Classical music rearranged into pirate shanties and it has absolutely no right sounding this good. Sea of Thieves Shanty Selects Vol. 2 takes Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries and turns them into crew singalongs with concertinas and hurdy-gurdies.
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"1812" keeps the bombastic energy of the original but filters it through tavern instruments and drunken harmonies that make the whole thing feel like a celebration on the open sea. "Ride of the Valkyries" somehow works even better as a shanty.
The melody translates perfectly to that call-and-response sailor format. Two tracks again but the concept alone is gold. If you ever wanted to hear Wagner performed by pirates, this is literally the only place to get that.