tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935997561931650289.post1329376919253036597..comments2024-03-28T02:56:48.844-04:00Comments on Tower of the Archmage: Gaming MusicDavid The Archmagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649391406526258069noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935997561931650289.post-59040462480098870452011-12-05T10:37:32.038-05:002011-12-05T10:37:32.038-05:00I go through phases where I play music in the back...I go through phases where I play music in the background of our sessions. I prefer less bombastic music and more background atmospheric so as not to distract too much from the table-play. My current playlist includes:<br /><br />Dark Shadows soundtrack 1 & 2<br />Age of Conan (CD from the video game - great stuff)<br />Conan the Barbarian (Basil Podorus)<br />The Two Towers (select pieces)<br />Necronomicon by Nox Arcanabliss_infintehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433733609487959653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935997561931650289.post-54788855754607154852011-12-05T10:33:30.148-05:002011-12-05T10:33:30.148-05:00I'm a big proponent of using music in my D&...I'm a big proponent of using music in my D&D games. I've used all sorts of stuff--doom metal, punk, goth, industrial, cabaret, ambient--but I am increasingly leaning toward using classical music played softly in the background. <br /><br />For the types of games I tend to run (Weird Gothic Fantasy D&D) there is a ton of evocative-yet-non-intrusive stuff that really sets the mood: Schubert's Death and the Maiden, Ravel's Le Giget, Saint-Saen's Danse Macabre, Bach's cello pieces, etc. <br /><br />I'll have a post about classical music on my blog sometime this week, in fact.Jack Guignolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05226738666709754348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935997561931650289.post-23182231545600470652011-12-05T10:29:02.549-05:002011-12-05T10:29:02.549-05:00I've been using the Conan soundtracks (Barbari...I've been using the Conan soundtracks (Barbarian and Destroyer), plus Ravel's Bolero, the band Apocalyptica (Metallica done on strings), and Rimsky-Korsakoff. We've used the Fight Club soundtrack and 13th Warrior soundtrack, too.<br /><br />I can't find my CD of Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky suite, but it's ideal - the Conan score draws influence from it.<br /><br />Generally I avoid lyrics for the same reason you do - distracting. They'll distract me even if the players don't mind. But I am looking to expand my music, too.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935997561931650289.post-55952395371448333062011-12-05T07:04:40.392-05:002011-12-05T07:04:40.392-05:00I don't play any music at all, and never reall...I don't play any music at all, and never really did. At the moment, this is because one game is played in a pub so we have no control over such things, and the other is played on-line and music would be too distracting from the voice-chat, if it worked at all.Simon Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243845335993440168noreply@blogger.com