Your Character's(s') Soundtrack(s)

For some reason, listening to more modern pop music doesn't work for me when I'm playing a fantasy video game.  I try to get soundtracks of epic-type music and put it all in a play list and put that bitch on "shuffle".  It works most of the time since I tend to PvP a lot, so I've got some 300, some Rome:Total War, Medieval: Total War, Hitman: Blood Money, some Warhammer, that kinda thing.

Beyond a doubt though, my absolute all-time favorite thing to listen to while playing Olaff, especially battlegrounds and arena, is something I got for shitzengiggeln one day while having swashbuckling adventures in downloading illegally on the high internet seas.  Look up "Red Army Choir - The Definitive Collection 2CD" some day.  "The Red Army is the Strongest", "Korobelniki", "Smuglianka", "National Anthem of the USSR", "The Cossacks", that kinda thing.  It's weird--I despise the USSR and everything it stood for, but MAN can they belt out some good music!

Yeah, here it is.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWIZ1XA8f2s.  Listen to it, it'll put hair on your chest.

Other than that?

Mozart -- Ave Maria (German version...not so much the Latin for some reason.)

Gregorian Chants -- Benedictinos

Wagner -- Ride of the Valkyries (the only "viking" music that's ever been worth listening to)

Mozart -- Requiem

Mozart -- Don Giovani

Part of it is personal taste, most of it is what fits the character the most.

Now...when you say "Critique Welcomed", does that mean like..."Tool is the worst band of degenerate mutants ever to play instruments who actually manage to be more hideous and less talented than their own roadies"?  I ask because music can be something of a hot-button issue among...well, anybody. 

For Aktarin:

Tool - 10,000 Days, Wings for Marie pt. 2. The level of burning fury suppressed and suffusing this well and finely crafted song suits the madness seething beneath Aktarin. "Oh, what are they going to do when the lights go down/ Without you to guide them all to Zion? What are they going to do when the rivers overrun/ Other than tremble incessantly? High is the way, but all eyes are upon the ground./ You were the light and the way they'll only read about." magnificently covers how Aktarin feels about Tyrande, as the fury the singer feels reflects her own sense of outrage at how others do not appreciate Whisperwind the way she does.
NiN - A Warm Place, The Good Soldier, Something I can Never Have, Sunspots. Yes, Aktarin is emo. She's a genuinely insane, self-hating woman well shielded by layers of dedication and devotion to an ideal she doesn't believe she deserves.

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending. Odd to have on this soundtrack, I know, but deep beneath the madness is some spark of the girl she was, in an ascending violin of longing and sorrow. Aktarin is a blend of longing, sorrow, pain, and a deep fury.

Arvo Parte - Te Deum. The alien and swelling chorus and orchestra in this magnificent piece tie in well with the powerful bonds Akkie's tied around herself.

For Swallowtail:

Dead Can Dance - Bird, Yulunga (Spirit Dance), Rakim. Swallow is primal, and always part of intricate drum work and rhythms. The haunting power of DcD is perfect for her.

Bjork - Pagan Poetry, All is Full of Love, Joga. Bjork's ethereal and wild melodies tie in with the tragedies of the past year for Swallow, while maintaining the thread of her abiding joy and hopefulness.

Tool - Right in Two, Vicarious. While Swallow is lately a good deal happier than she was last year, she IS a fury warrior, and there is a dark stain of rage on her previously sweet soul.

 Liquid Tension Experiment - Biaxident. The flowing and powerful melodies of this brilliant nonvocal work perfectly unites the varying threads of Swallow, from primal to sweet, to wild, to angry.

For Vinguld:

Leonard Cohen - Waiting for the Miracle. Something about the rusty sensuous voice and thrumming rhythm just ties perfectly to create a darkly sensual atmosphere for me, which embodies Vinguld at his most feline.

Leo Kotke - The Driver. The chord progressions in this disturbing story build a desolate wasteland, which is ultimately what Vinguld's heart tends to be

Depeche Mode - It's No Good, Strange Love. Vinguld is a sadist, and a control freak. These tie nicely into that..

David Sylvian - Let the Happiness In, I Surrender. These two nicely reflect the poignancy and sorrow in the character.

Ta'Srith:

Rush - The Weapon. Just for the lines and the crashing drums. It characterizes Tas for me, and I'm not sure why. Still building her soundtrack along with Llew's, Samai's and Gyr's.
 

 I actually have a big 187-song playlist I turn on when writing Artie blogs.  I plucked these from that, because these are probably the most poignent of the bunch.  At least as far as sound, or feeling, or words. 

Some of these are Artie songs.  Some are Artie-and-Dria songs.  I've actually been thinking about putting together a pinpointed song list like this for the past few days.

Anyway.

A&E, by Goldfrapp.  I start here in honor of Sze starting the thread, because one night she whispered me saying, "There's this song that reminds me of Artie and Dria..."  This is that song, and though the lyrics are still odd to me the song itself indeed sounds very much like them, at to me. ^_^

32 Flavors, Overlap and Hour Follows Hour  by Ani Difranco.  If Artie existed in the modern day world, she would groove.  Meaningfully.  There's a quiet well-meaningness in 32 Flavors as well, and a perseverance I attribute to her.  Overlap has a lot of the same with an eye on Artie's appreciation for Dria.  Hour Follows Hour matched up to one meaningful night of RP we had, one about change and working through change.  "First you decide what you've got to do, then you go out and do it/ And maybe the most that we can do is just to see each other through it."

