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Posted by: grendel504 Feb 24 2010, 04:31 AM

Danger's 4h30

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

Posted by: Udoshi Feb 24 2010, 06:02 AM

I've been partial to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t99bpilCKw, lately.

Posted by: Oehler the Black Feb 24 2010, 08:03 AM

Seconded, given it's ties to the Borderlands marketing campaign it's no wonder it rings the right bells. Personally I've become rather partial to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mjlM_RnsVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiEgOljqB1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sBOsh-vyI Infact that one somehow became the "theme" to an old d&d campaign we played way back when.

This thread needs more songs!

Posted by: Khyron Feb 24 2010, 09:44 AM

Epica's "A new age dawns" part 4, 5 and 6
Almost anything by Kidney Thieves.

Posted by: AngelisStorm Feb 24 2010, 10:13 AM

The http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F-CpE73o2M theme song is my favorite.

Posted by: D2F Feb 24 2010, 11:01 AM

Since Udoshi already took care of my favorite SR song, here some alternatives:

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkYXE0-JsY4" - Shinedown
"http://www.myspace.com/clawfinger" - Clawfiner (should be on their free player)
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW1qE2hIAjE" - Rage against the Machine

Posted by: Udoshi Feb 24 2010, 11:06 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRxHHZEqwpw is another good one

Posted by: Garou Feb 24 2010, 02:52 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6czi-SDhbtM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rCKeRxiOKY

Posted by: ker'ion Feb 24 2010, 03:53 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WPCLda_erI&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL2KO3xf9as

Posted by: hobgoblin Feb 24 2010, 04:09 PM

the opening of it, had the base rhythm been toned down a bit, was very 80's, thats for sure.

i keep wondering where the need to have such a sharp bass came to be.

Posted by: eudemonist Feb 24 2010, 05:01 PM

Flotsam & Jetsam -- Double Zero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0iiZ2UC0g

Posted by: Blackb1rd Feb 24 2010, 07:22 PM

Shoulda Known Better by Unwritten Law: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dra-6wDEm4
Losing by Hurt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKssIaiz7FQ
End of the World by Cold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8tvqOF3dhU
and a myriad of others....

Posted by: Gyro Feb 24 2010, 10:51 PM

For me its 30 seconds to Mars and their self titled cd

here's a taste for those not familiar:

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gGmc3Uzv28&feature=related


edit: Added edge of the earth as that's the song that got me hooked on them; on a side note I first heard that song after my first run which is why I probably think it fits so well with the "game" (you'll hear it)

Posted by: X-Kalibur Feb 24 2010, 11:36 PM

I love you.

Posted by: Daylen Feb 24 2010, 11:43 PM

anything from HEAVY METAL.

Posted by: Doc Byte Feb 25 2010, 01:01 AM

I based a character on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB9AOfX26LU by Running wild about a decade ago.

Posted by: grendel504 Feb 25 2010, 04:32 AM

I enjoyed the bass, it made me think of the early 90's and 80's console games it was supposed to represent i.e. Streets of Rage, Road Rage, Double Dragon etc...

Posted by: imperialus Feb 25 2010, 06:27 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXBHPQjW-Q8 (for the goblin rock)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFO6QSm6m7g (moar trolls)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwZzPc-MBFg

Posted by: Saint Sithney Feb 25 2010, 10:12 AM

You might want to check out some http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE8FECzFVn8.

When I'm looking for a gritty, violent feel, for life in streets I've always liked some http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3WgQ-EQaVQ,
but for infil raids, I prefer the sleezy but frenetic sound of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrppdU9msFo.

Posted by: hobgoblin Feb 25 2010, 02:13 PM

i dont see the connection, as i cant recall those games having that level of bass. Said games where much more midi synth driven then bass driven.

still, road rage was a special case. It was one of the first games to include a recorded soundtrack.

here is the attract mode and first mission of double dragon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb9P0YTeq5Y

Posted by: grendel504 Feb 25 2010, 07:44 PM

2nd mission, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTl8PcjfGDQ very bass heavy

Road Rash, my mistake - also very bass heavy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIKnjLSFRpA

To be honest though, I'm not a musician. I can only comment on the fact that I like Danger's 4h30 and that it does make me feel nostalgic of delightful old video games. Maybe he altered the bass to make it more club friendly, I don't know.

