Nolgroth Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 As the title says, I am looking for some recommendations for Pulp Detective Music. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story If it's in the Big Band era, a group called Big Band Voodoo Daddy is latter-day (so the recording quality is good) and reasonably faithful to that style of music. You might parse through The Swing Years And Beyond for old-time music. The Blues Time Machine might work for you too, depending on what you're after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Hiemforth Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story Or Jazz tunes from that era too... Two later tunes, but that I think have the right "feel" are Park Avenue Beat (the theme to Perry Mason), and Town Without Pity by Gene Pitney. The latter has vocals, but there are instrumental versions out there too (or a karaoke version would of course have no main vocal). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story I was thinking the Bladerunner soundtrack might also fit. At least some of it. Also, portions of Vangelis: The City might be suitable for a Pulp Detective story. And for clarification, by "story" I mean "pre-game inspiration session." Thanks for the suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KA. Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story This may sound like taking the easy way out, but you may just want to look for the sound tracks to some classic film noir. A quick search on Amazon.com for film noir sountrack yielded several promising results http://www.amazon.com/s/188-2519224-5209466?ie=UTF8&tag=mozilla-20&index=blended&link_code=qs&field-keywords=film%20noir%20soundtrack&sourceid=Mozilla-search Good hunting, KA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story Good huntingThanks. Great search string by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story The Stan Getz soundtrack to "Mickey One" might work for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story Theme from peter gunn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story The Stan Getz soundtrack to "Mickey One" might work for you. Theme from peter gunnHave to check those out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Lang Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story The Bioshock 2 Soundtrack might have some goodies in it for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story The Bioshock 2 Soundtrack might have some goodies in it for you!Good point. I have the Bioshock soundtrack and it has some good stuff in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story Cowboy Bebop soundtrack might have some inspirational tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story Perry Mason wasn't quite noir but his theme song could work. Music from Key Largo, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, The Lady in the Lake, etc., would certainly be authentic. I find good jazz records work exceptionally well: Lester Young, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane... --Kap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Watts Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story Harlem Nocturne is for me the definitive noir tune. Actually, my favorite version of it is by the Viscounts in the late '50s, though the song is much older. dw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted February 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story Awesome song Darren. That's pretty much the tone I imagined for the Pulp genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Khan Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story You might want to check out the L.A. Noire soundtrack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alleyne Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story These are some good tunes, I'd also suggesn Thelonius Monk for certain less action-y scenes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story Harlem Nocturne is for me the definitive noir tune. Actually' date=' my favorite version of it is by the Viscounts in the late '50s, though the song is much older. dw[/quote'] That's a great one Darren, perfect for pulp. To Nolgroth, I recently picked up this collection for a pulp game: Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s and the soundtracks to "Rocketeer", "Indiana Jones", and "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story You also might want to check out The Johnny Otis Rhythm & Blues Caravan: The Complete Savoy Recordings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Re: Music For A Pulp Noir Detective Story The soundtrack to the movie "Yesterday Was A Lie" (as it's a noir movie). Sin City Soundtrack may also fit. This lovely gem: Noir-Smooth-Female-Trip-Hop could easily be a gold mine (female vocal trip-hop) Then you can, as said, go back to jazz classics - Nina Simone, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, etc. And even find some old Blues, harmonica blues might fit the bill if that's the feel you want: Sonny Boy Williamson, Billy Boy Arnold, Sleepy John Estes. And if you want to inject some modern style aspects into things find a genre called Electroswing; there's a number of compilations on the market for a decent price, otherwise it gets expensive to import it into the US, but: Caravan Palace, Nekta, Movits!, Tape Five, Lyre Le Temps, Mr Scruff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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