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Musical resources.
Pretty much all of my characters have a Theme Song and my few aborted attempts at running games have featured a lot of linked background music as well as pictures. Inspired by a request by the board's own Nocturnal I've finally decided to start compiling the various musics that have inspired images in my head. This is going to be a work in progress and I encourage you the reader to submit your own ideas for music I should add.
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I have a couple of tracks I’d like to share with all of you. I would like to introduce to you Apocalyptica: a Finnish electric celli quartet. They’ve mostly made instrumental tracks, but have also include singers like Sandra Nasic (Guarno Apes) and Metallica covers in their repertoire.
There are other tracks I’d like you all to hear: Struggle Hope Path Until it Sleeps (Metallica cover) Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover) |
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Very cool. I've been thinking about putting more music in my posts for a while, although I haven't been a DM yet and that seems like the best opportunity to use music. I'm going to throw some out in a jumble for now...
More coming...WIP Last edited by Sir Alex; Sep 1st, 2012 at 09:21 AM. |
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Great list so far. I would add the Tron OST, any of the Dark Knight Trilogy OSTs, Massive Attack's "Angel" and "Dissolved Girl", and Rob D's "Clubbed to Death" off the Matrix OST.
I'll think of more and post them when I'm at a computer instead of my gf's iPad. |
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Hello Reds...
Maybe this thread could/should/would be combined with THIS THREAD in general? Lots of good stuff in both! DiG
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If I were to add actual music, the list would be too long, so I will elect something different: Ambiance!
RainyMood is just fantastic no matter which way you use it. It's a loop of about 15 minutes of rain in a pretty decent thunderstorm, and I've used it to great effect in my IRL games. I imagine it would be great in your threads as well, no matter who you are. Meanwhile, if you want something more specific, I point you in direction of Go Mix It! You can combine sounds and bring them in for different regularities. Like, say you wanted to have a fireside chat with your players, you could produce something like this. Or if it was raining for another fireside chat, you could get this. The best part is that they let you save it and store it on their website. Good dungeon sounds can be found all around, especially if you want them to be creepy. My favorite dungeon ambiance, or horror in general, is Lustmord, whose music like this sounds very disheartening and gets tension up like crazy. The music is what it is because he goes into caves/urban settings/places with great acoustics, and blasts off electronic sounds, then records their echo and their effects before mixing them. I've also found he's good for space, via this or this. It's kind of relaxing, if you let it be, but it doesn't mix with dark rooms. Meanwhile, he also does pretty awesome remixes, like this one of Tool's Parabola. If you're into a grown man moaning for 11 minutes, it's great. Which is good for cultists and Call of Cthulhu-like settings. There's also Endless YouTube, where you input a song and it loops it; technically, you can loop a particular part, but I've never figured out how to get it to link after you've looped it. I'm sure someone out there could, though.
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Finally did a little updating. Thanks for the feedback for those who've given some.
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Might I suggest anything composed for those crazy old Hammer films, especially if it was by a fellow called Harry Robinson? This is from Twins of Evil, in which sexy vampires get their kit off rather a lot, and Peter Cushing consistently burns the wrong witch. Pin back your ears:
http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/down...n%20Theme).mp3
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This looks like a very useful thread, I'm glad someone started it.
I'm curious what people think about lyrical vs. non-lyrical music as theme music. I've seen some of both posted here, and was curious what people's thoughts were on the pros and cons of each. The whole idea of theme music is a bit new to me, so I'm interested to hear what others think. As far as my contribution to this thread, two words: Lisa Gerrard. She has pieces that could work for either lyrical or non-lyrical, though her style will only match certain moods (mainly the moodier moods). If you ever have a need for such in your campaign, check her out. I'm actually afraid that if I start DMing and using mood music, everything I pick could be one of her songs. So I'm glad this thread is here to provide a bit of diversity for me.
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Lisa Gerrard is among my favorite artists to utilize; Dead Can Dance is my favorite band, hands down (saw them live in Austin a few months ago; absolutely amazing night). I prefer Brendan Perry of the duo, but Lisa's solo stuff is much better than his and great for D&D, especially Gladiator. She has a powerful voice, and it really helps that, unless DCD or Lisa are singing a particular song, it's all in Essentially speaking in tonguesglossolalia, so it's very universal. And there's nothing wrong with building a soundtrack of universally one artist, if anything that ensures consistency. The only problem with the consistency theory with Lisa Gerrard/Dead Can Dance is that they have a high degree of diversity in style and mood, shifting between so many different cultures.
On the topic of lyrics vs. non-lyrics, I support both. I know most people really oppose non-lyrics, because lyrics are distracting to the written word of the game (or in real life game, distracts when the players start singing). If that were true, why do they use songs in movies or TV series that have lyrics? They use it to enhance the emotion of a scene. I plan on using a lyrical song that I think sums up the mood of a situation in my flagship game here pretty soon, and I think it's overall better than anything I could have used non-lyrically. Overall, I think it just comes down to laziness when people don't want to use non-lyrical songs, with a side of pretension. Use what works. If a scene calls for good travel music, you can use Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, or Nobuo Uematsu, or you can use Led Zeppelin, Dead Can Dance, or The Killers in the same capacity. But you can ruin a scene by picking the wrong song just as easily. That's my take, anyway.
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I saw her about five or six years ago in Boulder and she was pretty amazing. One of the best concerts I ever went to. I mentioned her instead of Dead Can Dance, because you can pretty clearly get away with using her as nonlyrical music, whereas Dead Can Dance has more lyrics that are actually words (and also more influence from different musical cultures, as you mentioned). I actually don't like her music from Gladiator as much as some other stuff, which is a bit ironic as what better source for an RPG. It just seems like she tones it down a bit for movie music, but maybe that's just me.
If lyrical music is on the table, I'm thinking and I'm pretty sure I can even find one without a train reference.Johnny Cash has a lot of good songs for a prisoners adventure...
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Damn, thanks for saying Lustmord! That's some fantastic stuff!
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Sadly, there appears to have been a purge of Lustmord stuff on YouTube as of late, I think he's getting after people who post his music.
Of late, and as a resource, I'd suggest any and everyone listen to the Battlestar Galactica soundtracks, namely from the series and strongest with Seasons 1-3. The miniseries isn't by the same guy, and I haven't had a chance to explore Razor or the other series yet. It's incredibly diverse stuff, and is suitable for just about any game, even the lyrical stuff.
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I've been using Bear McCreary stuff for a while. I noticed the Lustmord purge, too, and was saddened by it. I'll try and find it in other places.
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