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stumbled upon this, and i can't get it out of my head, its so damn catchy




what do you think? fits the IG or not?

I listen to that song sometimes. I love it.

Nah.

This is more like it:

Oh, that song! By the way if anybody is curious about it the real name is "the Warrior Song". It's made by a small group in the US. They did a version for all the different branches (Army is that one, they did a Marine one, Navy, I think they released Air Force at some point).

Just a fan of the song and like credit where it's due.

And whenever I think IG I always think "Price of a Mile" by Sabaton. Pretty much the theme song for Krieg soldiers but applicable to pretty much any of the Emperor's Finest.

No, no, this is the only piece of music that really suits the Guard...

 Furyou Miko wrote:
No, no, this is the only piece of music that really suits the Guard...

i bow to you, sir. THIS triumphs over all of it
NOTHING goes over bagpipes for a feel of epicness and awesome!

daaaaanm, this gave me goosebumbs, not kidding
(maybe thats because it reminds me of the edinburgh military tattoo 2010, been there, and it was the. best. musical. thing. i. ever. experienced. )

I'm a miss. >>

Anyway. Auld Lang Syne is a song about dead soldiers. Heroes all.

oh s**t, i am sorry then

(don't blame me, i am not fond of all those japanese names, i can't tell the male and female apart, and in the internet, your profile picture is not all to informative either about your gender )

It would need some lyrical changes to fit with the setting though. Thrones, The Emperor, into the warp and far away etc.

 FistusMaximus wrote:
oh s**t, i am sorry then

(don't blame me, i am not fond of all those japanese names, i can't tell the male and female apart, and in the internet, your profile picture is not all to informative either about your gender )

I'm not angry.

Thats a bit too much techno for my taste OP. Call me a classicist




This will define all of your armies awesomeness in one piece of classical music, also check Holsts' Mars




and the most manly of all manly marching songs, is Scotland the Brave, just imagine your forlorn Tanith 1st and Only arriving on planet with this music




And if you really want something more modern, you can;t go wrong with Starship Troopers, its the closest thing we will ever have to a real Imperial Guard Movie anyways!

I don't know about you guys, but almost none of your songs fit the 40k era. Especially not classical music.

Here's the theme of the Imperial Guard for me:






and of course, for a more grimdark 40k feel:

Spent a lot of time thinking. It had to have vocals, sound grand and intense. It had to portray a sense of huge scale and eliminate any sense of individuality and so forth. It even had to have an ending where it quietens down at the end for the casualties after the climax. I dont know but I think this is the guard song really.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFFHaz9GsY&feature=share&list=PL03FF30533ECF12A8&index=4


A more modern one would also be the starship troopers track mentioned earlier.

Better version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVjDP0vlem4

Last time I faced an IG player, he pulled this out on me O_O by no means befitting of the IG, but hilarious

 Jacobshepard wrote:



Last time I faced an IG player, he pulled this out on me O_O by no means befitting of the IG, but hilarious

Should have listened to that warning before the video...

How are you guys embedding the video like that? Mine come out as links

You put the link in "youtube" tags, the same way you put a quote in "quote" tags or a spoiler in "spoiler" tags.

Anyway, I haven't really thought about an IG theme song, though listening to everything posted here, I don't really like any of it aside from the Starship Troopers song. Everything else ranges from terrible to not feeling remotely 40k-ish, lol.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
You put the link in "youtube" tags, the same way you put a quote in "quote" tags or a spoiler in "spoiler" tags.

Anyway, I haven't really thought about an IG theme song, though listening to everything posted here, I don't really like any of it aside from the Starship Troopers song. Everything else ranges from terrible to not feeling remotely 40k-ish, lol.

I hate all the metal crap lol, orchestra is 40k to me in my opinion. but its all opinion. Anyways cheers for that. I learnt something today

Yeah, the metal stuff is what I thought sounded terrible and the orchestral stuff mostly sounded out of place for 40k, other than the Starship Troopers theme which I thought sounds fitting.

My favorite by Two steps from hell.

 FistusMaximus wrote:
stumbled upon this, and i can't get it out of my head, its so damn catchy




what do you think? fits the IG or not?

Reminds me of how much I loved the guard in DOW 1, they were actually pretty dangerous, especially with their arty, and were only second to the Necrons and Chaos. Only race in the game that had actual good arty, compared to the piss poor excuses of all the other races (with the monolith being the only good BFG in the game, but that was due to their insanity in the lategame).



IL2 Birds of Prey's soundtrack also works well for the IOM in general, from the Adeptus Astartes to the Imperial Guard.

40k is all about the gothic orchestral, lol.

Nothing says 40k like a dozen violins all playing in tune, except maybe a hundred taiko drums.

Actually, Juno Reactor has some good tracks. How's this one for a Tank Battalion?



This one's a bit technoey, but I figure it kinda fits the Harakoni;

Cadian blood! No blood is more precious!
When spilling your enemy's blood, do not waste your own.
Cadian blood, ice in your veins.
Win or die, we won't be prisoners.

I can't believe that this has not been mentioned yet!

well, if we want grimdark chorus style things, this is fitting for the imperium in general.

 Swastakowey wrote:

 Jacobshepard wrote:



Last time I faced an IG player, he pulled this out on me O_O by no means befitting of the IG, but hilarious

Should have listened to that warning before the video...

How are you guys embedding the video like that? Mine come out as links

I suddenly want to see guardsmen riding grizzly bears into battle. That would sell some Calvary models!

Many great examples My few cents...




(and few others from BHD OST)

Than good old Imperial Guard




And of course video with whole context (and beware, its finale of movie Glory, so its spoilerish as hell) Uphill charge with bayonetts? What else could be IG?

Im suprised the classic decent of valkries (spelling?) Its perfect for elysian armies (both in the title and in the song)

As a staunch Vostroyan General... I just have to post this. Coincidentally its also my favorite national anthem.

I always think of the following when thinking of themes for my Guard, maybe not the most heroic though







And really, did we have to be reminded of bearforce one .

My idea of the IG is muy less macho and way more cynical:




It's these lyrics in particular that make me think of the IG:

They say that we ain't got the style
We ain't got the class
....
But it goes in one ear, and right out the other,
People talkin’ sh*t, even though they never bother,
It goes in one ear, and right out the other,
People talkin’ sh*t, they can kiss the back of my hand!

You hear that?
You hear what's coming?
Oh, you better run for the hills
'Cause we're coming to your town
And we're gonna burn that motherf****r down