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RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Qhora Bajihri - 08-21-2013
I find I tend to come across songs that fit amazingly well by accident. One character I had had a whole soundtrack based on his personality and various situations he'd been in. I'ma have to start listening to more music because I don't have anything for Darien yet.
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Chakha Malqir - 08-21-2013
I was having a hard time trying to find a song that best appealed to my character. A really hard time. Sure, there are many songs I like. But they don't fit well with his personality at all. I eventually found one.
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Due Fiumi is a vocal reworking of a song from Suikoden II. More specifically, it is the theme song to a town known as Two River. The town, which has a split river running through it (hence the name), is ruled by three houses of congress, each representing their respective race. The humans, the kobolds, and the wingers. This alliance of races is shaky at best. The humans and kobolds are on shaky terms, but cooperate with each other, while neither of those races shares much respect for the wingers at all. During the events of Suikoden II, however, through the main character's actions, all three races begin to understand one another and develop much stronger bonds of kinship.
With Virgil's backstory of being a halfbreed Keeper/Seeker Miqo'te, this plays well into the conflict between the two tribes' gender biases and that, in time, Virgil could be the one to aid in the renewed kinship of the two tribes.
The melody itself is only slightly more uplifting than bittersweet and is also very serene, much like Virgil. The melody seems to speak of wisdom and experience in its gentleness, being the ideal music to relate to a magical user, especially that of a healer. The only part of this music that may not fit is its slightly tribal undertones, which unlike many of his Miqo'te brothers and sisters, he is not as he was born and raised in the city.
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Trigonxv - 08-21-2013
Kewl beans people keep on posting up the music its awesome to hear the different styles of music as well as the persona's they are meant to capture
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Qhora Bajihri - 08-21-2013
Here we go~
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Erik Mynhier - 08-21-2013
Erik really has two songs that seem cover him.
Pre-Castrum Novum
Post-Castrum Novum
It makes sense if you read his backstory
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Corelyn - 08-21-2013
Ooh, I love music assignment!
Lessee...
Corelyn - Ambient (ie, Intro, moment of brilliance, etc.):
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Brilliant, yet quirky. Reserved, yet still cheerful in her own way.
Corelyn - Dire combat (ie, back-against-the-wall sort of situation):
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Once she pulls herself together... shit's gonna get real, very fast.
I can't really do theme songs until I -really- solidify her personality. That comes with RP and time. The original (WoW) Corelyn's theme really doesn't fit this one.
As for other characters... I think I'll save it. X-D
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Fystrael Abylstyrwyn - 08-21-2013
Fystrael is very much a teenage girl under all the leather and metal. Â See!
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RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Adolar - 08-21-2013
Great tracks I'm hearing in this thread so far.
Adolar's childhood music.
His "going out on an adventure" music.
Still searching for a main theme though.
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Quuyn - 08-21-2013
Well, Koyu = Sleep, and to me Sleep = Lullaby. However, I never cared for the ones with lyrics. SO I'M GOING TO BE 'THAT GUY' and reference, my favourite 'lullaby-esque' song. DAT'S RIGHT. FMA:B.
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RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Noble_Einherjar - 08-21-2013
I don't get points for finding a title to match, but this song is great for Amuro's theme.
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I first discovered this song when it was playing on a loop before Square-Enix's live-stream conference started at E3. I instantly fell in love with it (and the whole soundtrack, honestly; some of the best video game music I've ever heard).
The song has a wandering melody to it that charts Amuro's rejection of Miqo'te tribal life and his exploration of the world, and the emotional experiences and changes therein, that eventually leads him right back to what he ran away from.
I'm also going to cheat and add a second song. This is Amuro's 'race against time' theme:
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RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Kismet - 08-21-2013
Einherjar, you have no idea how much I love your song choices. Seriously. Both of those songs are simply gorgeous. I have a friend who loves the Nier OSTs a lot, but I admittedly never paid too much attention to his posts... Next chance I get, I'm definitely going through those entire soundtracks!
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Ari Kagon - 08-22-2013
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Morelle has kind of a "Do what you want" attitude. I figured it fit pretty well for that.
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This one I think of most when she's not interacting with anyone. Very peaceful and mellow.
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Dubs - 08-22-2013
This whole soundtrack is basically Swyrbhrat epically swinging Grymgohta through a bunch of lvl 4 cactuars. Good ol Inon Zur.
"GRRRRRR!!!""Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "EEEEEP!!!"
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 ![[Image: Cactuar-250x300.png]](http://projectcrystallis.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Cactuar-250x300.png)
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Firae - 08-22-2013
hmmm these are all pretty good! hmmm ill have to post some music for my chara as well later on
RE: Adding atmosphere to your character - Swift - 08-22-2013
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I love adding music to my characters--I've been doing it since I first started roleplaying on forum boards ^^ A few of my characters have actually spawned directly from the mood of a particular piece rather than the other way around.
One thing I prefer doing with it though is limiting myself to using thematic pieces without lyrics (and if it does have lyrics, they're usually cryptic or metaphorical) so that listeners can better identify with the character I'm associating the music with rather than the lyrics/message of the song itself. In my opinion, anyway.
-Cough- So anyways, this is the music I picked out for Merkaris since his original development as a D&D character. He carries with him a blissful outlook on many things in addition to a powerful sense of adventure and a limitless amount of curiosity. To me, this particular piece brings to mind images of green, windswept fields and pathway, urging such a traveler forward towards unexplored lands. All the while, however, there is a sense of depth along with the idea that it is not just the world being explored, but the character himself. :3