D. Toukhmanov, you rock!

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2005-05-01 12:03am

This is one kickass Russian march! Unfortunately, you'll have to scroll down a bit and look for "Victory Day" by D. Toukhmanov. I can keep listening to this and not get tired of it. No wonder why it was so popular for Red Square parades.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2005-05-01 12:29am

Discovered the power of the Dark Side, you have.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2005-05-01 12:33am

Of course not! I discovered the power of the Red Side.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-05-01 01:24am

That is pretty cool. Makes me want to go and drive a tank down a street.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2005-05-01 01:55am

Heh, whenever I hear this march I envision a Soviet propaganda film showing factories pouring out tanks, infantrymen marching forward down the streets, tanks rolling alongside infantry with huge red flags, the workers happily cheering their soldiers off to war as they march by, their footsteps in beat with the march. And I also envision glorious heroes of the Soviet Union standing proud in awesome poses. It's a cool image. It's a nice, refreshing break from Nazism.

This march would also be perfectly suited for establishing your base and building up your forces in an RTS if it were looped. Think of it: Watch as your soldiers and vehicles are produced and as they stride out of the factories at a rapid pace. Be proud watching your harvesters steadily collecting resources for your vast war machine. Marvel at your constructions going up all around you at an enormous rate. With each ending of a passage in the march with the percussion and cymbals crashing, the brass making runs downwards, and the trumpets blaring fanfares, solid foundations of your empire have been constructed. To give you a better idea of what I'm talking about, these endings are at around 0:45-0:50, 2:03-2:09, and 2:56-3:02. I use Windows Media Player if that matters.

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2005-05-02 03:08pm

Try the song "If war will be tomorrow" a bit further down. Excellent stuff.

Jawawithagun · Post by **Jawawithagun** » 2005-05-02 05:20pm

On the second page, "By the valleys and hills" is a rather nice one

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2005-05-02 06:25pm

Jawawithagun wrote:On the second page, "By the valleys and hills" is a rather nice one

Indeed. Also: Red cavalry march, White Army - Black Baron, Marshal Budenniy, March of the Soviet Tankists and Song of the Don Cossaques on the first page (there is another song by the same name on the second page).

Yeah, I've been listening to these quite a bit.

If it's one thing Russians know, it's making inspiring music. Fuck rock and roll.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2005-05-04 11:18pm

As a sidenote, is it me or does the Chinese, "Cavalry March," melody seem to be all over the place? It takes me a while to memorize that one. It's my Western imperialist ears!

But it is interesting to hear a Chinese orchestral composition. I don't think I actually ever did hear an orchestral piece by a Chinese composer. Sure, I've heard tons of Western music that have an "Eastern flavor" to it, but that's hardly authentic. It's similar to the way Dvorak's compositions have Native American influences to it, but they still remain European.

For some reason, it just doesn't have the same impact on me as, "Victory Day," does. It doesn't seem like music you'd want to fight to. However, after a while, like anything else, it grows on you. To illustrate my point, at the end of typing this paragraph I've grown to like it a bit more and have almost completely memorized the piece.

But damn, for some reason that opening trumpet always makes me think of a bumbling, clumsy oaf of a soldier shouting out in a geeky, adolescent male voice (think Simpsons teen), "Chaaarrrge!", while tripping over his own feet.

Zor · Post by **Zor** » 2005-05-05 12:11am

Hope you like this Joe

www.chinaodysseytours.com/media/china_anthem.mp3

Zor

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2005-05-05 12:19am

Anything with the words, "Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves! With our flesh and blood, let us build our new Great Wall!" in it earns my respect as a song.

But the music itself is sorta...eh...well, it's not what I expected to be honest. I did expect it to sound regal and noble, but I didn't really expect the melody to have that many pauses in it. It sounds almost Western...no American, actually. But then this is only the second Chinese orchestral composition I've ever heard.

I'm sure if I keep looking for these things I'll start to recognize the differences. I'll have a lot of listening to do. Thanks for the link.