DMs! Who are YOUR composers?

[Pbartender]

I know a lot of people like background music, atmospheric effects, etc. but I have never found them that useful and more often than not distracting. I would prefer silence other than the actual game play. My very vocal cat included.

Well, so do I, to be honest, but...

I very often look at my games and adventures from the view point of, "if this were a fantasy action-adventure blockbuster movie." In that sense, when I'm DMing, while I don't actually have music playing, I've still got tunes running through the back of my mind like a soundtrack... It helps keep me in the proper mood for what ever scene I'm describing.

So, just change the question... If your campaign were a movie (or miniseries, or television series) with an unlimited budget, who would be doing the nmusic for the soundtrack?

 

[Arnwyn]

The question is simple, if you had unlimited resources to make your campaign great, and you set out to pick out two composers to write background music for the campaign, who would you pick?

Keep in mind, this is not necessarily who you already use, but who you would use if they composed the music specially for you.

Our Fantasy games:
Hitoshi Sakimoto and Yasunori Mitsuda.

Sci-Fi games:
Yoko Kanno and John Williams.

 

[jdrakeh]

James Horner (Krull!) and Basil Poledouris (Conan!) Specifically, Horner for battle scenes and anything regarding magic, Poledouris for travel, social interaction, and 'title' sequences.

 

[Scribble]

Simon Posford

 

[Mouseferatu]

I'm going to have to go to with Hans Zimmer myself, at least for one of my choices. My second choice would depend on the tone of the campaign, but ranges from John Williams to James Horner to Basil Poledouris.

 

[Temmogen]

These 2, these happy 2

Hans Zimmer, and Jay Greenberg. Both of them have the added benfit of still being alive.

 

[Scribe Ineti]

Harry Gregson-Williams (Narnia, Kingdom of Heaven) and Howard Shore (LOTR trilogy) would be my two picks.

 

[Ander00]

My first choice would probably be Jeremy Soule. Granted, not everything by him is great, but the Morrowind title for example I just find endlessly evocative. It makes me want to pick up a longsword and go out exploring the world, cliff racers be damned.

The second choice would likely depend on the type of campaign, with potential candidates including Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, or if that'd work, the team from WarCraft III/World of WarCraft.


cheers

 

[The Right Word]

Clint Mansell (The Fountain) and Antonin Dovorak

 

[Shemeska]

Trent Reznor
Al Jourgensen