Ulrick
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Greetings,
On December 10 and 11, 2011, I ran my final two sessions of a campaign story arc that's been in development for ten years.
The sessions centered on the characters defending a holy city from a vast superior hegemonic force--very similar to the hosts of Sauron besieging Minas Tirith, the forces under Mehmet II attacking Constantinople, or the Emperor Xerxes sending his "1,000 nations" against the 300 Spartans. The besieging forces had superior technologies (equivalent to 16th Century Europe--or The Empire from Warhammer Fantasy Battles), while the besiegers possessed technologies based on the Hundred Years' War.
In the end, most of the characters perished, and the city did fall, but the characters ultimately achieved victory.
What follows is the list of songs--the soundtrack--I played during those final sessions. I've listed them by song title, artist, and album. A lot of them come from movie soundtracks. May these 60+ inspire you and enhance your gaming experience as they have done for myself and my players.
Background Music: Before the 1st Session Started
The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash, American IV
All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan, the Essential Bob Dylan
Beginnings: Converstations Between A Champion of Darkness and his Master
(This was a "cut scene" where the players were privy to the background motivations of their archenemy.)
Immortal and Divine, Trevor Morris, Immortals
War in the Heavens, Treveor Morris, Immortals
Epic Fight Music: First Played During the Battle With Tiamat (At the End of the Red Hand of Doom Module)
Fight So Your Name Survives, Trevor Morris, Immortals
Battle In the Tunnel, Trevor Morris, Immortals
Immortal Combat , Trevor Morris, Immortals
Sky Fight/End Credits, Trevor Morris, Immortals
To Victory, Tyler Bates, 300
Trinity, James Dooley, Position Music – Orchestra Series Vol. 2
Hold the Line… Fire at Will, James Dooley, Position Music – Orchestra Series Vol. 2
The Signal, Bear McCreary, Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.
The Battle, Hans Simmer and Lisa Gerrard, Gladiator
Quid Agam, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus II
Magnum Detrimentum, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus II
Other Fight Music (Played during "less epic" fights)
Starbuck Takes On All Eight, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1
The Olympic Carrier, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1
Battle, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1
Launch Vipers, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1
Scar, Bear McCreary: BSG: Season 2
Skirmish, Midnight Syndicate: Official D&D Soundtrack
Final Confrontation, Midnight Syndicate: Official D&D Soundtrack
Burly Brawl , Juno Reactor & Don Davis: The Matrix Reloaded
Mona Lisa Overdrive, Juno Reactor & Don Davis: The Matrix Reloaded
The Airship Flight to Holy City/Draconic Air Battle
Dalai Lama, Rammstein, Reise Reise
Veritas Simplex, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus II
Miser, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus II
(I played Dalai Lama while the PCs passed over the war-torn lands, many of which they had adventured in before, in their airship. This led into the first roughly 1:50 minutes of Veritas Simplex. After which they emerge from a cloud bank and see the holy city burning, with nearly a 1,000 dragons--good and evil--battling for air supremacy above it).
The Characters Meet the Holy Emperor of the City
Returns a King, Tyler Bates, 300
Rome Main Title Theme, Jeff Beal, Rome: The HBO Series
The Holy City Under Siege (Played at Various Appropriate Moments throughout)
What Must a King Do?, Tyler Bates, 300
Goodbye My Love, Tyler Bates, 300
No Sleep Tonight, Tyler Bates, 300
Mars: the Bringer of War, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis, Holst: The Planets
Hope Fails, Howard Shore, LotR: Return of the King
Gayane Ballet Suite, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Trench Raid
Under the Cover of Night, Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori, Halo
Wilderness, Matt Uelmen, Diablo II
Cave, Matt Uelmen, Diablo II
(See Also: Other Fight Music)
The Fight in the Opera House (where the character fough their archnemesis in the center of High Culture)
The Ecstasy of Gold, Metallica, S&M
The Call of The Ktulu, Metallica, S&M
Master of Puppets, Metallica, S&M
(See Also: Epic Fight Music)
Beneath the Opera House: The Labyrinth and The Monolith
Song of Cherubim For Mixed Choir, The 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
Perceval: Good Friday, Wagner, Excalibur Movie Soundtrack
Requiem for Soprano…, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Lux Aeterna, 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Shape of Things to Come, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season One
The Holy Emperor Kneels before Master
Heeding the Call, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 3
Xerxes’ Tent, Tyler Bates, 300
(See also: Epic Fight Music…
And Just before the Master wipes out the entire party, he gets distracted by the noise of…)
The Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner, 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
"Tomorrow, when the Sun rises, for us it will be a Dawn; but for you: A Twilight..."
Sonne, Rammstein, Mutter
The Leviathan in the Sky, the Temple Destroyed
The End of All Things, Howard Shore, LotR: Return of the King
Assault on the Leviathan
Assault on the Colony, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 4
(See also Epic Battle Music)
A God King Bleeds, Tyler Bates, 300
Redemption and Apotheosis
Glory, Tyler Bates, 300
Do Not Forsake Mankind, Trevor Morris, Immortals
Apotheosis, Trevor Morris, Immortals
The Passage of Time, Beary McCreary, BSG: Season 4
"Roll Credits"
Sonne, Rammstein, Volkerball
Songs that were slated but didn’t get played
Fortuna (Album Version), Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus
Carmina Burana: O Fortuna, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
Rachel’s Surprise/Who Wants to Live Forever—Highlander Musical Score
Wall Breached, Harry Gregson, Kingdom of Heaven
Epiphanies, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 2
Deathbed and Maelstrom, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 3
“Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”, Baden-Baden Symphony Orchestra, 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
ENJOY!
I wonder if I'll ever run sessions that epic and rewarding again...
