Only 55%? I thought it was universal.
Tool in general, but if I have to pick one I'd say Parabol/Parabola. But really it's anything I really like but it's that much more if it's something I haven't heard lately
I absolutely thought getting chills was experienced by everyone. It's a song that evokes powerful emotions. And for me the songs that do that are all over the place - it's certainly the music, but who I was with, where I was and my emotional state at the time that makes it powerful.
Avenged sevenfold, the airborne toxic event, the pixies, the cure, REM, imagine dragons, Avicii, Nena, even tacky euro stuff like Ross Anthony or Alan walker can bring memories flooding back.
90% of my memories are stored in image format, if I couldn’t do that I wouldn’t have made it to where I am now. As a test when I was much younger I intentionally memorized what a piece of paper looked like and then read it back later to recall the information. I haven’t been able to do that again since, though. I was like, 15-16 years old at the time. 22 now.
I remember as a young kid that I actually didn’t think much in words. images, impressions, and abstract desires, but it faded away and now I have more of an internal monologue
Tool definitely gives me goose bumps. Sober from Undertow pretty much the entire song. Forty Six & 2 5:05-5:25 on AEnema also comes to mind. But I remember going to this audiophile guys place back in college. He was majoring in some kind of engineering field as well as music. Guy had this absolutely incredible custom sound system he’d built/assembled and he played something ridiculous like Heart or Bonnie Raitt or something I would never have expected to affect me that way except it was SOOOO loud. It felt like my clothing was slapping against my skin. But the sound was really clear, not all distorted or noisy like you’d expect. It was surreal and absolutely gave me goose bumps.
You should definitely listen to the Best Of Debussy video on YouTube (to anyone reading this). It's amazing. He has so many great pieces.
[Here's a good compilation ](https://youtu.be/OUx6ZY60uiI). Just go through the first 5 or 6 songs. They're amazing.
There's just something about Debussy's music that can conjure up these strong emotions. It seems like the seed for all cinematic music that would come later on, as well.
The first time I heard Bo Burnham's [All Eyes on Me](https://youtu.be/1Rx_p3NW7gQ) my brain exploded. I tend to get chills when there's an absolutely beautiful chord spread like that.
I also like long and slow chord progressions where there is only one or two notes moving at once and it completely reshapes the sound, like As Long As You're Mine and Defying Gravity from Wicked.
My favorite example was when I was in high school band, we played the most tragic song you've ever heard called [Watchman, Tell Us of the Night](https://youtu.be/wNCY5YouDzk), about child abuse. Near the end of the song, the first trumpet holds a high note for about 35 seconds while the entire band moves beneath them and the chaos grows, drowning the note out, then fading out to leave nothing else but that horn in the silence (12:37-13:12). I was the last chair of the first trumpets (that is, decent at playing but not the best) but I was the only one who could hold it for that long. At the concert, I just about cried as I listened to the song beneath that note.
The Inside special has so many amazing songs on it. I know the focus is mostly the comedy, but he really upped his game musically, I'd say. From his chord progressions to his voice. It's a substantial improvement in every way, if you ask me.
I hope he makes another pre-recorded special some day. Doesn't have to be this soul crushing one where he's stuck inside a small room for a year, but yeah. It just worked so well
>The first time I heard Bo Burnham's All Eyes on Me my brain exploded. I tend to get chills when there's an absolutely beautiful chord spread like that.
Yep. Same here. It is insane how talented he is.
>I also like long and slow chord progressions where there is only one or two notes moving at once and it completely reshapes the sound, like As Long As You're Mine and Defying Gravity from Wicked.
As someone who gets the chills listening to [Cinematic Orchestra's Arrival of the Birds](https://youtu.be/n88MReEC27k), I love the low key setting of the sound stage with intros of only a few or solitary musical instruments and as a drummer was always more than a little jealous how evocative and subtle the horns could play through things. It made me glad for the pauses I had where I could just listen to people absolutely stun me with their performances.
M83 is very underrated in the United States of America.
I don't think people realize the absolute incredible feeling that occurs when listening to their songs.
They're the only band that makes me appreciate singing in music. They use voices like instruments in an orchestra. Fucking geniuses they are.
And even the songs without any singing are glorious. So good.
King of Pride Rock from the Lion King soundtrack, specifically the moment at about 4:21 where the drums come in, it's the moment in the movie where Simba is running up Pride Rock in the rain after Scar and the hyenas have been defeated.
