Theme music for Vampires

[Deathless Dreamer]

How are Blutengel gothic?

Not gothic no, the music has nothing to do with a medieval building style ;-)
Electro-Goth, EMB, futurepop, it all exists and falls under the Goth umbrella.

Nox Arcana IS perfect for RPing as well yeah. No World of Darkness session without at least one song.

Actually I spoke in ignorance . I listened to Blutengel before, a few months ago, and I thought they were cheesy so I dismissed them. I decided to listen to them again after I read your post, and I actually think they are really good now!

Have you heard of The Birthday Massacre? I think you might like them.

 

[Adam_Barrow]

I prefer The Birthday Party (with Nick Cave), though BPM has some tracks.

 

[Seneschal]

If it hasn't been mentioned already, there is a singer named Destini Beard who did some vocal work over some classic Midnight Syndicate songs (they were the band that existed before Vargo left and formed Nox Arcana).

 

[Zephyr]

Actually I spoke in ignorance . I listened to Blutengel before, a few months ago, and I thought they were cheesy so I dismissed them. I decided to listen to them again after I read your post, and I actually think they are really good now!

Have you heard of The Birthday Massacre? I think you might like them.

They have some cheesy songs and I like that. The vampire songs(and videos) are so over the top! They matured quite a bit since Tränenherz and Monument really is Blutengel 2.0.

The Birthday Massacre is great.


For more vamp-themed music Umbra et Imago also has some very nice atmospheric songs. And if you like more cheesy over-the-top music Gothminister has some nice ones too.

 

[Raven Torrid]

Some quite obvious:

Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - Evil Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnVp5l7AGFY
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - Necropolis Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXGBh_3J25g

Some not so much:

Storm Corrosion - Lock Howl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFKzxnaJHMA
The whole atmosphere of the song and the ominous clapping just does it for me...can imagine skeletons, zombies and ghouls just dancing and marching to it. Love to listen to it while I convert or paint.

Comus - Diana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aEpyhx_c7o
The lyrics of the song fit perfectly to a scene of a girl being chased by a vampire in the woods of Sylvania IMO.

Steven Wilson - The Holy Drinker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leIIlezYJMI

Opeth - The Throat of Winter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-psrzaOnaKY
Especially from 4:00, the...I'd call it...Dark Flamenco part.

King Crimson - The Devil's Triangle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zume7gCo3_4
The bolero-ish continuous march + super ominous mellotron at 3:45...just perfect.

 

[Raven Torrid]

Almost forgot:

Modest Mussorgsky - Night On Bald Mountain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMmfaaiWMEs

Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No.9 - Allegro con fuoco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvcFlLegKSI

 

[Loriel]

Thanks to all so far! I scratched playlist to spotify. So far there is major problem that has many different type of songs (some very battly, some very misty zombies) so it prolly would need two list other for first 2 turns for misty zombies and later on something else...

I used some music by Hans Zimmer Batman OST.

Anyway here is link to it

http://open.spotify.com/user/loriel87/playlist/1nxXPUkVZr0RNPaJwkCsN8

I actually have inquired this questions from many other forums and did this gathering type of thread to warseer (still quite new so not so many suggestions are posted there yet (i dare to hope ). http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?382436-Warhammer-battle-music-army-specific-theme-music, so there were great suggestion all around warhammer forums.

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

Thanks to all so far! I scratched playlist to spotify. So far there is major problem that has many different type of songs (some very battly, some very misty zombies) so it prolly would need two list other for first 2 turns for misty zombies and later on something else...

I used some music by Hans Zimmer Batman OST.

Anyway here is link to it

Decent list, but I was just wondering though why you didn't include the ones from Warcraft? Just asking because I personally find them to suit the Vampire Counts to a T, and it just seems odd that someone wouldn't include them.

If you were wondering how to get hold of them you can get Realplayer and download the youtube videos, or copy the URL into the bar on the KeepVid website (which also downloads them), then convert them into MP3 using AnyVideoConverter.

Also about Nox Arcana - I see you chose Temple of the Black Pharaoh. Don't you think that one would suit the Tomb Kings more than the Vampire Counts?

 

[Loriel]

Decent list, but I was just wondering though why you didn't include the ones from Warcraft? Just asking because I personally find them to suit the Vampire Counts to a T, and it just seems odd that someone wouldn't include them.

If you were wondering how to get hold of them you can get Realplayer and download the youtube videos, or copy the URL into the bar on the KeepVid website (which also downloads them), then convert them into MP3 using AnyVideoConverter.

