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Gray Richardson
Master of Realmslore
USA
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 Posted - 20 Aug 2006 : 07:44:03
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I play music at low volume in the background for most games. I pretty much use only soundtracks. I have a bunch of mix CD's with themes from a lot of different movies. I don't tend to use the whole soundtracks, because there are invariably pieces that are inappropriate or distracting from play, so I pick and choose the best songs and make mixes. I equalize the volume levels on all the tracks when I burn them to disk.
My favorite soundtracks:
Conan
Stargate (the movie)
Crimson Skies
Backdraft
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Holst's Planets (Mars, Jupiter and Neptune especially)
Best of Wagner
Best of John Williams
Carmina Burana (only selected songs)
Willow
Midnight Syndicate D&D Soundtrack
Baldurs Gate
Lord of the Rings (including the main theme from the Bakshi movie and the Lord of the Rings Symphony No. 1 by Johan de Meij)
Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow
Somtimes the most recognizable themes (such as the Indiana Jones main theme) are very distracting, so I find the lesser known and quieter, more incidental pieces are better for setting a mood. |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2006 : 08:11:11
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| I have trouble thinking without some music in the background, but with me it has to be something familiar or else I get distracted by small sounds from outside. Other than that the type of music has little to say; I have had everything between Chopin and Schumann to Deep Purple and Foghat on during gaming. Robert Johnson (and other delta blues) and Yes (and other prog-rockers of the more experimental sort)will usually distract players. |
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stormcrow1618
Acolyte
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Posted - 23 Aug 2006 : 04:15:41
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Originally posted by Drizzt Do Urden
Nice music to use is Movie Music (Gladiator / LOTR, TTT) and some {Fantasy}Metal like Blind Guardian / Iced Earth...
I think Gothic Metal suits well to (Nightwish, After Forever, Within Temptation) The last two are Dutch Bands, the First is Swedish (so i believe)
I think some new age songs from Enya and Enigma are working as well...
Nightwish is Finnish, actually. Just a random bit of trivia from the Vault of Useless Knowledge (TM) |
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Kaewin
Acolyte
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - 05 May 2007 : 12:02:21
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Music enchances the mode of what you do. Adding a touch in the background can brighten the mood or bring it down. I love music as a backdrop for my game. It always seems to make it run more smoothly. It gives it a more cinematic feel. When we play D&D we of course break out the Lord of the Rings and Midnight Syndicate. For the WoD I generally play the crow soundtracks, the score form the first, End of Days soundtrack, the Stigmata soundtrack and some nature cds I have.
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1073 Posts |
Posted - 05 May 2007 : 12:37:16
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I really love music while playing, and black and white candles. .. 
This is some of the songs, on a list made by four different role-playing groups.
Made by Arik Witchson and victor Ograygor
Thay and that region :
Cirque du Soléil – Mysteria
Egypt - Enta Omri
Loreena McKennith - Sun over Thay
Sima Bina - Saghi Nameh & Sufi Nameh
Sufi - Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Whirling - La Ilaha Il Allah ( Ilahi )
Sufi Dialogue - Egyptian Nile Music
Sufi_Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Whirling - Moment Of Doubt
Wolf_Hoffmann - Classical – Arabian dance
Dan Lacksman's Alliance - Louxor In Vegas
Jesse Cook - On Walks The Night
Angels of Venice
Corvus Corax
Temple :
Temple - Jan garbarek & the hilliard ensemble – sanctus
Temple - Medieval – Hildegard
Temple - Medieval Babes - E volentieri – Undrentide
Temple - Medieval Babes – Gaudete
Princess of Wales – Alleluia
Princess of Wales – Bells
Princess of Wales - The Commendation
Princess of Wales - Verdi- Libera me
Princess of Wales - The Lord's Prayer
Princess of Wales - Words of Thought
Mood music :
Varouje - Heart of Darkness
James - Medieval
Celtic - Medieval Drum Dance
The Celtic - The Mermaid's Tears
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
France
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
1089 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2007 : 04:50:46
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I'll throw out a few of my favorite gaming CDs:
Neptune Towers: Caravans to Empire Algul
Hammers of Misfortune: The Bastard
Warhorse: Warhorse
Slogh Feg: Atavism
Mastodon: Leviathan
Mastodon: Blood Mountain
Sleep: Jerusalem
High on Fire: Blessed Black Wings
3 Inches of Blood: Advance and Vanquish (With songs like Destroy the Orcs, you can't go wrong)
Crash Worship: Asesinos
At the Gates: Slaughter of the Soul
Bathory: Blood Fire Death
Bathory: Hammerheart
Ved Buens Ende: Written in Waters
300 Soundtrack
Conan Soundtrack
Suspiria Soundtrack (anything by Goblin for that matter)
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Darkmeer
Senior Scribe
USA
505 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2007 : 05:25:17
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hmmm,
In General
Disney's Three Musketteers (minus track One),
Braveheart,
Celtic Twilight (I like 5),
Final Fantasy Soundtrack (From FF 5/6 Playstation revamp)
Various Techno sounds,
Matrix Soundtrack
Battle music:
"The Kids aren't alright" by the Offspring pops to mind immediately (old gaming group reference to Shadowrun),
but otherwise:
Hammerfall (the album with Legacy of Kings),
Green Day (Nimrod),
MTV Celebrity Deathmatch Soundtrack
Pirates of the Caribbean Soundtrack
Conan Soundtrack
Anything by Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphys (I especially like Bar room Hero & Hail Hail the Gang's All here).
That about covers it, although some limerick & other comedy is thrown in during "bar scenes." I also have a couple of "mixes" that I like to use, currently thinking about making another...
Whew! That's a lot of music.
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LucianBarasu
Fellaren-Krae Co-ordinator
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2007 : 00:51:36
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When I DM, the Laptop is connected and sitting to the right of the screen.
I have playlists set up depending on where they are in a game
Playlists include:
-Dungeon music
-Battle music
-Town music
-Scary music
-Travel music
-Misc music
CDs in the list:
- Conan the barbarian/destroyer OST - a must have for any game with combat
- Gladiator soundtrack - great travel music, or even battle music
- LOTR (3 CDs of OSTracks) - great mix of town music, travel music, and battle music
- Braveheart OST - battle music, travel music, town music
- Vampire the Masquerade computer game OST - hard to get, but great scary music and town music
- Silent Hill 1,2,3 video game soundtracks - scary scary scary music..great for dungeons
- King Arthur movie OSTrack - great battle music and travel music
- Krull OST (dating myself or what?) Not KULL, KRULL -bad movie, good soundtrack - town music, battle music.
- Clive Barker's Nightbreed movie OST - Battle music, scary and dungeon music.
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Fellaren Krae Project Co-Ordinator
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Edited by - LucianBarasu on 10 Aug 2007 00:53:38 |
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