Shadowland, Love me Still by Bruce Hornsby.  Shadowlands is a hard one to explain.  It's about looking back, I guess, and seeing where you are now, and perhaps regretting some things along the way.   I've looked around for beautiful things / Success I've found out a hallow end / Not so sure for what I stand / All quiet here in the Shadowlands  It's very much how Artie feels about her previous life.  It's also a gorgeous, thoughtful song.   Love Me Still is another Artie/Dria one, very much how Artie often wonders at the love between them.

By Way of Sorrow by Dar Williams/Cry Cry Cry.  I just used this one in a blog.  It's very folksly, harkening back to Artie's small-villiage roots.  And it's about finally getting somewhere wonderful after a lot of pain and difficulty.

What do you Love more than Love, Alleluia, Spring Street, Cool as I Am by Dar Williams.  These  simply *sound* like Artie.  Especially the second, which has NOTHING to do with Artie's story lyrically, but it SOUNDS like Artie, when she's happy and free.  Spring Street has some of that sound and is about starting your life over.  Cool as I Am is a special one that Kolja sent to me after Artie got together with Dria.  When the lyrics say "If I could believe that stuff I'd say that woman has a halo," I still hear his voice saying (about Artie), "I look out and say, 'Yeah, she's really blonde.""

Crash Into Me, Lover Lay Down, Crush by Dave Matthews Band.  These are some of the most *intimate* songs I know, at least to me.  I don't know what it is about the words or the sound, but they are just....  there is this light dancing-ness, which so well describes some of the depth and intimacy that exists between Artie and Dria.  Crush has a bit of that mellow groove as well, and sweeps up into a euphoric kinda thing.

What's Simple is True by Jewel.  This is another song that was sent to me and somehow wound itself into Artie's story.  It very very very very much defines Artie's whole outlook on life and love.

Power of Two by Indigo Girls.  As far as in my own playlist, this is Artie and Dria's "song".  Period.

Both Sides Now, Amelia by Joni Mitchell.  Before Dria entered Artie's life, Joni Mitchell was like, the definative musical voice of Artie, and Both Sides Now was her theme song.  In many ways it still is and always will be.  Amelia is the source of Artie's former husband's name, Amelius.  Not only in the him being "lost" bit, but also in "Amelia, it was just a false alarm"

A Better Wife, by Erin Mckoewn.  Another song that was sent to me, it describes Artie's relationship with her former husband almost perfectly.  And the mood of it is just *perfect*.

There are probably a good number more I didn't pick up on.  Yes, I listen to a lot of folk music.  I also play the banjo.  Really.

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The Haven Moderator formerly known as Lorith.

For Elrin it can be nearly anything from my vast collection of viking/folk metal.

The songs all have a epic feel to them and many of them have lyrics that fit right at home with the character.  A lot of my blog titles are stolen from song titles of bands like Amon Amarth, Windir and Thyrfing.

Home Again, By Thyrfing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5QeHpx_YPA

The long, hard yers at sea, have taken their toll on me
For thirteen winters and a spring, I have been so far away

So far, far away from the place I call home
A place so beautiful, it's where I want to die
Have you ever seen the rivers of Nyfors?
Or the majestic view at the mountains of Brevik?

Tyreso, you have left a mark in my heart
Home... I am coming home again

As I think of home, the memories burn inside of me
Does my son still remember me?
Does his mother recall how life used to be?

Will she ever recognize this grey and scarred old man?
Will I ever see her smile again?
Will she meet me at the shore when my ship comes in?

Mother Svea, you have left a mark in my heart
So I am coming home again

For home and kindred I have sailed so far
For home and kindred I am coming home again

For Razyel I always went with just silence or some softer folk music, like Korpiklaani or Moonsorrow.

With Trees, by Korpiklaani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agj_e20WGw8

Far, far away, where the birch wouldn't grow
Far, far away and where the wind freezes your face
There you won't be alone

I would rather fly with eagles, to the snow hills
I would rather run with wolves, between the trees
I would rather be with trees, than in the middle of noisy streets

So far away, My mind flies to the moon
Far, far away, I can see what happens soon
And what's most important

Letti never really had a soundtrack in my mind...maybe...

Klaymen's Theme from the Neverhood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppkBUXKjLw0&feature=related

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Good things die all the time,
God bless your heart, vengeance is mine.
"Kiss me like you mean goodbye," said the spider to the fly.
When all those times you thought that you were wrong, you were right.

Lady Nairn - Lament of the Covenanter's Widow: This song of a woman mourning her husband was one of the inspirations for Theryl.

But I maun live, and I maun grieve, and I maun thole the morrow
This heart's no' made o' flesh and blood and will nae die o' sorrow

Brendan Graham - Crucan Na bPaiste: A modern Gaelic lament for a dead child.  I found this a couple of months ago and it could almost have been written for the character

Broken my heart, lonely my life
With my darling child lying here and me tormented
It is the end of my world, my little red-haired girl
Laid out in Crucán na bPáiste

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGKAft_LzdU&feature=related

James Lowell - Once to every Man and Nation:  The great abolitionist hymn is about making choices.  The couplet in the signature is also from this song.

Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside,
'Til the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.

Capercaille - Four Stone Walls: All about being forced from your home and land.

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

Thomas Davis - A Nation Once Again: The great anthem of 19th century Irish nationalism expresses Theryl's feelings about restoring Lordaeron .

And still I live in hope to see, oh can such hope be vain?
That my dear country shall be made a nation once again.

Francis Fahy - A Rebel Heart: Another 19th century Irish song, this one is less about the nationalism and more about Theryl's constant opposition to authority.

A rebel heart, a rebel heart, from taint of thralldom free,
God nourish still, for good or ill, the rebel heart in me.

Sydney Carter - Walk in the Light: A modern song about George Fox, the founder of the Quakers.

Oh the book, it will perish and the steeple will fall,
But the light will be shining at the end of it all.

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New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth,
They must upward still and onward who would keep abreast of truth.

Well, I'll just list one for Inokentei (updated from one I posted a year ago). There might be a large amount of M.C.R. on this list (but I did see their concert last night, so it's all in my head).

I Never Told You What I Do For A Living- My Chemical Romance: The song sums up a concept album about being a murderer who fell in love. Inokentei is a tormented sort, and the song is sung and written in a style that shows off love, hate, grief, and panic all at once. Sample: 'We'll love again, we'll laugh again, and we'll cry again, and we'll dance again, it's so much better this way- I can't get the blood off the sheets in my bed-!'

The Ghost of You- My Chemical Romance: The song (stand alone) is about being a soldier who goes off to war and leaves behind his beloved; the question then being whether she'll wait for him or move on with life (after his death). (Note: With the album, it's the death of Mercutio and 'Romeo's' flight.) Sample: 'I can't always just forget her, but she could try...You are never comming home, never comming come. Tonight she dies. And all the things that you never ever told me...'

House of Wolves- My Chemical Romance: This song is translatable to the story of the CD, and can stand alone. By itself, it's about being a bad man who went to hell. Simple enough, right? Well, sadly, this could apply to our anti-hero. Sample: 'Well I think I'm gonna burn in hell, everybody burn the house right down, and say yeah what I want to say, tell me I'm an angel, take this too my grave, tell me I'm an angel, tell me I'm a bad man, kick me like a stray.'

Over the Hills and Far Away- Nightwish: The song is about a man who sleeps with the wife of his best friend, and the next day is convicted of theft. Rather than give his alibi, he goes to prison for ten years, and he waits for her through all the years of misery. Well, Ino was never an adulterer, but he's not one for giving up on the long lost. Sample: 'Over the hills and far away, for ten long years he'll count the days, for sure as the rivers reach the seas, back in his arms he swears she'll be.'

Darkness of Greed- Rage Against the Machine: A song about the corruption of governments (real ones) and how the abuse of nations and peoples can stem from simple greed and self-centeredness. Sample: 'AIDS is killing the entire African nation, though there's a vaccine supposedly in preparation, we say we'll kill them off, take their land, and go there for vacation.'

Killing in the Name- Rage Against the Machine: The song is about the corruption of officials, and how those who are in power, can also be those who commit the greatest attrocities, so it's rather perfect for them. Sample: 'Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses. Killing in the name of-! Now you do what they told'ja...'

 Jesus of Suburbia- Green Day: The song really isn't the focus, however, there is one particular part of it that strikes to his philosphy rather strongly. Sample: 'Everyone is so full of shit, born and raised by hipocrites.. we are the kids of war and peace...'

Who Wants to Live Forever?- Queen: The song is as the title gives. About how life is important, but how all good things come to an end despite the joys and tears that life can bring. About how to die isn't the most terrible thing, and that some things should be embraced with joy, despite their darker connotations. Sample: Who wants to live forever? Who wants to live forever? All love must die... touch my tears... with your lips, touch my war with your fingertips, and can have forever- and we can love forever!'

I'm So Sick- Flyleaf: A song about being a disgustingly dirty person- not with disease but with life. How where you live, how you live, and what you do, can make you a person sick in the soul. Inokentei is a constantly self depriciating and hating person. Sample: 'I'm so sick, infected with, where I live, let me live without this, anti-bliss, selfishness, I'm so sick!'

Danse Mon Esmeralda- Garou: The song, a piece from 'Notredame du Paris', a musical about the Hunchback, Frollo, Phaebus, and Esmeralda, is a rather amazing and passionate bit sung by Quasimodo after Esmeralda has been hung (sorry kids, this isn't disney.) Anyway, considering his dead wife and his everlasting love for her, it seems right. Sample (Translated from French): ' Let my soul soar far from the miseries of the earth, Let my love to meddle in the light of the universe, Dance, my Esmeralda, sing, my Esmeralda!'

Mama- My Chemical Romance: The song is part of the story of the album, and as such, is about losing the love of ones mother and the main character's relations with his mother. Stand alone, it's about being a soldier who died in war, whose mother hated him for leaving to go fight. In Inokentei's place, it could be seen as the same (though you replace his mother for his wife) and you get the same. Sample: 'Mama, we're meant for the flies. And right now, they're building, a coffin your size- Mama, we're all full of lies. Oh mother, what the war did to my legs and tongue, you should have raised a baby girl, I should have been a better son, if you can coddle the infection they can amputate at once, you shoulda been, I could have been a better son!'

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"I would do anything for the ones I love." -Elexandre

Gazzy has a weird collection of music I associate with her.

At her best (or worst):

Schwarze Sonne - E Nomine: Over-blown, pompous, yet still powerfully tied to her at her best (or the days when she's feeling particularly cruel.) Only version of the song I could find on you-tubez is on my favorites, but don't mind the Hellsing AMV if you watch: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y7CMT1lOzus

46 and 2 - Tool: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tja6_h4lT6A (trying to find stuff without weird fan-made videos is making me lose my will to live) >:|

Die Eier Von Satan - Tool: The story behind this is kinda funny. The majority of people that listen to this song, of course, associate it with Nazism and the Third Reich (and the band did very little to distract from that initial impression with the screaming-crowd noises and such. I remember reading one article when I was younger about the satanic nature of Tool's music and their worst song, ''The Hate of Satan.'') Of course, people who know German recognize the lyrics as a recipe for making hash brownies. It fits well when laid in comparison to how Gaz translates the messages of outside influences: The sound and appearance fits what she wants to believe, when in a lot of cases she's entirely misinterpreting it out of willful ignorance. http://youtube.com/watch?v=VATb8PwzbDk

Ouroboros and Cicatriz ESP- Mars Volta:  With Mars Volta being my favorite band, it's only natural that my favorite songs by them get associated with her personality. http://youtube.com/watch?v=slXpsCbMx1I

Pagan Poetry - Bjork: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qlmy905GKus (NSFW, fyi)

Elexandre's soundtrack consists mostly of violin music of some style or another.