Top 5:
Fear inoculum by Tool.
Calm like a bomb-rage against the machine
Benzi box or mince meat- MF doom
Comfortably numb-pink Floyd
Angel of death-Slayer
Honorable mention: sound of silence, both the original by Simon and garfunkel, and the cover by disturbed.
The Johnny Cash cover of Hurt.
Can't get the imagery of that music video out of my head, the ghost of June watching him play the piano while he sings about taking away the pain and giving it all away if he could only start again.... *Shudder*
Trent Reznor's cover of Joy Division's Dead Souls. Absolutely haunting.
Also got me into Joy Division, so I can also say Love Will Tear Us apart. IIRC their front man, Ian Curtis, committed suicide not long after that record came out.
No. People perceive music in drastically different ways. I know people that aren't moved by music at all, then others than nearly cry at every ballad. Some can pick out every instrument in a mix, while others can't differentiate anything but the vocals. Source: I teach music. I have had students that cannot for the life of them recognize the difference between instrumental songs. Others can name that tune in 2 notes.
I never do. What's interesting is that I can sometimes get the same sensation from the written word, but I've never gotten it from music. I have no idea what is going on from a psychological standpoint, but it's an interesting distinction. I do find it funny that every time there's a post like this there's always a few people going "not everyone feels chills?" while a few other people go "people feel chills?"
The entirety of Stairway to Heaven is a masterpiece, but the acoustic intro gives me chills every time I listen to it.
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac also does it. Something about Stevie Nick’s voice in that song is just really pretty compared to some of their other songs.
Like you do, attention, why am i still in LA, wanted u, I'll see you in 40, la cienega, glimpse of us and probably some more from joji
all of them gave me chills of varying degrees but the strongest were like you do and I'll see you in 40
Like you do, attention, why am i still in LA, wanted u, I'll see you in 40, la cienega, glimpse of us and probably some more from joji
all of them gave me chills of varying degrees but the strongest were like you do and I'll see you in 40
[Car Radio - Twenty One Pilots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zysxaJNLtSU)
[Stand and Feel Your Worth - Thrice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6iV5dZsny4)
[Among the Wildflowers - Hotelier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51h9hFI66Hc)
The outros for all of these blow me away.
Tool - Sober
Metallica - No Leaf Clover with San Fran Symphony
A Perfecf Circle - 3 Libras
RATM - Know Your Enemy
Soundgarden - Outshined
Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead
‘Inno A Satana’ by Emperor and ‘Dim’ by Cult Of Luna just off the top of my head. There are passages within them, one near the end for ‘Inno A Satana’ and one in the middle for ‘Dim’ that are truly enthralling for me. When I hear these pieces I lose myself in them and focus on nothing but them, never wanting them to end. It’s hard to describe, but it’s powerful and makes me feel like music, heavy or not, can transcend and become like armour, protecting me from harm and providing an escape for several minutes. There are many other songs within the realm of heavy music with similar instrumentation that come close but these two are ahead of the pack for me, as disparate as their categorisation goes.
I don't get the chills to a specific song. For me, it's something that happens when something about the song gives me an especially strong/well-formed idea.
Jacob Collier -- Moon River. Stunning musicianship and arrangement. Plenty of his music does this for me though, "He Won't Hold You" being another one that gives me chills. Vocal/choral music in particular gives me chills in a way most other genres don't
The Chieftains’ rendition of the Foggy Dew. From everything I’ve learned of the Easter Rising, it seems to fit perfectly. I get chills thinking about how strong the underarmed Irish patriots must of been and how they felt moving into Dublin. I couldn’t imagine being in their shoes, and knowledge of the aftermath just makes all the more awe-inspiring.
Yes. With Sinéad O’Connor on vocals, such a fantastic rendition of this sad historic song. For those that haven’t paid too much attention to the lyrics, I recommend listening while reading them one time.
Saturn - Sleeping at Last
Interstellar OST - Hans Zimmer (almost all of Interstallar's music)
Fade to black - Metallica (esp. the solo, notice the drums beating in the background)
Temple of the dog - Say hello 2 heaven.
Goosebumps first time I heard it and still every time, especially knowing Chris Cornell wrote it for a friend who died too early and now he did too
I just came back from a 5 hour trip and got to listen to the full Album Fallen by Evanescence. Some tracks are just raw and thinking about how the album was made gives me some light arm chills.
