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ive been putting differnt mix 's together for war gaming. any suggestions . ive done for every game i play . another question does any one know where i can down load the main theme music to exo squad . ive found it with al the show sound effects . but i want the plain score for my itunes. any suggestions would be helpful!!

Rob zombies good.

Some of the more aggressive tracks from the battlestar music are cool, check out Scar and Storming New Caprica.

Pig Destroyer. For World Eaters.

Almost anything by Manowar will fit the bill.

Bolt Thrower, nuff said

Basicly anything loud and aggresive,Hardcore,Punk,Metal..it all works well for me.
I honestly couldn't see playing a game with something like Barry White or Teddy Pendagrass (though I love their music) in the background...just wouldn't "fit the mood".

"Indestructible" by Disturbed = Epic war music!

Call me odd, but I actually prefer not to have music playing while I'm gaming. At the very most it should be played at a very low volume as "background noise". I find it to be distracting otherwise.

But then again I'm older and thus not a kiddie who has to have music playing 24/7 as if his life needed a soundtrack or something. To be fair, I'm not a big music fan in the best of circumstances. It's not that I don't like it. I do. But I don't have the same obsession with it that many people do. I rarely listen to music in the car, instead prefering news/talk stations for driving noise and am far more likely to play a movie or documentary on the DVD player while painting than I am to put in a music CD. Likewise my Ipod playlist is mostly taken up with videos and audio books.

I never play music when I'm hosting a game (be it Warhammer, real wargaming, or RPGs) at my home and have been know to ask politely to have the volume lowered when playing at other venues. I have a couple of good horror stories about young gamers who brought their portable stereos to convention games over the years without regard to musical tastes and opinion of the other players. That's probably colored my opinion about those that insist on playing music while gaming more than anything else.

TR

Run to the hills or The Trooper by Iron Maiden or anything Symphony X

For my Orks I like Rammstein.

When playing Empire I prefer classical scores with a bit of a bite, like Holst's Planets score or good 'ol favorites like Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries.

FFXII soundtrack. Genso Suikoden soundtrack. any jazz. I find that having aggressive music playing for more than about half an hour is really lame.


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BAWTRM wrote:For my Orks I like Rammstein.

When playing Empire I prefer classical scores with a bit of a bite, like Holst's Planets score or good 'ol favorites like Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries.

excellent....I love picturing my Valkyries flying in to Holst's "Jupiter"


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Trench-Raider wrote:Call me odd, but I actually prefer not to have music playing while I'm gaming. At the very most it should be played at a very low volume as "background noise". I find it to be distracting otherwise.

But then again I'm older and thus not a kiddie who has to have music playing 24/7 as if his life needed a soundtrack or something. To be fair, I'm not a big music fan in the best of circumstances. It's not that I don't like it. I do. But I don't have the same obsession with it that many people do. I rarely listen to music in the car, instead prefering news/talk stations for driving noise and am far more likely to play a movie or documentary on the DVD player while painting than I am to put in a music CD. Likewise my Ipod playlist is mostly taken up with videos and audio books.

I never play music when I'm hosting a game (be it Warhammer, real wargaming, or RPGs) at my home and have been know to ask politely to have the volume lowered when playing at other venues. I have a couple of good horror stories about young gamers who brought their portable stereos to convention games over the years without regard to musical tastes and opinion of the other players. That's probably colored my opinion about those that insist on playing music while gaming more than anything else.

TR

much love intended...but you sound very boring.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Some of the more aggressive tracks from the battlestar music are cool, check out Scar and Storming New Caprica.

I have all the nBSG soundtracks - even the new one - and they are very, very good.

Season 2, Track 17. That's the best one.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Season 2, Track 17. That's the best one.

Is that 'Something Dark is Coming', cos I love that track.


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I also strongly recommend Lord of the Flies by Cubanate, most especially for all you Nurgle fans!

Prelude to War.

The one where Adama gets everyone ready to attack the Pegasus.

Valkyrie wrote:"Indestructible" by Disturbed = Epic war music!

Ya... damn appropriate, that song. There have been some good suggestions so far... but the lyrics and feel of this one Disturbed tune just seem to go really well with a 40K game.

Zombie & Man'o'War are good previous suggestion if you are going for the whole Death-by-industrial theme (Which is my favorite).
Try some Static-X or KMFDM.

the soundtrack of Dawn of war 2 is nothing close to metal, but I find it appropriate for most game.
it is Grimdark and Cheesy.

Also, it's free (http://kotaku.com/5233569/get-your-free-dawn-of-war-ii-soundtrack)
Note: It's not free because it can be found on the interweb, It's truly free.

