What is THE saddest piece of music you've heard

The best I've heard so far.


[youtube]http://youtu.be/8gPvA1WEWxA.*?[/youtube]

I was watching this while reading an article about how AIMI got polyps last year and I was crying

Do you even need to ask that?

Hero of War- Rise Against
Sad song about something that actually happens.

Off the top of my head



More may come to me later...

NIN's "The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)".

I seriously don't know of anything that even comes close.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/wBNhZkQk4xE.*?[/youtube]

Makes me sooo sad everytime... every fucking time

Each to his own; tears gush out of my tear ducts when I listen to this.

Its hard to say what the saddest piece of music I've ever heard is, most of the songs that I find exceptionally sad are because they remind me of a story/character I really cared about, as well as being a sad piece of music.

For example, these two songs from Mirai Nikki, which is my favorite anime, featuring a fictional character I have an unhealthy obsession with.


Or this song from Final Fantasy 10, my favorite video game, and one of the things that bassically defined my childhood. Balled my eyes out the first time I finished that game.

There is a beauty in such sadness. Life is a tragedy that we must make the best of.

This one always brings tears to my eyes.

Jon Hopkins and King Creosote- Diamond Mine (album)
(Mmmmmm, no link]

Jon Hopkins- Immunity(song)



The Antlers-Stairs to the Attic(song)


There are more songs but I just don't remember.

Spokey Dokey from Cowboy Bebop

Towards the end it really gets to me. Just start thinking about the good times.

Memory from Cowboy Bebop

Believe it is the last song you hear on Cowboy Bebop on the last episode.

Key Entity IV: Evagria the Faithful by Coheed and Cambria

Meaning behind behind the song reminds me of the my grandmother. Explanation.

Mother Superior by Coheed and Cambria

The meaning behind the song. Also what it has to do with the story.

Gravity's Union by Coheed and Cambria

The meaning behind it as well.

Darkside Of Me by Coheed and Cambria

The song is good, but the dialogue towards the end does make me feel sad inside.

Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

What else can I say, gotta be a simple man.

Requiem for a dream OST

Not the most sad piece ever, but I've been listening to some orchestral music for a while now and this tends to get me into quite the melancholic mood, and yet fills me with serenity at the same time.

This just came out recently.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/PPN2XVPxRoY.*?[/youtube]

Song is called Smile by Deftones. It was released on April 13th this year. It was dedicated towards Chi Cheng. The bassist of Deftones who died last year on April 13th.

Whose Song by Nujabes, it comes the Samurai Champloo soundtrack.

[youtube]http://http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOxOgm5jQ4[/youtube] here's a good one, classical piece. Strings. Albinoni - adagio in g minor.

Hmm... For some I like the music and for some I like the lyrics. I would say :

• Operas and classics :
  
  • "Prince Igor" theme, from the eponym opera of Alexandre Borodine
  
  
  • La Wally's "Aria", from Alfredo Catalani
  
  
  • Madame Butterfly's "Un bel di vedremo", from the opera of Puccini
  
  
  • "Gimnopédies", Erik Satie
  
  

• Animes, movies and the likes :
  
  • "Tear Drops to Earth", from Black Lagoon
  
  
  • "Mystline", from Samurai Champloo
  
  
  • All and each Mushishi's soundtracks
  
  
  • "Silent Love", Joe Hisaishi (anyway there're so many good songs composed by him)
  
  
  • Gladiator's ending soundtrack
  
  
  • A lot of Gabriel Yared compositions
  
  
  • "Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-midi" and other songs, Yann Tiersen from Amelie Poulain
  
  

• Various :
  
  • "Nara", E.S. Posthumus
  
  
  • "You're not alone", Olive
  
  
  • "Lotus", Jalan Jalan
  
  
  • "Shadow to light", Amethysium
  
  
  • "Wicked game", Chris Isaak
  
  
  • "More than a memory", Hoobastank
  
  
  • "Beautiful girl", Dolores O'Riordan
  
  
  • "A beautiful lie", 30 seconds to Mars
  
  
  • "Pretty girl", Sugarcult
  
  
  • "Frozen", Madona
  
  
  • "Je t'aimais, je t'aime et je t'aimerai", Francis Cabrel
  
  
  • "Pas toi", Jean-Jack Goldman
  
  
  • "Oh ironie", Stephan Eicher
  
  
  • "Je suis un Homme", Zazie
  
  
  • "Désenchantée", Mylène Farmer
  
  
  • "Elle pleure", Ophélie Winter
  
  

Choice is difficult. Maybe I don't feel the courage to relegate one or another, as each bears its own charm.

Both sad and heartwarming at the same time, clannad...
Its not sad because of the music itself, but more because of the things and moments i associated with, clannad(where this is from) is the only anime that have managed to make me cry.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Eh9JU_l7yN0.*?[/youtube]