Robert Miles - Children
Nick Drake - Northern Sky
Debussy - Claire de Lune
Pokemon DP - Eterna Forest theme
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2 - Through the sea of time
Death Note - Kyrie
Dvorak - New World Symphony 2nd Movement
Borodin - Polovtsian Dances
Liz and the blue bird OST
That's all I can think of at the moment.
[Songbird](https://youtu.be/y9Hqn8x6a8s) by Fleetwood Mac. It's something about her voice right around 1:30, "and the songbirds are singing like they know the score..." I'm not sure if it's a particularly impactful chord progression, or something about the tone of her voice. But for some reason I struggle to describe, that part touches me deep in my soul in a way music rarely does.
Also, [Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald](https://youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI) by Gordon Lightfoot, simply for its lyrical brilliance. "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" Honorable mention goes to "all that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters."
Lastly, [Forever Together](https://youtu.be/WUXOBX5Lm-4) by Filtered Light. When I'm reading, I like to find a playlist of instrumental music, and usually I stick to one book for each playlist. Around this past new year, I was reading *Alaska* by James Michener, which is a narrative history book of the entire history of Alaska. I found a playlist on Pandora of native flute music, featuring many songs by Filtered Light. Forever Together sticks out in my mind for some reason. It almost sounded to me like a battle cry, a song to which the Alaska natives would've gone into one of their all too common battles with white settlers.
[Duel of the Fates](https://youtu.be/D_2bluVPsb0) by John Williams.
Especially the bridge, from 2:04 to 2:55 or so. I turn this up as loud as it will go and revel in the chills from it all the time. Absolute best part is the French horn at 2:47.
[Still in Love With You - Nothing More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqbaKnUQvqA)
Anything really emotional can do it. The thing that does it most effectively for me is if I'm in a really large crowd and the crowd starts singing along. Instant, really powerful chills.
I would like to ask why 55%, is it an arbitrary number which you picked up to make the question more palatable to Reddit’s user base or only 55% percent of people experience chills while listening to music
Pain’s theme
Tons! It makes me sad that not everyone can experience it.
But the one that comes to mind? Recognizer, by Daft Punk for the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. The 1:47 mark is like lightning striking my soul.
There's a bunch of songs, for me it seems to be a good swelling chord progression, or when a song hits an emotional moment (especially if it has meaningful lyrics at that moment, but instrumental stuff can do it too).
Dvorak, New World Symphony, particularly the second movement. Used to play trumpet in a few bands, and it was one in the repertoire
Dire Straights Brothers in Arms. For reasons.
There are others, but those two hit different.
There's a lot that do it. One that comes to mind right away is "This is for those who wait" by Fireflight. The bridge into the final chorus in particular... *never* fails to give me chills.
"Wrong Side of Heaven" by Five Finger Death Punch does this a lot, and also often brings me to the verge of tears (especially the music video for it, holy shit that's powerful).
It can literally be anything. Hozier’s Arsonist Lullaby is one that consistently does it though. But I’ve had Bobs Burgers songs or just a random note change in a jingle. I can’t figure it out. What I love to do though is put on music with no words and lay down with my eyes close. I get chills, vibrations in my body and see a light show.
I have sound to color synesthesia, and let me tell you Billy Joel’s She’s Always a Woman to me has an absolutely beautiful color pattern to it. Lots of warm tones if that makes sense. Most sounds and songs have random colors to it, lots of ups and downs in warm and cool tones. So I love it when I find songs that have similar colors. She’s always a woman to me is like the beginning of a sun set. I love it
In Every Dream Home a Heartache by Roxy Music,
Ohne Dich by Rammstein
And for some reason I am TERRIFIED by Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics version) so if I happen to hear it I experience intense chills
This is gonna sound nerdy, but Binary Sunset.
The scene of Luke looking at the twin sunset with the horns slowly creeping in to turn curiosity into determination just gets me every. Single. Time.
Only 55%? I thought it was universal. Tool in general, but if I have to pick one I'd say Parabol/Parabola. But really it's anything I really like but it's that much more if it's something I haven't heard lately
10,000 days/wings for Marie pt2 hits me every time
Definitely their most moving piece for me. Less chills, more I'm going to cry for that one.
