Inspectre
2014-06-20, 12:00 AM
Hey All! I've seen several of these threads crop up over the years, and they always seemed to be a font of good ideas for musical themes. I also didn't see a thread for "request a musical theme!", but if there is one please direct me there. :smallredface:
Anyway, I am looking for some theme music for my BBEG, a fledging god of Fear. The party hasn't met him yet, and likely won't for quite some time, but before they do I would like to leave evidence of his existence - reports from survivors of his atrocities, cults springing up to worship him, etc etc. I would like to have some ominous music to play in the background as they stumble across this evidence of his existence, ideally several similar but different musical themes to play, both to mix it up and to emphasize different aspects of his character while at the same time still making it clear that yes, this is all music tied into this one character.
A good theme that I have already found is this track from Chrono Cross's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEiYrC4AJI) soundtrack. It's slow, ominous with the funeral bells chiming, and even has some good old-fashioned indecipherable chanting in the background. Perfect. :smallamused: But I'm curious to see if the boards can find me other tracks roughly similar to that which might be an even better fit (or even useful for related characters, like his lieutenants or something).
Additionally, some combat music for when they eventually do throw down with this monster would be nice, similar in that it has a dark, ominous tone to it, but somewhat faster paced. A good example would be this track from Shadow of the Colossus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQG90AqLvq4), a little faster paced that the first tune that I linked, but still containing ominous chanting and pipe organs.
So - any help you can offer Playground would be appreciated. :smallcool:
Anyway, I am looking for some theme music for my BBEG, a fledging god of Fear. The party hasn't met him yet, and likely won't for quite some time, but before they do I would like to leave evidence of his existence - reports from survivors of his atrocities, cults springing up to worship him, etc etc. I would like to have some ominous music to play in the background as they stumble across this evidence of his existence, ideally several similar but different musical themes to play, both to mix it up and to emphasize different aspects of his character while at the same time still making it clear that yes, this is all music tied into this one character.
A good theme that I have already found is this track from Chrono Cross's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEiYrC4AJI) soundtrack. It's slow, ominous with the funeral bells chiming, and even has some good old-fashioned indecipherable chanting in the background. Perfect. :smallamused: But I'm curious to see if the boards can find me other tracks roughly similar to that which might be an even better fit (or even useful for related characters, like his lieutenants or something).
Additionally, some combat music for when they eventually do throw down with this monster would be nice, similar in that it has a dark, ominous tone to it, but somewhat faster paced. A good example would be this track from Shadow of the Colossus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQG90AqLvq4), a little faster paced that the first tune that I linked, but still containing ominous chanting and pipe organs.
So - any help you can offer Playground would be appreciated. :smallcool: