Login screen theme song?

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April 09, 2014, 04:39:05 PM Last Edit: April 09, 2014, 05:06:59 PM by CodeMaster
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DESERT WASTES.

Rocky outcroppings incise a dreary, dusty landscape.  Sparse sands blow across the ground.  Offscreen, we are approached by tired, booted footfalls.  Less distinct is the sound of a rapidly approaching insect, but it cuts across the channels to intercept those footfalls.  A man grunts, more out of surprise than pain, and we hear his blood spilling in the sand.  A mantis rears its head into view, its compound eyes somehow focusing in on us.



Your entries:

  • no lyrics (chanting is ok)
  • short, preferably less than 2 minutes (exceptions allowed)
  • appropriately themed
  • multiple entries are fine!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMt1ILTzCac
(of course)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D19sADE2Oc
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April 09, 2014, 05:04:25 PM #1
April 09, 2014, 05:04:52 PM #2
April 09, 2014, 05:05:23 PM #3
April 09, 2014, 05:36:17 PM #4
Too long, but the back half of the song might fit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSJYebq2_1c

really though I'm just waiting for Delirium to come in here with 99999 awesome ideas
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April 09, 2014, 05:45:17 PM #5
There's only one song that would fit well and it's this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bo0ZEMJkuI
"When I was a fighting man, the kettle-drums they beat;
The people scattered gold-dust before my horse's feet;
But now I am a great king, the people hound my track
With poison in my wine-cup, and daggers at my back."
April 09, 2014, 06:08:19 PM #6
Some excellent entries but THIS is the one that captures Armageddon best. Sun and sand, weirdos and F-Me PCs, combat and celebrations it has it all! (There is even a cameo from a black robe!)
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April 09, 2014, 06:26:50 PM #7 Last Edit: April 09, 2014, 06:28:26 PM by Rathustra
April 09, 2014, 07:15:50 PM #8
I vote that Game of Thrones a capella Minecraft did.
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April 09, 2014, 07:16:07 PM #9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwxYiVXYyVs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI-mDTdeKR8

...  Or the theme music from any Stanley Kubrick movie.  I listen to tons of instrumental and classical music, but those songs tend to be much longer than 2 minutes.
April 09, 2014, 07:18:38 PM #10
Alternatively: Just like, 3.30 minute loop of the Wilhelm scream, with the T'zai Byn sigil superimposed over the shield wall.
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April 09, 2014, 08:01:51 PM #11
I have two I associate with LeArm.

Le Serious
Le n'est pas serious
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April 09, 2014, 09:41:19 PM #12 Last Edit: October 05, 2015, 08:00:48 AM by montarion
April 10, 2014, 12:00:46 AM #13
No lyrics? Really?

Because like, "Bring on the Night" would be fantastic. SINCE THAT IS THE ONLY TIME I CAN PLAY.
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April 10, 2014, 11:09:32 AM #14
Rules are meant to be broken... this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz1mEMiNPHQ
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April 10, 2014, 11:19:17 AM #15
Chanting? Somebody should chant this:
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April 10, 2014, 03:48:28 PM #16
Far From Any Road might fit the mood you describe in the OP.

It really depends on what mood you're trying to set when you log in. Dusty desert loner? Hardcore combat army guy? Stealthy assassin?

Those things are all important considerations.
April 10, 2014, 05:04:36 PM #17
Quote from: boog on April 10, 2014, 12:00:46 AM
No lyrics? Really?

Because like, "Bring on the Night" would be fantastic. SINCE THAT IS THE ONLY TIME I CAN PLAY.

I would have thought "In The Heat of the Night" is when you loose control boog? Besides Sandra is a lot more fashionable than Sting!
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April 10, 2014, 06:20:11 PM #18
Two Steps From Hell - Dark Ages

Hear that hiss at the start of the song? That's totally your mantis.

If you're making some sort of Armageddon visual trailer thing (based on your other posts and this one, you should!), you should totally check out other Two Steps From Hell tracks to set it to, too.
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April 10, 2014, 07:43:53 PM #19
We might have fun with this, but IRE muds actually do this (have login title theme songs. They're actually pretty awesome).
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April 11, 2014, 07:55:11 AM #20
If the login screen was for a narcissistic rogue elkran showing up in the Gaj:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOubzHCUt48&feature=kp

(tempted to try that some time)
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April 11, 2014, 08:46:46 AM #21
Saladin's Theme - Civilization IV Soundtrack

Quite a bit less intense than some of the other suggestions, but I think it gets the traveling through the desert part right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0GBt8oL9H4
April 11, 2014, 11:53:10 AM #22
It should vary depending on where you're playing.

Allanak (for obvious reasons)
Tuluk (I feel that this one captures the 'hidden' dark side of Tuluk pretty well)
Luirs (Yeah, we'll skip the intro)
Tan Muark (not too sure about this one, but it seems to go well given recent events)
Red Storm (:D)
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April 15, 2014, 05:30:08 PM #23
Some awesome entries! :)  Here's another couple that bend the rules a bit:

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Showdown/2KVkh3?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Quake+Theme/3LnuWk?src=5

Rahnevyn, I have no video editing or artistic skills, but I might take a stab at it. Barring the professional voice acting and the cartoon at the end, I wonder if something like this would be do-able.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7EMujLjCTw
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December 09, 2014, 08:31:58 PM #24
Thread necromancy.  Anything dune-related is going to go well with Arm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4SwFhfNh1w
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December 09, 2014, 08:57:55 PM #25
Okay, yeah. Breaking Bad theme song all the way. Perfect desert feel crossed with the overall badassery of the actual theme song itself. You know, now that it comes to my mind... You know those random soundtracks that come off in the game Minecraft while you play and some other games? Why can't we have something like that added into Arm? Like once every 10-20 minutes a random song/soundtrack will come up.
December 09, 2014, 11:11:53 PM #26
uh, you guys, the answer is clearly sandstorm
December 09, 2014, 11:29:54 PM #27
December 09, 2014, 11:36:14 PM #28
December 10, 2014, 05:37:19 PM #29
"You will have useful work: the destruction of evil men. What work could be more useful? This is Beyond; you will find that your work is never done -- So therefore you may never know a life of peace."