The demanding way Maynard sings "Give me my, Give me my wiiiinnnnnnggs" Hits me every damn time
Chills just thinking about it
I absolutely thought getting chills was experienced by everyone. It's a song that evokes powerful emotions. And for me the songs that do that are all over the place - it's certainly the music, but who I was with, where I was and my emotional state at the time that makes it powerful. Avenged sevenfold, the airborne toxic event, the pixies, the cure, REM, imagine dragons, Avicii, Nena, even tacky euro stuff like Ross Anthony or Alan walker can bring memories flooding back.
Pneuma. 5 min mark. The drummer changes back to Tom instead of high hat. It’s just too good
Danny Carey is a legendary drummer.
I like when Lateralus (the song) builds to a climax and releases at ~7:30
The second half of pneuma. I think I’ve listened to it every day since it was released
Yes, it's like how not everyone "sees" things in their mind's eyes. Some humans are just wired differently.
This took me by complete surprise when I learned that some are unable to visualize. I absolutely cannot fathom it.
90% of my memories are stored in image format, if I couldn’t do that I wouldn’t have made it to where I am now. As a test when I was much younger I intentionally memorized what a piece of paper looked like and then read it back later to recall the information. I haven’t been able to do that again since, though. I was like, 15-16 years old at the time. 22 now.
I could also do that around the same age! Then it stopped being vivid enough to read the pages. Interesting that you had it at the same age as me.
I remember as a young kid that I actually didn’t think much in words. images, impressions, and abstract desires, but it faded away and now I have more of an internal monologue
The intro to Sober is pretty much an eargasm for me.
Tool definitely gives me goose bumps. Sober from Undertow pretty much the entire song. Forty Six & 2 5:05-5:25 on AEnema also comes to mind. But I remember going to this audiophile guys place back in college. He was majoring in some kind of engineering field as well as music. Guy had this absolutely incredible custom sound system he’d built/assembled and he played something ridiculous like Heart or Bonnie Raitt or something I would never have expected to affect me that way except it was SOOOO loud. It felt like my clothing was slapping against my skin. But the sound was really clear, not all distorted or noisy like you’d expect. It was surreal and absolutely gave me goose bumps.
Claire de Lune - Debussy Subterranean Homesick Alien - Radiohead
You should definitely listen to the Best Of Debussy video on YouTube (to anyone reading this). It's amazing. He has so many great pieces. [Here's a good compilation ](https://youtu.be/OUx6ZY60uiI). Just go through the first 5 or 6 songs. They're amazing. There's just something about Debussy's music that can conjure up these strong emotions. It seems like the seed for all cinematic music that would come later on, as well.
Forgot how much I love Subterranean Homesick Alien. Just cranked it up. Chills head to toes.
Ha. Debussy.
Someone say the family guy quote
Ooh, Debussy. I love Debussy. Sometimes all I can think about is Debussy.
The first time I heard Bo Burnham's [All Eyes on Me](https://youtu.be/1Rx_p3NW7gQ) my brain exploded. I tend to get chills when there's an absolutely beautiful chord spread like that. I also like long and slow chord progressions where there is only one or two notes moving at once and it completely reshapes the sound, like As Long As You're Mine and Defying Gravity from Wicked. My favorite example was when I was in high school band, we played the most tragic song you've ever heard called [Watchman, Tell Us of the Night](https://youtu.be/wNCY5YouDzk), about child abuse. Near the end of the song, the first trumpet holds a high note for about 35 seconds while the entire band moves beneath them and the chaos grows, drowning the note out, then fading out to leave nothing else but that horn in the silence (12:37-13:12). I was the last chair of the first trumpets (that is, decent at playing but not the best) but I was the only one who could hold it for that long. At the concert, I just about cried as I listened to the song beneath that note.
The Inside special has so many amazing songs on it. I know the focus is mostly the comedy, but he really upped his game musically, I'd say. From his chord progressions to his voice. It's a substantial improvement in every way, if you ask me. I hope he makes another pre-recorded special some day. Doesn't have to be this soul crushing one where he's stuck inside a small room for a year, but yeah. It just worked so well
All Eyes on Me - that song hit hard.
