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Pandora.com D&D backround music radio

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#1
Mcnancy
Apr 21, 2009 13:08:41 For those of you who are not familiar with Pandora.com, I suggest you check it out.

For those of us who are; I want to create a station for backround music while my friends and I play D&D to help set the mood and get us into the moment, I have already made one for Star Wars but that was easy (thank you John Williams)

I was hoping I could get some suggestions on songs and/or artists to use as seeds to create it, I'm looking for more of ambient instumental music so as not to distract us

Or if you already have a D&D radio station or know of one, share it with me (cwrothrock@gmail.com)
#2
ioosef
Apr 21, 2009 23:56:48 I've been saying this for a while now.
One Last Sunset by Killswitch Engage
#3
exposed_wires
Apr 22, 2009 1:38:20 Hans Zimmer does a pretty good job at epic tones. On pandora, you get a lot of 'last of the mohicans'. Ah well, as always, be careful with what you thumbs up. Pandora gets excited and overzealous with what they play after you thumbs up too much.

I added Gnarls Barkley to my MGMT station and now it keeps playing Chris Brown and Usher. No good.
#4
azrael_the_dark
Apr 22, 2009 1:46:36
For those of you who are not familiar with Pandora.com, I suggest you check it out.

Too bad it doesn't work out of the U.S.
#5
fabius_maximus
Apr 22, 2009 7:20:35
Too bad it doesn't work out of the U.S.

Use Grooveshark.
#6
dirk_radhammer_dup
Apr 22, 2009 8:43:54 hen playing D&D, I like to start off with the classics, a little Elvis Costello and early Cure...perhaps Joy Division or Siouxsie and the Banshees...

From there we get into some Black Flag, Replacements, Smiths, Dead Kennedys.

On to some Melvins, Radiohead, Pavement, Pixies.

And finally we round the evening off with a little Le Tigre, Death From Above 1979, McLusky, Pretty Girls Make Graves.
#7
angelic_demon
Apr 22, 2009 14:58:09 Definitely suggest Hans Zimmer (He was the man behind the music for Pirates of the Caribbean, if you don't already know).

Another thing to look into is Distant Worlds, a compilation of orchestrated tunes from Final Fantasy. For that matter, Nobuo Uematsu/The Black Mages. Some of those tunes are truly epic, especially "The Skies Above".

Yasunori Mitsuda is another epic composer - he did the music for Chrono Trigger and Xenosaga.
#8
Mcnancy
Apr 24, 2009 16:33:00
One Last Sunset by Killswitch Engage

that's pretty good, it reminds me of the rogue camp music from Diablo 2
#9
owls_and_more_owls
Apr 25, 2009 4:45:56 I always use either the Final Fantasy 12 soundtrack or the Final Fantasy Tactics soundtrack.

Also, I'm glad to see another person who has at least heard of Joy Division. This pleases me.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 Mcnancy Apr 21, 2009 13:08:41	For those of you who are not familiar with Pandora.com, I suggest you check it out. For those of us who are; I want to create a station for backround music while my friends and I play D&D to help set the mood and get us into the moment, I have already made one for Star Wars but that was easy (thank you John Williams) I was hoping I could get some suggestions on songs and/or artists to use as seeds to create it, I'm looking for more of ambient instumental music so as not to distract us Or if you already have a D&D radio station or know of one, share it with me (cwrothrock@gmail.com)
#2 ioosef Apr 21, 2009 23:56:48	I've been saying this for a while now. One Last Sunset by Killswitch Engage
#3 exposed_wires Apr 22, 2009 1:38:20	Hans Zimmer does a pretty good job at epic tones. On pandora, you get a lot of 'last of the mohicans'. Ah well, as always, be careful with what you thumbs up. Pandora gets excited and overzealous with what they play after you thumbs up too much. I added Gnarls Barkley to my MGMT station and now it keeps playing Chris Brown and Usher. No good.
#4 azrael_the_dark Apr 22, 2009 1:46:36	For those of you who are not familiar with Pandora.com, I suggest you check it out. Too bad it doesn't work out of the U.S.
#5 fabius_maximus Apr 22, 2009 7:20:35	Too bad it doesn't work out of the U.S. Use Grooveshark.
#6 dirk_radhammer_dup Apr 22, 2009 8:43:54	hen playing D&D, I like to start off with the classics, a little Elvis Costello and early Cure...perhaps Joy Division or Siouxsie and the Banshees... From there we get into some Black Flag, Replacements, Smiths, Dead Kennedys. On to some Melvins, Radiohead, Pavement, Pixies. And finally we round the evening off with a little Le Tigre, Death From Above 1979, McLusky, Pretty Girls Make Graves.
#7 angelic_demon Apr 22, 2009 14:58:09	Definitely suggest Hans Zimmer (He was the man behind the music for Pirates of the Caribbean, if you don't already know). Another thing to look into is Distant Worlds, a compilation of orchestrated tunes from Final Fantasy. For that matter, Nobuo Uematsu/The Black Mages. Some of those tunes are truly epic, especially "The Skies Above". Yasunori Mitsuda is another epic composer - he did the music for Chrono Trigger and Xenosaga.
#8 Mcnancy Apr 24, 2009 16:33:00	One Last Sunset by Killswitch Engage that's pretty good, it reminds me of the rogue camp music from Diablo 2
#9 owls_and_more_owls Apr 25, 2009 4:45:56	I always use either the Final Fantasy 12 soundtrack or the Final Fantasy Tactics soundtrack. Also, I'm glad to see another person who has at least heard of Joy Division. This pleases me.