The whole world, in various languages, discussed, (dis-)believed in, expected, looked forward to or laughed at – in other words, was NOT indifferent to the potential World Apocalypse. No matter whether you felt cynical or inspired about ‘the end of this world’ but were all are somewhat in the middle of that happening. Well, here’s then a short post dedicated to Armageddon, in a music way, of course.
Despite beliefs everyone has his/her own vision of how all this should end and the best way to express that is art, music as one of its best forms. I would like to highlight three compositions that to me show the various sides of the world ending. The first would be the ‘voice’ of the famous American movie we all probably watched at least once – Armageddon. The track was composed by Trevor Rabin and managed to add up to the entire doomsday atmosphere of the film that was created at the times when disasters became easier to be portrayed through the CGI effects.
My second choice would be the “Armageddon It” performed by the Def Leppard hard rock band. The song itself and the epic ‘live’ video to it managed to reach Top 3 in the United States. These guys were actually the ones who started gathering such huge stadium for live performances. But what can be better than a cool rock band performing apocalypse on the stage? A whole orchestra doing the same! I’m referring to my third pick which is the “Apocalypse” by Bear McCreary. Those lovely vocals by Raya Yarbrough accompanied by the emotional BSG Orchestra! Check out the live version below.
