Music?

[picaro]

I'm listening to a lot of Battle Circus right now, I can see some GC tones in some of the instrumental stuff and some of the lyrics of the other stuff. Mostly because when we saw The Court from Kat's anti-grav bike my "DIRTY POST-APOCALYPTIC TOWN!" sensors went off. This stuff has ze apocalypse.

[defesan]

Oct 9, 2007 4:46:59 GMT Mezzaphor said:

Hey, what's all this?

I got this back when it was first posted, and I've been continuing it as best I can with the songs in my own collection. Here's what I have so far:

S1:Come Alive-Foo Fighters
Power Station:Boulevard of Broken Dreams-Green Day
Coyote Stories:Old Coyote-The Weepies

But when I came to Blinking, I found three songs that seem to come from three different, but equally valid viewpoints. In all three, the songs are 'speaking' about Antimony.

Jeanne: Unbound-Robbie Robertson

I am lost
I am lost
Has anybody seen me?
I am lost.

Oh, nothing is forgotten
Only left behind
Wherever I am
She leads me down
Unbound

Muut(or Mort, depending on how you look at it): Mine's Not a High Horse-The Shins

After that confrontation
You left me wringing my cold hands
We shared some information
We might not recover from
And I watch your convictions
Melt like ice cubes in an ocean
You were so poorly cast as a malcontent


Mort: Cold Cold Heart-Norah Jones

I've tried so hard my dear to show
That you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do
Is just some evil scheme

A memory from your lonesome past
Keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold cold heart

Though, I have to admit that last one casts Mort as a hopeless romantic... And hasn't got much in the way of nice things to say about Annie.

In all, i'm not sure I can choose just one. Possibly Unbound, since it has more to do with the overall story, and sounds more in line with the general feel of GK.

[kastia]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the soundtrack to Coraline yet! It has some creepy and mechanical vibes as well as some earthy choruses. It's perfect for GK.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LLHUQQ9cmM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwJAQ4GEgIc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxs2vS2gJ-c&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnIUVHtLC08


I've also found that the Danish band Efterklang fits very well, too. Some of their songs are very earthy and tribal while some sound more modern and techno-ish. Some are even a combo of both

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qfPmS_d2U&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSKIl-NeZeE&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKhGab_f3lE&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj_dof8AlDM&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv1aEeUyfbM

[Mezzaphor]

Mar 5, 2009 14:53:11 GMT defesan said:

Oct 9, 2007 4:46:59 GMT Mezzaphor said:

Hey, what's all this?

I got this back when it was first posted, and I've been continuing it as best I can with the songs in my own collection.

Cool. I've been doing the same thing; there's no reason there can't be multiple unofficial soundtracks.

Here's what I have so far:

S1:Come Alive-Foo Fighters
Power Station:Boulevard of Broken Dreams-Green Day
Coyote Stories:Old Coyote-The Weepies

But when I came to Blinking, I found three songs that seem to come from three different, but equally valid viewpoints. In all three, the songs are 'speaking' about Antimony.

If you're trying to follow my example, I wasn't exactly following the one-song-per-chapter rule very closely myself. For example: "Parlor Inventor" and "Thicker" were both about chapter 5: the former representing Kat and her Science-Fair-winning technical wizardry, and the latter representing Zimmy and Gamma. And while "Don't Go in the Woods" represented ch 7 and "Green Fairy" represented ch 8, "Rivers of Russia" represented both chapters. And there were two songs ("Something of an End" and "Jacksie") which weren't supposed to stand for any chapter, but I chose them because they fit the mood and their lyrics made me think of Surma. And I didn't have any song about ch 13 or Aly (or rather, I had a song about ch 13, but it got left out because it was far too quiet to be played alongside any of the other songs). And then I retroactively decided that the ending track ("Invincible") was also the song about ch 10.

In summary: Do what you want. One song per chapter need not be a binding rule.

[picaro]

If anyone is interested, the Decemberists' song The Annan Water (mentioned here) is now available for listening (as well as the whole album) right over here

www.imeem.com/ewcom/music/j2CabCiY/the-decemberists-annan-water/

But I think, only for today.

[kurtmanjp]

Here's a couple songs that remind me of Gunnerkrigg Court:

"The Darkest Side Of The Night" by Metropolis:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XiFIaI1ufg
This song would go well with Zimmy's hallucinations especially.

"Run With Us" by Lisa Lougheed:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=usFFKNRB2z8
Nice Pat Benatar-esq 80's rock song.

[Ulysses]

Every time I hear 'Little Shadow' by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs I think of GC, probably just because of the name but I still reckon it could go well in a Gunnerkrigg Court film or whatever. The acoustic version, that is, although the acoustic Hysteric would go ever better.

[Ulysses]

Think back to A Week For Kat. It's the first time we meet Aly, Kat's instantly smitten, she watches him walk off in slo-mo, and this starts playing. It would be amazing!

[bearer]

I've got to say that "Annan Water" off the Decemberist's new album really brings back memories of the old court, and not just in the title.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=thaMWccDbu0&fmt=18

The song is about a woman who was kidnaped and taken to the other shore of the Annan River. Her lover makes a deal to offer his life if the river will let him pass to rescue her.

If you think about it in GC terms, imagine that the woman in the song is Jeanne's ghost. She's trapped on the other side, and the man who loved her, no longer living, left behind the tic-tocs who while still helpless to save her save someone, Antimony, from her fate.

Great song either way!

[clementine]

Apr 24, 2009 3:45:31 GMT bearer said:

I've got to say that "Annan Water" off the Decemberist's new album really brings back memories of the old court, and not just in the title.

Jumping off that, the whole album ("Hazards of Love") has a bit of a Gillitie forest feel. It's a story album, and it's about this girl Margaret who's riding in the woods at dusk and finds this wounded fawn. She stops and helps it, and it turns into a man. They fall in love. She goes back home, but discovers she's pregnant, and returns to the woods to find William, aka fawn-boy. His mother is Queen of the Forest and is angry when she discovers their love, but agrees to let them spend one last night together if William returns to the forest and never sees Margaret again. However, in the middle of the night, the Rake abducts Margaret and, with the help of the Queen, takes her across the Annan Water (!). Then comes "Annan Water", which Bearer has explained. The Rake is killed by the ghosts of his children (side plot - he murdered them) and William and Margaret are reunited. As they cross the river again, though, their boat starts sinking. They agree to marry while drowning and thereafter wander the shores of the Annan Water together, forever, as ghosts.

playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvw1CVOSmik&feature=PlayList&p=53B5376C171597FF&index=0

I found this album from an "Annan Water" link from this forum, and it's really good. The style of the music fits GC too, I think.

[bearer]

I think it was also me who posted that first link, Clementine haha. The Decemberists really are a great band though. If you like Hazards of Love, then certainly take a listen to some of there other stuff. "Picaresque," "castaways and Cutouts," and "the Crane Wife" are all also very good albums. "The Tain" is a 20 minute ballad about the Irish folk tale of Cuchulain.

[picaro]

And if you're feeling really old school Colin Meloy, I quite like some of Tarkio's stuff too although it's less story focussed and more basic than the Decemberists

I associate Crow on the Cradle with Annie, mostly the Show of Hands version

[Mezzaphor]

Hey, what's all this? Part 2: Electric Boogaloo (Apparently 8tracks.com auto-shuffles the songs in playlists. Le sigh.)

This one started off rather different from my previous mix, but sort of grew closer as I refined it. There's a zip file here. EDIT: Updated and reuploaded the zip.

(For those who are wondering, Part 1 is linked on the first page of this thread.)

