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Thread : Appropriate Music for Mystara
Started at 02-27-06 01:19 PM by shadowelf
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[Post 1]
Author : shadowelf
Date : 02-27-06 01:19 PM
Thread Title : Appropriate Music for Mystara

We usually have background music while we roleplay, mostly just what is available, but I have experimented with having "appropriate" music for the culture the PCs are in - to enhance the experience. Mostly I've done it for bits of sessions/specific events; formal balls, festivals and the like.

For a Traladaran festival I used a CD of some Norwegian folk music I have. For a Thyatian ball in Karameikos I used Blackmore's Night - still a mediaeval style, but a little more "sophisticated".

So the question is: can you suggest music to somehow represent other cultures in Mystara?

I'm not suggesting you try to be too literal, but suggest something that gives the right sort of mood. Obviously for Ylaruam, I can use my CD of belly-dance music but what about Darokin? I'm thinking something electronic like Eno? Rockhome - male voice choir?

Ideas welcome.

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[Post 2]
Author : Spellweaver
Date : 02-27-06 01:38 PM

I have used music from the old movie "Ben Hur" with great success in Ylaruam. 

Other than that my players favour the soundtracks from LOTR I, II & III, Pirates of the Carribean, The Rock (great one!) and Interview with a Vampire for our game sessions.

To some extend we have also used "Planets" by Holst.

:-) Jesper

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[Post 3]
Author : Traianus Decius Aureus
Date : 02-27-06 01:58 PM

We have used a variety of music, often dependant on where the party is.
LOTR is popular, as is Interview with the Vampire and Dracula.  Also have used Braveheart, several of Beethoven's works, Wagner.

Of course, the one most used is Gladiator :)

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[Post 4]
Author : gawain_viii
Date : 02-27-06 02:47 PM

The Conan soundtrack

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[Post 5]
Author : Rhialto
Date : 02-27-06 07:02 PM

I imagine classical music would work quite well for Thyatis. For karameikos/Shires/Darokin, I think the best fit would be the folk/gypsy style violin music would work best. The Levellers have a few songs that fit there. Istanbul not Constantinople would work for Darokin or Karameikos too, especially so for Karameikos given the name changes of its cities.

Ylaruam is belly dance music, also Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba and Saint-Saens' Samson et Delila. If you can gt audio tracks of an imam's call to prayer, that woudl also set the mood well.

Enya works well for Alfheim, as does most celtic music. Some of it also works for Redstone, Caerdwicca, and Robrenn.

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