Background music? (Soundtracks)

[Kilmore]

There's been time when my groups' PC's have run away that I wished I had the Benny Hill theme.

 

[caudor]

There's been time when my groups' PC's have run away that I wished I had the Benny Hill theme.

Now that would have been classic

I used Rush's Jacob's Ladder while the PCs were approaching the Temple of Elemental Evil. Worked perfectly.

Of course, anytime a Landshark (Bullette) is encountered, you've got to have the Jaws theme music as well.

 

[Ricochet]

Gladiator soundtrack

 

[Beastman]

Web-Site with Bands

Hi there, there is site with band-names (although the site is in german, there is not much german text...)

http://mittelaltermusik.de/musikgruppen.html

 

[Dark Dragon]

No one listed Loreena McKennit (Mask and Mirror)? Duh..

Other good choices IMHO:
Army of Darkness (Evil Dead III)
Warcraft tracks
Sleepy Hollow (cool for Ravenloft campaigns)
Dungeon Keeper tracks
Clannad

 

[Mark]

You can find some very inexpensive CDs in the cheap section of any music store (or music section of a super-store). Check the classical section and you'll find medieval lute music, classical stuff from Wagner and others, and madrigals if you don't mind pushing toward the renaissance a bit. Take a peek for some Gregorian chants while you're at it.

CDs from http://www.classicalexpress.com/listing.htm aren't ones for serious collectors, as they aren't generally by the "big names" but are fairly reasonably priced. Don't mind the prices you see on the site, your local stores will likely have them for less.

In particular-

http://www.classicalexpress.com/7043.htm

http://www.classicalexpress.com/7038.htm

Search here for more information on game music-

http://www.mirsoft.info/gmb/games_list.php

And here for information on Fantasy Movie soundtracks-

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/67226/ref=br_dp__2/103-4293065-6179822

Here's a site with a section on "Gaming Music"-

http://www.black-knight.org/penn/music/gaming_music.html

Hope that helps.

 

[Napftor]

Ah, the classic music thread resurfaces...

There's a decent article on using music (what, where, how, etc.) in Issue 6 of Asgard: http://www.enworld.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=8

 

[blackshirt5]

Cradle of Filth (horror man, horror)

Manson

Wouldn't that be the horrible, man, the horrible! instead of "the horror, man, the horror!"

 

[Ghostwind]

I've said it before, and I'll reiterate it here. You cannot go wrong with music from Midnight Syndicate if you are looking for a darker, more foreboding feel. Their stuff is great.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Another good one is Passion, the soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ. A Middle East flair, but not so much you couldn't use it in a more European setting.

Also Loreena McKennit is very good as well.