On December 10 and 11, 2011, I ran my final two sessions of a campaign story arc that's been in development for ten years.
The sessions centered on the characters defending a holy city from a vast superior hegemonic force--very similar to the hosts of Sauron besieging Minas Tirith, the forces under Mehmet II attacking Constantinople, or the Emperor Xerxes sending his "1,000 nations" against the 300 Spartans. The besieging forces had superior technologies (equivalent to 16th Century Europe--or The Empire from Warhammer Fantasy Battles), while the besiegers possessed technologies based on the Hundred Years' War.
In the end, most of the characters perished, and the city did fall, but the characters ultimately achieved victory.
What follows is the list of songs--the soundtrack--I played during those final sessions. I've listed them by song title, artist, and album. A lot of them come from movie soundtracks. May these 60+ inspire you and enhance your gaming experience as they have done for myself and my players.
Background Music: Before the 1st Session Started
The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash, American IV
All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan, the Essential Bob Dylan
Beginnings: Converstations Between A Champion of Darkness and his Master
(This was a "cut scene" where the players were privy to the background motivations of their archenemy.)
Immortal and Divine, Trevor Morris, Immortals
War in the Heavens, Treveor Morris, Immortals
Epic Fight Music: First Played During the Battle With Tiamat (At the End of the Red Hand of Doom Module)
Fight So Your Name Survives, Trevor Morris, Immortals
Battle In the Tunnel, Trevor Morris, Immortals
Immortal Combat , Trevor Morris, Immortals
Sky Fight/End Credits, Trevor Morris, Immortals
To Victory, Tyler Bates, 300
Trinity, James Dooley, Position Music – Orchestra Series Vol. 2
Hold the Line… Fire at Will, James Dooley, Position Music – Orchestra Series Vol. 2
The Signal, Bear McCreary, Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.
The Battle, Hans Simmer and Lisa Gerrard, Gladiator
Quid Agam, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus II
Magnum Detrimentum, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus II
Other Fight Music (Played during "less epic" fights)
Starbuck Takes On All Eight, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1
The Olympic Carrier, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1
Battle, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1
Launch Vipers, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1
Scar, Bear McCreary: BSG: Season 2
Skirmish, Midnight Syndicate: Official D&D Soundtrack
Final Confrontation, Midnight Syndicate: Official D&D Soundtrack
Burly Brawl , Juno Reactor & Don Davis: The Matrix Reloaded
Mona Lisa Overdrive, Juno Reactor & Don Davis: The Matrix Reloaded
The Airship Flight to Holy City/Draconic Air Battle
Dalai Lama, Rammstein, Reise Reise
Veritas Simplex, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus II
Miser, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus II
(I played Dalai Lama while the PCs passed over the war-torn lands, many of which they had adventured in before, in their airship. This led into the first roughly 1:50 minutes of Veritas Simplex. After which they emerge from a cloud bank and see the holy city burning, with nearly a 1,000 dragons--good and evil--battling for air supremacy above it).
The Characters Meet the Holy Emperor of the City
Returns a King, Tyler Bates, 300
Rome Main Title Theme, Jeff Beal, Rome: The HBO Series
The Holy City Under Siege (Played at Various Appropriate Moments throughout)
What Must a King Do?, Tyler Bates, 300
Goodbye My Love, Tyler Bates, 300
No Sleep Tonight, Tyler Bates, 300
Mars: the Bringer of War, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis, Holst: The Planets
Hope Fails, Howard Shore, LotR: Return of the King
Gayane Ballet Suite, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Trench Raid
Under the Cover of Night, Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori, Halo
Wilderness, Matt Uelmen, Diablo II
Cave, Matt Uelmen, Diablo II
(See Also: Other Fight Music)
The Fight in the Opera House (where the character fough their archnemesis in the center of High Culture)
The Ecstasy of Gold, Metallica, S&M
The Call of The Ktulu, Metallica, S&M
Master of Puppets, Metallica, S&M
(See Also: Epic Fight Music)
Beneath the Opera House: The Labyrinth and The Monolith
Song of Cherubim For Mixed Choir, The 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
Perceval: Good Friday, Wagner, Excalibur Movie Soundtrack
Requiem for Soprano…, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Lux Aeterna, 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Shape of Things to Come, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season One
The Holy Emperor Kneels before Master
Heeding the Call, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 3
Xerxes’ Tent, Tyler Bates, 300
(See also: Epic Fight Music…
And Just before the Master wipes out the entire party, he gets distracted by the noise of…)
The Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner, 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
"Tomorrow, when the Sun rises, for us it will be a Dawn; but for you: A Twilight..."
Sonne, Rammstein, Mutter
The Leviathan in the Sky, the Temple Destroyed
The End of All Things, Howard Shore, LotR: Return of the King
Assault on the Leviathan
Assault on the Colony, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 4
(See also Epic Battle Music)
A God King Bleeds, Tyler Bates, 300
Redemption and Apotheosis
Glory, Tyler Bates, 300
Do Not Forsake Mankind, Trevor Morris, Immortals
Apotheosis, Trevor Morris, Immortals
The Passage of Time, Beary McCreary, BSG: Season 4
"Roll Credits"
Sonne, Rammstein, Volkerball
Songs that were slated but didn’t get played
Fortuna (Album Version), Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus
Carmina Burana: O Fortuna, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
Rachel’s Surprise/Who Wants to Live Forever—Highlander Musical Score
Wall Breached, Harry Gregson, Kingdom of Heaven
Epiphanies, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 2
Deathbed and Maelstrom, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 3
“Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”, Baden-Baden Symphony Orchestra, 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
ENJOY!
I wonder if I'll ever run sessions that epic and rewarding again...
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