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10 songs that feel like Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"

Matched to Symphony No. 6 "Tragic" by Gustav Mahler 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. 6 "Tragic"
Gustav Mahler
intense 88/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 142 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (90/100).

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Manfred Symphony — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 100 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

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Sacrificial Dance — Igor Stravinsky intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War — Gustav Holst intense 120 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It sits a little calmer at 81/100. Same complex texture.

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Like Herod — Mogwai intense 80 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and sits a little calmer at 79/100.

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Lux Aeterna — Clint Mansell intense 120 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 76/100. Same complex texture.

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Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 — Sergei Rachmaninoff intense 100 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Measured 89% alike.

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Things to Come — Dizzy Gillespie intense 140 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It sits a little calmer at 78/100. Same complex texture.

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A U R O R A — Ben Frost intense 130 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (85/100).

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Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 138 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 82/100. Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Symphony No. 6 "Tragic" is more than you want right now.

Hateful by The Clash
Hateful — The Clash moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10. Intensity 49/100, down from 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Ohio — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 128 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10, so it lands at 50/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Bring the Boys Back Home by Pink Floyd
Bring the Boys Back Home — Pink Floyd moderate 120 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 10. Reads 60/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Woman in Chains by Tears for Fears
Woman in Chains — Tears for Fears moderate 104 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. 58/100, versus the original's 88.

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 10. Intensity 58/100, down from 88.

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CPR — Wet Leg moderate 130 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 8 where the original climbs to 10, so it lands at 86/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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I've Gotta Get a Message to You — Bee Gees moderate 120 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 10. Reads 60/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Los Ageless — St. Vincent moderate 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. 59/100, versus the original's 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"” by Gustav Mahler?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"” by Ludwig van Beethoven, “Manfred Symphony” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “Sacrificial Dance” by Igor Stravinsky — the top match scores 96% 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. 6 "Tragic"” but calmer?

“Hateful” by The Clash, “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Bring the Boys Back Home” by Pink Floyd keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"”?

It measures 88/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 10/10, complex texture, extreme 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 98% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 88/100 comes from a dynamic range of 10/10, complex texture, extreme 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 100% 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.

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What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus2/10
Workout9/10
Dinner3/10
Party / hype9/10

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

1904 in context

The 4 songs we’ve measured from 1904 average a dynamic range of 7.8/10. At 10/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity88
Dynamics100
Tempo44
Surprise100
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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