Every hero needs theme music. Often when I when I am listening to music a song will grab me, and I will think "That is perfect for so and so!" Share some of your own character's theme music. Or theme music you think fits other people's characters. I'll get the ball rolling with some songs that make me think of characters from the TF/AF

Teresa = Hoobastank - The Reason (This is specifically about how the Emperor changed her life)

Teresa & Tadrose = Heart - Under the Sky

Teresa & Simplicia = Ayumi Hamasaki - Who (Lyrics in English)

Tadrose = StainD - So Far Away

The Bravil Fighters Guild = Rob Tyner - Blood Brothers

Vincent = R.E.M.- The Great Beyond

Pappy = Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better / Marty Robbins - Big Iron

Kurdan gro-Dragol = Queen - Gimmie The Prize

Morandil = Queen - I Want It All

Aela = Rod Stewart - Faith Of The Heart / Eric Clapton - Layla (the piano coda)

Aela & Ungarion = Queen - You're My Best Friend

Valens = Enya - Evening Falls (we will meet him in a few more episodes of Seven)

Valerius Nasica = Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son

Methredhel = Fire Inc - Nowhere Fast

Chance = Elvis - A Little Less Conversation

Do'Sakhar = Bon Jovi - Never Say Die

GAAAAAH! I thought of that song when I was reading about their past in Teresa!

I will come back to listen to the other songs later, can't right now. I want to hear Teresa's for sure.


In the meantime, here is the song for Gils in "A New Sun Rises"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Bn_kD6QN4

I was thinking about what you said about Freddie Mercury and Mary Austin and that song immediately popped into my head for A&U.


One that just came to me was for Jerric, everyone's favorite brawling Nord The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz

That is what made me think of that song too, their history was so parallel to Freddie Mercury and Mary Austin, and I've always thought of her when I hear Freddie sing "You're My Best Friend" - wondered if he wrote that thinking of her. I played that song after reading that part about Aela in the Teresa story!

Holy Cow, what a powerful song for Teresa! In the vid, when the birds flew up in the air - that was an amazing connection with her, and then listening to the lyrics I knew the change came from Uriel - awesome choice of song for her!

So far, all I can think of is "Demons" by Imagine Dragons when thinking of Kayla and Onmund.

Sweet beans, you have one hell of a playlist there, Rosa. Definetly added some songs!

mALX! Metallica

As for myself. Eh, I get carried away with music. I have a soundtrack for individual stories and particular scene.

Character themes:

Vera Castius-Eptesicus by Hans Zimmer.

Vera's story ending theme.

Kraven's Legend Conclusion- Waiting Between Worlds by Zack Hemsey.

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Songs from "A New Sun Rises"


Maxical = Linkin Park "In the End"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWbgkRpYwc


Gils = Metallica "Unforgiven 2"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Bn_kD6QN4


Malan = Gerard McMann "Cry Little Sister"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuxdjVI-5r0


Maxical and Fathis = Kenny Wayne Shepherd "Blue on Black"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UulEF42mlVQ



Fathis = Gary Jules "Mad World"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wi-emHVUYM



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These two really struck me as apropos as well, but all were excellent choices based on the personalities of the parties involved.

Loved that one for Teresa and Simplicia, where did you ever find it? The lyrics for it were amazing, and apt for their relationship - loved that one.

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Subrosa already used this song for Valens, but I am nominating it also for Buffy - listening to it really brought her to mind strongly:


Buffy = Enya - Evening Falls

Linked via my signature, but why not.

Sethyas Velas

Skinny Puppy - Jaher

Never heard of it prior to Vurt used it as a background theme in an Ashlands Tree mod for MW. I was instantly in love with the song itself, and as I felt it embodied the aesthetic feel of my own character as I perceive him.

Deep, dark and mysterious. The song is anything but upbeat. More 'haunting' than not, within this darkness of the song there's a sense of despair, but also of wonder and a 'spirituality' all the same, hence the quote in the picture.

"All life starts with death
All death starts with life
Ever circles back again
Ever falls to regain

All life is reborn
All hope is to know
Righteous Places, Righteous Times
Even though we live to die."

Or something like that...

To Subrosa, great idea and great thread! And I loved the clip from 'Git You Sucka!' I have not seen that movie in years! And these jams...oh man. Y'all are just guilty of good taste!

The whole Gweden gang - Cyndi Lauper / Girls just wanna have fun

But(t) for Virgilia - Queen / fat bottomed girls

Hans Zimmer! Outstanding picks.



What a great, haunting choice for Maxical and Fathis. I often think Fathis would be better off it it were this song. But only in those times I feel sorry for him.




About ten years ago a friend of mine turned me on to Ayumi, and I have been in love with her voice ever since. Who is my favorite song of her's. It always makes me feel like crying. I think it means a lot to her as well, because I watched one performance where she was crying while she sang it, and another where she became so choked up that she could not sing.