I must be getting old, because I think that I'd lose it trying to play a serious game to some of the musical suggestions selected. I'm trying to picture feeling hardcore listing to Metal/Industrial while moving my little plastic army men around and just not being able to keep a straight face. Having that been said, I enjoy symphonic music while I play. If you use winamp, Shoutcast is a great source of music, be it classical, techno, or something more mainstream.

Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits - on repeat.

For 'nids, does the Aliens soundtrack even need mentioning? Not sure I'd like music during my games, but if I did, this painfully obvious choice would be my pick.

I like to listen to GWAR when playing Orks.

For Themeatic music, always use instrumental music from sci-fi and fantasy films.

The Prophesy Theme from Dune fits nicely.

Psychobilly is the soundtrack to my life.


Mad Sin.
Zombie Ghost Train.
Chop Tops.
The Creepshow.

A couple of other ones thgrown in for a mix,

The Conan Soundtrack
The Excalabur Soundtrack
The obiquitous Star wars music
The Predator theme

Iron Madin, Guns and Roses, Slayer, Scepultura, some of that hard core nordic Icelandic Black metal. Muh ha ha ha

Then we get the old standards in there, which can usually run from cheese to pretty cool.

Zepplin 3, Some Sabbath, a little Queensreich, and the other 80's hair bqnd stuff that I usually remove and put in more psychobilly, some of that celtic punk, or the old school oi ska.

And yeah, the most part about it is that its background painting music. I don't play anywhere with too many radios playing

Metallica, Track 9 on Death Magnetic.

The Imperial March from Star Wars (is that allowed???)

Queen- We Will Rock You

When Terminators are in use, you know which music i'm going to say.......the Terminator theme, du dum dum de dum.....

Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries.

Some of the Gladiator soundtrack.

Guns n Roses - Welcome to the Jungle?

Das rad di shicksiles by E Nomine (aplogies to the germans if i spelled that wrong!) Has got to be the best theme music as far as Im concerned....I cant help but seeing an IG gunline firing away from their trenches as an ork mob charges...while there commander looks on muttering the male words to the song...

Trench-Raider wrote:Call me odd, but I actually prefer not to have music playing while I'm gaming. At the very most it should be played at a very low volume as "background noise". I find it to be distracting otherwise.

But then again I'm older and thus not a kiddie who has to have music playing 24/7 as if his life needed a soundtrack or something. To be fair, I'm not a big music fan in the best of circumstances. It's not that I don't like it. I do. But I don't have the same obsession with it that many people do. I rarely listen to music in the car, instead prefering news/talk stations for driving noise and am far more likely to play a movie or documentary on the DVD player while painting than I am to put in a music CD. Likewise my Ipod playlist is mostly taken up with videos and audio books.

I never play music when I'm hosting a game (be it Warhammer, real wargaming, or RPGs) at my home and have been know to ask politely to have the volume lowered when playing at other venues. I have a couple of good horror stories about young gamers who brought their portable stereos to convention games over the years without regard to musical tastes and opinion of the other players. That's probably colored my opinion about those that insist on playing music while gaming more than anything else.

TR

Thank you! Although I'm a big music fan, I share the same view on music while gaming. It's really distracting, and usually leads to people losing interest in the game sooner, at least in my experience. One friend of mine insisted we try and watch Venture Bros while playing a game and as much as I love Venture, outside stimulus really makes gaming hard to concentrate on. There's some music that works better than others (the store I play at usually has some old surf or rockabilly music going on) but I think thrash metal and the like are a little much. I can paint or walk to class with Anthrax in my headphones, but while gaming it would just get overwhelming.

Well when i play i normally dont apply music,
but this one time when i did, it was Jazz music
i dont know why but it sure made things smoother

Interesting sugestions........ Zombie, GWAR, Maiden,

YAWN! Don't get me wrong all great bands and some awesome music...but...

Heres an idea..... Northern Europe/Scandinavia is the current home to some of the best Symphonic Metal around.
Example: Deathstars - Death Dies Hard



Ex Deo... Ok pretty much ANYTHING from Nuclear Blast Records
Lordi

Other bands making great music NOW:
Sister Sin
Kamelot
Mandragora Scream

You wanna go "Old School"...
WASP
Sex Pistols
Black Flag

Music distracts me a little, but some times offers motivation at the right moments. I listen to metallica, ministry, and bolt thrower. But no vocals.

I have to admit that I think I would get distracted with too much hardcore music playing also. However, I think the song "let the bodies hit the floor" or "bodies" (not sure the exact title) by drowning pool would fit nicely.