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10 songs that feel like Symphony No. 40 in G minor

Matched to Symphony No. 40 in G minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
intense 66/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Violin Concerto in D Major — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Death and the Maiden — Franz Schubert intense 120 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 60/100. Same layered texture.

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Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Johannes Brahms intense 130 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Heroic Polonaise — Frédéric Chopin intense 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Same layered texture.

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Symphony No. 5 in E minor — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 120 BPM

A 80% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (70/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Symphony No. 7 in A Major — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 120 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 60/100. Same layered texture.

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We Almost Lost Detroit — Gil Scott-Heron intense 95 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — sits a little calmer at 60/100. Measured 82% alike.

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Isle of the Dead — Sergei Rachmaninoff intense 66 BPM

Measures 85% the same. It sits a little calmer at 60/100. Same layered texture.

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Rienzi Overture — Richard Wagner intense 120 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Don't Believe the Fife — Mogwai moderate 90 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 51/100. Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Symphony No. 40 in G minor is more than you want right now.

Pieces of a Man by Gil Scott-Heron
Pieces of a Man — Gil Scott-Heron moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 50/100, down from 66.

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Loser — Grateful Dead moderate 95 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 47/100 — the pull without the edge.

Before We Drown by Depeche Mode
Before We Drown — Depeche Mode moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 58/100.

My Cosmos Is Mine by Depeche Mode
My Cosmos Is Mine — Depeche Mode moderate 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 67/100, versus the original's 66.

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
Meat Is Murder — The Smiths moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 58/100, down from 66.

Pagan Poetry by Björk
Pagan Poetry — Björk moderate 92 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 30/100 — the pull without the edge.

Working for the Man by Roy Orbison
Working for the Man — Roy Orbison moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 46/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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I've Gotta Get a Message to You — Bee Gees moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 60/100, versus the original's 66. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Symphony No. 40 in G minor” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Violin Concerto in D Major” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “Death and the Maiden” by Franz Schubert, “Hungarian Dance No. 5” by Johannes Brahms — the top match scores 99% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Symphony No. 40 in G minor” but calmer?

“Pieces of a Man” by Gil Scott-Heron, “Loser” by Grateful Dead, “Before We Drown” by Depeche Mode keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Symphony No. 40 in G minor”?

It measures 66/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 9/10, layered texture, frequent sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 120 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 87% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 66/100 comes from a dynamic range of 9/10, layered texture, frequent shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 96% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, calmer: Don't Believe the Fife — Mogwai

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus4/10
Workout8/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype7/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity66
Dynamics89
Tempo44
Surprise75
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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