Posted by: hobgoblin Feb 25 2010, 08:41 PM

try these then:
http://www.sacredpotato.com/cyberpunk.htm

btw, the second mission bass sounds more like someone thumbing a bass guitar then whens on the 4h30 track, at least to me.

as for road rash, i see that we both thought of the right game but wrote the wrong name. The version i had in mind however was the pc one (a variant of the version that was originally made for 3DO).

and thanks for bringing the club term to mind, as yes thats the basic problem i have with the bass. Its typical of what one find around the club or rave scene. Mostly the problem is that when the bass track kicks in, it basically drowns the rest of the audio rather then play along with it.

oh, and i am pretty much tone death, or at least thats my excuse for failing to learn to play any instrument, even tho i tried several while growing up.

Posted by: eudemonist Feb 25 2010, 09:31 PM

Oh yeah, good call on the Chaosphere!

Posted by: Chutzpah Feb 25 2010, 10:02 PM

Perfect. (i tend to imagine shadowrun atmosphere like the 80's)
I didn't know Danger before, so i'll check out more Electro sounds.

Posted by: grendel504 Feb 25 2010, 10:46 PM

[quote name='hobgoblin' date='Feb 25 2010, 08:41 PM' post='894996']
try these then:
http://www.sacredpotato.com/cyberpunk.htm


Great stuff, thanks! I'm going to play these at my game tonight.

Posted by: Saint Sithney Feb 26 2010, 06:58 AM

Exquisite Machinery of Torture is totally the Cyberzombie theme song.

Sort of like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcOXLep3ZEs by Neurosis is the Sidhe Ork Extremist theme song:

"[Recording of Chief Seattle:] (We are facing a dangerous period ahead. If we do not stop, correct and change some of these wrongdoings, now, we are all going to suffer. Either things that we make will overtake us, or nature will take over. Earthquake, flood, rain, severe drought, severe winter, lightning destruction, great wind destruction; These things will warn us that we are not following the law of the great spirit.)

When it begins!
Takeahnase. Takeahnase.
The Floods will sever the Christs from the Earth!
Thieves called it property!
Takeahnase. Takeahnase.
You'll drown for our Mother's disgrace!

Chorus:
We tried to tell you, now let us show you!
You'll know the way!
Like spiny fingers, you'll separate!
You'll know the way!
Takeahnase. Takeahnase. Takeahnase

Cold, distorted air!
Takeahnase. Takeahnase.
The blood must flow to pay for your hour!
This Human garbage!
Takeahnase. Takeahnase.
Will drown for our Mother's disgrace!
Disgrace.

Chorus.

Burn! Down!"

So good!

Posted by: Celt IMC Feb 26 2010, 10:08 PM

It's not new to me but http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kmfdm&search_type=&aq=f is always a favorite. Accept no substitutions.

Posted by: Brazilian_Shinobi Feb 27 2010, 05:47 AM

Dude, I loved the song. Here is my suggestion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzbz95xEBUs by THE STRiPES. It is the intro song of Burst Angel (which's also a somewhat shadowrun themed anime, although a little pink-mowhak). Also, it totally mixes english plus japanese plus whatever into the song, sounding a lot like (what I think) city-speak sounds like.

Posted by: Dakka Dakka Feb 27 2010, 08:31 AM

I hear you and raise you an http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds6_hWbuW-g

Posted by: hobgoblin Feb 27 2010, 11:16 AM

city speak will probably be using whatever is the shortest, least complicated word for each concept being expressed, in whatever original languages available in an area.

and two things strike me after watching that video.

1. scifi anime is the place where the 80s never died. And it seems to run on pure awesome, as no other power source could power the future tech they make use of with such ease.

2. the more self-reliant a female is in fiction, the more outrageous is the dress. while in real life, the opposite may well be the truth (attempting to dress for confidence and such, and not really limited to just one gender).

Posted by: Brazilian_Shinobi Feb 27 2010, 04:12 PM

Hey, it is just like the old saying: if hot chicks in minimal clotes is awesome and giant robots beating the shit out of each other is awesome then mixing the two would be SUPER-awesome, right?
Why do you think Transformers was such a hit? Optimus Prime + Megan Fox
Also another shadowrun themed anime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-TAxm00jOg. Ein: the best e-dog EVER. (I know it is augmentations in its brain, but the concept is what counts)

Posted by: Garou Mar 3 2010, 04:32 AM

Whoa and that video is LIVE. It reminds me of a live show they performed at Rio de Janeiro years ago. Brought back lovingly savage memories. Thanks Chummer!

