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Lived in Ireland for a spell and a buddy of mine and I decided to be very stupid and bike (some of) the Wild Atlantic Way. For those who don't know its a very narrow and hilly scenic road (with hardly any shoulder) around the Western parameter of the island. Needless to say neither one of us were marathon ready but we gave it a hell of a go and played Two Steps from Hell to make our journey epic. This song was by far my favorite of theirs. Although I was bed ridden for about two days after sans feeling in my legs and backside, it was worth every moment.

A bhith รฒg agus gรฒrach. ​
 
I really enjoy this song. Even though it makes me sad when I listen to it, I think that's what makes it special. It reminds me of the people and things I've lost, and really touches on those feelings of grief and uncertainty. And, overall, it's just a beautiful-sounding song.


 
A little heavier music but an experience worth listening to so wanted to share! Ren have incredible music surrounding mental health as a main focal point. A modern bard so to speak :3

 
This isn't gonna be a feel-good kinda song, just a warning lol


I've been listening to Sopor Aeturnus/Anna-Varney for probably around 20 years now, but I had forgotten about them for awhile, only to get back into listening to them last year. I was listening to this specific song last year when I got the call that a beloved family member passed away. The despair of the main chorus of the lyrics really hit exactly how I felt, angry about what had happened. It was also a bit fitting, because Anna-Varney has been aggressively queer their entire life, and the relative in question, though significantly older, was sort of similar in that way. He was a loud and proud queer AIDS survivor, a black sheep of the family, and a queer elder that I found solace in.

I've been listening to it a lot again lately because of, well, how things are going out in the world right now. [Not losing hope btw, this is just the despair part of the emotional rollercoaster]
 
teefies said:

This song actually comes with a secret command and it's "Have fun."
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I decided this is the song I need to pick to create a plot out of. Thank you Teefs for this beautiful gem. Original post. (Link!)
Obviously, that little bit at the beginning had me squinting. Then the beat hits, and I'm bobbing like 'hell yeah. This is quite good.' Then it slows a little, and I'm like 'oh, boss music!' Then we're bobbing again. Then it brought back that beginning bit into the song, and I'm like 'Whoa! Fuck yeah!' Then build, build, build, and it just stops.
So here we are, with it on loop while I try to pull this all together. It's giving me platformer game boss fight. Like a fun carnival or fae one. Where you just weren't expecting the music to hit so hard, but you really should have.
It had, like, A Hat in Time vibes. Which, is hard for me to explain, because there's such good music in that game. I don't know exactly which song this reminded me of, so I'm just going to link my favorite from the game.
It also gave Pokemon battle. But then, I also just finished Legends Z-A recently and have been listening to those tracks a lot. And.. Is it synth? I think it's that weird synth-y thing that just feels so Pokemon to me. Let me try to find one that has what I'm talking about... (However, my favorite themes from Z-A are Ivor, Jacinthe and Lysandre. In that order. Feel free to fight me.)
This isn't exactly what I need it to be, but you can kind of hear it in there...
And, for some reason, I thought of King Dedede from Kirby also. I don't know why. But here are some of his themes so maybe it'll make sense?
Dreamland

Nightmare in Dreamland

Sorry about all of that, but now you kind of have context for where my brain is at.
Ease into the scene. You're uneasy. Something feels off.
Then you're startled and suddenly you're running. But, it's like you're going in circles. Maybe this is a dream. Maybe you're in another world.
Whatever is chasing you is laughing. Things happen around you. Puffs of colorful smoke and glitter. Vines popping up, paired with glowing mushrooms or flowers. Always almost in your way, but intentionally missing. It's like they're playing with you.
You're stopped. A masked figure floats in front of you bowing, their clothes colorful and full of ruffles. They float around you for a moment, and then they take your hands. They stand behind you, starting a bit of a dance while puppeteering you through the steps.
You pull away, or maybe, they let you. And, you're running again. They stand in your way once or twice, before you realize to avoid them you have to copy the dance they showed you before.
They laugh again, watching you run for a moment. Then those distractions from before pop in full force. Directly in your way. Directly in your face. Grabbed by the vines like puppet strings, tugging you for that dance. Then they let go. You stumble forward and run again. Faster. Faster. Tripping. Sliding. You can feel that figure behind you.
Thud. You hit the ground.
You've escaped.
But.. Where are you? And.. Who where they?

