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Ulrik
Acolyte
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 Posted - 20 Jan 2011 : 16:54:48
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Hey gang...
Can anyone recommend a song or piece of music that could stand as the sad yet hauntingly lovely and ghostly song of the Elfsong Tavern?
Most of the music i use while i DM is ambient or else from an obscure source - it sort of breaks the suspension of disbelief if everyone stops and goes, "Hey, this is the theme from (x)!" so i never play the LOTR soundtrack, for example... i'd like to find something that isn't obviously from a well known movie or artist.
i don't know much about medieval/renaissance music, but i figure something in that vein would work. i did download some pieces from iTunes from a group/album called "Anonymous 4/The Second Circle: Love Songs of Francesco Landini" - the women singing are nice, but unfortunately, each piece features multiple voices, and the Elfsong should really just be one voice...
i tried looking up info on the Baulder's Gate Dark Alliance soundtrack (i don't know if any of my players have played this game, but i don't think they would recognize the audio) but i've had no luck finding anywhere to download that song you hear when you first enter the tavern.
Any ideas? i figure there must be a group that does fantasy stuff - maybe even going so far as to sing in elven...
P.S. - No "Dead Can Dance"... i dig them, but they are too recognizable in this group...
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Rhewtani
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 20 Jan 2011 : 16:56:51
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 21 Jan 2011 : 01:22:16
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Hmmm. Just about anything from Abney Park's The Death of Tragedy would probably work.
Even more useful, I believe, [and since I've used this music in a similar capacity before] would be the instrumental tracks on Songs From A World Apart by Armand Amar & Lévon Minassian. I'd recommend, particularly, the songs "The Winds Have Dropped" and "Those Were Good Times." All suitably earthy, and surprisingly elven-like in parts. |
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LordArcana
Seeker
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Posted - 21 Jan 2011 : 20:57:26
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Black Aria by Glen Danzig
Anything by Frederic Chopin is good for a heavy moody tune. Turned down low it makes great mood background music. Played this for a ravenloft campaign once... gave it a great feel. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 22 Jan 2011 : 00:51:53
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Originally posted by LordArcana
Black Aria by Glen Danzig
Anything by Frederic Chopin is good for a heavy moody tune. Turned down low it makes great mood background music. Played this for a ravenloft campaign once... gave it a great feel.
Oooh! I'll second Chopin. Particularly his chamber music pieces. Good stuff!  |
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Alystra Illianniis
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LordArcana
Seeker
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Posted - 22 Jan 2011 : 12:14:29
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Midnight Syndicate has some really great D&D music albums! I had almost forgotten them, but was just reminded of the Born of the Night CD that is burned onto my X-Box. That one is great for a horror/Ravenloft campaign, and they have some standard fantasy-mood albums too!
~::: Thank you i forgot that one too. The Insane Asylum sounds are very creepy. I actually had one of my players ask if we could turn it off it was starting to freak her out :) |
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Music of the Realms - Elfsong Tavern