Unfortunately I cannot find the original version online, and I think that is the best version. All I can ever find are live versions or a remix she did recently. The remixed music does not do anything for me, it feels overproduced. The original was just a heartfelt piano and Ayumi's haunting voice. The trouble with the live versions is that I think that is her closing song, so by the time she sings it she is tired from two hours of singing and dancing, and she always interrupts the song halfway though to introduce her band. If you can ever find her Loveppears album it is on that, maybe I-Tunes or Amazon has it for download.





I loved I'm Gonna Get You Sucka! That was such a fun movie.

Excellent song for Seth. It has a real Dunmeri/Morrowindish feel to it, especially the vocals.




Fat Bottom Girls is one of my favorite Queen songs!

I love Fat Bottomed Girls XD

Ooh, nice song!




I had the same feeling just reading the lyrics. I would like to hear the original, that is not a song one should interrupt to introduce the band at all, that would subtract the impact totally for those who understood the lyrics as they were being sung.

"Excellent song for Seth. It has a real Dunmeri/Morrowindish feel to it, especially the vocals." - I felt that strongly too, the vocals on that were absolutely perfect for Seth's character, and for the Morrowind Dunmer voice.


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I hear...an ancient voice...calling from the void. And it chills my lightless heart.

That was beautiful!

You Da Man, Black Hand! I am favoriting that, so I can link to it in the future.

You can also download it just below the player graphic....uh, I mean "The Shadows writhe around me!"

Oh, I own it already. I have most of her stuff. It is just nice to be able to let other people hear what I am talking about when it bring that song up.

What a great thread!

Rosa, I thought Teresa�s song (The Reason) was perfect. And I just loved Chance�s song!!

mALX, Gils� is a heartbreaker.


Now that is a bottle-breaking, ass kicking, adrenaline-fueled song!

DE, I especially enjoyed Vera�s first song.

mALX, you got me again with Mad World. Wow. Fathis.

I always think of Buffy when I hear Enya!

Black Hand, I didn�t know the source of that quote. Seth�s song is haunting and a little disquieting, but beautiful. How fitting.

ghastley, Fat Bottomed Girls was in our playlist on today�s drive home. I couldn�t remember Virgilia�s name at the time, but I thought how appropriate for the one in the white boots!


Here�s kind of an obvious one for Abiene: Live�s The River. (Much better live, but try to find Live�s The River live. Google chokes on that one.)

Some wishful thinking from Jerric: I Melt With You.

A note: This one has a very naughty word. Darnand has some deeply buried insecurities and self-loathing that he would rather not expose. Here�s a song for his darkest moments: Creep.

And this one�s for Lildereth: I Will Remember You.

Oh wow, I actually know the Bass Player from that band!

He retired to the city in the Subway I worked at, and came in all the time with the family. Their hyperactive daughter loved me especially. Jumping up and down when I was there. It might have been the free cookies I gave them.

I know your pain about doing internet searches about Live! I have been a fan of them for a long time. I even used Ed Kowalczyk as a character in my old pen and paper Shadowrun game.

I can so see that for all their songs. Even poor Darnand and his low self-esteem. Let's just hope that he can keep his fingers out of the necromantic pie, and this never becomes his theme song.


Thought of another one for Valens = Van Halen - Don't Tell Me What Love Can Do

And a Vols song, what he never could say aloud to Simplicia = The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin

For those who can remember Hirtuleius from the Battle of Bruma = John Tams - Over The Hills And Far Away

Plus another one for the Bravil Fighters Guild = Randy Edelman - The Gettysburg Soundtrack - Fife and Gun

Fantastic choice for Vols and Simplicia!



This song is AWESOME! I couldn't stop listening to it, what a fantastic choice for the deep and quiet Darnand!

I have a pile of new ones.

I'll start with one for Ungarion = Prince - Let's Go Crazy (I cannot believe how hard it is to find Prince videos!)

And another for Ungarion = Lenny Kravitz - Dig In

Nashira = Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Seridwe (who will appear Friday in the next episode of Seven) = Queen - Killer Queen

And a song for the heroes of Seven = Triumph - Fight The Good Fight

Now for some other folk's characters.

This one makes me think of Julian in the final episode of Old Habits Die Hard = Sting - Fields of Gold

Daenlin (from the Archer's Paradox in Bravil) = Ted Nugent - Tooth, Fang, and Claw

Abiene = I Can Stop The World

Killer Queen is one of my most favorite songs

Might as well...

Awtwyr, personal theme: Brian Tyler - Ferrivir Tertius

Awtwyr, going into battle yet again: Alan Silvestri - AVENGERS

Any Dovahkiin, post-Dragonborn DLC: John Powell - Test Drive

NPCs will come later.

This one is in my soundtrack list. Between Lycus' journey in the path of self-enlightement and Vera's meditation contact with the spirits of her Lycanthropic ancestors.

Now I still need a theme for Lycus/Kraven. Haven't found one yet

Love Prince! Let's Go Crazy always makes me think of a particular stallion of my friends'. This one also fits his ebullient personality - Eurythmics - Let's Go Joniece Jamison did the backup vocals for the Revenge album and she is awesome - what a voice! You really need a powerful female singer to keep up with Annie, especially when she is in full-on rock mode. Come to think of it, it's not a bad fit for Ungarion either, based on what I've seen of him so far!

