Theme music

[Susano]

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For Fantasy Hero, I like using the Bakshi LOTR, CONAN, and Excalibur Soundtracks.

 

I have to highly, highly recommend the soundtrack to Alexander by Vangelis. Movie may suck, ut the soundtrack is excellent.

[Susano]

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Currently in my CD player from last week's game is:

Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack

 

Which one? There are five, you know.

 

Seven if you count the movie soundtrack and Cowboy Ed mini-disc.

 

Here is the full list: Cowboy Bebop Original Soundtrack 1, No Disk Original Soundtrack 2, Vitaminless, Blue Original Soundtrack 3, Music For Freelance, and Future Blues Knocking On Heaven's Door Original Soundtrack (with bonus Cowboy Ed Original Soundtrack minidisc).

 

PS: I own the whole lot.

[Sketchpad]

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Which one? There are five, you know.

 

Seven if you count the movie soundtrack and Cowboy Ed mini-disc.

 

Here is the full list: Cowboy Bebop Original Soundtrack 1, No Disk Original Soundtrack 2, Vitaminless, Blue Original Soundtrack 3, Music For Freelance, and Future Blues Knocking On Heaven's Door Original Soundtrack (with bonus Cowboy Ed Original Soundtrack minidisc).

 

PS: I own the whole lot.

Okay smart arse It's CB: OST1 Eventually I strive to get them all For the moment, I'm loving the Incredibles OST

[Guest Major Tom]

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There's a Way you can get some themes and more if you have a MP3 Player.

Just go to http://soundsamerica.com and download any of the wav. files that you select you might find some old HB tunes from thier shows to maybe current and old Nicktoons music.

 

Just tried the link you provided in your post, and all it did was redirect me to

something called Netser.com... oh, well, at least it wasn't a porno website.

 

Major Tom

Somewhat Peeved Websurfer of the Cosmos

[Susano]

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The KAZEI 5 soundtrack:

 

Disc 1: Neo York

1: Dawn In Mars (Armitage the 3rd)

2: The Big Money (Rush)

3: Welcome to the Machine (Pink Floyd)

4: Exodus From the Underground Fortress (Akira OST)

5: Mad Machine (Bubblegum Crisis OST)

6: Laying Down the Law

7: nWo (Ministry)

8: Juke Joint Jezebel (KMFDM)

9: The Enemy Within (Rush)

10: Epic (Faith No More)

11: Spybreak! (The Propellerheads)

12: Veteran of the Psychic Wars (Blue Oyster Cult)

13: Only Thing That Shines (Shriekback)

14: Subdivisions (Rush)

15: More Human Than Human (White Zombie)

16: End Titles -- Blade Runner OST (Vangelis)

 

Disc 2: The Zone

1: Back to Back (The Art of Noise)

2: Welcome to the Jungle (Guns 'n' Roses)

3: Life is a Lemon (Meatloaf)

4: Life During Wartime (The Talking Heads)

5: Explosion (Project: A-ko OST)

6: Golgotha Tenement Blues

7: Bad Girl (Riding Bean OST)

8: God is a Bullet (Concrete Blonde)

9: Guilty (Gravity Kills)

10: Winds Over Neo Tokyo (Akira OST)

11: Konya Wa Hurricane (Bubblegum Crisis OST)

12: Hey Boy (Dominion OST)

13: Lunatic Fringe (Red Rider)

14: The Mob Rules (Black Sabbath)

15: Prodigy

16: Enter Sandman (Metallica)

17: Head Like A Hole (Nine Inch Nails)

 

The discs are sequenced with the idea each track tends to stand for something.

 

The Big Money -- Multinational Corporations

Welcome to the Machine -- The Internet/Cyberspace

Mad Machine -- Cyberdroids

Laying Down the Law -- NYPD Inc.

