Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6767898-20130409140103/@comment-6078851-20140412151731

i agree that those choices are fitting but i disagree with the opening sentance - as a genre classical covers literally every base.

classical is the single most emotionally diverse form of music on earth: metal (death, thrash, or any other  type) can be used for war/high octane scenario's, but can't be made to fit scenes of serenity. folk music can convey serenity but doesn't fit war. dance can fit high octane scenario's but doesn't really fit war or serenity, while trance can fit serenity it doesn't really fit war (except for maybe colossul space-naval battles that have no sound other than the music). rock - see metal.

while in the grim darkness there is only war, those wars only happen after the combatents have travelled through the serenity of empty space (of which there is still way more of in 40k than war). there's many songs from many genres that can fit a multitude of scenario's but there's no single genre that compares to the emotive variety of classical - for every situation there is literally a classical piece that fits.

although i keep mentioning classical in this thread don't think i'm a classical snob, i enjoy music from almost every genre with very few exceptions (metal, freeform jazz, and pretty much anything that sounds like take that or (curse you du'un) bieber). i only got into classical a few years ago but i fell in love with it as a genre because there isn't a single situation where a classical piece wont fit.