It's kind of giving... Goblin King from the Labyrinth.. No?
 
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Bonus Round;

I chose @firefly 's post for Camino de Llamas


You've lived in a quaint village your entire life, everything is perfect. You know everyone else who lives there, everyone is warm and pleasant to each other. You would likely take over your family's farm and be set for life until you grow old. You know the person that you will likely end up marrying and having children with. Things would be enjoyable, no complaints, and everything would essentially be lined up for you. Every week you make your way to the heart of the village and sell your family's wares at the market, enjoying the feeling of the warm sun on your skin, the pleasant cobblestones under your feet. It's at this time you see that around the same time there is a llama herder that also uses a path through town. You realize that you've never actually left your village. You've gone to the outskirts and neighboring farms to look at the rolling lands around you, sure. But there's never been any reason for you to leave, never travel beyond how far you can see at the highest point in the village. There's an entirely different world out there, different farmlands, wildlife, nature, and people you've never met before. What is life like out there? You've never really been warned against it besides the bedtime stories when you were a child that were mostly just warnings to not wander off alone when you were young. It's not like any of the fellow villagers have told you about monsters or bad people. If you ask, they merely shrug with a smile and say that they've found what they wanted here, in the village.

You're a young adult, your whole life ahead of you. Do you take the somewhat easier route and stay with what's familiar where you'd know a general timeline of how your life would go? Growing old, surrounded by your children and grandchildren, in the same place you were born? Or do you let your curiosity about the world guide you, and explore what lies beyond that you've never stepped foot in before?

Note: This is just my interpretation but the song makes me feel like this could be a wonderful 'slice of life' like plot, or casual adventuring. To compare it to some known games: If you stayed, what's to say it can't be as cozy as playing Stardew Valley, Harvest Moon, or Rune Factory? If you left, maybe it would be like Yonder, Eastshade, or Spiritfarer.
 
This is a comfort song for me. A friend added it onto our roleplay playlist, which has become my comfort playlist, and when I feel down it helps to listen to this song on repeat, if not just listening to the playlist itself.
I'd love to write something for someone else's song but I don't think I'm capable right now.
 
The song I'm choosing is Eternity by Allen Warren. This song isn't one tied to childhood memories, but, it means a lot to me. Not only do I feel lost from myself quite often, but I've lost two grandfathers, three uncles, a cousin, I've had friends die as well, even one I witnessed. I think about how wonderful it could be, to have them back, but, I know that this place is where I belong.

As well, I'm with someone I want to be with for Eternity, but, he won't have me his whole life. And, I hope things song can comfort him, after I'm gone. Music soothes me, and I hope it will soothe the scars I leave behind.
 

this song is so powerful imo. like it speaks to me on a personal level but it also inspired me to write a whole scene for this one game that I had with James but he said i sucked. my character was a sort of bard type that could make animals do what she said. the magic worked on people too but at a cost. depending on what she told them to do would determine how much strain the request would put on her voice. if it was to simply go to sleep her throat might itch, but if she told you to hurt yourself she'd hurt just as bad. or something like that. anyway.. James' character was a mean old mage guy that stole her power for himself and of course she grew to despise him but couldn't do much about it. I wanted to use this song in a scene where she was dying to finally rid herself of him but had to convince herself to be patient. :>โ™ก
 

This song has been stuck in my head for a bit now. It's right at the intersection of my obsession with historical music and with epic fantasy, especially epic fantasy with a nice smattering of fictional language on top. Wheel of Time was the series I was reading when I first got seriously into roleplaying and probably the one that influenced my own writing and interests the most. The show wasn't great, but at least it gave us this absolute banger of a song (indirectly, because Amazon never had the sense to like, record a proper musical version and release it outside the show).
 
I recently discovered a really good string quartet group that I absolutely adore. I am a school teacher and I always like to have music playing on low while the students work on their classwork. I was looking for modern pieces done instrumental and this was my favorite:

 

This one was so hard because there are so many tracks I just adore, but I finally settled on this one. When I write, if I listen to music, I tend to really only listen to instrumental tracks because lyrics distract me. This is one of my favorites, it's just such an incredible piece of music with so much emotion in it. Even without the context of the game, it conveys so well the feeling of the buildup before a final showdown, and I love it so much.
 
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