Veteran of the Psychic Wars -- any esper

Only Thing That Shines -- Shion Nys (mainly based on the lyric "you're the only thing that shines")

More Human Than Humans -- Replicated Humans

Welcome to the Jungle -- The Neo York Zero Zone (as well as Life is a Lemon, and Life During Wartime)

Konya Wa Hurrican -- The Living End/93 Underground (PBEM only)

Hey Boy -- the Puma Sisters (PBEM only)

Lunatic Fringe -- Ran

The Mob Rules -- gangs

 

Exodus..., Spybreak!, Blade Runner End Titles, Explosion, and Winds..., were chosen mainly for the evocative feeling of the music. Other songs were included mainly because they had the right "feel."

 

BTW: My friend Logan Darklighter has compiled a 118 song compilation of "Kazei 5 Music." It includes most of this, as well as scads of music from such sources as Batman Beyond, Cowboy Bebop, and The Matrix.

 

I had a similar soundtrack for my Silent Mobius Zeta game, but I never wrote down what I used.

[Samuraiko]

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Hey, Susano, you ever listened to the Songs from the Witchblade: a Soundtrack to the Comic Books before? Might be some good music on there for your games, too...

 

My personal favorites being "Go to Sleep" (sung by Peter Steele, lead singer for Type O Negative if memory serves), "The Murderess" (which is just really damned disturbing), and "The Bataglia Suite" (which apart from the middle of the song is really damned cool). Give it a listen...

 

Michelle

aka

Samuraiko

[wcw43921]

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This is the theme song I came up with for my character Captain Wonder. The idea is that he wanted to be Captain Wonder ever since he was very little, and created a costume design and theme song for himself in anticipation of becoming a superhero. (He sings the theme to himself before and during a battle to keep himself psyched.)

 

The melody is my own, and since I'm not musically literate, you'll have to figure it from the lyrics as best you can. My apologies.

 

And now, without further ado--

 

CAPTAIN WONDER--AWAAAY!!!

 

 

Captain Wonder--Away!

Fighting With His Might To Save The Day!

When It's All On The Line,

He'll Save Your Life And Mine,

Captain Wonder--Away!

 

Captain Wonder--Away!

Look Out, Bad Guys, 'Cause He's Here To Stay!

When There's A Wrong To Right,

He's There To Win The Fight,

Captain Wonder--Away!

 

His Fists Strike As Hard And Fast As Lightning,

Evil-Doers Fall Before Their Might,

When Other People Find The Villains Frightening,

He Will Charge On In And Win The Fight!

 

All The People Cheer For Captain Wonder,

They Think He's The Greatest In The Land,

And When He Tears The Villains' Plans Asunder,

They Do All Give Him A Great Big Hand!

 

Captain Wonder--Away!

And Evil Will Never Ever Have Its Way!

When Villains Come To Town,

He's There To Bring Them Down,

 

When Evil Bears Its Claws,

He's There To Win Our Cause,

 

When Villains Threaten Us,

He'll Fight For All Of Us,

Captain Wonder--Away!

 

Captain Wonder--Away!

 

CAPTAIN WONDER--AWAAAY!!!

 

 

(Copyright 2004 by the author)

[Misery Lad]

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I haven't done the music thing in quite a while but, if I remember, I consistently used instrumental music, rather than lyrically-driven pieces as the words tended to distract the players. For this, Tangerine Dream turned out to be most commonly appropriate, especially albums like the Sorcerer soundtrack and Exit (sans the opening piece) and Optical Race.

 

Vangelis was also a favorite - Spiral, Albedo 0.39 and even some parts of Heaven And Hell.

 

There was also Jean-Michel Jarre (Equinoxe or Oxygene) and various other soundtracks, like Superman or F.I.S.T. (a personal favorite - I have never seen it on CD but if you come across it, don't hesitate to buy it. Yes, it's a clunker of an old Sylvester Stallone movie but ignore that. The music is TOP NOTCH orchestral, done by Bill Conti of Rocky fame, I believe).

 

For futuristic landscapes, at least back then, you couldn't beat the Synergy albums - Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra, Sequencer, Cords. Today, not so much but once upon a time...

 

Parts of the Space: 1999 soundtrack from the first season definitely set the pace for some games, as did a couple of the Shostakovich pieces off the original Rollerball album.

