Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 2

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This song is excellent in its own right regardless does it fit the AAMFP theme or not, and I fail to see the reasons why anyone would think differently.

To name a few: It's completely stagnant (it has no sense of beginning or end or progression), the orchestration is imbalanced (you can't even hear what most of the instruments are doing), there is a complete lack of any strong thematic material, the harmonic textures are extremely boring, there is no subtlety in any regard whatsoever, the list goes on. And this has nothing to do with how it "fits" with AAMFP, these are technical issues that have to do with the music itself.

I've been studying Latin for almost six years, I might try translating this Mors Praematura sometime.

It sounds great with the vocal part, in my opinion. I have no idea why people tend to reject music that sounds operatic. There are some pretty creepy/cool operas out there...

Oh for sure. People generally tend to dislike opera music for the same reason they dislike classical music in general: it's usually forced upon them. Apart from that, there is an unfortunately very long tradition of low quality Italian operas that have sort of become synonymous with opera in general. There definitely are some fantastic operas (I really like Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, which is unusual as far as operas go), but the style is generally not known for its high quality compositions.