The Battle of Evermore - Symphonic Led Zeppelin

[prophesize]

The Celtic flavor is so appropriate, btw!

[meismedusa]

@prophesize AGRREE!

[sirlarryoflondon]

Please play both Battle of Evermore and Stairway to Heaven (the symphonic versions) together - a TRUE MASTERPEICE in the making!!!

[ButtNugent]

Don't like that violin playing all over the beginning... Otherwise very cool.

[JackieCartney]

that's simply epic!

[pissed747]

check out heart.rocks more

[19surfer88]

This is a masterpiece. Makes it sound like im on some safari in a jungle in south america

[Yaten13]

@johntex1000 - jesus forgot to exist, and so did satan. Music is all that is left, so get over it and listen to some tunes.

[johntex1000]

have any of you guys read the words to zeppelins songs? this ant lord of the rings, this is plain satan music. wake up

[madmanbob12]

@johntex1000

"the ringwraiths rde in black" that sounds like a lotr reference to me

[joevig2]

@johntex1000 - Ya OK....so isn't John Denver you LOON.

[tchaser58]

Really nice. Thanks for posting.

[Dadutta]

the percussion could have been louder in the mix

[pancakesauc]

dragons beasts and babes!!

[IanSchaff]

yeah!!!!!

[subcom6]

Awesome version!!!!

[hiqqie]

And yes, it gives me goosebumps too. LIke they're playing on my spinal cord.

[rodri55555]

oh my...

[Metalhead4569]

I am in Valhalla at present.

[astr0phy]

This song always gives me goosebumps!

[Xapolla]

Minha nossa senhora, que eh isso, maravilhoso, estupendo, fantastico... Que arranjo incrível!

[hsg13]

sem comentarios!!!!

Maravilhoso

[kurtofavalon]

excelent

[lancetop]

I predict: even 100 years from now, Led Zeppelin will still be popular, and will be covered by musical acts on record and live. This music is so strong today, even symphonies want to cover it. This song is already 38 years old, but even 14 year olds adore it! Just like Debussy's music is 100 years old, and his music is as popular as the day it was created. How lucky humanity is that Robert, Jimmy, John Paul, and John gave us this gift of music.

[dc307477]

@lancetop Thank you so much...Leaves are falling all around, time I was on my way.

Cheers!

[butheadVSbevus]

Pope john paul jones just thought of that wonder how come I just thought of that . love Zepp there could never be another one as epic.

[John283T]

I agree with you. I was here 38 years ago when this first came out, I am surprised that much of Led Zeppelin is still popular today. However, having seen this much, I wouldn't be surprised when it is still popular in 100 years or more. I am proud that much of the music from my day has unending popularity. It's not called Classic Rock for nothing. Because the only other music that has stood the test of time is the classical. Now that Zeppelin is being played as symphonies, I know it won't die.

[LowRider1500]

@lancetop you'll see that in other 50 years this music will still being listened , and the bad music will be forgotten as if it had never existed .

[Jeffers0362]

@lancetop Couldnt Agree With you More Great music will live on for future Generations and how lucky are WE to have lived in this Time!

[jimaginata]

Great song! This whole album was scored and arranged by Jaz Coleman and produced by Jaz and Youth, both from Killing Joke. The instrument that people are asking about below is the uilleann pipes.

[dc307477]

@jimaginata do tell

[sizlnslaya34]

Amazing version of a fantastic song by a legendary band.

[365fg]

I shat

[MythicDude]

is the album on amazon?

[NAllen828]

Hopefully my last words will be: " Zeppelin RULES!"

[theZioSam]

fantastic

Do you know where may I download this music?

[grodriguez171]

goddamn this version is amazing!!!!!

[mickeyripshit]

Check out the video response above? Its super!!!!!

[madboy312]

just lovely..a treat for the ears

[Trusseck]

Fantastic!

What else can I say?

[MaddLagger]

ive played both my whole life.....each conposer brought their influence into it.....

the album is amazing, not them playing but theywrote it, and they break apart each person and.....thats what an orchrstra does

[harrypotterphan9]

I really like the whole Symphonic Led Zeppelin thing. Led Zeppelin's music is filled with complicated melodies and riffs so much that it is impossible for someone to not want to orcheastrate their unique and cultured sounds. Of course, no one could possibly put into music the sounds that Led Zeppelin has created.

[levisprick]

sounds very celtic...

[xKinseh]

It's supposed to sound celtic

[fangjangler]

Well, the song is based on The Battle of Helm's Deep...definitely makes me think of Rohan from Lord of the Rings.