Posted by: TheWanderingJewels Mar 3 2010, 08:15 PM

Billy Idol's "when the night comes"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugg13q6MOao



Mother Dawn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUFl41VYCHE

Posted by: Udoshi Mar 3 2010, 11:47 PM

How can you link when the night comes, and not the other stuff stuff off Idol's same cyberpunk album.

Here, have a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdPcLM6B8aA.

I rather like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grBLbiyJTDk and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grBLbiyJTDk.

Posted by: phillosopherp Mar 4 2010, 06:51 AM

I would love if a hard trance DJ out there would may a "Shadowrun theme Mix" it would be cool. Like take a bunch of industrial sound but make in hard trance which would fit the genre. I also think that any and all political rock songs fit the bill. Personally almost all my characters in shadowrun take political rock through the ages as a knowledge skill.

IC "Start talking about how Neil Young is the inventor of Neo Punk with some kids these days and there eyes glaze over. I know the corps have all tried to bury all that ancient political stuff in order to try to make us forget, but lets face it chummers they had this shit started all the way back in the '60's, and I'm talk 1960's we were doomed from the start. We got to take it too the streets and let those waveslaves hear what their grandparents were listening too, maybe then people would start to understand!" *rest of crowd starts to slowly fade away as [enter name here] begins his music tirade AGAIN!

Posted by: grendel504 Mar 4 2010, 03:29 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1rcdPCuWcI&feature=related

Great Track featured on the weird movie Bronson

Posted by: McCummhail Mar 4 2010, 06:18 PM

There are a number of compilations that will fit this.
http://www.discogs.com/Various-This-Is-Techno-Body-Music-Vol-1/release/533127 is a decent compilation for this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggrotech#Aggrotech bands like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRa3BU5bl-s mentioned above, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q21U_Dai1RY, or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2K4i21XgLw are electro-industrial similar to what you describe.

EDIT: How could I forget the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjqKXX4RMr4 from Rotersand?
The Daleks love you, honest!

Posted by: wind_in_the_stones Mar 5 2010, 06:16 AM

I like Zoar for SR atmosphere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_6gmjocsbo

Posted by: Oni Mar 5 2010, 04:39 PM

Some awesome stuff so far! I'll bring Butterfly Wings by Machines of Loving Grace to the table http://www.youtube.com/watch?videos=55qP677ofLk&v=XEt86vB1seU

Posted by: Bugfoxmaster Mar 5 2010, 06:28 PM

I don't remember who it's by, but another layer in the group I'm with always plays "Drift" when he gets into a badass situation... Seemed to ft SR pretty damn well.

Posted by: McCummhail Mar 5 2010, 06:51 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=647XOU3vMyI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JOYcRkSzIc

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

Maybe he just calls it drift?

Posted by: ker'ion Mar 6 2010, 03:50 AM

A bit off topic, but fitting music for any evil genius in the making:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSdE9x5bvjU
A little crass, so your boss may not like you playing it at work.

Posted by: wind_in_the_stones Mar 6 2010, 04:04 AM

Funny, I was just listening to their first album today (first time in... years?). It's a lot less polished than their second (of which you speak). It may be more appropriate for certain areas. "Burn Like Brilliant Trash"!

Posted by: Nomad Mar 7 2010, 02:12 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOkP706JaV8

Great for a matrix oriented run.

Posted by: Red-ROM Mar 7 2010, 03:26 AM

I think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smoLvMukdNA&feature=fvst has a great dystopian future sound

Posted by: Ancient History Mar 7 2010, 03:43 AM

Changeling (based on Creep by Radiohead)

Boy:
When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You were just like a catgirl
Your fur makes me cry

Girl:
You float like a mer-man
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so fucking special

Together:
But I'm a changeling, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here

Boy:
I don't care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul

Girl:
I want you to notice
When I'm not around
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special

Together:
But I'm a changeling, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here

Boy:
She's running out the door
She's running
She run, run, run, run
Shadowrun

Girl:
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special

Together:
But I'm a changeling, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
I don't belong here

Posted by: underaneonhalo Mar 7 2010, 05:37 AM

I've always been fond of Die Krupps' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3eNolB3CHo

Posted by: The_Vanguard Mar 7 2010, 10:47 PM

Nice. This really gives you a good idea about how the awakening of an urban shaman might look like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=DE&hl=de&v=vY14M3ufW10 by Angelspit is like a Shadowrun adventure turned into a music video.

Janelle Monae's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHgbzNHVg0c is the inofficial main theme for my upcoming Emergence campaign.