[Mezzaphor]

My brother gave me some albums by the Finnish folk-metal band Korpiklaani (who are awesome). Many of their instrumental tracks would make good themes for Gillitie. Some of their songs with lyrics, too, considering the "Spirit of the Forest" theme they've got in a lot of songs.

[Snooglebum]

Most songs by Sigur Ros remind me of GC. Hoppipolla is a good example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EyI4p0yjDQ&feature=related.

[Mezzaphor]

Upon further consideration, I think Korpiklaani's "Running with Wolves" is a perfect fit.

[jimbobbowilly]

Lots of Scandinavian folk artists in this thread. I personally thought of Efterklang whenever I read GC.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSKIl-NeZeE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qfPmS_d2U

[ultrabluesky]

From the Scottish band Delgados comes the song Come Undone; might be a hit for a few of the characters. I think of Antimony or Gemma the most for this one. Maybe even Surma as we learn more about her...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_tBJoajOq0

So she said
Far enough
Far enough is here
Homeward bound
Pieces found
Rest is all you need

Saw a girl
She was taking a walk
She was looking round for someone else
She was hiding from everything
Even scared of her own reflection

This is how it feels to drown
This is how we come undone

When you just can't remember
How you came by the memories that you have
These are days that go on too long
These are days that you really don't want to last

[Ulysses]

The Degados are so good. I only have Hate though. I really need to branch into more of their albums.
Their music fits GKC so well, I can't believe I never saw it before. I reckon Woke From Dreaming would be perfect for the end of the Power Station chapter, so that cymbal clash at about 2.51 in the above video lines up with Gamma touching fake Kat and fK exploding.

I think I'll spend this evening making that...

[Mezzaphor]

So, would anyone else be interested in a GC Fans internet "radio station"? (Not quite the word I'm looking for, but...) Set up a shared account on Grooveshark (or a similar site, if anyone has any suggestions for something better), so everyone can add songs.

I like Grooveshark because there's a lot of songs already on there, and you can upload files from your computer so others can hear. And you can make and save playlists.

Sept 27, 2008 0:49:58 GMT Mezzaphor said:

Xera: Lliendes. Some kind of electronica/Celtic hybrid. EDIT: After further listens, I've come to the conclusion that "Valdescabres" and "Ñubes" sound the most Gunnerkrigg-ish.

Hey, they put out a new album!

[Mezzaphor]

"Under the Milky Way". I'm not sure if The Church's original or Starflyer 59's melancholic cover version is a better fit.

"I wish I knew what you were looking for. / Might have known what you would find."

[cripplerking]

"There, There" by Radiohead makes me think of Gillitie Woods

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs1DX32t38c

"I Drove Through Ghosts to Get Here" by 65daysofstatic makes me think of the Court

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZEcg8NLtM

[Seth Thresher]

I think I've toyed with the idea of End of October by David Crowder*Band would make for a very nice atmospheric music for the Court.

Possibly something from their Sunsets and Sushi album as well, but I haven't listened to it recently enough to say for sure...

[judgedeadd]

This might be a nice theme music for post-Zimmingham Jack.

[Mezzaphor]

Calexico: "Two Silver Trees" or "Man Made Lake". (Both from the album Carried to Dust.)

[Mezzaphor]

First off, for those who haven't seen the site's Easter egg, check out this. That song is from the videogame ICO; the name of the track is "Heal", and in the game it plays over the save menu.

I just recently became aware of a cool trance remix of the song. And if 6 minutes isn't long enough for you, the full 9-minute-long version is here.

[Per]

The remixes were linked to from here a while back, and I've been listening to both regularly since then.

[Mezzaphor]

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.

[cheddarius]

Er, so are the Annan Waters one of those integrated historical source thingies (like the Black Dogs of the British Isles or Muut or Coyote)? Or is the song an incredible coincidence?

EDIT: Never mind, Wikipedia'd it.

[hal9000]

This seems like an apropos theme song for the power station (or even the court in general).