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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ry" data-source="post: 2571555" data-attributes="member: 8314">Soundtracks that I use:Minibosses videogame remixesTrigunLast SamuraiEberronFinal Fantasy Orchestral versionsThe Good, The Bad, the UglySome Kill Bill/Tarantino musicReally, 50% catering to collective tastes, 50% fantasy music.  I picked all of it based on 1)  Must be cool2)  Music spans a variety of moods, although trying to make those moods adaptable to different circumstances (thus, none would be "reflective" "love scene" or "brooding"), 3)  Not being so loud or intense to demand immediate attention4)  No silences followed by loud noises (highly distracting), 5)  None that was excessively slow or downer feeling (if it hits when the game's exciting, it sucks, and if the game's boring, it sucks).  The Lonely Shepherd from the Kill Bill soundtrack is about as far in this direction as you can go, and even that's borderline.  6)  No vocals - they compete for the attention the DM should have.What I ended up with is a soundtrack that, most crucially, doesn't demand any attention by me.  I find player moods slot into the music, so rather than trying to control the tempo, I make sure my soundtrack meshes nicely in random order and then play towards whatever mood it sets up (battle scenes to steady, cool music are really awesome, as are battle scenes with fast, upbeat music, so you can see how it all works).  So I guess I'd advise trying to stay away from the "carefully placed" aspects of soundtrack work, and just flow with it - it's really, really hard to keep a combat to a song length, and when it changes tracks it can be really random.One thing I've learned, though, NEVER try to just have battle music.  You forget to change it, and every goes completely nuts hearing the same track over and over again.  Had a DM who used one track from Pirates of the Caribbean as his battle music, over and over again, and it drove us completely bats.  Can't even watch the movie without gritting my teeth.</blockquote>

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