Pop/Rock and D&D

[InVinoVeritas]

Have you had any success with more modern-style music in your D&D games?

Lately, I've been itching to use music like Linkin Park's "Crawling" as a lead-in piece. I've had some success in the past with Nine Inch Nails as background theme music, and not just the soft bits. It's great fight music against demons or in Ravenloft, for example. For every Delerium piece, there's a Front Line Assembly just waiting in the wings.

Sure, lyrics in music have a strong tendency to be distracting. Still, there seems to be a bunch of untapped potential of taking music that is not normally considered "fantasy" and using it.

Have you ever used modern music in your games? What are your experiences with it?

 

[Clueless]

Our DM is a NIN and Tool fan. Unfortunately - he's easily one of the most distractable people at the table as well. So if we played good music during game - we'd lose him to singing along and *really* not get anything done.

 

[WayneLigon]

Usually we'll use compiled soundtracks from various films, most notably Sleepy Hollow, the various Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Copolla's Dracula, and several other sources.

Since a lot of our action occurs in Sharn, in Eberron, I also use some Thirties and Twenties music to use as club or tavern music in the city. Blues, Marilyn Monroe, Noir soundtracks, etc.

 

[the Jester]

I use modern music all the time. Metal is great for combat; NIN, ICP, Twiztid, etc. seem to go over well. Prog rock (Dream Theater, etc) usually is good for twisting, complex plots.

Some of my friends insist on playing "Africa", by Toto, over and over again. That, I could live without. Once is fine, twice even, maybe.

 

[Clavis]

Some of my friends insist on playing "Africa", by Toto, over and over again. That, I could live without. Once is fine, twice even, maybe.

Friends don't let friends listen to Toto...

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Pop/Rocks and D&D should be ok, but don't mix them with Coke, or your head asplode.