I would love to use Warcraft music, but I have decided to honor the copyrights of songs, artist and publishers and I failed to find any disclaimer that gives free usage on private uses on Blizzard games, since default is that they can be used only in the original intent (in other words in background music of game). I actually own legal copies of WoW, with all the expansion to pandaren (played for like 2 years), WC3 RoC and TFT, actually have WC2 + tides of darkeness copy and I even had WC 1, but that has lost between yers =( and starcraft 1 (not broodwar =( ) and sc2 + expansion heart of swarm for the matter...And actually own diablo 1, diablo 2 + lod and diablo 3... so as Fair use I think I payed Blizzard enough to use their music (but then again to be honest I don't even know that does blizzard own those tracks, or do they belong to their respective composers). This is actually big problem when trying to keep it "legal" since those copyright issues are too darn hard to find. Another problem is that since no blizzard music can be found on spotify I am bit of stranded on the matter... save video games live concert... But if you have find disclaimer that allows usage I would indeed add them to my lists!

That actually raised one question... can you guys listen my added local file for example that Antti Martikainen/Mark Knights/Dmitry Petyakin songs (those songs can be found at general battle music, since they are downloaded with the permission of artist and I added them as local files on my spotify and there to playlist. I find it hard to believe that it would then share it to other users.

Also about Nox Arcana - I see you chose Temple of the Black Pharaoh. Don't you think that one would suit the Tomb Kings more than the Vampire Counts?

That Temple of Black Pharaoh indeed would make better TK music. I will heed your wisdom and make the necessary adjustment

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

I would love to use Warcraft music, but I have decided to honor the copyrights of songs, artist and publishers and I failed to find any disclaimer that gives free usage on private uses on Blizzard games, since default is that they can be used only in the original intent (in other words in background music of game). I actually own legal copies of WoW, with all the expansion to pandaren (played for like 2 years), WC3 RoC and TFT, actually have WC2 + tides of darkeness copy and I even had WC 1, but that has lost between yers =( and starcraft 1 (not broodwar =( ) and sc2 + expansion heart of swarm for the matter...And actually own diablo 1, diablo 2 + lod and diablo 3... so as Fair use I think I payed Blizzard enough to use their music (but then again to be honest I don't even know that does blizzard own those tracks, or do they belong to their respective composers). This is actually big problem when trying to keep it "legal" since those copyright issues are too darn hard to find. Another problem is that since no blizzard music can be found on spotify I am bit of stranded on the matter... save video games live concert... But if you have find disclaimer that allows usage I would indeed add them to my lists!

That actually raised one question... can you guys listen my added local file for example that Antti Martikainen/Mark Knights/Dmitry Petyakin songs (those songs can be found at general battle music, since they are downloaded with the permission of artist and I added them as local files on my spotify and there to playlist. I find it hard to believe that it would then share it to other users.

I always thought that as long as the music was not being used to make any money or if you weren't trying to pass the music off as your own then you were free to do with it as you wish?

I would have thought that is the case since those videos have been on YouTube for quite some time now (5 years in fact) and no one has taken them down.

Besides it's not like the Blizzard legal team is going to swoop down and eat you as soon as you play it on an mp3 player or something lol.

You can also extract the MP3s from the game files with the MPQ viewer software- It's totally legal, loads of people do it and Blizzard have no problem with it. It's only when you try to modify the game files that you would get banned from WoW, and if you try and pass the music off as your own and make money from it, then you would get taken to court.

But as long as you always recognise who made it and who it belongs to then I would imagine you are free to do with it as you wish, including having it on a playlist.

As a side note, why do you use Spotify? Surely you could download iTunes and use that. You can add any MP3 files on your computer that way as well.

 

[Loriel]

Besides it's not like the Blizzard legal team is going to swoop down and eat you as soon as you play it on an mp3 player or something lol.

Yep, I really don't expect to see men in black bursting in side my apartment and arrest me (especially that I am in Finland ) But that is not really the point why I have chosen this path. Lets say when I was much younger I wouldn't have any problem of going inside grey zone and simple fact was that I really didn't have any resources to invest in for music. Now if I would say that I really didn't have enough money or what ever that would be a lie. Doing full time job leaves some pennies that could be spend for music. But still I don't want to pay for music thus I am morally obligated to tread lightly.

I would have thought that is the case since those videos have been on YouTube for quite some time now (5 years in fact) and no one has taken them down.

That is actually very promising that they probably have disclaimer that allows music to be used in non profit private uses. Like I said before I failed to find it, but if there is such I will indeed rip music from those game files faster than you can say "cat". I actually tried to look them from terms and conditions/ blizzard websites etc, but they are very well hidden and that is real problem when it comes to person like me, who would like to know for a fact that there isn't shadow of a doubt that no boundaries are broken

As a side note, why do you use Spotify? Surely you could download iTunes and use that. You can add any MP3 files on your computer that way as well.

I actually have used Itunes but it would be incredible expensive to get all the songs that I would like to have.

