Theme Songs

[Shhalahr Windrider]

I've recently begun to associate the song "Moonshadow" (by Cat Stevens) with one of the characters I play. I consider it his theme song. I think it fits his attitude pretty well.

I also tried writing a theme song on piano for a campaign I DM. I really don't use it during games, though. I don't think I ever got around to letting my players listen to it either...

Do you have a theme song for any of your characters?

If you DM do you have a theme song for your campaign?

"Oh, Im bein followed by a moonshadow—
Moonshadow, moonshadow
Leapin and hoppin on a moonshadow—
moonshadow, moonshadow"

EDIT:
Sorry about the abreviations in the poll answers. the 25 character limit really gets you.

In case you're having trouble:

"Both Char and Campaign" means both your character and campaign have a song.

"Char no, Campaign yes" means only your campaign has a song.

"Char yes, Campaign no" means only your character has a song.

"Neither Char nor Campaign" means neither your character nor your campaign has a song.

[Noneoyabizzness]

only one I see having a theme song is the bard. and nothing announces a doorshattering, longsword wielding musician in spiked breastplate than...

"Black Wind Fire and Steel" by Manowar

"I am an outcast
On the path of no return
Punisher and swordsman
I was born to burn.
Black Wind always follows
Where my black horse rides.
Fire's in my soul
Steel is on my side."


hmmm CGoodness
just wait untill he gets his level of spellsword and warrior skald.

[Quietus]

For the most part, no. None of my characters have theme songs. One, however, does - A Large sized halfdragon human (fluff says 3/4 dragon, 1/2 red and 1/4 gold) with an barely-controlled temper and a serious attitude problem. His theme song is "Die M*****F***** Die" by Dope.

I don't need your forgiveness
I don't need your hate
I don't need your acceptance
So what should I do
I don't need your resistance
I don't need your prayers
I don't need your religion
I don't need a thing from you

Fits him VERY well; He's an extreme loner, even when travelling in part of a group. He's impatient, and somewhat prideful. In his backstory, he grew up being either ostracized or patronized by the people around him, and he's EXTREMELY bitter about it; He refuses to accept help from others, focussed on proving that he is fully capable on his own, even if it's a horrible idea.


One of my friends has a half-fiend (devil) halfling rogue, and he considers "Headstrong" by trapt to be that character's theme song. But for the most part, our characters rarely pick up theme songs, only on rare occasions.

[Fax Celestis]

Recent themes include Kamelot's "Lunar Sanctum" and "Knights of Arabia"; Symphony X's "Divine Wings of Tragedy"; Sonata Arctica's "Don't Say A Word", "Broken", "The End Of This Chapter", and "Gravenimage"; Porcupine Tree's "Piano Lessons"; Dream Theater's "Octavarium"; and Pink Floyd's "One Slip" and "Learning to Fly".

[Dhavaer]

Something Dark is Coming: Voryn Dagoth, drow pistolero.
Everybody's Fool: Anastasia Markova, drow media maven/up-and-coming deity.
Scar: Natasha Dagoth, drow enforcer.
The World is Not Enough: Lady Victoria Saint-Clair, half-dragon multi-billionaire.
Prelude to War: The Right Honourable The Earl of Hereford Lord Zacharias Cain, human British Secretary of State for Defence.
Regular People: Dr Roberta Cain, shadowkin archmage. See sig.
These are the Times: Brad, half-ogre carpenter.
Battle Without Honour or Humanity: Tala Johanssen, tiefling stripper.
Won't Back Down: Rocío Sanchez, human mechanic.

[Reptilius]

I went with The Giant's ideas on villain building. I chose Esper and Esper Battle from FFXII for my campaign's villain. It meshes almost perfectly with his entire character. And his other entire character.

[Ravyn]

My characters seem to pick up theme songs as they go--one, at three weeks of activity, even has three.

As for my campaign, it's hard to say that it has an overall theme, but I tend to theme out events like there's no tomorrow, and what I don't, my Designated Provider of Music does.

[Galathir]

I don't often have theme songs for my characters, but for my BBEG in a campaign I am about to run I am using "Sign of the Colossus" from the "Shadow of the Colossus" soundtrack.

I plan on using "The Battle of Kerak" and "Wall Breached" both from "Kingdom of Heaven" soundtrack for my campaign theme song.

I am also composing a theme song for my PC in another campaign. Hopefully I'll finish orchestrating it and record it before the campaign is over!

[AmberVael]

Sometimes characters just fit songs too well...
One of my more interesting character's theme song- well, actually its for two of my characters, but they are kind of the same person... hard to explain.
Crimson King- Vael the gray elf psion and Fenix the really funky Fenixborn/Homebrew thingy celestial.

[Brauron]

Barroom Hero (Dropkick Murphys) for my barbarian.

[alchemy.freak]

lol my paladins theme song is Jesus Walks by Kanye West.

not that he is a christian, or that rap is appropriate for a fantasy setting, but it is still totally awesome

[Nerd-o-rama]

I think the Nextwave theme song could be adapted to many adventuring groups, including one or two that I have characters in.

[Roethke]

Well it's too bad that I don't, but
"Donald Macgillavry" would be an awesome one for a barb.

http://ingeb.org/songs/donaldsg.html

I can't find a clip, but the version I have by the [Now defunct :(] Celtae rocks.

~R
PS-As for you,Shhalahr Windrider,

your character must be pretty darn paranoid.
"Oh, Im bein followed by a moonshadow—
Moonshadow, moonshadow
Leapin and hoppin on a moonshadow—
moonshadow, moonshadow"

[Druid]

One of my characters who mowed down monsters unofficially had Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drum as a theme song.