Guiseppe Tartini - Devil's Trill Sonata: This is one of my favorite pieces of classical music, so I guess it's expected that I would use it for Elexandre. The story behind it is that the composer, Tartini, dreamt that the devil came to him and asked to be his servant. When Tartini gave the devil his violin, he played the most astounding piece of music Tartini had ever heard. Upon waking, he desperately tried to recreate the song, and though it is still considered very technically demanding today, the poor composer was so frustrated with his inability that he would have given up music altogether if it were not his only livelihood. Yeah, hardcore. As for the song itself, it is dignified, proud, brooding, complex, and yet energetic - which I think captures Elexandre very well.  (Part One / Part Two / Pop Version)

Outside - To Forgive But Not Forget: (sometimes credited to Aphex Twin): Another instrumental piece. It conveys the unsettled and yet driven feeling Elex experiences when wants to get to the bottom of a particular situation or problem. He is the sort of man who will pursue the truth regardless of the pain or complexity it will bring, and this song reminds me of that. (Youtube)

Apocalyptica - Bittersweet feat. Ville Vallo: Elexandre has very powerful feelings for his wife; while he loves her deeply, their relationship is more complicated and emotionally demanding than the more innocent or fawning romances one might expect of young people. This song speaks to the burden of his intense adoration. "I'm giving up the ghost of love/ in the shadows cast on devotion/ she's the one that I adore/ creed of my silent suffocation." (Youtube / Lyrics)

Bond - Libertango: What can I say? This song is sexy. Behind his exterior of self-restraint, Elex is a very sensual and passionate individual. This most certainly shows in his love life and his (often intense) desire, and that's what this piece is all about. (Youtube)

Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence, 4th Movement: Energetic and grand, anticipation mixed with tension and yearning. To me, this song reflects Elexandre's idealistic dreams for the restoration of Silvermoon and Quel'Thalas. (Youtube)

Kamelot - Rule the World: Alright. Gotta have some power metal in here. This song represents the rocky inner conflict between Elexandre's political ambition and self-loathing: "Sometimes I tremble like a little child/ that faces morning with a broken smile/ Sometimes I crumble when the shades unfurl/ sometimes I feel that I could rule the world." Not to mention the video is quite Sin'dorei with its decadent sensuality and incense usage. :) (Youtube / Lyrics)

There aren't really a lot of specifics for my characters, other than Tsilas I guess.

Herriman's is mostly Irish drinking songs and the like. A few classical pieces as well.

There's Run for your life - The Beatles- I can't help but laugh when I listen to it, because it's exactly how Herriman handles a woman going behind his back. That is to say, he may be very abusive, or even kill her.

Bugger off - An Irish Drinking song, which conveys herriman's personality very well. The language is crude, rude, etc. It generally has the feeling of "I'm better than you, and though you had been entertaining before, I'm bored of you now so kindly fuck off."

High Barbaree, performed by Bounding Main- A piratey song about pirates. In it,  the lyrics talk about a ship searching for pirates. The Captain says "O hail her! O hail her! Are you a man-o'-war or a privateer?" to a ship upon finding them, to which they reply "Oh, no I'm not a man-o'-war, nor privateer, But I'm a salt sea pirate, all a-lookin' for me fee!" And while Herriman wouldn't come out and say that, it's true. As soon as the pirate in the song says that, they getinto a big sea battle, and the pirates eventually lose, the ship sinks, and they drown. The end --

With cutlass, and with gun, O we fought them hours three;
Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.
The ship it was their coffin, and their grave it was the sea.
A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbaree.

A-sailing down all on the coasts of High--- Barbaree.

--I really like, because of the line about the coffin, and the grave. As a natural born pirate, that's likely going to be Herriman's fate.

Balmir is more or less the exact same way, though definitely with more light-hearted music.

Some Say the Devil's Dead - Brobdingnagian Bards- The song has a very optimistic tune, with a prominent flute, and a steadily increasing tempo. Since Balmir was so carefree and generally grateful, I think it's fitting. Other than that, it's general Irish drinking music.

I don't really have much music to fit Melanim. There's very little that I've heard that really makes me think of him.

I got bored in photoshop.

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Wow...you people have terrible taste in music.

*ducks*

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Good things die all the time,
God bless your heart, vengeance is mine.
"Kiss me like you mean goodbye," said the spider to the fly.
When all those times you thought that you were wrong, you were right.

Shryndael

When it has to do with Iloam, Seether's FYLYHM is fairly accurate. Otherwise, it's a cross between Piece of Me by Britney Spears (don't hate me, I hate the song, but it's still her theme song :P), and These Dreams by Heart.

Vanista

Many many gospel hymns, but I always get the refrain from "Children of the Light" stuck in my head. I can't remember the words, except for the refrain. "We are children, children of the Light. We are shining, shining in the Night. Hope for our world." or something very similar.

Hummm... Jeaydes is an interesting songist. I hate giving explinatiosn behind each song, as it tends to ruin a bit of the mystery behind them, or, some people have rather different ideas about what the song means, and it has a different personal meaning for them. But, if youve RP'ed with Jeayde, you would know that each song makes sense for her. Also, note, some of these songs dont have real music videos persay, but some do, so watch and enjoy! Or, at least listen.

