GBAtemp's most beautiful song

[Helpful Corn]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRbTJRT7SRQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr-e4

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

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[retKHAAAN]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptxZwwfQj9c

 

[Veho]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHXyPTmliNs[/youtube]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuhDDx49TTw[/youtube]

 

[s4mid4re]

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Shikata Akiko - Katakoi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_invGOBuro

Shikata Akiko - Luna Piena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ft0-POvacY

Shikata Akiko - Hoshiyomi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4b8BvT0XMY

 

[Devin]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYS1UqCx28[/youtube]

 

[Guild McCommunist]

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We all know it.

But in all seriousness...

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Video game or not it's a great song.

 

[BloodyFlame]

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'Nuff said.

 

[retKHAAAN]

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We all know it.

But in all seriousness...

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[yt]GHIyutwiJO8[/yt]

Video game or not it's a great song.

Fix'd

 

[Helpful Corn]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyIX84ti7ao

 

[Bobbyloujo]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.c...h?v=pNYS1UqCx28[/youtube]

*salutes*

 

[Domination]

In terms of beautiful songs, I have to say, ambient post-rock, modern prog and alternative rock have an amazing abundance of those, top quality ones too. In fact, probably every decent band in history has a couple of beautifully-crafted ambient/acoustic songs, and some of them are pretty good too.

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From Oceansize alone, I think their discography contains some of the most damned beautiful stuff I ever heard, but these two have to be the most beautiful onse:
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From Radiohead, I would say they have a large amount of beautiful ambient songs, especially many in In Rainbows, but this has to be the obvious winner:
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From Muse, OoS and Absolution are two extremely diverse albums with lots of beautiful moments, but Micro Cuts has to take the cake, for Matt's amazing vocals:
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From Opeth, sure they are a death metal band with a lot of beautiful ambient/acoustic interludes, but Damnation was a damn beautiful Prog album:
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In fear of appearing like a long-winded guy trying to recant every single song he considers "beautiful" I shall stop here, but I really do think the songs are beautiful. Though if you want to look for really beautiful songs, just listen to some post-rock, bands like Explosions in the Sky have a lot of beautiful ambient stuff.

 

[ScarletCrystals]

90% of touhou songs~

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My particular favourites


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HHLXMMErs&fmt=18

As another fan puts it "Touhou is a softest language, an epic dream, a wonderful melody, a smile face of god and tears of poor people. With me, its a gate between reality and my dream, where anyone can..."

 

[yuyuyup]

 

[Todderbert]

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[kevan]

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[hobo33]

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[SinHarvest24]

B-e-a-utiful song. Really great live performance too!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Et0L_4vJU

 

[Jugarina]

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[Gahars]

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A kind of sequel/continuation/epilogue to The Wall, I've always found this song to hold a certain power. Well, that and...

Another song from the same album (it's sadly overlooked). A beautiful song with a powerful message.

It might rely a lot on the context it was used in, but it's great nonetheless. It's also a consistent source of manly, manly tears.