Friday, November 22, 2013

Gaming Music Organization

I've collected a fair bit of gaming music, to provide ambiance and mood depending on the game I run. I'm not always using my laptop, so I have a number of playlists on an old iPhone-cum-iTouch. I've included movie soundtracks, Celtic music, electronic music, popular tunes, and RPG Background Loops from Plate Mail Games (who is running a followup KickStarter to produce more gaming music and sound effects).

I'm working on just how to sort the tunes. Here are the general categories I use:

Fantasy:
  • Chase
  • Conflict
  • Ethereal
  • Long Tracks
  • Pastoral
  • Quiet
  • Quiet Builds
  • Romantic
  • Sinister
  • Sneaky
  • Somber
  • Spooky
  • Tavern
  • Temple
  • Tense
  • Tribal

Dresden Files:
  • Action
  • Ambient
  • Club
  • Dreaming
  • Goth
  • Hard
  • Indie
  • Jazz Club
  • Lowlife
  • Nevernever
  • Ocean
  • Quiet
  • Quiet Builds
  • Radio
  • Religious
  • Spooky
  • Summer Court
  • Winter Court
  • various cultural subgroups
Background Loops:
  • Environmental
  • Fantasy
  • Historical
  • Horror
  • Modern
  • Ocean
  • Otherworlds
  • Outdoor
  • Pulp and SteamPunk
  • Sci Fi
  • Social
  • Supers
Soundtracks:
  • Dreamscape
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
  • Modern
  • New Age
  • Sci Fi
How would/do you organize any gaming music you might use in your RPGs? Please take my survey below: