Ooo, fun.
Let's see. In no particular order, and excluding obvious Mac-related items like Sara and Beautiful Child:
From Dead Can Dance:
"Song of the Sibyl"
"Cantara" and
"Desert Song" all from the amazing
Toward the Within.
Eh, screw it - actually, the entirety of
Toward the Within. Haha. If I believed in such a thing as the divine in a deity sense, I'd swear up and down that Lisa Gerrard is its mouthpiece. If you've never heard Dead Can Dance before, I urge you to check out those links. I also really love what she did for the movie
Man on Fire.
From Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:
"Oh My Lord" - This is, to me, a perfect song. I'm pretty sure Warren Ellis is the bastard love child of Paganini and Rasputin.
"Into My Arms" and
"The Ship Song" (yes, that's John Cale & Chrissie Hynde on the stage there - at one point in that show, they all do "Ship of Fools" together, very cool).
From Tori Amos:
From Leonard Cohen:
"Dance Me to the End of Love"
Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"
It's just stunning. I love Leonard Cohen with a mad passion, but Buckley's version of his song is so good. I also like John Cale's version, but think Rufus Wainwright ought to knock it the hell off.
From The Sisters of Mercy:
"Some Kind of Stranger"
The gorgeous piece
"The Heart Asks Pleasure First" from Michael Nyman's amazing soundtrack for the movie
The Piano.
ETA: Forgot some! Fear Factory's
"Resurrection" & Opeth's
"Harvest" and anything off of The Gathering's
Mandylion.