There’s a great wave of new, fresh, creative, beautiful arrangements of old hymns. These are the top 5 that I’ve found, please comment below if you have any others you’d like to nominate.
1. Jesus Paid It All – Chad Gardner (Mars Hill Good Friday Live)
I think I listened to this on repeat for a week straight. One of the most powerful arrangements I’ve ever heard of one of the most powerful worship songs ever written. Hard to beat that.
If any are interested in a loop for this arrangement I have one published.
2. Battle Hymn Of The Republic – Page CXVI (Hymns II)
Page CXVI has plenty of awesome arrangements but this is one of the more surprising ones. I didn’t expect to be blown away like I was with this arrangement. It’s hard to rock this one with it’s march shuffle rhythm, but they found a way. When the chorus opens up it’s a beautiful thing.
Other killer songs from their Volume I Hymns album: Nothing But the Blood, Joy
3. Come Thou Fount – Coram Deo Church (Doxology)
Vocals on this are just killer, the lead male vocal channeled his inner Rufus Wainright perfectly. Probably the simplest arrangement on this list, but all the great arrangements of this song I’ve heard are simple, it’s just the way this song was meant to be played I think.
4. I Sing the Mighty Power of God – Ex Nihilo (Rain City Hymnal)
So many great songs of this album, but this arrangement builds on each verse just so well and when it eventually goes for it towards the end, the pay off was well worth the build up. Also for you more adventurous types that dig some electronica, there’s a Sandman Theory Remix of this that’s awesome!
Other killer songs from this album: Doxology (The Northern Conspiracy), The Solid Rock (E-pop), Here Is Love (Ex Nihilo)
5. How Deep The Father’s Love For Us – Chad Gardner (Mars Hill Good Friday Live)
It’s only appropriate that this Mars Hill’s Good Friday Service sit as the bookends to this list. I said before I think that set is probably the best worship set I’ve heard start to finish. Just absolutely incredible.
So what songs did I miss that deserved a mention?
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Trinity Grace Church's version of Come Thou Fount is incredible. I love the chorus they wrote for it.
Proto Evangelion's All Creatures Of Our God And King or What Wondrous Love Is This. Awesome! http://protoevangelion.bandcamp.com/
My recent post Dimly Lit- 1 All Creatures Of Our God And King
Ascend The Hill just released a new album (pay what you want) and it's all hymns. It's pretty incredible. You can download it at http://www.comeandlive.com
Yeah I've been digging this album, someone just showed it to me yesterday. Great stuff
Is there any way you can make a How deep the fathers love loop? That would be much apreciated!
It's been on my to-do list for some time. I'll get around to it one of these days.