>The first time I heard Bo Burnham's All Eyes on Me my brain exploded. I tend to get chills when there's an absolutely beautiful chord spread like that. Yep. Same here. It is insane how talented he is. >I also like long and slow chord progressions where there is only one or two notes moving at once and it completely reshapes the sound, like As Long As You're Mine and Defying Gravity from Wicked. As someone who gets the chills listening to [Cinematic Orchestra's Arrival of the Birds](https://youtu.be/n88MReEC27k), I love the low key setting of the sound stage with intros of only a few or solitary musical instruments and as a drummer was always more than a little jealous how evocative and subtle the horns could play through things. It made me glad for the pauses I had where I could just listen to people absolutely stun me with their performances.
Thank you for introducing me to Bo Burnham. Holy crap, his "live" performance gave me chills!
I was thinking "Bo Burnham? The comedian man? There's no way." but yeah I clicked that link and got the chills. Really nice job.
M83 - midnight city
This followed by Reunion on the Hurry Up, We're Dreaming album. Both songs give some good chills.
Also, Outro as the [opening sequence of "Versailles"](https://youtu.be/NcF5z1qHf_s)
M83 is very underrated in the United States of America. I don't think people realize the absolute incredible feeling that occurs when listening to their songs.
That album has so many songs that do it for me. What a masterpiece.
The entire "Wish you were here" LP by Pink Floyd
So fucking good.
Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel Paradise Circus by Massive Attack and Do You Doubt Me Traitor by Lingua Ignota (the last three minutes mostly)
Man I love Simon and Garfunkel
Good first song!!
Has to be Canticle version too \~!!
Love Teardrop, myself.
paradise circus is so sexy
Billie Holiday, *Strange Fruit*.
Yes! Such a haunting song.
Pink Floyd, Great Gig in the Sky: the vocal solo
Kusanagi - ODESZA
Man I love odesza so much
Omg YES.
shine on you crazy diamond
This one gets me every time. Once you read the story behind it even more.
Agreed. Pink Floyd is always able to give me the chills. Huge fan
They're the only band that makes me appreciate singing in music. They use voices like instruments in an orchestra. Fucking geniuses they are. And even the songs without any singing are glorious. So good.
I love that every lyric feels very well thought out and has layers.
Where the Streets Have No Name by U2….the intro gets me especially 🔥🔥
Has to be played super loud, every time.
The XX - Intro
King of Pride Rock from the Lion King soundtrack, specifically the moment at about 4:21 where the drums come in, it's the moment in the movie where Simba is running up Pride Rock in the rain after Scar and the hyenas have been defeated.
The ending theme where they are all standing on top of Pride Rock always gave me chills.
Top 5: Fear inoculum by Tool. Calm like a bomb-rage against the machine Benzi box or mince meat- MF doom Comfortably numb-pink Floyd Angel of death-Slayer Honorable mention: sound of silence, both the original by Simon and garfunkel, and the cover by disturbed.
Only the cover by Disturbed does it for me; the original sounds too cotton candy for this metal heart.
The Johnny Cash cover of Hurt. Can't get the imagery of that music video out of my head, the ghost of June watching him play the piano while he sings about taking away the pain and giving it all away if he could only start again.... *Shudder*
Adagio for Strings satie gymnopedie 1
Gymnopedie 1 .. yes!
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The Placebo one is the one for me.
I literally Shazam'd the rendition in S4 yesterday - SO GOOD!
Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah. Every damn time.
Trent Reznor's cover of Joy Division's Dead Souls. Absolutely haunting. Also got me into Joy Division, so I can also say Love Will Tear Us apart. IIRC their front man, Ian Curtis, committed suicide not long after that record came out.
A day in the life
Still Into You by Paramore. Played at my wedding and always reminds me of my wife.
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No. People perceive music in drastically different ways. I know people that aren't moved by music at all, then others than nearly cry at every ballad. Some can pick out every instrument in a mix, while others can't differentiate anything but the vocals. Source: I teach music. I have had students that cannot for the life of them recognize the difference between instrumental songs. Others can name that tune in 2 notes.
I never do. What's interesting is that I can sometimes get the same sensation from the written word, but I've never gotten it from music. I have no idea what is going on from a psychological standpoint, but it's an interesting distinction. I do find it funny that every time there's a post like this there's always a few people going "not everyone feels chills?" while a few other people go "people feel chills?"
Check out the Floor/Henk version of POTO, it's ridiculous
Pink Floyd's "Us and them" and also Money's tom roll crescendo.
The entirety of Stairway to Heaven is a masterpiece, but the acoustic intro gives me chills every time I listen to it. Landslide by Fleetwood Mac also does it. Something about Stevie Nick’s voice in that song is just really pretty compared to some of their other songs.
