Editing Approved Music (section)

==Classical==
Yes, classical music has a certain...image, but come in with an open mind, and you might just find something cool.
*'''Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No.9, aka the New World Symphony''': If you want a symphony for exploring vast and mysterious uncharted worlds, this is the one right here. Played by Armstrong during the Apollo 11 moon landing, as well as adopted by many other pieces of media (and professional wrestlers).

*'''Claude Débussy - Prélude to the afternoon of a faun, La Mer, Book of Préludes 1&2+''': If only for the atmosphere. His books of préludes alone are so characterful, they could be turned into settings or characters on their own.|

*'''Edvuard Grieg - Peer Gynt''': [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRpzxKsSEZg You've heard it before, many times over]. Very emotive and picturesque music, so much so that it's often used in modern media.

*'''Erik Satie - Trois Gymnopédie, Gnossiennes''': The music you hear when you type "melancholic piano music" into YouTube and click the first result. Also, Satie was the grandaddy of minimalism, so don't take the simplicity of this stuff for granted.

*'''Johann Sebastian Bach''': Baroque counterpoint daddy. Listen to his cello suites at the bare minimum.

*'''Joseph Haydn''': The daddy of symphonies.

*'''Gustav Holst - The Planets''': Where [[Star Wars]] music came from. In particular, the big cliffhanger moment where the Death Star is about to be blown up is a heavily reminiscent of the climax to ''Mars, the Bringer of War''. Alternatively, don't say we didn't warn you when you start crying during the ''Jupiter Hymn.'' 

*'''Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique''': Arguably the first ever concept album. Tells the story of an artist who, after years of unrequited love, does a just little too much opium and trips the fuck out. Rich orchestration and imagery here. Have fun.

*'''Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (at the very least)''': The piece that was so good it caused a riot in the theatre and started the modernist movement in music. Despite how old this music is it's metal as fuck, and we're not just talking about the original ballet's plot.

*'''Ludwig von Beethoven''' - You know his name, and you've definitely heard his music before, even if you haven't always been able to identify it. Best known for his Fifth symphony since the first four notes are what everyone thinks of when they think Classical, or maybe you were made to play Für Elise for piano lessons; but if you want some slightly lesser known pieces that are just as dramatic and powerful, the Egmont Overture and Symphony 7's Allegreto are great backing pieces for any drama (the former case explicitly made for it). He's also got plenty of other great compositions each with their own tone and feel, but too many to list here.

*'''Olivier Messiaen - Turangalîla-symphonie''': A truly gigantic orchestral meditation on love, both on a cosmic and personal scale. Has a uniquely alien sound, especially for an orchestral work, thanks to it's use of the Ondes-Martenot as a solo instrument, as well as the dissonance found in a lot of it's chords and harmonies. Honestly though, when it wants to be, this piece is fucking epic! Give it a chance, please.

*'''[[/pol/|Richard Wagner]] - Der Ring des Nibelungen''': His ring cycle is to Opera what Lord of the Rings is to fantasy. This shit is BIG, totalling FOUR. WHOLE. OPERAS. each one three hours long AT LEAST, totalling 15 hours of playing and telling a story that spans several generation's worth of time. Musically, this work pioneered the use of Leitmotif to represent characters as well as emotions and ideas, and hearing these be incorporated, re-incorporated and evolve over such a huge piece is something that is yet to be replicated in any other media to this day. It's one hell of a party.

*'''Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians, Different Trains''': Minimalist daddy, and the composer you should start with if you're ever willing to try out classical music. Music for 18 musicians is so groovy it's almost hypnotic, with so many layers and instrumental variety that you could really do a deep-dive into it's sound world, yet repetitive enough that you could just have it playing in the background. Different trains is different it that it is a work with a story, one that you could similarly pay attention to, yet still able to be put on in the background.

*'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart''' - The other super-prolific composer everyone associates with classical music. The funny thing about Mozart is that while certainly best known for his high-class work, he also had a couple of raunchier songs like "Leck mich im Arsch" (Lick my ass) in tribute to the Swabian Salute. Anyways, he composed in a huge variety of genres; religious music, symphonies, etc, but he was particularly interested in operas, which gave him more opportunities to throw in more humor into his music.