only have three movements. Beethoven may have invented a fourth movement but it was not until his 103rd symphonyLOL
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perty sure mine is still the best one mentioned thus far
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Colours of the Wind... because, c'mon its friggin' Pocahontas :D

That is in fact a lovely tune, but the best melody would be one including an amazing amounts of key changes that sound uncannilly pleasant to the ear and not like a total mind-numbing chaotic show-off(TM) (disclaimer: total mind-numbing chaotic show-off(TM) remains the exlusive property of Keith Noel Emerson and is to be used courtesy of the aformentioned only. Also f**k you Wakeman, I know where you sleep - Keith), but all I can think of right now are Bach's Fugues, or most of Chopin's works.


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Points: 5208 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2010 at 21:03
The intro guitar solo on "White Rabbit."

"Georgia on my Mind" and Patsy Cline's "Crazy"


Prog - the flute / guitar solo melody from Firth of Fifth (composed by Tony Banks on piano, BTW)

The intro lead in "Hessian Peel" Tongue
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For some reason, one of the first that comes to my mind is 4:35 in The Cinema Show. Absolutely brilliant.
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hey you


Edited by sydbarrett2010 - November 10 2010 at 03:22
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Bad youtube quality aside, this song has one of the most amazing melodies I've ever heard:
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 02 2011 at 19:42
Originally posted by paganinio paganinio wrote:


Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

I'm not truely much into classical music, but perhaps Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 5th Movement should be seriously considered.
Everybody knows that symphonies only have three movements. Beethoven may have invented a fourth movement but it was not until his 103rd symphonyLOL
there are too many WTFs in these two posts...
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