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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 8081565" data-attributes="member: 63"><p>I probably don't envision it the same way most people who played through the adventures did, because while I love classical music soundtracks for fantasy, I know common folk didn't play that stuff. I'm from southeast Texas, and in February 2007 when I was editing the adventure, I took a trip to New Orleans during Mardi Gras season, and I guess I had a different musical palette in mind.</p><p></p><p>I recall deciding that Gate Pass's traditional music had a sound reminiscent of American delta blues.</p><p></p><p>A modern example: </p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]H73b9MMXDO8[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Or to be a bit more traditional: </p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]rLByPugnx8A:155[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Something like ten years ago we published half of a War of the Burning Sky novel, which went through the end of adventure 2. This beat (starts at 2:35) is basically the structure I used for a song that Rantle sings in that novelization, though his song had more lines in each stanza before going to the refrain.</p><p></p><p>While the Innenotdarasne Elves were mostly all dead by the time the campaign saga starts, I envisioned their music as being along the spectrum of bluegrass...</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]XWIaeQFcbYg[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>... to Christian revival music. You know, those long rapturous melodies that take their time (because, well, they're elves and they have time to spare).</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]HXIX3Nk8cG4[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>And both types of music would have been influenced by the music of the local fey. Which, to use real world music as a baseline, would mean going back to field hollers and the work songs of enslaved people. Which, well, sure have about the same naughty word situation inspiring them as the Song of Forms did.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]C-zlSq4mWiE[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Here's an excerpt of how I described the song in the novelization.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Take that, and add words of a magic incantation, and you've got the Song of Forms.</p><p></p><p>But hey, death of the author. If you envision it differently, go for however makes sense to you. But I would encourage looking at sorts of songs people would sing while working: a regular form, with a main singer doing call and response to keep people focused on a tedious task while also taking their minds off how tedious it is.</p><p></p><p>Maybe consider sea shanties: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uicC2MUZ24I" target="_blank">Copy of 35 Sea Shanties (57-36 full track) - AC4 Black Flag In Game Soundtrack</a></p><p></p><p>Or wool waulking songs (though this is probably too happy and fast): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrORsWfs2bo" target="_blank">Wool Waulking Songs</a></p><p></p><p>Thanks for asking this question. It got me to put down in text something that previously had only really been bouncing around my head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 8081565, member: 63"] I probably don't envision it the same way most people who played through the adventures did, because while I love classical music soundtracks for fantasy, I know common folk didn't play that stuff. I'm from southeast Texas, and in February 2007 when I was editing the adventure, I took a trip to New Orleans during Mardi Gras season, and I guess I had a different musical palette in mind. I recall deciding that Gate Pass's traditional music had a sound reminiscent of American delta blues. A modern example: [MEDIA=youtube]H73b9MMXDO8[/MEDIA] Or to be a bit more traditional: [MEDIA=youtube]rLByPugnx8A:155[/MEDIA] Something like ten years ago we published half of a War of the Burning Sky novel, which went through the end of adventure 2. This beat (starts at 2:35) is basically the structure I used for a song that Rantle sings in that novelization, though his song had more lines in each stanza before going to the refrain. While the Innenotdarasne Elves were mostly all dead by the time the campaign saga starts, I envisioned their music as being along the spectrum of bluegrass... [MEDIA=youtube]XWIaeQFcbYg[/MEDIA] ... to Christian revival music. You know, those long rapturous melodies that take their time (because, well, they're elves and they have time to spare). [MEDIA=youtube]HXIX3Nk8cG4[/MEDIA] And both types of music would have been influenced by the music of the local fey. Which, to use real world music as a baseline, would mean going back to field hollers and the work songs of enslaved people. Which, well, sure have about the same naughty word situation inspiring them as the Song of Forms did. [MEDIA=youtube]C-zlSq4mWiE[/MEDIA] Here's an excerpt of how I described the song in the novelization. Take that, and add words of a magic incantation, and you've got the Song of Forms. But hey, death of the author. If you envision it differently, go for however makes sense to you. But I would encourage looking at sorts of songs people would sing while working: a regular form, with a main singer doing call and response to keep people focused on a tedious task while also taking their minds off how tedious it is. Maybe consider sea shanties: [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uicC2MUZ24I']Copy of 35 Sea Shanties (57-36 full track) - AC4 Black Flag In Game Soundtrack[/URL] Or wool waulking songs (though this is probably too happy and fast): [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrORsWfs2bo']Wool Waulking Songs[/URL] Thanks for asking this question. It got me to put down in text something that previously had only really been bouncing around my head. [/QUOTE]
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