did sabbath ever play with an orchestra?

[sellingmysoul]

If their ever was a reunion of these guys.I would love to see them with an orchestra.has this ever happened?

[MH1986]

If their ever was a reunion of these guys.I would love to see them with an orchestra.has this ever happened?

I'm not sure if they have or not. My guess would be no, but their tunes would sound fucking epic with a complete orchestra playing along with them. Hell, I'd go see an orchestra do their songs without any members of sabbath being present. I think they'd go over very well in that medium.

[sellingmysoul]

I'm with you MH1986! their songs would be perfect for an orchestra,could you imagine Hand of doom .

[MH1986]

I'm with you MH1986! their songs would be perfect for an orchestra,could you imagine Hand of doom .

epic.

[Charger]

If their ever was a reunion of these guys.I would love to see them with an orchestra.has this ever happened?

No.

Some songs would work with an orchestra, but I'm not a big fan of that stuff...Purple made it work...Metallica made it suck...Doro made it work...so it is a bit of a hit and miss I suppose...

I do prefer straight forward metal though.

[-E5150 StarWanderer-]

I remember this being discussed here before, can't recall where though But it's an interesting idea, and I would love to see the concert or buy a DVD. Just for fun, I'll list some songs from differen't eras that I'd like to hear/think would fit well with an orchesrta accompanying them:

Ozzy Era:

Black Sabbath
Wicked World
N.I.B.
Iron Man
War Pigs
Solitude
Children of the Grave
Snowblind
Wheels Of Confusion
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
A National Acrobat
Killing Yourself to Live
Spiral Architect
Megalomania
Symptom of the Universe
She's Gone
Air Dance

Dio era:

Children of the Sea
Heaven & Hell
Die Young
Lonely is the Word
The Sign of the Southern Cross
Country Girl
Falling Off The Edge of the World
Over & Over
Computer God
I
After All (The Dead)
Atom & Evil
Fear
Bible Black
Rock & Roll Angel
Follow the Tears
Breaking Into Heaven

Gillan Era:

The Dark/Zero The Hero
Disturbing the Priest (would probably sound rather eccentric, I for one would love to hear this one!)
Keep it Warm
Born Again

Martin Era:

The Shining
Nightmare
Anno Mundi
Headless Cross
When Death Calls
Evil Eye
Immaculate Deception
Cross of Thorns
Kiss of Death

There are so many other songs too, but I didn't see any use in listing the whole catalogue

[Wicked Cricket]

I'm not sure if they have or not. My guess would be no, but their tunes would sound fucking epic with a complete orchestra playing along with them. Hell, I'd go see an orchestra do their songs without any members of sabbath being present. I think they'd go over very well in that medium.

Short answer, NO. THIS WAS DISCUSSED QUITE A LONG TIME AGO, AND I WAS ALWAYS FOR IT, AGREE EPIC! I can see Iommi now, soloing out on Snowblind with the London Philharmonic thunder along, like the album, but only more epic, more awsome! Spiral Architek, and these are only the songs that come to mind that had string arrangements...She's Gone, another... Imagine Under The Sun, I always thought Iommi wrote in orchestrational themes anyway... at least a lot of the stuff sounded that way... opening crushing chords to Sabbath Bloody F'ing Sabbath, Philharmonic thunderring along..! That's something I'd like to see them do IF they reunited for one last hurrah, a full orchestra accompianment.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Of course some of their songs have had the classical treatment. The String Quartet Tribute to Black Sabbath came out in 2002 (I also have their Rush and Iron Maiden tributes!). Not exactly an orchestra, but some of the songs sounded very good. I forget the full track listing but Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Iron Man sounded amazing.

Additionally, there's the "Gregorean Chant" style recording Sabbatum by Rondellus using traditional medieval instruments and sung in Latin! It's not quite so accessible as the String Quartet recording but I remember War Pigs and Juniors Eyes were pretty good. I haven't played either in a while so I can't remember the full track listings.

[Steve152006]

Sabbath is an orchestra!

[svullo]

Tony Iommi could maybe re-record all the black sabbath songs on flute .

[fondula]

It might be appropriate to consider orchestra for a few select songs, but none of those songs are big "hits". Inevitably someone would wish to insert "Paranoid" and other usual suspects, and as good as that material is, most of it is rather minimalist in terms of instrumentation and should stay that way. I would never want to hear an orchestral version of "Sweet Leaf" for example.... ok strike that, I would listen to it, but would probably shake my head afterward.

[Wicked Cricket]

It might be appropriate to consider orchestra for a few select songs, but none of those songs are big "hits". Inevitably someone would wish to insert "Paranoid" and other usual suspects, and as good as that material is, most of it is rather minimalist in terms of instrumentation and should stay that way. I would never want to hear an orchestral version of "Sweet Leaf" for example.... ok strike that, I would listen to it, but would probably shake my head afterward.

I think an orch. version of "Sweet Leaf" would be great! It's one Sabbath's heaviest songs, and despite some people who think the lyrics are a little weird, the song is a crusher.. I can hear the thundering strings already! Iron Man would be epic..too.