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The Oni
2014-07-03, 01:06 PM
My entire gaming group is trying to come up with theme songs for our characters. This will likely have no effect on the game at large, it's purely for amusement's sake.

One of said characters is a half-orc ex-samurai who became a courier after her entire samurai order collapsed. She's Neutral Good and maintains a sense of honor even in her mundane messenger duties. She's recently escaped from the control of a necromancer, and intends to form a new order of samurai in the name of Pharasma (resident True Neutral Death Goddess, really hates undead) and fight to atone for the evil that she has done in the necromancer's service.

It's difficult to find a song that fits this character well. We all agreed that anime OPs/OSTs are cheating. Songs released as singles or on albums only.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryta9gPHQ0Q

This one's a possibility (especially since she was, at one point, actually undead) but it seems too generically angsty for her character.

Radar
2014-07-03, 01:53 PM
Quite a lot depends on the tone of the campaign and other small detail. At any rate, you might find something interesting in compositions of Dead can Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxbShxD7gv8).

TheThan
2014-07-03, 03:59 PM
If you want to go more 80s (and by that I mean awesome), there’s always whitesnake (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MXiTeH_Pg) , or Bon Jovi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE); heck I always felt Ronin were akin to old west (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmYCM4CS8o) outlaws (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho).

If you’re looking for something a bit more somber (and somewhat tragic) then someday never comes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwNuQulK6N0) is fitting.

elliott20
2014-07-03, 04:01 PM
You can NEVER go wrong with some Japanese speed metal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXbkpAR6z-g).

or maybe something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Y7tY8NppM) more generic? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrdrv_4hz2Y)

how about something more... brooding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Bda-_atAk)? or maybe just actively sinister (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXwv0ZRRzjk)?

or shall we take guidance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvIUyWt7KEk) from Tom Cruise? (Crazy bastard though he may be)

Sometimes though, we might want to look towards the Chinese for some ideas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7e2FxHXuJo).

Ah screw it, let's just mix some pop mixed with some Chinese opera (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lGFpyuuchg). Actually, never mind, that's not going to work.

ooooh, how about we mix Hip Hop WITH Orchestra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjCf3vMGkF4)? Nah, still doesn't work.

maybe something more anime? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ev39urds3U)

you know what, I have no idea.

Drakeburn
2014-07-03, 04:35 PM
Well, you could try to use the soundtrack from the movie Mulan.

Or even the score Hans Zimmer did for The Last Samurai.

Cowardly Griffo
2014-07-03, 05:04 PM
Anime's cheating, eh? Fair enough.

Might I point you in the direction of the Bastion OST, then? :smallsmile:

Build That Wall (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8cELTdtw6U) sounds good for the "rebuilding the order" angle. The Pantheon (Ain't Gonna Catch You) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s3b5OR2YhE) also works for that, and fits for redemption, I think, as a reminder of her inner demons and the consequences of straying from the path.

Setting Sail, Coming Home (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDflVhOpS4E) is kind of hopeful and melancholy at the same time.

Grinner
2014-07-03, 05:22 PM
There's the song Ronin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmfYKN8g8AY), but that one's a little lackluster.

If you're willing to go farther afield, there's Ninja (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLUYHwwQ9Qc), which I feel may be a bit closer to the sound you're looking for.


heck I always felt Ronin were akin to old west (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmYCM4CS8o) outlaws (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho).

You would not believe how much (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Western).

TheThan
2014-07-03, 05:41 PM
There's the song Ronin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmfYKN8g8AY), but that one's a little lackluster.

If you're willing to go farther afield, there's Ninja (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLUYHwwQ9Qc), which I feel may be a bit closer to the sound you're looking for.



You would not believe how much (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Western).

hehe, actually, there's greater precedence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuU63Yts7PU) for that sort of thing than you think.

Mutazoia
2014-07-04, 01:35 AM
Well you can always go for the classical solution (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMQPNMPW4ws&list=RDpMQPNMPW4ws#t=20)....

Averis Vol
2014-07-04, 04:30 AM
Maybe an abridged journey through the days when you were but a Slave to the dark? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r00Rvf2H6jY)

TheThan
2014-07-05, 01:16 AM
Hrrm how about some western themes
fist full of dollars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjjDOdaFZg0)

for a few dollars more (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4x7RchYCMc)

the good the bad & the ugly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFa1-kciCb4)

tombstone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yh7Cdm2GgY)

the magnificent seven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDB7GMnbUQ)

Bulhakov
2014-07-05, 07:23 AM
Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvsMPOfblfg&feature=kp

TheThan
2014-07-08, 09:38 PM
*snaps fingers* how about some Metallica:

Nothing Else Matters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzsDHtzx6tI)

One (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzgGTTtR0kc)

Wherever I May Roam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5TnPjOd_To)

The unforgiven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hhdjWHm9Vk) (parts I, II and III)

The Day that Never Comes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j_-T4cfSYE)

Whisky in the Jar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drpUIHz66zE) (maybe a little too Irish).