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By: Campaign Props - Music | AlfredBonnabel.com

Campaign Props - Music | AlfredBonnabel.com — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:48:24 +0000

[...] the first one to talk about music and roleplaying games. The subject has been broached on several occasions before by bigger names. I have not, however, weighed in on the subject yet myself and so here we [...]

By: Slynt

Slynt — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:30:24 +0000

Here's some good tips from my own campaign:
http://moonguard.wetpaint.com/page/The+Soundtrack

You may note that some of the most obvious soundtracks for fantasy gaming are underrepresented (such as 'Conan the Barbarian', 'Braveheart', 'Gladiator', 'The Lord of the Rings'…) but that's because we used them so much in our previous campaign
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By: Rob "The GIT&qu

Rob "The GIT&qu — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:48:59 +0000

I also strongly recommend The 13th Warrior soundtrack; we've used it a lot in our fantasy setting rpg's and it works well alongside the Conan soundtrack by Basil Poledouris.

Talking of Basil Poledouris many feel that his Conan the Destroyer soundtrack was below par and that Flesh and Blood was far superior. I'm inclined to agree and recommend the Flesh and Blood soundtrack as well.

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By: Mad Brew Labs » Finding Inspiration in Sound

Mad Brew Labs » Finding Inspiration in Sound — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:32:13 +0000

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Finding Inspiration in Sound « MadBrewLabs — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:36:21 +0000

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By: amatriain

amatriain — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:49:04 +0000

Oh, I didn't know there were two versions of this theme. You're right, Requiem for a Tower is much more rpg- (and movie-) worthy

By: Crom

Crom — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:50:02 +0000

Recording sucks, but you get the idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF1iZH1F40s

By: Crom

Crom — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:33:32 +0000

I mean Requiem for a Tower, "based on" the song Requiem for a Dream by Clint Mansell…. if you can call it "based on" I guess. Uses the same theme, but incredibly more "epic" in feeling. The original is very good as well.

By: amatriain

amatriain — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:47:41 +0000

I think you mean "Requiem for a Dream" by Clint Mansell.

By: Crom

Crom — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:59:02 +0000

Requiem for a Tower is also an intensely powerful song… used in a Lord of the Rings trailor, I've heard it being used in few new trailers, including the TV trailer for 21, and the opening music for an NBA game. It can be hard to find. You can youtube it though to just listen to the song.

By: Stargazer

Stargazer — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:38:45 +0000

@Crom: I know the Children of Dune soundtrack and I love it. But I’ll have to check out that “Age of Conan” soundtrack.

By: Stargazer

Stargazer — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:11:11 +0000

@Questing GM: I am a great fan of Nobuo Uematsu, but I was looking for more generic tunes suitable to a lot of situations in roleplaying. The “Tiger & Dragon” soundtrack is great too. To be honest, there are hundreds of albums I could recommend and these 5 just made the list. BUT there will be more articles to come.

By: amatriain

amatriain — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:00:52 +0000

The soundtrack for the Witcher game is pretty good too. And the soundtrack for the Rome TV series (both seasons) is simply awesome.

By: Questing GM

Questing GM — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:52:14 +0000

No love for Asian composers?

By: Jeff Rients

Jeff Rients — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:32:26 +0000

I clicked through from RPGbloggers thinking to myself "If Conan the Barbarian isn't mentioned then I'll have to give this guy what for."

By: Crom

Crom — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:35:15 +0000

Consider Children of Dune by Brian Tyler, and the new soundtrack from the Age of Conan MMO. I think you will be pleased with both.

By: Donny_the_DM

Donny_the_DM — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:27:16 +0000

The stereotypical celtic sounds work well for overland travels…Clannad is a good pick for that.

The crow Original score works really well too.

Lately it's been the LotR triligy OST, set on random repeat. Fills the dead space well.

For battles? Rob Zombie or White zombie – the odd timing, and driving beats keep everyone amped up…definitely heavy metal for fights.

By: Ripper X

Ripper X — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:33:37 +0000

I've got kids, so usually the sound tracks for my games is either Shrek or the ever popular, "I wanna glass of water." that the kids love to sing so much.

I do use music for writing dungeons, I head on down to the Library and they have tons of music available to borrow (and steal, ARG!)

World music is awesome! Romanian folk, African Tribal chanting and drums, Asian melodies. Anything historic works well, now if I could only play it DURING the games, wouldn't that be something?

By: Dave T. Game

Dave T. Game — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:22:39 +0000

Big fan of using music in my games, and you've already suggested a few I didn't have- so I'll be following these columns.