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2011-04-15, 08:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Music to set the mood of the far realm.
Hello. I am DMing a group who are about to go into a temple to the strange entitys in the far realm, and I would like some music to set the mood. Anybody have any good choices in music to get the whole 'otherworldly' feeling going in a group? Even better if it includes quiet ominous chanting .
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2011-04-16, 05:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
Whatever it is, play it backwards. Yes, it will sound dissonant and horrible. The Far Realm is not a nice place, nor a place that plays nice with human[oid] comprehension. Bonus points if you include "Never Gonna Give You Up" and play it backwards. Double bonus points to any player who recognizes it anyway.
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2011-04-16, 05:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJZwOEMuDgs
I find this music omnious and scary, and I think it sounds even scarier backwards.
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2011-04-16, 05:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
The TitanQuest computer game came with a soundtrack CD which I think would suit your purposes well.
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2011-04-16, 05:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
Diablo 1 had the best soundtrack of any game, ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sARLbsAPyA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laoiE...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbJcv...eature=related
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2011-04-16, 05:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
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2011-04-16, 06:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
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2011-04-16, 06:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
Oh yeah, diablo 1 is great.
Baldur's Gate 2 also has some nice tracks. (But all quite short.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAhoY3X8bc8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goUqCRzxYmw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuE25xfSSxA
I also love the Quake soundtrack for such occassion. (I think it was even recommended in a Dragon article once)
Spoilerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9yAT2XwU0Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmHl4P2Gg8c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCxlof03b88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEIwu-nBzOU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULWuuIN6PA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtE1XqFV5YM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XQQZY0pjeU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj0_HnOQGRg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thc0Qr1akxQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ9clU96p24
Silent Hill should also do a good job. But someone did seem to have put a lot of time in blocking almost all Silent Hill music for Europe on youtube, so you'd have to hunt for some samples on your own.Last edited by Yora; 2011-04-16 at 07:14 AM.
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2011-04-16, 07:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
Didn't Trent Reznor do the music for Quake I?
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yes
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2011-04-16, 07:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
I'm guessing the Far Realm is a Lovecraftian place of demonic insanity?
I give you American Mcgee's Alice! Hard to beat for sheer creepy craziness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mhlr...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfi4v7PslKk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI2T1...eature=related
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2011-04-16, 07:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
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2011-04-16, 08:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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We are not standing on the shoulders of giants, but on very tall tower of other dwarves.
Spriggan's Den Heroic Fantasy Roleplaying
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2011-04-16, 10:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
The soundtrack from Dark Corners of the Earth has some good tracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzQJV...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIQ5H...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v1ze...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D5xa...eature=related
It's surprisingly recognizable. Also, not really creepy enough. Maybe if you slowed it down, or used it for a "We're in a really weird place and we're adventuring and it's awesome!" segment.
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2011-04-16, 11:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
Good call with the Penderecki. I was thinking of that piece and was just scrolling through hoping to remember his name.
Also, Piano for Children - Jonny Greenwood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_HTUDQlXak) start at 4:30 and you get some very creepy
sounds that have this huge open feel to them.
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire doesn't have chanting but it does have some very strange sounding melodies sung in german. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veUJx...eature=related)Last edited by Orsen; 2011-04-16 at 11:18 AM.
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2011-04-16, 11:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
American Mcgee's Alice is definately going onto my list.
If you want something really disturbing, then you should try out soundtrack from Akira: 1, 2, 3, 4.
If you want something creepy, but not that insane, then Kilar did a great score for Dracula. Soundtrack from The Witcher might be good as well.
This might be interesting for an opening given the context.
Eversion hits just the right spot, but 8-bit music might not fit a regular RPG session. Yet, if you want to get them really on the edge, play this quietly in the background on a loop.In a war it doesn't matter who's right, only who's left.
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2011-04-16, 12:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
Level 8 is also cool.
Also, Eversion is the only existing Video Game set in the Far Realm.We are not standing on the shoulders of giants, but on very tall tower of other dwarves.
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2011-04-16, 12:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
If you want ominous chanting, try this song by Nox Arcana. Or this one.
Musica Cthulhiana has also some freaky background compositions. There's some free tracks on their website as well.
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2011-04-16, 01:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
1960's "Free Jazz," e.g. Cecil Taylor improvising. (The linked video is definitely not Taylor's weirdest.)
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2011-04-16, 08:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
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2011-04-16, 09:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima by Krzysztof Penderecki.
Edit: Hah, Swordsaged.Last edited by Ormur; 2011-04-18 at 01:20 AM.
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2011-04-17, 12:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
"Outside the ordered universe, that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity—the boundless daemon sultan Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud, and who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time and space amidst the muffled, maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes."
read that to them and let their mind fill it in
i really dont want to know what music composed in the far realm would sound like.
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2011-04-17, 01:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
I was just thinking that. Contemporary dissonant orchestral music is what I think of for the Far Realm.
Black Angels
Rite of Spring might be good.
Basically, it needs to be as disturbing and unearthly as possible. You cannot feel comfortable listening to it.
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2011-04-17, 02:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp6rs...eature=related
Leave it playing in the background.Last edited by Zanzanar; 2011-04-17 at 02:28 PM.
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2011-04-17, 02:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
Wow guys, thanks! I did not expect this much help and I realy appreciate it. I am going to use many of these suggestions tonight and see how they work in the group.
Realy, this fourms are a dream. Everybody is helpful and mods dont screw around. Thanks everybody!
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2011-04-17, 06:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
I'd say some real dark ambient (i.e. the genre dark ambient, not just ambient that is dark).
Arktau Eos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Yw8Qp3w1Q
Camanecroszcope:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43u_dzE9dpU
Oöphoi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyUJ5HpDFdA
Lustmord & Robert Rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khbdKXJJzLw
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2011-04-17, 06:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Music to set the mood of the far realm.
The banshee is a real odd one you can add.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYsvsaIRIM8
If your players ask tell them it is just one piano played in some unusual ways.