The next character I plan on playing is a psychic rogue from a city named Sacred Heart (going to try and find out how to say that in one of the DnD languages that have had a few words defined and use that). The thieves’ guild he was a member of was however simply called "The Sacred Heart" in common. After he left he was declared a wanted man within the city for the intentionally vague crimes of "Being a rebel against the city of Sacred Heart." Then at some point during the campaign I have to get sent to prison and break myself out so that when people ask how I escaped from prison I can respond "no ball, no chain, no prison shall keep, I'm the rebel of the sacred heart."

[Fax Celestis]

One of my characters who mowed down monsters unofficially had Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drum as a theme song.

I believe that's called "Pet".

Good song, though.

[Matthew]

Hmmn. The theme Album for pretty much any D&D Gaming Group I run is the Metallica Black or S&M albums... anybody remember the Treasure Maps series that had aventures named after various Metallica songs?

[Shhalahr Windrider]

your character must be pretty darn paranoid.

Nah.

Being followed isn't always a bad thing. The song really expresses a rather carefree attitude. It goes on...

"And if I ever lose my hands, lose my plough, lose my land,
Oh if I ever lose my hands, oh if.... I wont have to work no more."

That shrugging off of all those terrible events is the real crux of the song.

[Fax Celestis]

Hmmn. The theme Album for pretty much any D&D Gaming Group I run is the Metallica Black or S&M albums... anybody remember the Treasure Maps series that had aventures named after various Metallica songs?

YES! If I recall, "Through the Never" was my favorite.

[Khantalas]

Drink and Fight and Drunken Lullabies are pretty much the theme songs of every gnome I play.

[Stormcrow]

"no ball, no chain, no prison shall keep, I'm the rebel of the sacred heart."

Classy, Flogging Molly.

Seeing them live in a month.

[Orzel]

"I'm Bad" LL Cool J- every rogue I'v ever made

I'm like Tyson icin' I'm a soldier at war
I'm makin' sure you don't try to battle me no more

*3 sneak attacks*

[Matthew]

YES! If I recall, "Through the Never" was my favorite.

Which module was that? Enter Sandman, Ride the Lighntning and The Four Horsemen were in GR3 Treasure Maps, which can actually be downloaded from the Wizards Old Edition Downloads.

[Fax Celestis]

Which module was that? Enter Sandman, Ride the Lighntning and The Four Horsemen were in GR3 Treasure Maps, which can actually be downloaded from the Wizards Old Edition Downloads.

It has been quite some time. I could be misrecalling. Ride the Lightning is what I was thinking of.

[Matthew]

Damn. I was hoping for a fourth reference, there. I often wonde if the other adventure titles were based on songs from other bands...

[okpokalypse]

Old, Cranky, Oft-Inebriated and disheveled Aritificer w/ a Penchant for Alchemy...

"What's He Building?" -- Tom Waits

My favorite line:

"There's poison underneath the sink of course...
But there's also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse..."

[Hadrian.M'Kai]

Spitfire - The Prodigy : My favorite character, a nearly epic Sorcerer/Rogue (PrC Daggerspell Mage)

[Folie]

When my rogue entered the party, she had been a convict on a transport ship. She had fought the law, and the law won.
For the campaign, the de facto theme is "He's A Pirate" from POTC. However, the DM likes to play other pieces when we game, such as selections from the soundtracks of the POTC movies, Master and Commander, etc.

[Orzel]

'Cause of this topic, I'm gonna make a Green Star Adept (eating jade) that sings Run DMC's "Kind of Rock" before battle.

[Amphimir Míriel]

When I DM, I usually play a loop of movie instrumentals... Lawrence of Arabia, Willow, Conan, Raiders of the Lost Arc...

As for characters... I once had plenty of experience points by singing (real singing, and eventually everybody in the table was singing with me)

Bard enters the tavern. He goes directly to a corner next to the bar, takes out the lute, places the case on the floor, and after a nod to the Innkeep, starts singing:

"In the swampland, the darkest swampland,
Black Dragon sleeps tonight...
In the swampland, the darkest swampland,
Black Dragon sleeps tonight...

In the glacier, the coldest glacier,
White Dragon sleeps tonight...
In the glacier, the coldest glacier,
White Dragon sleeps tonight

[chorus:
Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh
Wemoweh, wemoweh, wemoweh, wemoweh
Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh
Wemoweh, wemoweh, wemoweh, wemoweh ]

In the forest, the deepest forest,
Green Dragon sleeps tonight...
In the forest, the deepest forest,
Green Dragon sleeps tonight...

In the desert, forbidding desert,
Blue Dragon sleeps tonight...
In the desert, forbidding desert,
Blue Dragon sleeps tonight...

[chorus]

In the mountain, the highest mountain,
Red Dragon sleeps tonight...
In the mountain, the highest mountain,
Red Dragon sleeps tonight...

[chorus] [lute solo] [chorus]

Hush my darling, don't cry my darling,
the Dragon sleeps tonight...
Hush my darling, don't cry my darling,
the Dragon sleeps tonight...

[chorus x2]"

Eventually it became his "signature song"

[Ranis]

One of my players is a Bard4/Pal7, and he plays the bagpipes. He plays a different track from his CD "A Bagpipe Christmas" at the beginning of each session; it's quite amusing and it puts everyone in a good mood for the thrashing I give them.