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I use background music during my gaming sessions, and I would love to hear what the Paizo folks think would make good music for Rise of the Runelords. Something like the iDragon mixes from Dragon 355 would be awesome!
And to the rest of the forum-goers, what music do you think would be appropriate for this Path? What would be a good theme song for Sandpoint, for example, or a good goblin battle track?
I think in this they are supposed to be taken seriously. I'd prefer something nice and horrifying. Maybe [u]The Church Battle[/u] from Elfman's Sleepy Hollow.
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I dunno; I like the idea of the Goblin music being music that sounds fun and crazy, yet has undertones of being sadistic.
For this specific feel, try the soundtrack to American McGee's Alice. I use some of it in my DND music playlist, and my players would ask "what's that from?" so often that it finally became the in thing to do every time one of the tracks played.
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I dunno; I like the idea of the Goblin music being music that sounds fun and crazy, yet has undertones of being sadistic.For this specific feel, try the soundtrack to American McGee's Alice.
Aaaaaah! Great minds think alike! Yes, American McGee's Alice has some wonderfully disturbing music. :-)
the soundtrack from 'gladiator' also works wonders.
Soundtracks are a DM's best friend... Gladiator, Braveheart, King Arthur, LotR, Alexander, The Last of the Mohicans... even more modern movies such as the Rock, Con Air and Batman Begins have wonderful scores that can be used as theme music.
My preferred method is loading my background music onto my iPod before sessions, and connecting it to a sound system. I keep the iPod close to me, and if a track really doesn't fit what we're doing (like Enya in the midst of a battle), it's easy for me to change it.
the soundtrack from 'gladiator' also works wonders.
really, any Hans Zimmer is good for D&D. If you liked this, check out Dead Can Dance, as the vocalist from both is Lisa Gerard.
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My group enjoys music a la Video Game style, with quieter serene music for cities and role-playing and intense music for combat, so I actually did download the soundtrack for differant games. the world and exploring music and individual themes from FF7 and 8 work well for quieter music, and I use the Halo/Halo2 soundtracks for battle music...not very varied, but the players like it. i'll prolly keep this up for pathfinder too.
And for anything taking place underground, or in a tomb, or in a crypt, or in a ...you get the idea, Gregorian Chanting is your best friend.
I dunno; I like the idea of the Goblin music being music that sounds fun and crazy, yet has undertones of being sadistic.
This reminds me of "24 HOURS OPEN" from the Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Soundtrack. It's elevator music, but with a bankrobbery going on in the background. It's light and whimsical, and then you hear screams and gunfire and explosions and alarms. lol
For any kind of weird Goblin fight, I suggest Jerry Goldsmith's music from the film Gremlins, particularly the "Gremlin Rag".
I used it for the first encounters in Sandpoint, and it worked quite fine.
Best regards, Daniel
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I intend to use Flight of the Bumble Bees for the opening goblin fight in Sandpoint. I haven't decided on all the others yet.
I was thinking Night on Bald Mountain for the Goblin in the Closet fight, but I expect that fight to be a little too short to warrant Bald Mountain. Maybe the opening chords to Beethoven's Fifth - a standard I've used many times in the past to indicate a change in tone...
As you may note, my tastes run to the classical. My players have grown accustomed to that, and we practically have a language developed for what composers indicate what mood. Lots of good stuff out there...
Drew Garrett
I enjoy the Dungeon & Dragons soundtrack from Midnight Syndicate.
I include a soundtrack from the Icewind Dale CD-Rom game.
Then I added the Lord of the Rings Trilogy soundtrack.
I think the first goblin fight is zany enough for any of the above choices. I think my music choices should work, but I completely forgot about music. We were enjoying the Pathfinder adventure so much we just didn't think about music like we normally do when roleplaying.
The Conan soundtrack has some good pompous and over the top battle music on it.
I agree with Danny Elfman for the goblin battle music. Many of his opening themes would make great semi-silly battle themes.