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i LOVE songs that paint a mental image of a landscape or a situation, so i have a few examples:

fountains of rome is very solid background morning music
jesu, joy of man's desire (or whatever the english translation for it is) is a great royal/highly religious piece, and i think that j.s. bach's works generally speaking are great for religious settings
berlioz's symphonie fantastique has a built in story, and is a tone poem in nature, but i find that the 2nd movement (the ball) is really good for regal dances

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*insert Simon's cat pointing at his mouth*

for dramatic or sad settings, I like to look for classical music. the Moonlight sonata is one of my favorites for a melancholic feeling.


ofcourse classical music can be used for any (human) royal court as well.

Oh man, I feel like I could find random examples of incidental music all the time. The one example that comes to mind right mow is Omori.


I will say that the music is sonically more suited to childlike memories or neighborhood experiences, but that's also why I find it so unique and useful. I want to develop my own sounds and music for my own games in a similar style.

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The recipe called them corn toasties. You slice them in half and then you can toast them in a toaster!

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I could do a thread asking about your favorite video game OSTs or composers, and that's certainly a valid route, but I am insidious and have an agenda so we're not doing that in this thread.
Music sets a mood. It accompanies almost every scene of a game or an anime or even modern movies because unless you have no soul the music creates an emotion that the scene would ideally capitalize on.
Did you know most Virtual Tabletops have a Jukebox feature for this exact reason? Sure you could fill it with sfx and ambient sounds, but the real use is to create atmosphere. To set a mood.
I've been digging through video game OSTs for months trying to find music I can play in the background of a TTRPG campaign (you knew it was coming). I've found some strong contenders, but a lot of what I end up finding is too much "Epic Fantasy" and "Epic Fight Theme." Every scene is not Epic Fantasy or Epic Fight Scene. Sometimes you want something sad and gentle. Sometimes you want something casual. Sometimes you want something silly and upbeat.
Seeing as I have more battle themes than I could ever know what to do with, I'm putting out a call for you to share your favorite Incidental Music. Music that sets the mood for a location or a situation rather than something to get blood pumping.


I'll get us started with an example.

Music thread? More place to gush about The Pillows? DON'T MIND IF I DO!


The Pillows are a japanese band formed in 1990. Their first album had its sound rooted in City Pop, but they would move away from that and embrace more inspiration from American bands like The Pixies and Red Hot Chili Peppers. They officially retired in January of this year, hesitating to use the word "disbanded" as it was less of a breakup and more they're just getting on in years and don't want to play the music business grind anymore, but they didn't want to give false hope for a reunion tour that will never come.
In 35 years, they produced 22 albums. I would say that's fuckin respectable.

This song always lifts me up. love to dance to it too on Just Dance!

it truly is songs like this that mark the start of my sad boi music era once again

Ohh i love Atarashii Gakko too!