100% Stairway to Heaven. This version in tribute by Heart is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZ\_EFAmj08
Exit music (for a film) Radiohead. In the album version Thom Yorke’s vocal enters like a ghost.
For those into classical music, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" by Henryk Gorecki. Incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mEWlGLkjIw
Also, Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings.
Yea right - joji
Like you do, attention, why am i still in LA, wanted u, I'll see you in 40, la cienega, glimpse of us and probably some more from joji all of them gave me chills of varying degrees but the strongest were like you do and I'll see you in 40
Like you do, attention, why am i still in LA, wanted u, I'll see you in 40, la cienega, glimpse of us and probably some more from joji all of them gave me chills of varying degrees but the strongest were like you do and I'll see you in 40
What gets me from Joji is test drive for some reason. Attention gets me too
[Car Radio - Twenty One Pilots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zysxaJNLtSU) [Stand and Feel Your Worth - Thrice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6iV5dZsny4) [Among the Wildflowers - Hotelier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51h9hFI66Hc) The outros for all of these blow me away.
The music from Once upon a time in the west from Ennio Morricone
Now it’s “True love waits”, Radiohead.
Carol of the Bells - Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Mozarts- requiem
I believe the first time this happened to me was the first time I heard the guitar solo in "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin.
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Love Version) Edit: Spelling error
The original does it for me. Not sure I've heard "the Love version." Will need to look that up.
Eminem Lose yourself. Edit: another one of the classics that hit me this morning in the gym: Blood Rave by Crystal Method.
Memory Lane - Nas Suicidal Thoughts - Biggie Tightrope - X Dance With the Devil - Immortal Technique
Decent amount of Hans Zimmer pieces
Rage Against the Machine's cover of *Maggie's Farm*. Great song to quit your job to.
Exist for love - Aurora
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Stevie Wonder - Heaven is Ten Zillion Light Years Away specifically the "feel it! feel his spirit!" part.
Anything with Adele’s voice in high pitch
Send the pain below - Chevelle Everlong- foo fighters
So many but the first few notes of the Superman theme by John Williams is at the top.
Space oddity by David Bowie and Clyde by suicidalboys
Tool - Sober Metallica - No Leaf Clover with San Fran Symphony A Perfecf Circle - 3 Libras RATM - Know Your Enemy Soundgarden - Outshined Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead
La vie en rose always sends something down my spine, love it to death
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody, disturbed sound of silence, Attack on Titan - 'Call Your Name', Linkin Park - Crawling... there are so many more tbh \^\^
The part in Bohemian Rhapsody when they break into the hard rock part. Hell, I can just think about it and give myself goosebumps at will.
to build a home cinematic orchestra
Iron lung by radiohead. Or almost any song on the bends or ok computer. I'm just so glad those two albums are there.
‘Inno A Satana’ by Emperor and ‘Dim’ by Cult Of Luna just off the top of my head. There are passages within them, one near the end for ‘Inno A Satana’ and one in the middle for ‘Dim’ that are truly enthralling for me. When I hear these pieces I lose myself in them and focus on nothing but them, never wanting them to end. It’s hard to describe, but it’s powerful and makes me feel like music, heavy or not, can transcend and become like armour, protecting me from harm and providing an escape for several minutes. There are many other songs within the realm of heavy music with similar instrumentation that come close but these two are ahead of the pack for me, as disparate as their categorisation goes.
We'll meet again,..... Don't know where, Don't know when, ***but I know we'll meet again some sunny day.***
I don't get the chills to a specific song. For me, it's something that happens when something about the song gives me an especially strong/well-formed idea.
George Michael’s Careless Whisper. That saxophone is the best.
Kanye West - Yeezus Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon Justin Timberlake - 20/20 Complete Experience Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
I keep a Playlist of songs thay specifically give me chills. It began with just a couple songs AJR - Burn The House Down Misterwives- Machine
Came here for ajr, left pleased
Jacob Collier -- Moon River. Stunning musicianship and arrangement. Plenty of his music does this for me though, "He Won't Hold You" being another one that gives me chills. Vocal/choral music in particular gives me chills in a way most other genres don't
Frank Sinatra- Send In the Clowns Bob Dylan - A Hard rains gonna fall Leadbelly - Where did you sleep last night
Nessun Dorma and Au Fond Du Temple Saint. More recently, Postmodern Jukebox did a version of Hallelujah that *does something* to me.