Brand New: Play Crack the sky. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLMTSPOszFg

Guster: FaFa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iksvvYE3yAQ

Bjork: Isobell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQP4UE241_0

Elastica:  2:1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIfuS5wRB6s (Yeah, I know, its not a music video, but its still the song)

Janes Addiction: Three Days (I unfortunatly cant find a version of this that isnt live, which is a little bit more.... upbeat)

Juno Reactor: Zwara, also, Angels and Men http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoVlnZyIG6M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOM_3mBaugY

Muse: Knights of Cydonia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV1bRfLHA3A

Apocalyptica: Chokka (Nothing here, sorry, but it is on iTunes)

Nine Inch Nails: (Yus, I do lurve me some NIN)  The Wretched, The Mark Has Been Made, The Day the World Went Away http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeMRokXH2rg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p5oufB8CzM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHB-bCZQQ3o

VNV Nation: Chosen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxLY2x7bEvs

The end.

Me calling you an idiot would not be near as fun as you proving me right.

@Elrin

Joking or not, that comment is completely unnecessary. I've never heard of the bands you listed, and if I was curious, I'd ask. But peoples preferences in music will vary enough (considering the international aspect of the server, and widespread locales from which people come from to RP here). I don't like country or rap, but if you listed them (even posted the lyrics) I'd suffer in silence, so I'll ask you to do the same.

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"I would do anything for the ones I love." -Elexandre

Ixinane showed me this neat playlists site a while back. It's a little fragile, but fun. I later tried feeding my selections into Pandora, with somewhat mixed results.

The song I start with, "Boombastic", is I think vintage Kolja: a swaggering ego to the point of silliness, paired with just a little bit of self awareness. I can't help but sing along and enjoy the singer's enthusiasm even while snickering at him.

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The Future is full of beautiful unmade mistakes. ~Abe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgGHKD-Nm0

Trace Adkins -- Rough and Ready

Mud grips - white-tip
Cigar stickin' out of my face
Earnhardt racing sticker on the window
Banged up fender
4x4 - straight pipe roar
Primer and rust all over the door
Scarred up knuckles, Mack belt buckle
White t-shirt - Ain't afraid to work
Got a "what-are-you-looking-at-asshole?" smirk

Cold beer, hot wings
Wranglers, Skoal ring
Get just what you see
Gun rack, ball cap
Don't take no crap
Ain't a pretty boy-toy
I'll rock you steady
Rough and ready

Work boots - one blue suit
Size too small - won't wear at all
Unless somebody kicks - gets hitched
It don’t fit – and makes me itch
Up with sun - off on the run
Makin' money money - cause I wanna have fun
5 o'clock whistle - off like a missile
Got a hot date, girl named Kate
Think's I'm cool - 'cause I shoot straight
Ain't one thing about her fake
She's long and tall - and she goes great with

Cold beer, hot wings
Wranglers, Skoal ring
Get just what you see
Gun rack, ball cap
Don't take no crap
Ain't a pretty boy-toy
I'll rock you steady
Rough and ready
Rough and ready, Baby


Well you are who you are
That's all right with me
But I am who I am
That's all I can be
I like

Cold beer, hot wings
Wranglers, Skoal ring
Get just what you see
Gun rack, ball cap
Don't take no crap
Ain't a pretty boy-toy
I'll rock you steady
Rough and ready
Rough and ready
Rough and ready, Baby

Now, this song is great for two reasons--one, it's just badass on every single level.  Two, it fits my character Karamazov to a T--although instead of a pickup truck, he's got his Elekk.  Nothing emo, boring or fake about it.  Karamazov is most definately a space cowboy.

Decided that Llew would be:

Peter Gabriel - Sky Blue, Signal to Noise, Salisbury Hill, Come Talk to Me, I Grieve, Blood of Eden

Jacques Brel - If we Only Have Love, Carousel, The Middle Class

Bruce Cockburn - Lovers in a Dangerous Time

I'm not good with music at all. I have particularly no genre I listen to. Its whatever fits my mood.

I listen to this one a lot when writing Hakka blogs.. music aids me greatly into getting into whatever sort of emotional mood I need to be in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-qLHO7k-w8

Yes, its also the main theme from Legend of Dragoon. ignore this fact. LoD has nothing to do with any of my characters >>;

And in case some of you are wondering, there is absolutely nothing "angry" in my playlists.  ;)

I don't think any true "songs" would really make it into a soundtrack for Turrin, but there are some notable musical pieces and motiffs that I find appropriate, depending on the action. Some of my favorite of which are:

From Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction:

Main Theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szzZQwawELc

Family Business - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSFOnFd4aw&feature=related

The Allies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XscLUwIc89Q&feature=related

Explosion Scherzo

Deck of 52

From Halo 3:

Finish the Fight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFOJ13sw8o4

Follow Our Brothers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g40t7coTQ8g&feature=related

Behold a Pale Horse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e98SFlzTS90&feature=related

From Star Wars:

Duel of the Fates - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRxZBKH9zdY&feature=related

From Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade:

Keeper of the Grail - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9232eBrdRA

The Penitent Man Shall Pass - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Y5Bi8bC1Y

and of course the good ol' Raiders March - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCgJACYsOSo

From the Command and Conquer Universe:

Hellmarch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHycoOExCPE

Blow it Up - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE36tkU9br0

Act on Instinct - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVNubbPiZAU&feature=related

From Team Fortress 2:

Main Theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlXeqsZMoSY

Playing with Danger - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7eLCEMN7t0&feature=related

The Art of War - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxEHXoIw_7U&feature=related

Aaaaand. The Yakety Sax. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl0WIw8KOVc&feature=related

I like to think that the general trend of all this captures the sense of honor, nobility, and a quirky, high-tech loose canon all rolled into one. The Halo, Indy, and Star Wars bits tend to be more of the "noble warrior" sort of vibe with some of the Mercs tracks being like that too, but with a less noble (EXPLOSIONS EVERYWHERE!) bent to them. This exploding things trend is reinforced with the C&C tracks while the TF2 music rounds out the quirkier engineer side of the character while still keeping a rather action-oriented theme. Yakety Sax for obligatory chase scenes involving Adriano.