Aww! Sting (and the Police) is another vocalist that I really really enjoy. This choice works for Julian at the end of the MQ, like SubRosa said. But at the beginning, when she first steps out of the tutorial dungeon, this is my choice for her - Annie Lennox's Little Bird.

For Cora and Wallace, this is their song - Buckingham Nicks. I've loved, loved, loved Fleetwood Mac for decades now, and this is one of my perennial favorites. I found this awesome version from before they joined FM and think this is perfect for the beginning of Cardonaccum.

Another reason to like H.E.R. ...Fleetwood Mac?...Oh-ho-hooo yes!!...Loves them muchly...Even some of the post Buckingham/Nicks line-ups donchaknow... ...

Aaaamywho...

I've never thought of giving any of my characters their own theme tune...And now, trying to think of one, nothing springs to mind... ...

But as a theme tune to the whole Knights of The Nine thing...

I always kind of imagined a whole 80s cartoon a-la Thundercats/Battle of The Planets etc long intro with all the chars turning up at some point...Aaaamywho...

Muse - Knights of Cydonia...

The theme running through my head is the instrumental bits that start at 4.15 of the song and the bits towards the end edited together, which gives ample time to preview everything...Oh hell, you know what I mean?...This is the Thundercats one...

Aaamywho, great thread...Will think of something...

Welp, I found the perfect theme tune for Ra'jirra.

When the Cat's Been Spayed - Me Old Mate

Perhaps the track that primarily I identify with Niamh is this one: Origa - Rise - (from the GiTS soundtrack).

Equally though, these also spring to mind:
Lana Del Rey - Ride
The Cure - Strange Day
Vex Red - The Closest

And finally:

Made Out Of Babies - Stranger

Aha!

"Eyes on Fire" by Blue Foundation. describes Kayla waiting fr the right moment to strike against Asta.

Rosa, this song is perfect for her. Admittedly I am overtired, but it made me cry. (In the good way.)



I’m beginning to realize that another Jerric and Rhano short story is not likely to happen soon, so here’s a song for Anvil’s boys of summer. (Heard it on a Mr. Grits roadtrip mix titled “5 Hours.” Not very helpful. I had to look it up.)

Jerric circa 3E419: All Summer Long.

I like Abiene's I can Stop The World, hehe!

I have always loved that song. I have that album (or at least I did), on cassette. It fits Abies empathic nature quite well.




I love that song! (of course it helps that Kid Rock is from Michigan like I am). It always feels like a modern version of Bob Seger's Brave Strangers

You might also consider Stand By Me. That song has left an indelible mark in my brain thanks to the movie by the same name. Come to think of it, it makes for a good Aela and Ungarion song too.

One just came to me: This is Valens and the Warp In The West

Yep, that could be the theme song for the whole of Jerric’s Story. Excellent choice. Also a great song for Martin and the Sun’s Companion, and it’s perfect for Aela and Ungarion!

Oh, I found another one for Lildereth. Florence + the Machine's Shake it Out.

Another solid pick, right from the first lines.

I find that Vangelis' Tales of the Future from the Blade Runner soundtrack fits Azura's character for A Conclave of Princes pretty well; has a very nice, mysterious feel to it, and I had it playing on loop for the opening chapter.

I found another one for Valens - Ozzy Osbourne - Running Out Of Time

and an Aela song - Sarah McLachlan - Elsewhere

Another lonely broken hero, indeed.

And wow, Aela's could have been written for her. All of the accumulated hurts that caused her to withdraw from the world for a time.

Sometimes I hear a song, and it just clicks. Both those did.

I have another one for Aela = Tenmon - Agarta's Rain, from the Voices of a Distant Star soundtrack

This is for Morcant = Vanessa Williams - Colors of the Wind

I also stumbled upon this one for Bravil's newest crimelord: Morandil = Van Halen - The Dream Is Over


I came across some for other folk's characters as well.

This one is for Buffy, at the end of her current tale = Tim Capello - I Still Believe

For Kayla = George Michael & Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Jerric (thinking about Abiene) = The Heights - How Do You Talk To An Angel

SubRosa - Thank you, my friend. Yes, Buffy still believes.

Thank you, that's a great one!

Lycus Desselius has his own themes going when involved in the Wild Hunt in the Hunting Grounds.

Song 1. ( For "The Chase").

Song 2.

Song 3. The Rescue- Brian Tyler.

Here is one that Teresa, Aela, and Lildreth all share = Sammy Hagar - Eagles Fly

This should probably play over the closing credits.

The Fray

DE, I particularly liked the Hans Zimmer one. Those pieces definitely sound like they accompany a chase!

Good choice, Phon. Sort of a theme for Looch, I thought.


SubRosa, that song really makes me see the connection between the three of them. Lovely, thank you!


Here’s one for Darnand: How Soon Is Now.

Exactly, it was on my mind when I was writing Niamh's final chapter...