classical music for MTG

[Scarlet Knight]

Hi everyone,

I got new cards for Magic the Gathering and like always, I spotted one that intrigued me and set about creating a deck that can use it. I realized the classical music I had on fit my mood perfectly so I wanted to ask for suggestions for future pieces when I make future decks.

If I were to make a Black deck, I would play Saint Saens's Dance Macabre or Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

For Red: Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King or Carl Orff's O Fortuna.

For White: Wagner's Ride of the Valkyrie or Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man.

For Blue I went with 2 Vivaldi pieces: La Tempesta di Mare and the Summer portion of his Four Seasons (although I think the whole piece may work, one section is called Storm for those who play Storm).

For Green: I really like Dvorak's New World Symphony, Stravinky's Rite of Spring and Rimsky Korsakov's Flight of the Bumble Bee.

And for an Artifact deck, go with Verdi's Anvil chorus from Il Trovatore.

I'm sure there are plenty more; any other good suggestions?

[Iruka]

From your selection, I think you might enjoy:

The third movement of Bruckner's 4th, Scherzo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnWYl7_HeZM), maybe the adaption by Vienna Horns (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeOj9sCNTWY).

Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique, escpecially the 5th movement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cao6WyF-61s).

Holst's Planets (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isic2Z2e2xs), with each planet a different deck.

The finale of Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-7S9fjyfU).

I will leave the association with MtG colours to you, since I know next to nothing about that.

[Scarlet Knight]

Thank you, & yes, they are all great pieces.

This is all subjective, but Bruckner made me think White, Berlioz's style lends itself to Black, Saint-Saens was hard but I thought Green.

As for Holst, his titles give us clues, and I heard:
Mars- Red, Venus- White, Mercury- Blue, Jupiter- White , Saturn - Black, Uranus - Blue, but I heard Green with Neptune rather than blue.

[paddyfool]

Debussy's Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune could work for an elf-themed Green deck. And La Mer by the same could work for a Green/Blue dual colour deck.

Richard Strauss' tone poems are very evocative... although some, like Also Sprach, have been tied up in prior associations that might confuse things a bit.