Why is epic orchestral music considered the most 'acceptable' fantasy fare? It doesn't matter if the instruments are 'anachronistic' rather than e.g., lutes, it's as though everyone anticipates The Lord of the Rings or the Gladiator film scores.Before the 2000s, plenty of fantasy films, TV shows, and vidya had electronic music. Think Excalibur or the Robin of Sherwood OST. Even a prog rock band like Goblin would not feel out of place in swords-and-sorcery media.On the other hand, you have plenty of heavy metal bands which are heavily fantasy-inspired, and now the more recent trend of dungeon synth which is like all these things combined to varying degrees.So, why not other music genres? Why would it be 'wrong' if the background music to your Dungeons & Dragons game was country music, or reggae, or jazz?
>>98568657You can fit whatever music you want to whatever setting you want. If it sounds out of place you will be able to tell immediately.
>>98568657>Why would it be 'wrong' if the background music to your Dungeons & Dragons game was country music, or reggae, or jazz?There's absolutely nothing with have a wide variety of genres in the music that you associate with your game, and I think it goes a long way towards achieving a specific aesthetic. When I was a teenager, I would always have classic rock and 80s metal playing in the background on a radio while I was playing D&D with my friends. Recently, I've been getting in to solo RPGs and I've started to listen to different types of music while playing. I noticed that while my character was exploring a tropical island covered in ruins, I listened to some ambient 90s meditation music, and it really provided this lonely, distant vibe that I don't think could be achieved if I just listened to the LotR soundtrack for the hundredth time (Which isn't to say that the LotR soundtracks are bad. I'm just saying it's good to diversify.)
>>98568692>If it sounds out of place you will be able to tell immediately.But metalheads will claim this is fine:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw6-uMlQMSMAnd then that this is 'out of place' and not like mystical magic:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvyCbevQbtI(DOS dungeon crawlers spring to mind.)
>>98568657>Why is epic orchestral music considered the most 'acceptable' fantasy fare?Hollywood movies with fantasy themes tend to have such music for soundtracks.This makes the association very strong in people's minds.For sword and sandals games this type of music is the best IMOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXbQbzzVs0A&list=PLZweUepVESZpyHUH_y58_FrQoCra1iecn
>>98568657Country sucks and Dolly was 90% plastic.
>>98569113You're not welcome here
>>98569243This is /tg/, not /mu/.
Sometimes you want the music to not be that noticeable, and to subtly underpin the moodSometimes you want the music to be noticeable and to heavily accent the moodRarely do you want the music to overpower the game; you only ever want to do that briefly to set the scene eg in a hypothetical star wars game, you narrate>You push open the rickety saloon doors of the mos eisley cantina, a few patrons craning their heads to look at the door as loud Jizz plays>DUNDA DUNDA DUN-A DAH>DUDDERLY UDDERLY A-ROO-RAH*music fades down again*>but everyone here seems to be more concerned with watching their own backs than looking to start trouble. Everyone except the one patron who is already approaching you-Honestly, what genres and instruments are "allowed" in fantasy feels like it's a case of tautology. These things are allowed in fantasy because they feature in fantasy. Not that they are diegetic to the fantasy setting, but they are accepted when people are thinking *about* fantasy. You don't get jazz in fantasy.Vocals can be difficult because words and lyrical content can be more directly against the game's grain. While the pressing, stressful tones of a sax being pushed to its fuckin' limit might work to back a battle against a high-strung demonic headhunter, it is unlikely that same song would work if it had lyrics that feel like they come from a 20s jazz joint because THAT is gonna take people out of the game.
>>98569102nice find, anon
I've just been using the Lodoss OST for years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vFD_BcZsAc&list=PLegCghSLhv3NcibLmdi3mmhgZlPiA-rmA&index=33
>>98572892Not a huge fan of the anime tbqh, but yeah the soundtrack is top notch.
>>98568657Been listening to Bill Douglas while I played tabletop games ever since I started in 1998.
>>98568657I make my players listen to Mario and Zelda music every week and they have fun with it. Also every other tavern has someone playing "bardcore" covers.
>>98568657You don't know shit about TT games unless you loop Francis E. Dec. during your games.https://youtu.be/KeMTuwDS8DM
>>98568657My unironic retard friend keeps insisting on playing generic fantasy music 12 hour YouTube compilations at the table. It doesn't fit at all with the setting we're playing in even.
>>98568657Right now I'm looking for tavern music that isn't Celtic or vaguely Celtic and isn't mob noises
>>98583236just play european folk music from your country of choice that isnt ireland. France is always a good pick
>>98583468Basically this, I like Jordi of Savall or Juan de la Encina stuff.
I'm planning to prepare bardcore covers of modern songs to spring on my players as boss themes>the Shrek 2 version of Holding Out For a Hero for the climax of the noble NPC's sidequest>Hot In Herre for firenewt sorcerers in the volcano dungeon>Paranoid for when they confront the corrupt noble>Megalovania for the hidden fight against the BBEG's surprisingly strong skeleton librarian
>>98568657>lets fuck around with a computer and speaker set-up and take time to find event-appropriate music while people are trying to talkno.
>>98568657The ultimate fantasy background music was already released in 1997.https://youtu.be/b6XEVE_esqg?list=RDb6XEVE_esqg&t=37
>>98568730Metalfags are the gayest people on this earth. They're all slimy, limp-dicked losers who really think their gormless noise goes with anything.
>>98586083>>98568730>said the mtv kids listening to vevo musicmetal is the one and only music for fantasy. cry more loser