 

And who hasn't at least once used Carmina Burana by Carl Orff? Hey, if it's good enough for Excalibur, it's good enough for me!

 

These days, if I were to get back into it (and mix discs certainly would make things easier), I've liked a lot of what I've heard off the David Arnold soundtrack for The World Is Not Enough. Other soundtracks with good stuff: Planet Of The Apes (Danny Elfman), Hulk (Danny Elfman), The Equalizer And Other Cliffhangers (Stewart Copeland), Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris) and Robocop (Basil Poledouris). Some Ozric Tentacles would go over great.

 

There are also a few scattered pieces on unrelated albums that I'd like to snip and collect. From the Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe album, there's the Order Of The Universe instrumental theme (soul-stirring). From the Yes album Talk there's Silent Spring (if you can edit the piece without it sounding too clipped). There's also King Crimson's Discipline piece off the album of the same name (great for a slow building fight). For inspiring character-taking-to-the-sky-in-full-flight music, I love the piece off the Flower Kings Adam & Eve album entitled Babylon. And while I think the Lois And Clark soundtrack is, for the most part, pure dreck, I do so love that opening theme...

 

Of course, no scenario is complete without a closing theme. And what could be more perfect than Tears For Fears, Everybody Wants To Rule The World?

[PhantomGM2602]

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Just tried the link you provided in your post, and all it did was redirect me to

something called Netser.com... oh, well, at least it wasn't a porno website.

 

Major Tom

Somewhat Peeved Websurfer of the Cosmos

I've changed it since then. it's now:

http://soundamerica.com

clickon and enjoy!

There's also

http://Http://www.toontracker.com

go to the Wav section and you'll find a lot of cartoon themes there including

the old Filmation shows.

[Guest Major Tom]

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Here's a good bit of music for superteams that have either aquired an FTL-

capable spacecraft from their Government sponsor, or have built their own

with the aid of the team's resident supergenius, and are going through the

pre-launch checklist prior to liftoff:

 

"Good To Go" (From the Contact Motion Picture Soundtrack by Alan

Silvestri)

 

This is the music that was playing throughout the sequence where the Jodie

Foster character was preparing to be launched from the Machine (or what-

ever the Great Cosmic Dingus was called in the movie).

 

Major Tom

[Tech]

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Theme music? Oh yes! Currently, I have burned a 2 CD set called Champions Music. It currently contains 58 different pieces of music. I even put a picture of two of our heroes, a different one on each CD. Each theme is for a character, hopefully representing that particular hero. On the end of CD 2 are a few pieces of music for villains, even one for Dr. Destroyer!

 

Let's see, where have I taken them from? I thought about listing the music by category such as Television, Videogames but it got too difficult so I'll list what I can:

A-team theme, 'Why Should I Worry?' from Oliver & Co (Disney), the old I-Spy theme, Wild Arms theme, various pieces from Final Fantasy 7, the skating music from A Charlie Brown Christmas, Voltron cartoon ending music, many various classical pieces, music from Tail Spin, musical pieces from Suikoden 2, Ashton from Michael W. Smith, Superman Theme, Superpowers Team theme, music from Lunar & Final Fantasy Tactics, theme from Dungeonmaster: Skullkeep videogame, music pieces from Tenchi Universe, Robotech, pieces from Sailor Moon music, pieced together music from The Prince & The Pauper (Disney), theme music from the British tv series 'Tripods', The Borg theme from Star Trek for Mechanon, the Planets music 'Mars, bringer of War' for Dr Destroyer, Justice League Unlimited theme...

 

and a whole lot more and continues to grow. I had theme music for Leech but switched out that piece for a different piece for Slug. I had a piece for Darkon but eventually dropped it also. It might get to the point where I need 3 CD's but it's not there yet.

 

Putting together the theme music took countless days of searching through various CD's, shows, etc., to find just the right piece for a certain hero or villain. I haven't had time yet but I also (hopefully) intend to put together music to assist in the mood of an adventure. All in all, a tiring process but one I'm pleased with. I could try to list each piece but I don't know the names of a lot of the classical pieces I selected. Hm, maybe my music major friend could help me.