I load these for a WoW session.  The playlist changes, or course, but this was yesterday's raid music.  :D

2 or 3 Enigma CDs.

George Winston (samples: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uj6VLLa29zs and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjFBm0V1oLk)

Laurence Juber (sample: http://youtube.com/watch?v=F7P4WXswTUI)

Billy Mclaughlin (sample: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QWZ19TU6qso)

Jean Beauvoir (sample: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HN45_ecuuVY)

Lara Fabian (samples: http://youtube.com/watch?v=FCcAb3UP5aA 'Because You Go') , http://youtube.com/watch?v=6Hg3DNNrH1M, and http://youtube.com/watch?v=N-roGMGyFu0

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'Holding my last breath, safe inside myself...' -Evanescence-

Heh.  I got a bunch.

Sebastien Artemidorus Kerwin:

Into the Fire from the Scarlet Pimpernel Soundtrack

The Quest from Man of La Mancha

Burn from Apocalyptica

And, for particularly dark moods -

Hilf Mir, from Rammstein

Seb's soundtrack is based in a lot of classical and bravado-filled tunes, as is the man himself.  He's a bit of a broken idealist, and being a fire mage, he's quite scary when his temper flares, so I try and play that every now and then...plus, with Hilf Mir, nothing feels like roasted High Elves quite so much as a song about a child accidentally setting themselves on fire.

Satchiel Valas Kerwin:

All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix

Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tenth Man Down by Nightwish

Knights of Cydonia by Muse

Satchiel is, at heart, a soldier - one who's been forced to endure a constant siege without much hope of it concluding, but still strong enough to both continue acting in a heroic fashion and keep a sense of humor alive.  In effect, if Hawkeye Pierce were a Blood Knight, he'd be Satchiel.

Calligan Reeve:

Wasting My Hate by Metallica

In The House - In A Heartbeat by John Murphy

You Know my Name by Chris Cornell

Life is Beautiful by Sixx A.M.

Calligan is, as this tracklist should tell, a little messed up.  He's a good guy and all, but has a TON of emotional baggage and a lust for revenge under that friendly demeanor.  In the House seems like a fantastic rage-based song, and it's chilling listening to that when considering that Shadow Priests regularly melt peoples' brains.

I can only think of three that would stand out as I play the Ah'Tail.

Do Ya' - Electric Light Orchestra

You May Be Right - Billy Joel

Behind Blue Eyes - The Who

http://www.playlist.com/node/33901044

Its not much, I know, but they're fun.

I don't have particular songs I listen to, but certain artists.

Neun is mostly Nine Inch Nails (most often The Fragile album), Tool, The Deftones, Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse, and Ugly Casanova.

Tiri is more my rock girl, she's got alot of Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, and Prodigy.

I'm necro-ing this thread for three reasons:

1. It's awesome, 2. There are lots of new people around who haven't yet posted for their characters, and 3. I finally finished assembling Aedran's soundtrack. So, without further ado, here's her angry and sexy music. (Please ignore the amateur visuals of some of these videos.)

Otep - Ghostflowers: Aedran's main theme. Otep's aggressive female vocals and urban sound are perfect for a tough-girl Sin'dorei who grew up on the underside of Silvermoon. The lyrics capture her desire for survival and revenge on society: "You want to see me burn/ I am living fire/ You will know me by the scars I bare/ You will know me by the hate I swear/ Shapeless vengeance!" Badass stuff. (Youtube/ Lyrics)

Otep - My Confession: Otep is so appropriate that the band warrants a second song. My Confession represents Aedran's violence and desperation about her situation in life, as I have tried to portray in her blog entries. The vocalist admits "I'm insecure, I need aggression/ to feed the spiders of perception," and continues with "I have many secrets/ and I eat the weak/ And I'm at an end/ and there's no way out." Spot-on. (Youtube/ Lyrics)

Arch Enemy - Revolution Begins: A metal band with a growling female lead, Arch Enemy captures both Aedran's energy and rebelliousness. Ever a firebrand with a grudge against classism, Revolution Begins is her soundtrack for dissent. "Once lost - lost in their game/ Mental chains breaking now/ Set yourself free/ Who are they to tell you what to do?/ Never too late/ To stand your ground - revolution begins/ In me - in you/ Revolution!" (Youtube/ Lyrics)

Flyleaf - I'm So Sick: Another entry from the screaming girl department. This song describes Aedran's disgust with Silvermoon and the lifestyle she's grown up in: "I'm so sick/ Infected with where I live/ Let me live without this empty bliss/ Selfishness/ I'm so sick." (Youtube/ Lyrics)

Flyleaf - Sorrow: This is Aedran's theme for her lover, Vaalin. Full of youthful innocence, he helped her plot escape - until he vanished. His memory fills her with both hope and a sense of loss that also permeate this song. "Sorrow lasts through this night/ I'll take this piece of you/ And hope for all eternity/ For just one second I felt whole/ As you flew right through me." (Youtube/ Lyrics)