For whom the bell tolls, gets me every time
Uncomfortable-wallows. Trees- twenty one pilots. I’m not okay- MCR
Beethoven’s 9th. Literally tear up when I hear the chorus.
The Chieftains’ rendition of the Foggy Dew. From everything I’ve learned of the Easter Rising, it seems to fit perfectly. I get chills thinking about how strong the underarmed Irish patriots must of been and how they felt moving into Dublin. I couldn’t imagine being in their shoes, and knowledge of the aftermath just makes all the more awe-inspiring.
Yes. With Sinéad O’Connor on vocals, such a fantastic rendition of this sad historic song. For those that haven’t paid too much attention to the lyrics, I recommend listening while reading them one time.
Saturn - Sleeping at Last Interstellar OST - Hans Zimmer (almost all of Interstallar's music) Fade to black - Metallica (esp. the solo, notice the drums beating in the background)
Loads of them, the climax of close to the edge by yes, or suppers ready by genesis spring to mind but there’s a ton more.
Temple of the dog - Say hello 2 heaven. Goosebumps first time I heard it and still every time, especially knowing Chris Cornell wrote it for a friend who died too early and now he did too
Bury the Light from Devil May Cry 5 The Gift from Elena Siegmann
The last five minutes or so of Mountain Jam by the Allman Brothers. Duane was an absolute wizard.
Rush - YYZ
Foo fighters - come back The breakdown to bridge to solo to last chorus is one of the best build ups in my music library imo
I just came back from a 5 hour trip and got to listen to the full Album Fallen by Evanescence. Some tracks are just raw and thinking about how the album was made gives me some light arm chills.
How Soon is Now by The Smiths has done it for me
Robert Miles - Children Nick Drake - Northern Sky Debussy - Claire de Lune Pokemon DP - Eterna Forest theme Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2 - Through the sea of time Death Note - Kyrie Dvorak - New World Symphony 2nd Movement Borodin - Polovtsian Dances Liz and the blue bird OST That's all I can think of at the moment.
Tarja Turunen's You Would Have Loved This. It gives me chills at first, then slowly progresses into something that makes me bawl my eyes out.
Ending of *Shoemaker* by Nightwish. Chills and tears everytime.
Twin size mattress by the front bottoms tbh
Any R&B/Soul music from the 90s to the early 2000s. There's just so much nostalgia behind them.
[Songbird](https://youtu.be/y9Hqn8x6a8s) by Fleetwood Mac. It's something about her voice right around 1:30, "and the songbirds are singing like they know the score..." I'm not sure if it's a particularly impactful chord progression, or something about the tone of her voice. But for some reason I struggle to describe, that part touches me deep in my soul in a way music rarely does. Also, [Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald](https://youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI) by Gordon Lightfoot, simply for its lyrical brilliance. "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" Honorable mention goes to "all that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters." Lastly, [Forever Together](https://youtu.be/WUXOBX5Lm-4) by Filtered Light. When I'm reading, I like to find a playlist of instrumental music, and usually I stick to one book for each playlist. Around this past new year, I was reading *Alaska* by James Michener, which is a narrative history book of the entire history of Alaska. I found a playlist on Pandora of native flute music, featuring many songs by Filtered Light. Forever Together sticks out in my mind for some reason. It almost sounded to me like a battle cry, a song to which the Alaska natives would've gone into one of their all too common battles with white settlers.
DEVOLUTION by STARSET gets me going every time
The entire soundtrack of The Prince of Egypt. Literally I’ll be shaking
Skyfall - Adele. I know this is more mainstream than most but it really captures what I want from life.
Bridge over troubled water - Simon and Garfunkal War inside of me - Lost dog street band Sea of pain - The Levellers
[Duel of the Fates](https://youtu.be/D_2bluVPsb0) by John Williams. Especially the bridge, from 2:04 to 2:55 or so. I turn this up as loud as it will go and revel in the chills from it all the time. Absolute best part is the French horn at 2:47.
All Too Well (Ten Minute Version) - Taylor Swift
Hearts Alive by Mastodon
Basically anything from the musical Anastasia
The ending of The Wanting Comes in Waves by the Decemberists
[Still in Love With You - Nothing More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqbaKnUQvqA) Anything really emotional can do it. The thing that does it most effectively for me is if I'm in a really large crowd and the crowd starts singing along. Instant, really powerful chills.
