music to build by

[Rotipher of the FoS]

Now, that's about as un-Ravenlofty a musical genera as anyone could select! Even salsa would at least work for Souragne a bit....

It's corny, but I sometimes find that listening to sad pop ballads -- you know, the ultra-weepy ones about how the singer can't live/sleep/bear it without whatever-her/his-name-is -- is helpful when I'm concocting tragic backstories for sympathetic ghosts, imperiled NPCs, etc.

[Le Noir Faineant]

Let'S face it: We are children of the night in matters of gaming and matters of music...

*bwahahaha*

[Gremmith Mi]

I find that most stuff that has lyrics is distracting, but music really helps with the mood when put on at the right moment.

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R&B, rap, hip-hop, and the like don't really suit the mood of RL... But, if you made a domain that had the darklord 'Notorious B.I.G.' and his mortal enemy 'Tupac'...

::Scutters off to his workshop, a new campaign in the making::

[Ultramyth]

I think anything with vocals, unless it's maybe opera or in a different language (i.e., one none of your players can understand enough of to find distracting), is inappropriate.

Then again, sometimes, music is distracting. I remember one star wars session my GM played the soundtrack and I just found myself listening to the music instead of what he had to say...

[Le Noir Faineant]

Talking about ambient/classic music. what do you think of Nobuo Uematsu, mastermind behind some of the greates video game soundtracks up to date?

-Not that I was much of gamer, but I've come to really like his stuff!

[Ultramyth]

His stuff is awesome. My personal favourite is Terra from FF6. But it's not really appropriate to Ravenloft. Although there are a few. Too bad not all of them have been fully orchastrated like Terra.

Sepiroth would be good for a bad guy. I think also Reunion (I think (also from FF7)) might fit in, but it's just a glorified midi...

[Le Noir Faineant]

The *War of Genesis III Part II* Soundtrack is also a masterpiece, not to mention *Chrono Cross* OST.

Just check it out! It's a bit geeky to listen to such music, but apart from my everyday metal-load, it's really nice to have something so melodious in your repertoire...

[Gremmith Mi]

Nobue Uematsu is my god. The chrono trigger soundtrack, whilst a bit dated by today's standards, is the single best 'heroic music' album ever made.

If you're looking for something witha bit more of a creepy/ravenloft vibe, have a look for 'One Winged Angel', the orchestral version, from FF: Advent Children. If you don't focus on the choir mumbling 'Sephiroth' every so often, it's some of the best music ever recorded....


*ahem* I should probably pull in my out-of-control Uematsu fanboyishness...

[Le Noir Faineant]

Once one has picked up fandom of this publically acclaimed master classic orchestrated music, it#s difficult not to be too enthusiastic with him.

He's one of the great geniuses of our time, without a doubt...