Nightwish - Whoever Brings the Night: This piece by symphonic/gothic metal Nightwish is a seductive siren's song with a pirate vibe. It makes a perfect lover's theme for Aedran and Tsilas, a Blackwater Buccaneer captain, whose affair is full of lust and lies. "We seduce the dark with pain and rapture/ Like two ships that pass in the night/ You and I - a whore and a bashful sailor/ Welcome to a sunrise (of a dirty mind.)" (Youtube/ Lyrics)

Scarling - Black Horse Riding Star: This song has a hard, groovy vibe and some great aggressive yells. It's perfect for Aedran's in-your-face personality, and the on-again, off-again thing she's got going on with Tsilas. Wild and resentful, the lyrics sum it up: "Black Horse Riding Star/ Good-bye and damn you/ Break my heart and f**k you!" (Youtube)

Plumb - Better: Alternative rocker Plumb busts out here with a strong, intense sound. As the song above, it details Aedran and Tsilas' rocky relationship, but reveals more openly the nature of their problems - the captain's insecurities. "I don't want to care/ And I don't want to hate/ And I don't want to see you fall too far away/ All because of fear/ 'Cause when you're afraid/ You lash out at me/ And say all the things that you never meant to say/ And try to break me." (Youtube/ Lyrics)

Like Szeharia said above - NOW U!

I guess I'll add to this thread since Aedran Necro'd it with some of the songs I tend to listen to for Janiil.

Papa Roach - I Devise My Own Demise : An interesting song that I think matches up with Janiil's tendency to be reckless as well as her weakness towards manipulation. Youtube

Evanescence - Whisper : This song gives me a feel of the tragedy that has befallen Janiil as well as her sometimes insane mix of Sadness and Anger, the lyrics kind of go along with her sadness but its mainly the tone and mood of the song. Youtube

Linkin Park - Breaking The Habit : This song has helped me alot recently with Janiil's persona as it fits her view of realizing just the kind of path she has started down and knowing that its not the right one. Youtube

Linkin Park - In the End : For alot of the same reasons as above except tone wise its more encompassing and seems to represent Janiil more as a whole. Youtube

Luca Tirilli - Demonheart : Usually played when blogging Janiil in anger, or when she is fighting.  Just overall a good song for me when needing to get into Janiil's more shut off side. Youtube

Luca Tirilli - Black Rose : A rather lovely song that goes well with Jan's sometimes fluctuating emotions and inner pain. Youtube

Nightwish - Bye Bye Beautiful : I enjoy this song for alot of the same reasons as Black Rose except it tends to have abit of a sharper edge. Youtube

Hmm.  So many characters, and so many songs ...

Kharak is a character that has suffered a lot of loss in his life.  He has lived most of his life knowing he is broken somehow, and despite this, he maintains some bit of hope.  His song would be by Queensryche: Silent Lucidity.  The song seems to encompass the two halves to his shattered psyche - the uncertainty and sadness of the injured half that is Kharak, and the protective, watchful guardian that is Chanek.

Scrimshaw.. is reality-challenged, shall we say.  She believes in the monsters that grown-ups stop believing in - she sees them.  Her eyes see a very different world than others do, and she has trouble communicating her thoughts to others.  Her songs would include Pink Floyd: High Hopes.  The song never fails to bring vivid pictures to me of a very blasted mindscape of memories and nightmare perception, and the grim clinging to idealized images of a better world.  The other song that most fits her is by Toad the Wet Sprocket: Pray Your Gods.  It's part dirge, part pleading love song, and part jarring warning. 

I'll have to edit this as the others occur to me.  :)

We have a similar thread from way back on our own Guild Portal site.

Fun to think about.

I often listen to music ( /cheers for integrated iTunes!) while playing.

When I do, and I'm on Ilithac here... it's not so much a playlist for him (though I have one for playing Forsaken in general, called "Dark Lady Watching" which is comprised of a number of bands and soundtracks) as much as a single Band that I just like to put on shuffle and ...run.

The band is Kalmah.

http://www.kalmah.com/index.html

or

http://www.myspace.com/kalmah

They're a Finnish Folk Metal band. While they're not my favorite band, they're certainly among my favorite Metal bands.

More to the point though, they put me in the mood to "be" Ilithac every freakin' time I hear their stuff.

-Ill 

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Ignite

Twilight comes and the mood's complete
Gonna hit the street grab some of that night time beat
My heart is beat beat beating like a drum
The night is in my veins we're gonna have some fun tonight

Light the fuse I must ignite
I'm gonna set the world alight
Light the fuse I must ignite
I'm gonna set the world alight

I wanna see you burn

I killed the cigarette I killed the light
I'm killing time the heat kills me on a hot summer night
I'm gonna dream a life live a dream
Hell for leather in my scheme of things tonight

Light the fuse I must ignite
I'm gonna set the world alight
Light the fuse I must ignite
I'm gonna set the world alight

(Ignite, by the Damned, from the album Strawberries)

P.S. This is a GREAT live performance of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uT_KQ8QJRI

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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.

For Tal'duriel:

Somewhere Out There - Our Lady Peace

Seether - Fine Again

Belanova - Tus Ojos

It's My Life - Bon Jovi

All By Myself - Celine Dion

Never Enough - Epica

Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park

Meant To Live - Switchfoot

((hmm... I have never thought of a playlist for Shaleigh. Mainly because she is constantly changing and experiencing different things that alter her personality some. Also because I don't listen to a lot of worded music.

Rya is a different story. I had a playlist for her once, but it got altered as I had fun finding music I like to dance to. You can find all of my playlists at this site. Other than that... I might actually make their lists if I find the time and effort.))

