Call of Cthulhu Music (Ambient or otherwise)

Cole · September 22, 2010, 01:06:46 AM

This is a different angle on things but I think some of John Fahey's instrumental guitar albums could work really well given the kind of provincial setting of a lot of Lovecraft material, and there is something that's just a little creepy with some of the weird chords he throws in there...

Try "Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes" or the ludicrously named "The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death."

Here's the first song from "Death Chants..."

RPGPundit · September 23, 2010, 11:28:01 AM

Personally I prefer period music. There's nothing quite like having a tentacle-thing boring into a PC's brain over the sounds of early Louis Armstrong.

RPGpundit

Ghostwind · October 02, 2010, 04:06:13 PM

Alex Otterlei did a CD called Horror on the Orient Express that is Cthulhu-themed. Not bad stuff. I wish I still had a copy.

Kaz · October 02, 2010, 06:41:39 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt_ZE_ib9Wk

5h4r0 · February 15, 2011, 10:01:15 AM

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Lawbag · February 15, 2011, 10:32:24 AM

One suggestion would be to have a different mood theme for each campaign location. The scope of MON is sufficient to allow for 5 distinct styles.

kryyst · February 15, 2011, 02:18:14 PM

If you want a more moody orchestra style them. Glen Danzig has put out 3 cd's Black Aria (1,2 &3) that have that in spades. Though typically I wouldn't really think of them for Cthulhu but they certainly worked well with Kult.

Lawbag · February 15, 2011, 02:56:44 PM

I have Black Aria 1 and 2, so thanks for the heads up re: the 3rd one. He was composing eerie X-Files music years before X-Files!

knyght16 · February 15, 2011, 03:42:06 PM

For period stuff, I've always thought of Henry Hall, who ostensibly sang children's songs. Except that his renditions of "Teddy Bear's Picnic" and "Hush, Hush, Here Comes the Boogeyman" are seriously some of the most unsettling things ever recorded.

Reckall · February 16, 2011, 12:27:06 AM

Lisa Gerrard. "Host of the Seraphim" and "Gloradin" (single tracks)

For a truly "WTF???" experience, I suggest "Armenia" by Einstürzende Neubauten. The first time I heard this track I genuinely thought that the radio was possessed...

And I support Ligeti hands down. His music in "2001", exp. when the Monolith appears, is beyond scary.

John Morrow · February 16, 2011, 12:53:33 AM

The John Carpenter soundtrack for the movie Prince of Darkness is great creepy background ambient music and it's now available on iTunes. It's my go-to music for creepy gaming situations. It comes up slowly enough that people don't always notice it right away. The Inception soundtrack would probably work well for ambient background music, too. Neither of those sounds very 20s but they are good general ambient background music.

5h4r0 · February 16, 2011, 05:03:17 AM

The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Passion (last temptation of christ - Peter Gabriel - AWESOME)
Hamlet (Ennio Morricone)
Angel Heart (Trevor Jones)
Gothic (Thomas Dolby)
Perfume (Tom Tykwer)
The Hammer Film Music Collection
Dracula (Wojciech Kilar)
Tir-Na-Nog (Symphonie Celtique, Alan Stivell)
"Pimf" and "Agent Orange" (on "Music for the masses", Depeche Mode : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUok859bytk)
Interview with a vampire (Elliot Goldenthal)
The Name Of The Rose (awesome, James Horner)
Eyes Wide Shut (lJocelyn Pook: "Masked ball" - FEAR! FEAR! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNzuF33tZo)
2001, a space opera (yes, Ligeti - and Katchaturian, good mood)

David Darling - "Dark Woods" and "Cello"
Terje Rypdal - "Undisonus & Ineo"

Brian Eno, many things.

John Morrow · February 16, 2011, 08:43:08 AM

If you don't mind something more modern and rock/metal, you can look at the Goblin horror soundtracks for Dario Argento movies like Non Ho Sonno and Suspiria, including the longer title tracks for those movies. (Rhapsody has an interesting cover of Non Ho Sonno but it's less appropriate for a Cthulhu game).

The Japanese Vampire Hunter D soundtrack has some good tracks. The Halo soundtracks also have some good generic ambient music that works with just about any type of game.

Peregrin · February 16, 2011, 10:57:27 PM

More good stuff, thanks guys.

CoC is currently on hiatus (running Burning Wheel for another group), but this summer I hope to run Masks, so I'll be making good use of the suggestions here.

5h4r0 · February 17, 2011, 03:24:48 AM

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