May 17, 2002
Dead & Gone #1: Trauermärsche - Funeral Marches
CD, Trikont 1997
Track list: Leichenzug mit Blaskapelle - Banda De Tontontepec: Tres Marias - Albert Ayler: Our Prayer - Robert Wyatt: Song for Che - Brass Band and Village Drummers in the Fanti Area of Ghana: A Village Funeral - Tuxedo Brass Band: Nearer My God to Thee - Begräbniskapelle aus Saigon: Trauer-Sturmmarsch - Jopie Vrieze's Klein Bazuin: Hymn - Buck Funk & Reverend Anthony W. Reves - West Lawn Dirge / Just a Closer Walk with Thee - "Banda Musicale" der Vucciria, Palermo: Karfreitagsprozession - Serbische Blaskapelle: Begräbnismelodie - Central Band of the RAF: Marche Funèbre - Olympia Brass Band: In the Sweet Bye and Bye - Willem Breuker Kollektief: Ases Death - Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester: Trauermarsch - Mike Westbrook Orchestra: Free as a Bird - George Lewis Eureka Brass Band: The Old Rugged Cross - Tom Waits: Anywhere I Lay My Head
This is a rather macabre compilation. I don't know if it's too healthy to listen to this kind of music all day long, but if you enjoy sad music, here's a fine compilation of various funeral marches. Most of the songs are performed by various brass bands and orchestras, but there's some variation. Most touching, at least to me, is the simple "Marche Funèbre" performed by the Central Band of the RAF. The melody is familiar to most of you, I'm sure. The cd features also quite nice and humorous pictures by Josè Guadalupe Posada, you just have to love those little skeletons. They sure do lighten up the otherwise sad and serious mood of the compilation. ***
Six Months Later:
I've actually listened to it later on! That's a bit of a surprise. It was good soundtrack when we made characters for Wraith role playing game - a game, which starts when the characters die. Gloomy. ***
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DEAR SIR I WOULD LIKE TO BUY THIS CD(DEAD&GONE)BUT I CANT FIND IT FOR SALE ON THE WEB.
CHRIS
Posted by: chris bartolo at January 15, 2003 9:43 AM
It's available from Amazon. Both are, actually.
Posted by: Mikko at January 15, 2003 10:38 AM
I would like to get the piece of music they used to play at Soviet state funerals. Does anyone know what it is? If yes, where can it be found?
Many thanks
rusti nail
Posted by: Rusti Nail at March 19, 2004 5:06 PM