Saddest Song Ever

[Stalker0]

Nothing Else Matters by Apocolyptica. If you get just the instrumentals, its a pretty sad song.

 

[Lanefan]

I can't remember the name of the song, and it's certainly the wrong genre. That song by Pearl Jam where the guy has a car crash, his girlfriend dies, and he can't wait to die and go to heaven to see her.

It's called The Last Kiss, and is a cover; the original was done in the early-mid '60's by I forget who.

I suspect it won't be nearly long enough for background music for even part of a game session...

Lanefan

 

[Tequila Sunrise]

"Long, Long Time Ago" (or Pan's Labyrinth Lullaby) is about as sad as it gets, plus it's hummed so it's easy to actually imagine a character performing.

The Long And Winding Road (the Beatles) I think would fit in a fantasy game well.

American Pie (Don McLean) is a classic sad song, though its culturally specific references might make it hard to use in a fantasy game.

About half of Enya's songs make great sad background music if that's what you're looking for.

 

[Testament]

Far too short, but "A Gap in a Dream" from the End of Evangelion soundtrack is heartbreaking. From the same source, "Invasion by Substitution" is also sad.

 

[Switchblade]

From War of the Worlds "Forever Autumn"

 

[Clueless]

House Carpenter by Hurt, or perhaps Overdose by Hurt

 

[ArmoredSaint]

I've always thought Dan Fogelberg's "Leader of the Band" was very mournful.

 

[howandwhy99]

Maybe you could do something sorta funny instead of invoking real despair. Or is it your aim to generate a palpable sense of melancholy in your players during the session? Something akin to horror in a horror game?

I'm guessing not. My suggestion is "Everybody Hurts" by REM. Folks get it right away.

 

[Drowbane]

I like to have music during my games--especially when there actually IS music being played in the game (at taverns, street performances, temples, etc).

I want to include a Night Twist in my next session, and it produces a song sad enough to induce crushing despair.

Any ideas on the saddest, most haunting, melancholy song ever?

R

Of fairly recent songs...

Gollum's Song as sung at the end of LoTR: the Two Towers

 

[Drowbane]

I can't remember the name of the song, and it's certainly the wrong genre. That song by Pearl Jam where the guy has a car crash, his girlfriend dies, and he can't wait to die and go to heaven to see her.
-blarg

Last Kiss. Pearl Jam just covered it (its not "by" them). That is indeed a sad song.

edit: I see Lanefan scooped me. hehe

Nothing Else Matters by Apocolyptica. If you get just the instrumentals, its a pretty sad song.

Good call man! Nothing Else Matters as done on 4 cellos... (with no vocals)