Your Favorite/Recommend an Instrumental Track

TheBig3 · 07-13-2013, 07:54 AM

I'm wondering if anyone can recommend some good instrumental tracks. It looks like we've got 1000 threads talking about them, but no recommendations. I'm making a list to play at work on Spotify and I've got the tracks listed currently.

1. Orion - Rodrigo y Gabriela
2. South of Heaven's Chanting Mermaids - Rodrigo y Gabriela
3. Big Sur Moon - Buckethead
4. Juan Loco - Rodrigo y Gabriela
5. Oogie Boogie's Song - Rodrigo y Gabriela
6. Eastwood - Brad Paisley
7. Wildcat - Ratatat
8. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
9. Ghost of Congo Square - Terence Blanchard
10. Radio Station - Terence Blanchard
11. Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet
12. Soul'd Lang Syne - Los Straightjackets
13. Over the Rainbow - Chet Baker
14. Smells like Teen Spirit - The Bad Plus
15. Rumble - Link Wray
16. Invention in C minor - Billy Joel
17. Leyenda (Albeniz) - Adres Segovia
18. Santo Domingo (feat. C.U.B.A.) - Rodrigo y Gabriela
19. The Call of Ktulu (Live with the SFSO) - Metallica
20. In the Hall of the Mountain King - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
21. Stairway to Heaven - Rodrigo y Gabriela
22. Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis
23. Blue in Green - Miles Davis
24. The Wind the Shake the Barley - The Chieftains
25. The Exstacy of Gold (Live with the SFSO) - Metallica
26. Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughn

Any additional suggestions are appreciated. I listed these to primarily show that anything counts and what I'm currently working with. No real parameters other than the track needs to be 98% wordless.

Trollheart · 07-13-2013, 05:52 PM

It's a bit long, but I love this one from Ice Age....

(listen for the "2001" snippet near the end!)

Necromancer · 07-13-2013, 10:02 PM

This SRV shows the soft side, one of my favorite.

Gavin B. · 07-14-2013, 05:47 AM

My all time favorite instrumental is Apache (1960) by the British band the Shadows. Besides being a Buddy Holly look-alike, lead guitarist Hank Marvin was brilliant player who laid the groundwork for surf guitar.

djchameleon · 07-14-2013, 06:00 AM

Dig through some soundtracks for movies that you like and pull your favorite tracks. This one I posted happened to be from the Halo 4 soundtrack but it's my fave.

I know I talk/post a lot about Joe Satriani but I really love his work.

crazed · 07-14-2013, 09:41 AM

The Mermen, one of the best 3rd wave surf instrumental groups.

Daniel Bachman, appalachian psychedelic

Necromancer · 07-14-2013, 12:23 PM

Here is a 1971 instrumental from Focus II (aka Moving Waves), the second album by Dutch rock group Focus. Good one to have in your collection.

**Frownland** · 07-14-2013, 12:34 PM

Quite a big umbrella term, here's a few I'm fond of:

Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman

Frank Zappa - We Are Not Alone

miRthkon - Daddylonglegz

Earth - The Driver

jackhammer · 07-14-2013, 07:38 PM

I could recommend so many tracks but they are in wildly different genres so don't really know where to start.

Cheese (but I like it):

Heavy:

Folk:

Balearic chillout:

Math Rock via Krautrock:

A Punk band does Piano:

Kulture · 07-14-2013, 07:49 PM

The actual song is an instrumental, nice relaxing Saxophone song from 1990.
Soul II Soul - Courtney Blows

07-13-2013, 07:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Your Favorite/Recommend an Instrumental Track I'm wondering if anyone can recommend some good instrumental tracks. It looks like we've got 1000 threads talking about them, but no recommendations. I'm making a list to play at work on Spotify and I've got the tracks listed currently. 1. Orion - Rodrigo y Gabriela 2. South of Heaven's Chanting Mermaids - Rodrigo y Gabriela 3. Big Sur Moon - Buckethead 4. Juan Loco - Rodrigo y Gabriela 5. Oogie Boogie's Song - Rodrigo y Gabriela 6. Eastwood - Brad Paisley 7. Wildcat - Ratatat 8. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo - Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9. Ghost of Congo Square - Terence Blanchard 10. Radio Station - Terence Blanchard 11. Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet 12. Soul'd Lang Syne - Los Straightjackets 13. Over the Rainbow - Chet Baker 14. Smells like Teen Spirit - The Bad Plus 15. Rumble - Link Wray 16. Invention in C minor - Billy Joel 17. Leyenda (Albeniz) - Adres Segovia 18. Santo Domingo (feat. C.U.B.A.) - Rodrigo y Gabriela 19. The Call of Ktulu (Live with the SFSO) - Metallica 20. In the Hall of the Mountain King - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 21. Stairway to Heaven - Rodrigo y Gabriela 22. Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis 23. Blue in Green - Miles Davis 24. The Wind the Shake the Barley - The Chieftains 25. The Exstacy of Gold (Live with the SFSO) - Metallica 26. Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughn Any additional suggestions are appreciated. I listed these to primarily show that anything counts and what I'm currently working with. No real parameters other than the track needs to be 98% wordless. __________________ I've moved to a new address

07-13-2013, 05:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	It's a bit long, but I love this one from Ice Age.... (listen for the "2001" snippet near the end!) __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-14-2013, 05:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	My all time favorite instrumental is Apache (1960) by the British band the Shadows. Besides being a Buddy Holly look-alike, lead guitarist Hank Marvin was brilliant player who laid the groundwork for surf guitar. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt

07-14-2013, 12:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Quite a big umbrella term, here's a few I'm fond of: Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman Frank Zappa - We Are Not Alone miRthkon - Daddylonglegz Earth - The Driver __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-14-2013, 07:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I could recommend so many tracks but they are in wildly different genres so don't really know where to start. Cheese (but I like it): Heavy: Folk: Balearic chillout: Math Rock via Krautrock: A Punk band does Piano: __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

07-13-2013, 10:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	This SRV shows the soft side, one of my favorite.

07-14-2013, 09:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
crazed Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Indiana Posts: 552	The Mermen, one of the best 3rd wave surf instrumental groups. Daniel Bachman, appalachian psychedelic

07-14-2013, 12:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	Here is a 1971 instrumental from Focus II (aka Moving Waves), the second album by Dutch rock group Focus. Good one to have in your collection.

07-14-2013, 07:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
Kulture Groupie Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom Posts: 22	The actual song is an instrumental, nice relaxing Saxophone song from 1990. Soul II Soul - Courtney Blows