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2011-03-27, 01:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Searching for gloomy music
Hey all,
In the near future my players will meet a fairy like organisation/society based on theatre, carnivals, festivals, fairs and such, focusing on luring victims into sins and mischiefs. To make the session more enchanting I want to create a music playlist with appropriate gloomy mystical music. Does anyone have any suggestions for appropriate music?
I've found music like Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter to be somewhat suitable - at least the first 20 seconds of it or so.
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2011-03-27, 01:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-03-27, 01:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-03-27, 03:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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English is a second language etc etc.
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2011-03-27, 04:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-03-28, 06:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Jacque
Ghost in the shell's intro music may not be exactly what you are looking for, though it is mystical and somewhat gloomy.
EDIT: Witchyworld's theme from BanjoTooie seems to fit the 'creepy carnival' theme.Last edited by SillySymphonies; 2011-03-28 at 06:35 AM.
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2011-03-28, 06:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Creepy carnival? Years Ago by Alice Cooper should fit the bill perfectly.
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2011-03-28, 10:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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The soundtrack from The Ninth Gate.
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2011-03-28, 10:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Nox Arcana - Music Box
I'm going to go ahead and second that.
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2011-03-28, 12:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Black Chamber," by Blind Guardian, particularly the revised track from Forgotten Tales. (At work and can't link to youtube).
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2011-03-28, 12:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Kielo, by Battlelore. It's an instrumental.
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2011-03-28, 01:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bohren & Der Club of Gore. They're a German "Black Metal" band, which is not at all what it sounds like. Imagine jazz music being played by corpses. It's a personal favorite of mine during Call of Cthulhu, Savage Worlds, Vampire, basically anything that needs a "gloomy/classy" vibe.
Also appropriate for the carnival theme is one of my favorite bands of all time, Murder By Death. (Ignore the video. It's totally unrelated to the song, it was just the only video I could find that wasn't a live performance of the song.) This song in particular (The Organ Grinder) is perfect for a "dark carnival" vibe, but the entire album (In Bocca Al Lupo) will work.Last edited by TroubleBrewing; 2011-03-28 at 01:39 PM.
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2011-03-29, 10:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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There are many songs from Chrono Cross that would fit the bill, and since there are almost 3 hours of music on that soundtrack it would be easy to pick a few songs out of the 67 offered.
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2011-03-29, 11:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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The original Ghostbusters score by Elmer Bernstein is full of the right mix of gloom, creepiness and theatricality. Ghostbusters II's score, also by Elmer Bernstein, adds even more.
A more subtle kind of gloom can be found all over the Dark Knight score, particularly in piece like "Harvey Two-Face" or "I'm not a hero"
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2011-03-29, 11:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Some Final Fantasy 6 music can fit the bill.
Kefka's Theme (not so gloomy)
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2011-03-29, 11:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Awesome feedback, guys. I haven't heard all of the proposed yet, but Nox Arcana is definately great for my purpose!
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2011-03-29, 12:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Requiem for a Dream
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2011-03-29, 01:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Look into anything by Midnight Syndicate, they specialize in making gloomy background music and even did a D&D soundtrack a couple years back. Born of the Night and Realm of Shadows probably fit you bill best. You can find a lot of it on YouTube if you want to sample through.
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2011-03-29, 03:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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If theatre and such are in the picture, I'd venture into classics:
- this particular waltz by Khachaturian has sort of a "decadent fall" feel to it (it would really fit as the music being played on the sinking Titanic, if it wasn't written way later),
- you can't go wrong with Wagner either,
- for a particularly disturbing scene you can amplify the mood with a very famous part from Mozart's piano concerto (such contradictions can work to great effect). His Requiem is an obvious choice as well, but not as a contrast.
Aside from that, Danny Elfman might be the right composer for the task.
Some games like The Witcher have distinctively dark soundtracks.
Some other unrelated tracks worth checking:
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edit: fixed some bad typos and such.Last edited by Radar; 2011-03-30 at 02:14 AM.
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2011-03-29, 07:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-03-29, 09:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-03-29, 09:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Camille Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre. Even the NAME is gloomy. Enjoy.
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2011-03-30, 02:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QHxzGDbop4 , this good enough? It's called Lilium and is a very depressing song in my opinion.
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2011-04-02, 09:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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seconded for midnight syndicate
http://youtu.be/MHLwwscxpl0