Re: [HOE] The Great American Mall of... [part 1]

[John Hostetter <jhostett@yahoo.com>]

Thats a nice selection of sounds for deadlands, I usually ad some
soundtracks from old westerns, and sometimes a "Nature sounds" type
thing as well to my collection, depends upon where the party is and
what they are doing.  


For HoE, it really depends upon what mood you want to inspire.  Try a
horror movie soundtrack for things like the adventure you are writing
up, or adventures like "Urban Renewal".  Great for the whole
"trapped" in a scary place theme.  There have been numerous threads
on this list about what music to use in your games though, so I wont
rehash it all here.  

I usually go for spooky or haunting most of the time, with industrial
or action themes when appropriate.  

John



> I've done music, but had bad luck with sound effects (the timing is
> usually off and it becomes comical or annoying rather than
> mood-inspiring). Back ground music is definitely a plus. Normally I
> use a
> couple standard "soundtracks":
> 
> For Deadlands:
> 
> - #1 choice is a copy I burned of the music off of a Lucas Arts
> game
> called "Outlaws". It's a pretty basic sprite-based FPS set in the
> west,
> but the soundtrack is REALLY good. And when I pipped it through
> MusicMatch
> I could pull the tracks right off and burn them to CD. I don't
> think this
> is copyright infringement as I own the game and am only using it
> for
> personal use. You could probably find it used/bargain bin pretty
> cheap and
> I highly recommend it.
> - Puppet Master 1 & 2 soundtrack - this has some good eerie
> background
> music on it. It would also be perfect for the Killer Klowns
> adventure.
> - Others: Dracula, Tombstone, Silverado - a few good tracks, but a
> lot of
> corny stuff too.
> - Unfortunately I can't really recommend the Deadlands album. Other
> that
> one track I didn't care for most of it.
> 
> HoE: Always been harder for me because I'm not sure what mood to go
> for.
> Straight western is out, and I didn't like Toxic Tunes. It almost
> seems
> like something like Conan or Road Warrior would fit. I don't go for
> the
> whole super-heavy punk thing. Suggestions (general, as to type of
> music to
> shoot for)?
> 
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