DE: Rhythm and melody

[bjornwilde]

 Got any new music finds to share? How about that perfect theme for your character? Mash-ups?

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[camwyn]

I have mostly been listening to Pandora stations heavily slanted towards TV/movie/video game trailer music and production music, so most of what I've been hearing lately is either epic or overwrought, fair warning. That being said, here's Black Widow by Matias Puumala:

... oh, fine, DW, be that way. I TRIED to embed it properly. Here's the link instead.

[bjornwilde]

BTW, did you see that Florence+The Machine has done a cover of Varric's theme. And yes, this might have been the inspiration for this topic.

I like your link!

[i_am_your_host]

Really loving JD McPherson right now. Very old school rock 'n roll.

http://noisetrade.com/jdmcpherson/the-rounder-records-collection (free sampler of full-length songs to stream or download)

https://soundcloud.com/rounder-records/01-let-the-good-times-roll-1

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

Oh! And I almost forgot, I've had some luck with rather nice video game soundtracks.

My copy of Civilization: Beyond Earth was... well, the game's not great, let's put it like that, but the soundtrack is pretty spectacular, and most of the copies I know of were sold with the soundtrack available for free as MP3s. Antichamber's soundtrack is nearly all ambient and very relaxing. And Monument Valley's soundtrack is similarly mostly ambient and also quite nice.

Youtube playlist of all 42 tracks on Civilization: Beyond Earth soundtrack
Bandcamp link for Antichamber soundtrack
Rdio link to streaming Monument Valley soundtrack

I can also recommend the piano music of Jennifer Thomas if you're fond of the epic stuff like Two Steps From Hell or Kerry Muzzey.

[hadyougoing]

omg, I have a whole Ava playlist right now I am tempted to upload ...

[bjornwilde]

Newer songs I've come across:
AWOLNATION's Kill You Heroes (which is currently sitting on an Ahsoka Tano playlist for the line "Never let your fear decide your fate").
I think the same band's Burn It Down will end up on my Asajj Ventress playlist.
Neon Jungle's Trouble is a pretty good theme for Selina Kyle.

Paramore's Last Hope is also on my Ahsoka playlist, as the last song.

Fever Ray's If I Had A Heart currently closes my Asajj playlist.

I'm still in love with Fall Out Boy's Centuries, which makes me think of Tybalt.

More later likely as I am home sick.

[annalalaith]

OMG If I Had A Heart is one of the best songs I have found recently. It may have ended up on my Death's list.

[bjornwilde]

The whole album is great! I also like The Knife, which is the band Fever Ray came from.

[buh_bye]

I guess I should look into the album them.

[bjornwilde]

I can only endorse this. Here's another song of hers, When I Grow Up.

[buh_bye]

You convinced me to check it out.

[myriadbeautiful]

Well, new music? I don't have any working radios which is how I usually have been introduced to new music, and I keep listening to the same ~10 pandora stations on shuffle, so, uhh

I suppose I have been rediscovering old music and back catalogues and b-sides. Incubus' The Warmth has been impressing me lately. A while back, Garbage fleshed out a tune they were using as a concert opener and it's awesome for some reason - Time Will Destroy Everything. Other than that, I have been enjoying Melissa Auf der Maur, some Tinariwen, Adebisi Shank, Karnivool, Birds of Tokyo, and Poe's (Anne Danielewsky) collaboration with Rhys Fulber while she was in contract hell, which produced Center of the Sun, Make a Wish, Endless Dream, Extraordinary Way, and One Word.

[buh_bye]

I like your icon. Diatoms?

[myriadbeautiful]

yuppers

[buh_bye]

at first I thought they were beads or buttons, till I stopped and looked at them.

[just_cant_lose]

I can't get enough of this guy right now. He's called Hozier, he's Irish, and his album's become the soundtrack to a huge fanfic I started a couple of months ago. Just gorgeous.

[electro_kinetic]

ZOMG that song has been in my head for weeks. It's so amazing and I love it.

[just_cant_lose]

YESSSSS. Dude, get his album, you won't regret it. Also then, I expect you will love this one of his if you haven't heard it. \o/

And btw, I've had 'Formidable' playing most days since you sent it to me, so thanks for that. I feel like I'm learning French just by how many times I've heard it. :D

[electro_kinetic]

Heeeee, it's a good one! We played Hozier at our Christmas dance and it was kind of amazing. And ooooh I hadn't heard that one! But wow I love it.

You might dig Kadebostany's cover of Beyonce's 'Crazy in Love', too. It's gotten me to love that song much more.

[bjornwilde]

He's winning me over. I just came across his cover of We Are young and dang. I guess the heavy Gospel feel has just taken me a while to get used to.

[just_cant_lose]

Oh man, I never knew he covered that song. Love it, thanks for the link! And ahaha yeah, well, the gospel underlying the folk had me from the first note. I can't get enough of that shit, it kills me.

[yakalskovich]

**points**

Wingy just introduced me to 'Take Me To Church' because it reminded her of Pearse last night, and I'm hooked!

[just_cant_lose]

Hurrah! He's fantastic, I'm glad you dig it. :D And looool - it reminds me of Javert thinking about Valjean, so now I'm >_> about that in my head.

[yakalskovich]

Yep, the lyrics are more like that -- I suppose it was just the church thing.

[merryeccentricities]

Oh gad I've made a horrible number of playlists for my characters, one way and another. It probably says awful things about my priorities.

Uh but theme songs! I think Joly gets Cat Scientist's I Saved An Airplane. I mean, the band name alone would put it in contention, but the song's just great.

Bahorel gets the Veronicas cover of We're Not Gonna Take It, because he does, that's why.

[annalalaith]

Been listening to Spottify. Am listening to the American Gothic playlist now, it is good. I also have started listening to the Viking soundtrack, and funny enough I like it.

As for my pups, I have a playlist for Death. I add things that I feel are appropriate. I think you can find it if you look for Death's list.

[electro_kinetic]

So I'm currently hooked on Jon Gomm's acoustic cover of Chaka Khan's 'Ain't Nobody', and Rag'N'Bone Man's ft. Stig of the Dump 'Rising Sun', which incidentally has made its way onto Noriko's playlist.

Also with Write, I'm so loving Hozier's 'Take Me To Church'.

[lazy_but_loyal]

Yeah, I just spent the past hour or so looking up pop and rock songs from the '80s for Pam's playlist. I've decided that she was really into chick rockers. I mean, how could she not be?

[aberration]

Wellllll, after the LoK finale, my songs for [SPOILER]/[SPOILER] include Bring on the Wonder by Susan Enan and Never Look Away by Vienna Teng.

[md_donighal]

I have an entire playlist for Divis Mal. (Now I need to create one for Dr. Primoris.)