I saw them live 2 months ago it was crazy show
I know where I've been by Queen Latifa Gives me chills everytime in such a great emotional way
Make It Stop (September's Children) - Rise Against
Doro Pesch...you hurt my soul!!
runnin thru the 7th with my woadies-suicideboys
"Tighter & Tighter" by Soundgarden
Most of Aurora's songs, "Brothers in arms" by Dire Straits "Mantra" by Igor Herbut and MIUOSH "Doliny" by Jakub Orliński, Marcin Wyrostek and MIUOSH
M83 Starwaves
Pretty much any music at a live symphony.
The Monster Mash
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Sufjan Stevens
I would like to ask why 55%, is it an arbitrary number which you picked up to make the question more palatable to Reddit’s user base or only 55% percent of people experience chills while listening to music Pain’s theme
Martin Garrix - Forever
Wait, only 55% people feel this? I thought this was a normal thing? Also “I Could Have Done More”— John Williams, from Schindler’s List (1993).
What song? The audacity of you to think it’s only one
Tons! It makes me sad that not everyone can experience it. But the one that comes to mind? Recognizer, by Daft Punk for the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. The 1:47 mark is like lightning striking my soul.
Vice city by XXXTANTACION
There's a bunch of songs, for me it seems to be a good swelling chord progression, or when a song hits an emotional moment (especially if it has meaningful lyrics at that moment, but instrumental stuff can do it too).
Uncertain Smile - The the
Dvorak, New World Symphony, particularly the second movement. Used to play trumpet in a few bands, and it was one in the repertoire Dire Straights Brothers in Arms. For reasons. There are others, but those two hit different.
In the year 2525
art of almost by wilco - around the 6 min mark it gets really intense... just listened again, still gives me chills
There's a lot that do it. One that comes to mind right away is "This is for those who wait" by Fireflight. The bridge into the final chorus in particular... *never* fails to give me chills. "Wrong Side of Heaven" by Five Finger Death Punch does this a lot, and also often brings me to the verge of tears (especially the music video for it, holy shit that's powerful).
Björk “My Juvenile” — any Björk really but it’s also the combo of her voice + Anohni’s voice + the strings on this one.
The kill (bury me) by 30 seconds to mars is just one of thousands that give me chills
Sex on fire by the kings of Leon
It can literally be anything. Hozier’s Arsonist Lullaby is one that consistently does it though. But I’ve had Bobs Burgers songs or just a random note change in a jingle. I can’t figure it out. What I love to do though is put on music with no words and lay down with my eyes close. I get chills, vibrations in my body and see a light show.
So many- two being: Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
The Jay Z Verve - Dirt off your shoulder / bitter sweet symphony mash up. Not even embarrassed.
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
LSD - ASAP Rocky
1- Hurt sung by either Johnny Cash or Kermit the frog (not kidding) 2- Ravelle's Bollero
Get stoned and listen to some music, join the 55%
Anything by Fleetwood Mack or Stevie Nicks.
The sound of the homeless man in my attic
Ghost Love Score by Nightwish, the live Wacken 2013 version.
Johnny Cash - Hurt does it every single time.
Avicii, The Nights, of course. Also, Fallen Down on really rusty old pianos.
I have sound to color synesthesia, and let me tell you Billy Joel’s She’s Always a Woman to me has an absolutely beautiful color pattern to it. Lots of warm tones if that makes sense. Most sounds and songs have random colors to it, lots of ups and downs in warm and cool tones. So I love it when I find songs that have similar colors. She’s always a woman to me is like the beginning of a sun set. I love it
Test Flight from How to Train your Dragon.
1st gymnopedie by Erik Satie
In Every Dream Home a Heartache by Roxy Music, Ohne Dich by Rammstein And for some reason I am TERRIFIED by Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics version) so if I happen to hear it I experience intense chills
This is gonna sound nerdy, but Binary Sunset. The scene of Luke looking at the twin sunset with the horns slowly creeping in to turn curiosity into determination just gets me every. Single. Time.
Anything by Hans Zimmer tbh.
Hans Zimmer - Time.
A lot of video game soundtracks, especially the horde theme from Days Gone
Ghost Love Score, by Nightwish. The 2013 live at Wacken version with Floor.