Soundtracks of NaNo

[Zylaa]

Music! A wonderful art that quite often complements stories and makes writing them way more epic.

So what excellent writing music do you recommend? I'm gonna divide my suggestions up into moods, since really, nobody wants to write a love scene to Carmina Burana. I know my list is small now, but I'll be updating it soon in the same post.

Also, does anyone know of any free playlist-makers online? I found one a while ago that I sadly forgot to bookmark.

Ominous Epic:
Carmina Burana
Carol of the Bells-- Trans Siberian Orchestra version (Yes, I know it's based on a Christmas song... trust me, it's epic)
Requiem for a Dream/Requiem for a Tower

Epic: _{(there's totally a difference >_>)}
Simple and Clean (instrumental)
Disney's Illuminations soundtrack

Creepy:
Pan's Labyrinth Soundtrack

Sad:
Pan's Labyrinth Soundtrack
To Zanarkand
Dearly Beloved (I prefer the Kingdom Hearts II version)
Pippin's Song from Return of the King

Happy:
Disney's Illuminations soundtrack

Twu Wuv:

[Stal]

You copy me... I just posted a status asking for playlist suggestions AND ask the bloids. <.<

Also, try Playlist.com, Zy.

[Zylaa]

Oct 29, 2009 23:57:04 GMT -5 Stal said:

You copy me... I just posted a status asking for playlist suggestions AND ask the bloids. <.<

Also, try Playlist.com, Zy.

Yeah, I had been meaning to make a thread like this for a while-- then saw your status and thought "Now, at 1 in the morning when I should be doing homework, is as good a time as any!" =D

Thanks!

[Stal]

Oh, and Ominous Epic? Pretty much all of Century Child but especially the songs "Beauty of the Beast", and "Bless the Child"

[Amneiger]

Hmm, let's see what I can pull off (or not pull off) of Youtube...

Ominous Latin Chanting:
Song of the Spirit
Dies Irae (Requiem), by Karl Jenkins

Epic/Happy/Triumphant:
Homeland

Epic/Lonely
ABI_Official_Ambient, from The Nameless Mod soundtrack. There's an Audiosurf version on Youtube here if you don't mind the Audiosurf sound effects.

Creepy:
DXO_Ambient, also from The Nameless Mod soundtrack. It sounds like cosmic horror. If I was ever put in charge of making a SCP Foundation movie, I would use this track.


If I knew how to make Youtube videos, I would probably try to post the Nameless Mod tracks. xD


Edit: Just remembered a sad song. Perfect Day.

[Chao]

Zylaa wrote: "...since really, nobody wants to write a love scene to Carmina Burana"

Sorry to say, but I would have no problems writing a love scene while listening to Carmina Burana. Guess I'm weird.

Epic/All moods:
Conan the Babarian Soundtrack by Basil Poledouris (skip the 1st track, as it's mostly spoken)
Lawrence of Arabia Soundtrack by Maurice Jarre

Drama:
Todvia cantamos (The Tailor of Panama Soundtrack)
Munich Soundtrack by John Williams
Pirates of the Carribean Soundtracks

Historical:
Sense and Sensibility Soundtrack by Patrick Doyle
Chorale from the Day for Night Soundtrack by Georges Delerue (great piece for Repeat One)

Dreamy:
The Wedding night (Frankenstein Soundtrack) by Patrick Doyle
Any Nicola Piovani Soundtrack.

[M is for Morphine]

Creepy

The Moscow Coup Attempt - The Failure of Shortwave Radio (part 1)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID_0j5NgJDY

Einsturzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiBF6sSMp8I&feature=related
There's a music video version but it has some pretty freaky imagery so I thought audio only would be more board safe. >.>

I'll post some more stuff later.

[Tiger]

=D Zylaa! You're amazing!! I used Trans-Siberian music for last year's NaNo!!

[Rachel]

Ominous Epic:
Chronicles of Narnia - The Battle

Actually, anything from Chronicles of Narnia is great. x3

[Zylaa]

Oct 30, 2009 18:35:06 GMT -5 Tiger said:

=D Zylaa! You're amazing!! I used Trans-Siberian music for last year's NaNo!!

Why thank you! ^___^ Yeah I love Trans-Siberian orchestra. I got to see them in concert once. <3

Chao-- XD That would be an epic love scene. And weirdness is good, that's how we get original writing, after all.

[Tam]

I just found one of the best lonely/pensive/"sad" writing soundtracks ever -- Max Avery Lichtenstein's music from the documentary Tarnation. Particularly this song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkNnbHczZ5k

It's really quite beautiful.

[Craig]

The only soundtracks I own are ones that I absolutely love, and use all the time when I'm brainstorming:

WALL-E soundtrack and A Series of Unfortunate Events soundtrack, both by Thomas Newman.

There's a really wide variety of sounds and emotions, and I've found that they really help me to focus my ideas sometimes. When I'm actually writing, though, I need it totally silent.