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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ulrick" data-source="post: 5760266" data-attributes="member: 775">Greetings, On December 10 and 11, 2011, I ran my final two sessions of a campaign story arc that's been in development for ten years. The sessions centered on the characters defending a holy city from a vast superior hegemonic force--very similar to the hosts of Sauron besieging Minas Tirith, the forces under Mehmet II attacking Constantinople, or the Emperor Xerxes sending his "1,000 nations" against the 300 Spartans.   The besieging forces had superior technologies (equivalent to 16th Century Europe--or The Empire from Warhammer Fantasy Battles), while the besiegers possessed technologies based on the Hundred Years' War. In the end, most of the characters perished, and the city did fall, but the characters ultimately achieved victory. What follows is the list of songs--the soundtrack--I played during those final sessions. I've listed them by song title, artist, and album. A lot of them come from movie soundtracks. May these 60+ inspire you and enhance your gaming experience as they have done for myself and my players. Background Music: Before the 1st Session StartedThe Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash, American IVAll Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan, the Essential Bob DylanBeginnings: Converstations Between A Champion of Darkness and his Master(This was a "cut scene" where the players were privy to the background motivations of their archenemy.) Immortal and Divine, Trevor Morris, ImmortalsWar in the Heavens, Treveor Morris, ImmortalsEpic Fight Music: First Played During the Battle With Tiamat (At the End of the Red Hand of Doom Module)Fight So Your Name Survives, Trevor Morris, ImmortalsBattle In the Tunnel, Trevor Morris, ImmortalsImmortal Combat    , Trevor Morris, ImmortalsSky Fight/End Credits, Trevor Morris, ImmortalsTo Victory, Tyler Bates, 300Trinity, James Dooley, Position Music – Orchestra Series Vol. 2Hold the Line… Fire at Will, James Dooley, Position Music – Orchestra Series Vol. 2The Signal, Bear McCreary, Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.The Battle, Hans Simmer and Lisa Gerrard, GladiatorQuid Agam, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus IIMagnum Detrimentum, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus IIOther Fight Music (Played during "less epic" fights)Starbuck Takes On All Eight, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1The Olympic Carrier, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1Battle, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1Launch Vipers, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 1Scar, Bear McCreary: BSG: Season 2Skirmish, Midnight Syndicate: Official D&D SoundtrackFinal Confrontation, Midnight Syndicate: Official D&D SoundtrackBurly Brawl    , Juno Reactor & Don Davis: The Matrix ReloadedMona Lisa Overdrive, Juno Reactor & Don Davis: The Matrix ReloadedThe Airship Flight to Holy City/Draconic Air Battle Dalai Lama, Rammstein, Reise Reise Veritas Simplex, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus IIMiser, Corvus Corax, Cantus Buranus II(I played Dalai Lama while the PCs passed over the war-torn lands, many of which they had adventured in before, in their airship. This led into the first roughly 1:50 minutes of Veritas Simplex. After which they emerge from a cloud bank and see the holy city burning, with nearly a 1,000 dragons--good and evil--battling for air supremacy above it).The Characters Meet the Holy Emperor of the CityReturns a King, Tyler Bates, 300Rome Main Title Theme, Jeff Beal, Rome: The HBO SeriesThe Holy City Under Siege (Played at Various Appropriate Moments throughout)    What Must a King Do?, Tyler Bates, 300Goodbye My Love, Tyler Bates, 300No Sleep Tonight, Tyler Bates, 300Mars: the Bringer of War, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis, Holst: The PlanetsHope Fails, Howard Shore, LotR: Return of the KingGayane Ballet Suite, 2001: A Space OdysseyTrench RaidUnder the Cover of Night, Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori, HaloWilderness, Matt Uelmen, Diablo IICave, Matt Uelmen, Diablo II(See Also: Other Fight Music)The Fight in the Opera House (where the character fough their archnemesis in the center of High Culture)The Ecstasy of Gold, Metallica, S&MThe Call of The Ktulu, Metallica, S&MMaster of Puppets, Metallica, S&M(See Also: Epic Fight Music)Beneath the Opera House: The Labyrinth and The MonolithSong of Cherubim For Mixed Choir, The 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical MusicPerceval: Good Friday, Wagner, Excalibur Movie SoundtrackRequiem for Soprano…, 2001: A Space OdysseyLux Aeterna, 2001: A Space OdysseyThe Shape of Things to Come, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season OneThe Holy Emperor Kneels before MasterHeeding the Call, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 3Xerxes’ Tent, Tyler Bates, 300(See also: Epic Fight Music…And Just before the Master wipes out the entire party, he gets distracted by the noise of…)The Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner, 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical                                     Music"Tomorrow, when the Sun rises, for us it will be a Dawn; but for you: A Twilight..." Sonne, Rammstein, MutterThe Leviathan in the Sky, the Temple DestroyedThe End of All Things, Howard Shore, LotR: Return of the KingAssault on the LeviathanAssault on the Colony, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 4(See also Epic Battle Music)A God King Bleeds, Tyler Bates, 300Redemption and ApotheosisGlory, Tyler Bates, 300Do Not Forsake Mankind, Trevor Morris, ImmortalsApotheosis, Trevor Morris, ImmortalsThe Passage of Time, Beary McCreary, BSG: Season 4"Roll Credits"Sonne, Rammstein, VolkerballSongs that were slated but didn’t get playedFortuna (Album Version), Corvus Corax, Cantus BuranusCarmina Burana: O Fortuna, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical MusicRachel’s Surprise/Who Wants to Live Forever—Highlander Musical ScoreWall Breached, Harry Gregson, Kingdom of HeavenEpiphanies, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 2Deathbed and Maelstrom, Bear McCreary, BSG: Season 3“Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”,    Baden-Baden Symphony Orchestra, 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical MusicENJOY! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I wonder if I'll ever run sessions that epic and rewarding again...</blockquote>

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