I need a song . . . .

[swan_tower]

Okay, great Internets ubermind. I need a rather specific music recommendation.

I'm soundtracking Midnight Never Come, and I don't seem to have anything appropriate for a particular scene. Of course, I can't share the details of the scene, but the relevant thing I'm aiming for is the somewhat ominous ringing of bells. Deep bells, not little hand-bells, and it should seem like a threat rather than a triumphant sound. (What can I say? Faeries don't like church bells.)

I know some of you listen to a great many movie scores, and that's probably one of my best bets for finding something suitable. Any suggestions I could go looking for?


Edited to clarify: to borrow Deedop's phrase, I need something aggressively ominous. I also need something that doesn't sound too modern; I'm not actually using truly period music for this soundtrack (though I listened to some while writing the book), but I'm trying to avoid synthetic sounds.

Comments

[deedop.livejournal.com]

I can't think of anything off of a soundtrack, though I'd think maybe Dracula or The Omen would be up that alley.

But, I do know that Dead Can Dance incorporates bells into some of their pieces. "Orbis de Ignis" off of The Serpent's Egg is one -- it's mainly singing with a few bells interspersed, but does sound rather ominous. Also, on Lisa Gerrard's solo album The Mirror Pool, "Violina: The Last Embrace" is very somber and contains a (small number of) bells. Might not be the mood you're after, but it's good writing music.

Oh, wait -- here's one more (I'm surfing through my iTunes, if you can't tell) Lisa Gerrard also did the soundtrack for The Insider and there's a nice piece on it called "Faith," that's simply a somber string instrumental with a church bell in the background. Again, not big, loud, multiple bells, but bells, nonetheless. :-)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I hadn't checked out my DCD yet, actually. Not quite what I'm after, but good suggestions, and I'll see what I can scrounge up of the scores.

[deedop.livejournal.com]

I kinda figured you probably needed something a little more -- for lack of a better term -- aggressively ominous, but then I thought, hey, maybe you need music for an aftermath scene, y'know, after the faeries get their asses kicked and end up strewn all over the church yard.

Okay, that was unnecessarily morbid thinking on my part. Sorry. ;-)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

<lol> I like the image. But yes, that's exactly it: I need something more aggressively ominous.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Actually, "The Summoning of the Muse" is the best prospect I've found yet.