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| Topic | THE Snake Ranks Anything Horror Related (Vol. 5) *5th Anniversary* *RANKINGS* |
| Snake5555555555 10/31/20 5:54:33 PM #323: | 11. Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (23.5 points) Nominated by: wallmasterz (2/5 remaining) https://youtu.be/Dp3BlFZWJNA Importance: 6.5 Fear: 8 Snake: 9 Composed by Krzysztof Penderecki in 1960, the Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima is one of the most haunting recordings ever produced. Using 52 string instruments, this Threnody is a piece of anxiety almost personified; it wasn't explicitly composed for the victims of Hiroshima, but upon hearing it performed, Penderecki was so moved he immediately dedicated it to them. The piece starts out screeching, and your imagination latches on and runs wild: could it be the fall of fastly approaching nuclear bomb? Could it be the terrified shrieks of the helpless people looking at it from down below as they scramble and dash for any hope of survival? Either way, at 1:47, silence. Perhaps it's the last moment for the bomb strikes. The music slowly swells up, as if we are seeing the world in in slow motion, the shockwave of the bomb echoing through the city, before becoming abrasively shocking; if anyone was lucky enough to survive, they quickly realize in horror what the weapon has done to them. Perhaps they smell the burning flesh of friends, family, or total strangers, recoiling back in the most sickening horror you can imagine. It's music almost so terrible but yet beautiful & moving in its unmatched tone and committed semi-free-form performance, in which Penderecki and the composition's performers craft a piece that could only fit one of our ugliest moments in history. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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