[Coltsfan246]

umm no it was based on the battle at minas tirith

[hiqqie]

The prince of peace is clearly Aragorn riding into the gloom of the Paths of the dead, leaving Eowyn behind. The battle of Helm's has already been fought at that point. So the battle refers indeed to the battle of minas tirith. But the song is not altogether coherent.

[Migels123]

no coherent maybe cus it isn't what u've just said

[hiqqie]

would you care to explain?

[hiqqie]

It is not coherent with respect to the reference to LoTR I mean, that doesn't mean that the song itself is not coherent.

But maybe you have another to say that?

[IanSchaff]

@hiqqie, are you a hippie or a hiqqie?

[hiqqie]

@IanSchaff , Depends what you mean by both. Hiqqie is a name, not a thing or maybe it is....

[umuse]

Plants voice would have imbued with something different and very specific _ well, if I dare say with something Plantesque. His voice can glide with ease back and forth in time, from middle ages to post industrial, but it is too original not to dominate!

[umuse]

I was reminded at first of a Shahnai, the Indian double-reed Oboe with naked finger-holes. But then I thought of bagpipes. Later with that chirping in the background, may be a Sampler? Perhaps a variety of wind instruments? Well it does evoke an atmosphere of its own, more set back in time.

[jojobobo627]

Sounds like the Ilium Pipes

[umuse]

Thanks for mentioning it. Missed that kind of association fixed as I was on Tolkien and more Celtic highland scenarios. Intrigued just read a great Google book review of The Bagpipes by Francis M. Collinson. Check it out! The Aulos: pp25.

[AJLeonD]

i think that the wind instrument is a didgeridoo.

[Max0Inq]

Didgeridoo is not instrument. Is megaphone an instrument?

[AwWDesignZ]

when we were kids , my friend and i used to call this the battle of benny hill! LoL

[fascistamericadotnet]

not bad composition - just needs a a more energetic performance

[harrypotterphan9]

that is a very good analysis. I also think that it needs more dynamics and a timpani part. There isn't much of a percussion part, which could give a steady background sound and add more of a beat. It still is an excellent song, though.

[AJLeonD]

but the beat is there, a percussion would dampen the sounds of the "softer-sounding" instruments and the drum obstinato would b too repetitive and tiring for the ears. In my opinion.

[UploaderOfGoodMusic]

man, the London Philharmonic is great... do a search for "Pink Floyd Symphonic", they covered some of their stuff fantastically as well.

[AngelofAvalon719]

this is amazing, would've been nice if plant had been a part of this.

[henkerugi]

In the beginning you can hear a Bombarde in the background (its NO bagpipe, more like an oboe). The the lead instrument is an Uilleann Pipe, played by the piper Liam o'Flynn of the famous Irish band Planxty. And yes, its the same instrument as from the Titanic and Braveheart soundtrack ;-)

[DeTru7h]

AWESOME!!!

[Chimaera1950]

Calliope

[kmoroney602]

thanks Apyz! this song is just great. both this version and the original are absolutely amazing. i love the bagpipes(?) in this one! is it bagpipes?? lol.... i can just picture robert plant singing it

[gaspode18]

Bormbarde (Breton bagpipes), I think. Possibly Northumbrian pipes.

[AdIgnorantiam]

I actually think it's a hurdy gurdy

[JTOabc]

That IS an oboe playing the lead, is it not?

I'm usually rather good at deciphering the timbre of an intstrument... but I guess I've never heard an oboe sound like this.

This is probably the biggest reason why this piece is one of my favorites on this album.

[marxthesmurf]

Yeah, I was wondering if it was an oboe or not too. Whatever instrument it is, it's beautiful in this song!

[carolinas9]

it sounds like the instrument they use in the Titanic instrumental theme song.

[ChitoDog]

This version of Led Zepp's, Battle of Evermore is brilliant. I love the original song as it is, but this really dresses it up nicely. Too bad Robert Plant wasn't singing along. Now THAT would be awesome.

[namronia]

yeah totally correct, well, ive only heard the original version before it and i didnt really liked it so much... but this one here is awesome :)

[layzsonsabitch]

are you fucking crazy?? this one doesn't even come close to the sheer power of the original

[TheTruth006]

Funny..It sounds like they had Thomas Newman's sound before Thomas Newman had it.

[thewhitewizard3]

I love how they realized the origins of the song. It's evident in the Welsh sounds throughout the song.

Very nice. Gives a very epic feel to the whole thing.

[ScottXC91]

I agree.