Is This Theme Good For Mood Music When The Players Are Fighting A Lovecraftian Being?

[Leliel]

EDIT: Stupid computer....Wouldn't let me finish the post...

Since the Title says most of the post by itself, I'm just going to say that I define "Lovecraftian being" as "Astronomically powerful terrorfying creature from 'beyond the stars' as he would put it".

Here's the link:

Psycho Mantis boss theme, From Twin Snakes.

[Leliel]

Oh, come on. surely somone's intrested.

[Jothki]

I'd have to say no. Doesn't feel right.

How exactly would the battle work?

[neochaos]

Something suggests "run away~" or "we lose" or "we die"

[Leliel]

I'd have to say no. Doesn't feel right.

How exactly would the battle work?

Well, he wasn't always a Lovcraftian being (he was from "beyond the stars" though), but by the time they fight him, he's literally a ball of the psychic energy of hatred and violence made manifest. Essentially, a reality-breaking being by his existance alone.

The PCs aren't going to truly "defeat" him, just banish him to a plane of existance where he can't do any harm. Of course, he's not going to just sit by while they do this, so they'll have to deal with his aspect while avoiding/surviving the attacks of the real him(which I am going to give names like "Eldritch Apocalypse", "Heretic's Jihad", "Reality of Insanity", "Necromicon's Call"...The usual "cool final boss attack names").

[Kol Korran]

for me, the music feels more fitting to the prelude before fighting the creature- exploration, suspense, perhaps some paranoia, but not the battle itself. the music downs't have a fast pace, a pumping adrenalin rush as any serious battle needs to have.
pick somethign far more paced, perhaps with reverabrating bass sounds for the battle, keep this track for whatever comes before.

just my opinion,
Kol.

[Scintillatus]

Use the original. Much, much creepier.

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

[horseboy]

Bah! Bolt thrower. Listening to it will cost you sanity, what's more Lovecraftian?

[AslanCross]

for me, the music feels more fitting to the prelude before fighting the creature- exploration, suspense, perhaps some paranoia, but not the battle itself. the music downs't have a fast pace, a pumping adrenalin rush as any serious battle needs to have.
pick somethign far more paced, perhaps with reverabrating bass sounds for the battle, keep this track for whatever comes before.

just my opinion,
Kol.

I agree. I suggest Diablo I's Hell theme instead.

[Kizara]

I agree. I suggest Diablo I's Hell theme instead.

I agree, its better then those suggested.

Also, have a look around here, its where I hunt for evil theme music:

http://evilunleashed.com/v2/index.ph...soundtracks-sh

[ChocolateChtulu]

I must disagree with the previous posters.

Do you want a soundtrack for horrific, sanity-devouring beings from beyond, whose mere existence damages the very fabric of reality?

Celine Dion, definitely Celine Dion - maybe with some Spice Girls thrown in for optimal damage

[Athaniar]

No, that would be TOO cruel. Isn't that outlawed by the UN yet?

[hamishspence]

i'm guessing suggesting the X-Files theme would be wildly unoriginal, but it is one I tend to strongly associate with creepies. But then, I preferred earliest series.

[Vargtass]

Bringing this topic back to serious suggestions:

Holst, Mars, the Bringer of War...

I also remember getting quite an otherwordly mood using Mozart's concerto for Flute and Harp simultaneously with Bo Hansson's The Grey Havens.

Start Bo Hansson at about the time the flute starts her first solo...

[Squash Monster]

The way I see it, you need something that's creepy, incomprehensible, or both.

For my top recommendation: Xiu Xiu sounds like music that came from an alternate dimension. This is one of the more approachable songs by them: you can probably find something crazier.

If that's too intense for you, we have the nearly as weird but nowhere near as creepy Battles. This is probably their most normal song too, by the way.

If you just want creepy, you can't go wrong with finding yourself a copy of the Portal soundtrack. You might not notice it during actual gameplay, but the music in Portal is extremely disquieting.

And lastly, there's always Skaven. Try Samurai Ghost and They Crave.


If all else fails: take a Blind Guardian or Dragonforce song, open it up in a sound editor, reverse it and screw with the pitch.

[Lizardfolk Lich]

All this talk of "ball of the psychic energy of hatred and violence made manifest" made me think of Giygas from Earthbound. Here is your music Giygas was evil itself, so powerful his alien form was destroyed. Here is a still picture of the roiling mass of hate and power that Giygas was: Moaning skulls are cool. There was also the theory that Giygas is (or was) a fetus. Here is the theory, watch for them spoilers!

[nobodylovesyou4]

personally, id have to go with a song actually ABOUT cthulhu. its intense, its lovecraftian, and damnit, its metal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPV5b2SrjIY