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Mood Music - What Helps You Write? - Black Aeronaut - 09-04-2014
Pretty much what it says on the tin.
I recently came across this magnificent bit done for an animated short. It is absolutely gorgeous, evoking desolate Celtic landscapes, and a sense of curiosity and wonder.http://jamesmarkmusic.bandcamp.com/trac ... inal-score
Another one I love - just wish it were a few minutes longer. This is perfect for that one pivotol moment where everything suddenly changes and the world is seen in a whole other light.
Here's a favorite of mine. This is excellent stuff for when you're writing that climax made of epic awesome. It's like the visuals of a Saturn 5 lift-off transcribed into a piano and string quartet.
Generally, I don't like my mood music to have a lot of vocals. The only exceptions that get a pass are when i am going for something very specific, and in that case I would need a very specific song.
- M Fnord - 09-05-2014
Depends on what I'm doing. If I'm working on plotting something out I'll put together a soundtrack mix to help visualize what I want to go on. I've got ~20,000 tracks in my iTunes library (I might be a bit obsessive) ranging everywhere from Bach to Eminem, so I'll throw together a mix on a song-per-scene basis. That works for plotting and imagining. When I'm getting down to the actual business of writing I prefer something high-energy and long-running, so I'll end up throwing whatever that week's Eminence United podcast is on and letting the trance drive my keyboard.
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- Bob Schroeck - 09-05-2014
I've written to just about everything -- from classical to electronic (Jean-Michel Jarre) to rock and metal. I do tend to prefer instrumentals when I'm working on dialogue-heavy bits, or when the words aren't fitting together easily.
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- Stephen Mann - 09-05-2014
Quote:M Fnord wrote:Jeez, I have just under 1000 and I thought I had a lot of tunes.
Depends on what I'm doing. If I'm working on plotting something out I'll put together a soundtrack mix to help visualize what I want to go on. I've got ~20,000 tracks in my iTunes library (I might be a bit obsessive) ranging everywhere from Bach to Eminem, so I'll throw together a mix on a song-per-scene basis.
Not that I've written anything serious in a long time, but I put on my Modern folder (rock music 1950s - 1990s) and just let it create background noise. Of course, the question is: are you aware of what you're listening to? Many times, I'll finish a paragraph only to realize I had forgotten that I had music on and I have no idea what the last several songs were.
- Foxboy - 09-07-2014
I take Milt Kahl's response to Richard Williams when asked the same question to mind:
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For those wondering:
Milt Kahl: Disney Animator, best known for the Ice scene with Bambi, Tigger, Shere Kahn, Little John, etc.Richard Williams: Director of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
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- batzulger - 10-25-2014
This is my current writing playlist...
Baby Blue (CD bonus track) Badfinger Straight Up (remastered) 1972
Cells The Servant The Servant 2004
Cold War Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid 2010
Dance Commander Electric Six Fire 2003
Danger! High Voltage Electric Six Fire 2003
Demolition Man Grace Jones
(Don't Fear) The Reaper Blue Öyster Cult Agents of Fortune 1976
Endicott Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Far From Any Road The Handsome Family Singing Bones 2003
Frontier Psychiatrist The Avalanches Since I Left You
Go Go Gadget Gospel Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere 2006
Hanna's theme (vocal version) The Chemical Brothers Hanna OST 2011
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Daft Punk Discovery
The Hellbenders The Hellbenders Today We Kill... Tomorrow We Die 2004
Here Is The News Electric Light Orchestra Light Years - The Very Best Of (CD 2) 1997
Immigrant Song Dread Zeppelin De-Jah-Voodoo 2000
The Innsmouth Look The Darkest of The Hillside Thickets Spaceship Zero 2000
Jenny Says Cowboy Mouth Are You With Me? 1996
Jerusalem Emerson, Lake, & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery 1973
Killer Klowns The Dickies Killer Klowns from Outer Space 1988
London Calling The Clash London Calling 1979
Many Moons Janelle Monáe Metropolis: The Chase Suite (EP) 2008
Money (That's What I Want) The Flying Lizards Just Can't Get Enough: NEW WAVE HITS of the 80's, Vol. 1 1979
Mongoloid Devo Q - Are we not men? A - We Are Devo. 1978
Monkeying Around Doghouse Riley Shock the Monkey Remix
My Friend Dario Vitalic ok cowboy
New America Bad Religion New America [Germany Bonus Tracks]
No Rest for the Wicked Cage the Elephant Cage the Elephant 2009
Pepper Butthole Surfers Electriclarryland 1996
Praan (feat. Palbasha Siddique) Garry Schyman Where's Matt This Time? -- Matt Dancing 2008 2008
Pygmalism Kahimi Karie Tilt 2000
Reach the Rock Havana 3 A.M. Havana 3 A.M. 1991
Red Tape Agent Provocateur Agent Dan 1997
Runaway Bon Jovi
Runaway Del Shannon The Defintive Collection Disc 1 1998
Season of the Witch Donovan Sunshine Superman 1997
Serpents Sharon Van Etten Tramp 2012
Seven Nation Army (White Stripes Remix) The Glitch Mob 2011
Short Change Hero The Heavy 2012
Short Skirt Long Jacket Cake Comfort Eagle
Shut Up And Explode Boom Boom Satellites EXPOSED 2007
Speed Racer Ali Dee and the DeeKompressors Speed Racer the Movie OST
The Stand The Alarm Declaration
Stylo Gorillaz Plastic Beach 2010
Surrender Cheap Trick Authorized Greatest Hits 2000
TVC15 David Bowie Greatest Hits
Grimly Fiendish The Damned Phantasmagoria 1985
68 Guns The Alarm
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- classicdrogn - 10-25-2014
Quote:Shut Up And Explode Boom Boom Satellites EXPOSED 2007I couldn't resist checking this one out based on the title, but apparently the CD started skipping on "run away" when it was being ripped for youtube and it was hurting my ears.
I don't want to post a huge playlist myself, but I've been listening to a lot of Sabaton, Clockwork Dolls, The Cog is Dead, Van Canto, Machinae Supremacy, and Diablo Swing Orchestra while beta reading What Rains You Bring and poking away at my Mekton:IT Dungeon Crawl SI. DSO has their album The Butcher's Ballroom up for legal free download on... dammit, I can't remember where now. Jamendo maybe? Yes.
http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a49216/ ... s-ballroom
It's mostly metal-ish instrumentals with operatic ballad vocals, though there's a wide range of styles just on the one album.
I'm also going to make special mention of Sabaton. If you need to get your fight scene mojo rising, it's hard to beat Primo Victoria, 40-1, Swedish Pagans, or The Price of a Mile, even if you aren't writing about fighting Nazis.
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