 The over all Soundtrack for Agoris has been and always will be this:

"Love Me if You Can" by Toby Keith

Sometimes think the war is necessary
Every night I pray for peace on earth
And I hand down my dollars to the homeless
But believe that every able soul should work

My father gave me my shotgun
That I'll hand down to my son
Try to teach him everything it means

I'm a man of my convictions
Call me wrong, call me right
But I bring my better angels to every fight
You may not like where I'm goin'
But you sure know where I stand
Hate me if you want to
Love me if you can

I stand by my right to speak freely
But I worry 'bout what kids learn from TV
And before all the debatin' turns to angry words and hate
Sometimes we should just agree to disagree

And I believe that Jesus
Looks down here and sees us
And if you ask him, he would say

I'm a man of my convictions
Call me wrong, call me right
But I bring my better angels to every fight
You may not like where I'm goin'
But you sure know where I stand
Hate me if you want to
Love me if you can

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruRpreggAtc (I suggest you turn off the annotations they are religious in nature and may offend some people.)

"Fate protects fools, children, and ships named Enterprise." William T. Riker

Ash to Ash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEPt5L7R7yA

1. (No More) Paddy's Lament - Flogging Molly ( Youtube )

2. Three Wishes - The Pierces ( Youtube )

3. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen ( Youtube It's legos! homigawd.)

4. Goodbye Brother - Hans Zimmer ( Youtube. )

5. Not While I'm Around - Stephen Sondhiem ( Youtube )

6. The Trail We Blaze - Elton John ( Youtube )

7. Friends Never Say Goodbye - Elton John ( Youtube )

8. The Way - Fastball ( Youtube )

9. Secret - The Pierces ( Youtube )

10. Kill! Kill! Kill! - The Pierces ( Youtube )

....Then I realize that most of my stuff is from the SAME COMPANY/ARTIST. (Dreamworks and The Pierces sort of rule my life. ) 

Hard Technology Rock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhGZjhoieiY

 I just found Neesy's theme song.

Aspera, by Erin McKeown

i'm in shambles
blown to bits by our troubles
these brambles
our stumblings our struggles

aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra!

it's a forced march
and i'm parched in denial
it's a struggle
of faith and of fire

aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra!

walking we are caught, by tiny hooks that hold our hope
our skin may be scratched, but nothing holds us back
i will be brave, my body may change
but my spirit will stay, i will be brave

aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra!

i'm in shambles
blown to bits by our troubles
these brambles
our stumblings our struggles

aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra!
thorns! over thorns! through this trouble, we are born!

I couldn't find a decent version on Youtube, but you can select it from the tracks at Erin's website, http://www.erinmckeown.com/

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The Haven Moderator of Many Names

If you need me, find me here:
Neesy - Alliance main
Ineesa - Healer Alt
Lorith - Retired Alliance main
Artisania - Horde main

Take your pick!

While I always thought this song could work for another char of mine on another RP community, I was listening to it the other night and suddenly thought "Kharris and Iloam!"

Santana and Chad Kroeger - Dance Into the Night

I love this song.

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Alt chars: Camyra, Vyana, Dzintra, Lormar

Horde alts: Linnadia, Cordanna

 For my pirate bum blood elf, Eliphas "Matador" le Flichre, I thought this song was appropriate.  Nothing specific popped out, but the general feeling is there.

Rehab - Bartender Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmfUsxX501Q&NR=1

Bar tender I really did it this time
Broke my parole to have a good time
When I got home it was 6 a.m.
The door was locked so I kicked it in
She was trippin' on the bills
I think she was high on some pills
She threw my shit out into the yard
The she called me a bum and slapped me real hard
And in my drunkin' stooper
I did what I should of never done
Now I'm sittin' here talking to you
Drunk and on the run

I'm sittin' at a bar on the inside
Waitin' for my ride on the outside
She broke my heart in the trailer park
So I jacked the keys to her fuckin' car
Crashed that piece of shit and then stepped away

You know mo I'll probably get ten years
So just give me beers 'til they get here
Yeah I know the sun is comin' up
And you all are probably gettin' ready for closin' up
But I'm trying to drown my soul
I'm tired of this life on a dirt road
And everything that I love is gone
And I'm tired of hangin' on

She got me sittin' at a bar on the inside
Waitin' for my ride on the outside
She stole my heart in the trailer park
So I jacked the keys to her fuckin' car
Crashed that piece of shit and then stepped away

I guess it's meant to be
Romance is misery
So much for memories
And now I'm headed to the Penitentiary
See me on T.V.
The next cop series
I am a danger
I guess I should've done something about my anger
But I'll never learn
Real things I don't concern
I pour kerosene on everything I love and watch it burn
I know it's my fault
But I wasn't happy it was over
She through a fit so I crashed that piece a shit nova

And now I'm goin' back again
Back to the pen to see my friends
And when we all pile out that county van
They'll ask me where I've been

I've been at a bar on the inside
Waitin' for my ride on the outside
She broke my heart in the trailer park
So I jacked the keys to her fuckin' car
And crashed that piece of shit and then stepped away

For Xanadinda, I've found one song that seem to fit. For the rest of my bunch, I have found any.

Grace

By Within Temptation

Cold are the bones of thy soldiers.

Longing for home, their little paradise.

I don't feel redemption on their side.

Fallen from grace, help me rise again.

Fallen from grace, help me through.

Fallen from grace, help me through.

Fallen from grace.

Feel these hands, the pressure, the cold, tremble.

Do you hear these words?

Do you feel the wounds?

I'll never help you through.

Cold are thy souls,

I feel the resentment,

They feel betrayed,

They hate the cold

I don't feel redemption on their side.

Fallen from grace, help me rise again.

Fallen from grace, help me through.

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It's better to to lose one's life than to lose one's spirit