Brass Jester
Mongoose
Not so well known:-
March of the Slave Children by John Williams, from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
March of the Slave Children by John Williams, from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Soundtrack for your Games?
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Aholibamah
Mongoose
I would add the band "Rhapsody of Fire" and their various works. This is for those not familiar a Celtic style metal band. I don't always use stuff with lyrics but sometimes it can add a lot of mood if it is not jarring or intrusive. I also recently used Apocalyptica's version of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" during a fight in a river at night.
Willowhugger
Mongoose
I use Man o' War before games but rarely DURING.
;-)
;-)
I try to get some music from the cultures the party is adventuring in at the time. So, as they're in Western Shem, I' have a Putomaya CD on North Aftrican music and a CD of traditional Middle Eastern Oud music.
In general, I like thematic classical music (Scherezade is my favorite).
Usualy, by the time we really get into it, we're all to noisy to pay attention to the music anyway. i just use it as a warm-up for when the players get here and things get started.
In general, I like thematic classical music (Scherezade is my favorite).
Usualy, by the time we really get into it, we're all to noisy to pay attention to the music anyway. i just use it as a warm-up for when the players get here and things get started.
High Lord Dee
Mongoose
I also recommend Midnight Syndicate and Nox Arcana CD's. Great stuff.
I thought I was the master of original soundtracks for gaming before I saw Vincent's list...
Wow!
HLD
I thought I was the master of original soundtracks for gaming before I saw Vincent's list...
Wow!HLD
I have yet to try any background music for my games as some of my players think it might be a little disruptive. If I would play background music at the game table, I would go with the music of Castlevania. They are best when played with real instruments, and they cover a wide range of moods. NightShader1, kazamajin1 and Rey187 each have a good collection of such songs. I find lot of good songs from video games.
Some old school Dr. John, I'm talking circa 1968, the Gris-Gris album, is pretty good mood music for shaman ceremonies, working for either Picts or Black Kingdom shaman. His newer stuff wouldn't work. While very good, it's too funky. But Gris-Gris inspires much tribal imagery when I listen to it.
In case you don't know, Dr. John's "persona" is that of a New Orleans witch doctor. Witchcraft in New Orleans has its roots in the "arts" brought over by the African slaves.
In case you don't know, Dr. John's "persona" is that of a New Orleans witch doctor. Witchcraft in New Orleans has its roots in the "arts" brought over by the African slaves.
serene_muse
Mongoose
bluejay, pretty good (esp. for free! 
) though it seemed a tad repetitive even for a shorter piece. Maybe the same elements but in a longer and more varied piece would work better for me.
More fantasy/medieval music would be fine. 8)
Looks like this link has since changed to:
http://www.cauldron.sk/p_conan_m.html
Liking the tracks so far and less derivative than I was expecting.
) though it seemed a tad repetitive even for a shorter piece. Maybe the same elements but in a longer and more varied piece would work better for me.More fantasy/medieval music would be fine. 8)
Lucius said:But my personal favourite is the soundtrack to the dreadful game, "Conan: The Dark Axe". I emailed the makers, Cauldron, begging them to release the soundtrack. Apparently I wasn't the only one, for several weeks later, I had a reply telling me they were putting them all online for free.It can all be found here
http://www.cauldron.sk/projects/conan/music.html
Looks like this link has since changed to:
http://www.cauldron.sk/p_conan_m.html
Liking the tracks so far and less derivative than I was expecting.
Supplement Four
Mongoose
Children of Dune ost is simply amazing and lends itself well to Conan (with both the "fanstasy" orchestral theme and the middle eastern melody hooks).
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
Hi all, here's a new piece I'm working on...
http://www.jamessemple.com/music/epicjourney2.mp3
Admittedly this is a little short and jumps around as it is to be used as a showreel.
If there's any reasonable interest in me producing more of this music then I might write a full album.
cheers
James
http://www.jamessemple.com/music/epicjourney2.mp3
Admittedly this is a little short and jumps around as it is to be used as a showreel.
If there's any reasonable interest in me producing more of this music then I might write a full album.
cheers
James
