This is a review about a classical piece by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg from 1875 and a metal/orchestral cover of it.
Here we go with another Classical music, This is In The Hall of The Mountain King, This Classical piece was composed by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875 to serve as incidental music for Scene 6 of Act 2 in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play "Peer Gynt.
Edvard Grieg, photograph taken in 1888 by Elliott & Fry
This music is in the overall key of B minor. It starts with a slow tempo and it also has a quietly sound in the lowest registers of the orchestra, the first instruments are Double Basses, Cellos, Bassoons. then after that part the main theme is then very slightly rise with different ascending notes and it is transposed up a perfect fifth and it's played on different instruments. after that two groups of instruments move in & out of different octaves and then they collide with each other at the same pitch. the music starts speeding up and the tempo changes so fast, and the music becomes louder and louder until the end of the song:
Inspector Gadget's Theme music was also inspired by this song "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and it was composed by Shuki Levy.
I also liked to share a live metal cover of this amazing instrumental piece, by Trans Siberian Orchestra & Savatage The Mountain in 2015.
It starts with Prelude to Madness instrumental song and then it leads up to In The Hall of The Mountain King. In this cover you will also hear some more details added to its original piece like the guitar solo which added a new melody to the song.
Thanks for reading this post,
Davood Faramarzi aka @davidfar