The greatest melody ever written?

[farplaner]

Mussorgsky died of alcohol poisoning in the hospital after bribing a nurse to bring him some vodka.

so does that discredit the fact that he wrote some awesome music? (even if they were arranged by others).

Night On Bald Mountain anyone?

Speaking of Schubert, I still need to pick up the Trout Quintet. I do have Death and the Maiden Quartet, though. That has to be one of the "awesomerest" string quartets ever written.

[eestlinc]

no, Mussorgsky's death only makes him cooler.

check out Schubert's String Quintet. It's supergood.

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

Greensleeves is pretty nice. I also think the Austrian National Anthem is beautiful

[Croyles]

Beethovens "Furelise".

Its Für Elise!
yes i know im anal

[Perducci]

Chocobo Theme.

[Peter_20]

Terra's Theme, Eyes On Me and Melodies of Life by Nobuo Uematsu.
And yes, I'm totally serious.

Metallica's "Fade To Black" and "The Call of Ktulu" are great as well.

[rubah]

Through the Kaleidescope by Steven Cravis has got the be the prettiest ever.

[nik0tine]

Anyway, in all actuality think the best melody would have to be either Chopin's "Nocturne"

Which nocturne?

[Moon Rabbits]

Enya's "Watermark" is definitely at the top of my list.

Enya <33333333333

Cyril Morin's Twilight Garden.

[NeoCracker]

Super Mario theme, brings a tear to my eye whenever its beautiful and masterful sounds enter my ear.

[Lychon]

Crockett's Theme.....playing Unreal 1 with that going in the background is euphoria.

-LYCHON

[fantasyjunkie]

One Winged Angel, from FF7

[Del Murder]

...which is by Tchaikovsky

Actually, it's a <a href="http://russia-in-us.com/Music/Folk/korobeyniki.html">Russian folk song</a>. I thought you were making a joke until I realized that Nutcracker song in the NES version was probably by Tchaikovsky.

[eestlinc]

to me there is only one Tetris theme ever.

[Del Murder]

No, that's the Nutcracker theme. It can't be two things.