I started to use spotify actually about month ago and was amazed by it (and actually that was the main spark why I started to inquiry for new music). Spotify is practically free. 10 e or dollar or what ever for a month, for service that works a lot better than any P2P/torrent/youtube ripping. Well there are downsides some of my favorite music is absent from the spotify say Baldurs Gate ost, planescape torment , Brian Tyler Dune ost (extremely potent soundtrack), heroes might and magic 4 soundtrack (one of my all time favorite music in any games) And sometimes artists spotify contracts ends and they leave those grey songs behind. But then again there can be found so many small time artist that tries to break in popularity, because spotify is very cheap way to distribute music (allthough in pure monetary view perhaps not the best at start) but for starting artist popularity is more important than revenue in general.

Spotify Client works pretty much the same way, you can add local files from other mediaplayers (itunes, windows mediaplayer, perhaps winamp). I actually haven't found a direct way to import .mp3 file inside it, which is quite odd. (I though they are only for my personal use, so thats why I asked that can anybody else listen those songs?) Spotify actually synchronises those local files to tablet via internet which was extremely good surprice. And I have for example Antti Martikainen's all the song that could be bough by minimun on 0 euros

And one main readon for spotify is that many of my friends uses it and sharing playlist among friends is easy

 

[Loriel]

HOLY GRAIL FOUND!

use of our music, sound samples, or characters from our game in your original compositions is limited for your own personal use and creative exploration. You may not sell or distribute for commercial purpose any music containing samples of music, sound or characters taken from our game. Any use of these materials would also be subject to the terms of our End User License Agreement included with each product.

Let the ripping commence!

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

HOLY GRAIL FOUND!

use of our music, sound samples, or characters from our game in your original compositions is limited for your own personal use and creative exploration. You may not sell or distribute for commercial purpose any music containing samples of music, sound or characters taken from our game. Any use of these materials would also be subject to the terms of our End User License Agreement included with each product.

Let the ripping commence!

See I told you.

 

[Loriel]

Dante's Inferno by Gary Schyman had great songs fitting for daemons/woc/Vampire counts/(frenzy type) Dark Elves. Here is few example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaOoPlc5-s0&list=PL72E634AF2202DAE8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzn7pBzUQfg&list=PL72E634AF2202DAE8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE1PXbJRgcw

 

[TMS]

This is the theme that has followed me from my childhood as the theme for my undead. It's even got 2 different versions!

Pre-battle/scheming:
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaHtw5riprc[/video]

Battle:
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHeurtNrxjA[/video]

 

[Loriel]

Adrian Von Ziegler has an album called Mirror of the Night. It had fitting songs for the "misty zombie" themes.

- In to the Shadow Realm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2A0oyGZrPo
- Challenge the dead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAbvPIdp7eU

 

[Sir Geheimnisnacht]

Ghost -- one of my favorite bands.

&

Ghoul -- if you feel like a bit of thrash in your songs about devouring human flesh.

 

[Count Darvaleth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7pSwltTDyc This could work! The second-top comment is also hilarious.


... I know it's not really vampire-themed, I'm just sharing it because somebody, somewhere will agree that a Soviet-themed Vampire realm would be epic!

 

[Loriel]

Michl Britsch Pandorum OST have some decent songs. Some are real good dark ambient atmosphere

for example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YoOQavK2Nw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW0aGnrBwQA&list=PL38eeh4U4O4X6FTowhWzcXOGcT_ltQGfi

 

[Adam_Barrow]

Ghost
Ghoul

I think we'd get along just fine.
Tried Send More Paramedics?

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MhG3QUxem4[/video]
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd8y9_6Grzs[/video]

 

[Shareya]

Well that singer is...erh...different.

 

[Adam_Barrow]

Thrash punk. <3 <3

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

Thrash punk. <3 <3

"I'll just link some irrelevant videos because that is exactly what the OP is looking for, especially when he asked for ambient music."

 

[Adam_Barrow]

It looked to me that the ambient well had begun to dry. I myself had no more to add to that selection, and I actually learned of a few acts from them. But as to offering up alternative music for a VC battle, I've played many a game listening to piss drunk kids punching guitars. Fun times. As the conversation had begun to veer in different directions, I feel justified. And I can't recommend Send More Paramedics enough. Thanks for rolling your eyes at me.

 

[Raven Torrid]

Thrash punk. <3 <3

"I'll just link some irrelevant videos because that is exactly what the OP is looking for, especially when he asked for ambient music."

And where exactly does the OP specify what kind of music does he want people to link?

Hello all!

I was wondering what kind of music does people listen when playing vampires? My goal is to get a nice playlist that had good fantasy music undead/gothic/evil flavor.

For example these themes has some of the elements what I am looking for:
Wojciech Kilar - Vampire Hunters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E-yYkVQmg8
Nox Arcana - Vampire Exorcism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP3zLExMIzE

But I wish to hear all kinds of theme music, artist etc, that people think would be good songs. (perhaps even find some new music to listen in some other occasions)

[Edit] I made a gathering thread to warseer about my quest http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?382436-Warhammer-battle-music-army-specific-theme-music&p=6944670#post6944670

Adam did exactly what is described in the bolded part, so no, it's not irrelevant.