Post Christian music

[Shiranui117]

Well, I was about to necro an old thread, but given the software change affecting how we embed videos, I realized I was basically resurrecting a thread with like ten thousand broken things of forum code. So I figured I'd just start a new thread. Feel free to post some of your favorite Christian music here.

So, this is the Our Father in Aramaic, sung with a traditional Syriac Orthodox melody. And, I must say, it is absolutely beautiful. I've never heard a musical setting of the Our Father with this much feeling behind the melody.

 

[Father Heathen]

The game Killing Floor 2's soundtrack is mostly from Christian metal bands (albeit the tracks used are instrumental versions). It wasn't that the game was aiming to promote a religious message or anything, but rather one of the developers had a good relationship with the record label for those bands and needed some music. Anyway, it's a pretty solid soundtrack if you like the genre.

 

[Glaurung]

@Shiranui117 that was amazing.

I'll enter my contribution.

Now if I could get this sort of thing promoted in Chruch.

 

[Estro Felino]

Ave Maris Stella,
Dei Mater Alma
atque semper Virgo
Felix coeli porta
Ave Maria, gratia plena
Ave Maria, Dominus tecum
Ad te clamamus, suspiramus
Sancta Maria

Sumens illud ave
Gabrielis ore
funda nos in pace
mutans Evae nomen.
Ave Maria, gratia plena
Ave Maria, Dominus tecum
Ad te clamamus, suspiramus
Sancta Maria

 

[ChristineES]

I have a fondness for Gospel Quartets. This quartet is called Canton Junction.

 

[ChristineES]

Another quartet from 2008, Ernie Haase and Signature Sound. This line-up of the group is now gone, although the group lives on with other members (except for the tenor, he's the same). You may notice that two of these guys are now singing with the group I posted right before this one.

 

[ChristineES]

Lastly, I am posting a song from the country group, the Statler Brothers, singing a Southern Gospel song at the end of their tv show from back in about 1994 or 1995. (The show ran from 1991-1999).

 

[whirlingmerc]

I like the power of the cross

 

[whirlingmerc]

Come My Soul Thy Suit Prepare is an great old hymn and here is is put to a new tune

 

[whirlingmerc]

A song from together for the gospel

 

[Shiranui117]

A selection from Psalm 135, sung by Serbian Orthodox Christians.

English lyrics:
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever, alleluia!
Give thanks to the God of gods, alleluia!
For His mercy endures forever, alleluia!
Give thanks to the Lord of lords, alleluia!
For His mercy endures forever, alleluia!

4 To Him who alone does great wonders, alleluia!
For His mercy endures forever, alleluia!
5 To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, alleluia!
For His mercy endures forever, alleluia!
6 To Him who laid out the earth above the waters, alleluia!
For His mercy endures forever, alleluia!
7 To Him who made great lights, alleluia!
For His mercy endures forever, alleluia!
8 The sun to rule by day, alleluia!
For His mercy endures forever, alleluia!
9 The moon and stars to rule by night, alleluia!
For His mercy endures forever, alleluia!

Give thanks to the God of heaven, alleluia!
For His mercy endures forever, alleluia!

 

[Glaurung]

I just stumbled upon this and thought it was amazing.

 

[Shiranui117]

I just stumbled upon this and thought it was amazing.

Holy crap, that was amazing.

I also found the lyrics:
Latin:
1. Orbis factor rex aeterne, eleison
2. Pietatis fons immense, eleison
3. Noxas omnes nostras pelle, eleison
4. Christe qui lux es mundi dator vitae, eleison
5. Arte laesos daemonis intuere, eleison
6. Conservans te credentes confirmansque, eleison
7. Patrem tuum teque flamen utrorumque, eleison
8. Deum scimus unum atque trinum esse, eleison
9. Clemens nobis adsis paraclite ut vivamus in te, eleison.

Also between each verse are alternating lines of "Kyrie eleison" (Lord have mercy) and "Christe eleison" (Christ have mercy).

1. Maker of the world, King eternal, have mercy upon us.
2. O immense source of pity, have mercy upon us.
3. Drive off all our evils, have mercy upon us.
4. Christ who art the light of the world and giver of life, have mercy upon us.
5. Consider the wounds produced by the devil's art, have mercy upon us.
6. Keeping and confirming thy believers, have mercy upon us.
7. Thou and thy Father, an equal light, have mercy upon us.
8. We know that God is one and three, have mercy upon us.
9. Thou, merciful unto us, art present with the Holy Spirit that we might live in thee, have mercy upon us.

 

[Shiranui117]

Sometimes the most beautiful things in our faith don't happen in churches, but in the everyday world. Árstíðir, an Icelandic indie band, sang this absolute gem impromptu in a German train station while on tour, and it is absolutely angelic.

"Heyr, himna smiður" is an Icelandic hymn with a history dating back to the 1200's. It was written by Kolbeinn Tumason, one of the earliest Icelandic Christians, on his deathbed. The poem was set to a melody by Iceland's Lutheran Church in the mid-1900's.

Icelandic:
Heyr, himna smiður,
hvers skáldið biður.
Komi mjúk til mín
miskunnin þín.
Því heit eg á þig,
þú hefur skaptan mig.
Eg er þrællinn þinn,
þú ert drottinn minn.

Guð, heit eg á þig,
að þú græðir mig.
Minnst þú, mildingur, mín,
mest þurfum þín.
Ryð þú, röðla gramur,
ríklyndur og framur,
hölds hverri sorg
úr hjartaborg.

Gæt þú, mildingur, mín,
mest þurfum þín,
helzt hverja stund
á hölda grund.
Send þú, meyjar mögur,
málsefnin fögur,
öll er hjálp af þér,
í hjarta mér.

English:
Hear, smith of the heavens,
what the poet asks.
May softly come unto me
thy mercy.
So I call on thee,
for thou hast created me.
I am thy slave,
thou art my Lord.

God, I call on thee
to heal me.
Remember me, mild one,
Most we need thee.
Drive out, O king of suns,
generous and great,
human every sorrow
from the city of the heart.

Watch over me, mild one,
Most we need thee,
truly every moment
in the world of men.
send us, son of the virgin,
good causes,
all aid is from thee,
in my heart.

 

[Stalwart]

I'm unsure as to exactly what we're after here, but there seems to be a little bit of everything so far. Allow me to post my very favourites (sorted by genre):

Metal:

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Hymn:

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[Stalwart]

Limited to 5 elements of media per post. Apologies.

Chant:

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I have always loved the Eastern Orthodox musical styles - the Cherubic Hymn in Russian is marvellous.

 

[ChristineES]

It's December, so I thought I'd post a Christmas song: Angels From The Realms of Glory. A song I usually don't hear outside of Church services.

 

[Shiranui117]

So, recently I have come across two centuries-old American Christian musical traditions: Old Regular Baptist line singing, and shape note singing. And oh my God are they absolutely gorgeous.

(Line singing here means that the lead cantor first chants the line, and then everyone else sings it out with the melody).

(Explanatory note here: At the start you hear people singing things like "fa", "so" and "la". This is because they always start off a song by doing a dry-run of the melody, singing out the name of the shape of the note.) shape-note singing | music
More information about this particular tradition of shape-note singing: Sacred Harp - Wikipedia

EDIT: And one more gem...

 

[TheBannerofHomuraAkemi]

I actually have trouble with most Contemporary Christian Music these days, but this guy really hits home for me lately. It is Christian Rap although

Also this one really hits home for me

 

[Frater Sisyphus]

Post-christian?