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December 10, 2014, 06:00:32 PM #30
Haha these are awesome/hilarious so far ;

I'll have to come back. Two pistols and a frontier is pretty rad though.

December 10, 2014, 06:26:43 PM #31
Just to play at the login screen?

How about some Enya?
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December 10, 2014, 06:51:46 PM #32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixv_jRI6VqY

Always thought this was perfect.

Really though you could pick and choose anything Mark Morgan.
December 10, 2014, 08:36:17 PM #33 Last Edit: December 10, 2014, 08:41:33 PM by BadSkeelz
Oh, your rules. Heh.

This has always invoked Serious Business Arm for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk8W3ysnB7M


(what I listen to to get in the mood for the harsh and ridiculousness nature of Zalanthas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETfiUYij5UE)
December 11, 2014, 02:09:49 PM #34
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December 11, 2014, 02:15:57 PM #35
Quote from: deathkamon on December 09, 2014, 08:57:55 PM
Okay, yeah. Breaking Bad theme song all the way. Perfect desert feel crossed with the overall badassery of the actual theme song itself. You know, now that it comes to my mind... You know those random soundtracks that come off in the game Minecraft while you play and some other games? Why can't we have something like that added into Arm? Like once every 10-20 minutes a random song/soundtrack will come up.

I think many modern clients have sound triggers and the ability to talk to other applications, so you could probably kit out your client to do exactly this.  Or create a youtube video or channel featuring your favorite ambient tracks for Tuluk or Red Storm or wherever for people to play in another window.
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December 13, 2014, 04:57:30 AM #36
December 13, 2014, 11:35:56 PM #37
Kyuss - Jumbo Blimp Jumbo: http://youtu.be/WCch21tcgaQ
We were somewhere near the Shield Wall, on the edge of the Red Desert, when the drugs began to take hold...
August 12, 2015, 09:37:28 PM #38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOnJCRyCsM4
For some reason this movie is very Zalanthas to me.  The music also kinda reminds me of the MIDI soundtrack to  Dark Sun: Shattered Lands.
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August 12, 2015, 09:38:31 PM #39
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ud7eWUazLo&list=PL3HBv-4pG0xsNRl9VQC9BUkU8jp1HqU4I&index=4

Don't think this is the correct name of the song, but yeah.
August 12, 2015, 09:41:22 PM #40
Quote from: MorgenesYa..what Bushranger said...that's the ticket.
August 12, 2015, 09:52:50 PM #41
Fantastic Planet is hilarious.  I remember watching it at a sleepover with my friend when I was 12, who used to sneak away tablespoons of his dad's vodka every few days, and we got drunk.  So that movie is forever tied to my first experience with vodka.  ;D

I don't know if it feels Zalanthan to me, though ...  unless we're talking about a skellebaine addict, who admittedly, is a concept I want to try.
August 12, 2015, 10:44:34 PM #42
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August 13, 2015, 06:02:21 AM #43
August 13, 2015, 06:17:50 AM #44
I don't know if I want to play it straight or deliberately and utterly troll this thread.
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August 13, 2015, 06:20:27 AM #45 Last Edit: August 13, 2015, 06:26:52 AM by SuchDragonWow
Where it will go
September 25, 2015, 09:50:54 PM #46
Alright, I've just found this album while searching around, and also I heard it's music playing in a flash game I've gotten into. It's an amazing Zalanthan soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK8LhsK9qlc
October 03, 2015, 08:34:32 PM #47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvaWBVS59XY

I love the opening theme for Kenshi.
To me it speaks of desperation, with only the smallest amount of hope in the suspended chords.
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October 04, 2015, 06:05:12 AM #48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUCzFFrMM9I
Absolutely, 100 percent this.
You can't not watch this video.
October 04, 2015, 06:10:11 AM #49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx8hrhBZJ98
Apologies for double-posting, but this is the video I meant to actually post, though they're both quite fitting!
October 04, 2015, 02:22:18 PM #50
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October 06, 2020, 06:05:04 AM #51 Last Edit: October 06, 2020, 06:16:28 AM by tiny rainbow
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October 06, 2020, 09:57:47 AM #52
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October 06, 2020, 10:08:16 AM #53 Last Edit: October 06, 2020, 10:11:29 AM by tiny rainbow
I've been meaning to ask about this because I see a lot of people doing it on the characters thread too, when it is a youtu.be/ link instead of youtube.com/watch?v=
does it show for you?
"A time of ash shall mark the rise of the cities. Days of old shall be new once more."
"The paths diversify, bright strands bring victory, the wrong steps defeat."
November 02, 2020, 07:38:13 PM #54 Last Edit: November 02, 2020, 07:41:37 PM by tiny rainbow
"A time of ash shall mark the rise of the cities. Days of old shall be new once more."
"The paths diversify, bright strands bring victory, the wrong steps defeat."
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