Das Rheingol & Viderunt Omnes- melodic movement

Both of these pieces caught my attention with the amount of motion they presented. Das Rheingold started off as eerie and had a  memorial kind of feel to me. Viderunt Omnes was also plain and in a way these were both very understandable because there was one motion happening. By this I mean, there was not tons of harmony that you may have had to dissect. The music was very well received in both pieces. I feel these two songs are comparable because of the sacred and serious feel both of them convey to the audience.