While we're at it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYWzCUohKms

Posted by: Method Mar 8 2010, 07:30 AM

Just about anything by Nine Inch Nails
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zthRyFj5u98 (existing in a police state)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNI12hvKsxI&feature=related (think Ghouls)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsM4FM3MiK0 (think Halloweeners)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCxz-d7jQwU&feature=related (... all pain disappears, its the nature of my circuitry... the me that you know is now made up of wires...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhkXxmnYHc&feature=related (bugs...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyCbxYczFM4 (?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g12WWLmcxw0 (gun fight in a night club, anyone?)

Posted by: Saint Sithney Mar 8 2010, 11:30 AM

How about some http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSUlS3w82Po for that shape-shifter is corrupted into human civilization feel. Bonus points for old school south Bronx rap style.

Posted by: betterwatchit Mar 8 2010, 02:32 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lxFf2o6oEE Ganger music, and also sounds good in a high-speed firefight!

Posted by: Celt IMC Mar 9 2010, 12:43 AM

It may make some folks twitch but try and tell me Lady Gaga isn't a Maria Mercurial wanna-be, eh?

Posted by: Method Mar 9 2010, 04:35 AM

No way! I think you're spot on. I think she is a great model for SR celebutard pop starlets!

Posted by: Fix-it Mar 9 2010, 05:20 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtybISYZ268 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXSDOkycc2I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-vjlsoTXu8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F18mAVdvzJs

Posted by: Valashar Mar 12 2010, 06:04 PM

Because my character in our current campaign is part of a band, I tend to do a lot of song mining both for character theme songs and to give the group a feel for the kind of music she and her band write and perform.

My character is Ember, our elf TM hacker/face (because there's just so much crossover between the two roles it just seemed natural). This is her theme song because of her background: As a young Otaku she successfully infiltrated the Banded via a series of psychological overlays and post-hypnotics (some put in place by her, some for her by others). It didn't go entirely as planned and she spent a great deal of her time living what was supposed to be a cover role. So this song seemed perfect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfCeAvcYpSk

This is the theme for LoJack, our dwarf TM rigger. He's a poster child for ADHD, Tourette's and 'Just Say No' all rolled into one. He is also, unfortunately, my character's roommate. They live in a condo on the public levels of the ACHE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LUnKqeu1DY

Our mage, Dakota, spent the bulk of 2070 eyeballs deep in the backlash of the Technomancer scare in and around Los Angeles. The rest of us have gathered that he managed to rack up more than the normal number of dead bodies around himself while down there and that it is the main reason he moved himself to Seattle to live at the bottom of a volcano for a while. So this seemed to work for him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zCtulfmc_o

Our current fourth member, Patience, mystic adept sniper, was given to us somewhat against his will because he took out loans and favors with a mutual contact to keep his family business afloat and operating with us was part repayment. He's a former merc who retired to Seattle to open a restaurant, and is the absolute worst liar when it comes to keeping his shadowrunning a secret from his wife. Reluctant starter, but as things have gotten hot he's stuck around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bOhI-P6de4

A couple more songs from the campaign.

The overall theme for the campaign. Our GM was primarily listening to Billy Idol's 'Cyberpunk' album when he wrote the short stories that formed the basis for the multiple campaign arcs that have sprung from them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMCmXTOErgQ
In character, this is performed by Ember's band, Orphean Wing, and is her serenade to the Arcology itself. After the Shutdown and her part in it, both good and bad, she still lives there and has the drive to see it become something worth saving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-S0WTPav9E

Posted by: X-Kalibur Mar 12 2010, 11:04 PM

Can't do any linking since I'm at work still, but, Them Crooked Vultures - Gunman - makes me think of SR, along with Mind Eraser, No Chaser.

Posted by: SleepIncarnate Mar 17 2010, 06:51 PM

A good one for hacker characters is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd-98q50tbg&feature=related by Ayria

Posted by: TheWanderingJewels Mar 17 2010, 07:33 PM

Can't forget Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 21st Century Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIo5xwENL4I

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (uncensored)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk30a0qsVIk&feature=related

Posted by: Valashar Mar 18 2010, 06:12 PM

*slaps forehead* How is it that I keep forgetting about Ayria!? *falls face first into iTunes*

Posted by: kjones Mar 28 2010, 05:01 PM

I can't believe that this thread got this far without including "run rabbit junk" from the Stand Alone Complex OST. Maybe it's just because of when it shows up during the show (usually, when something awesome happens) but god damn if that song doesn't kick ass and take names.

Posted by: Valashar Mar 28 2010, 08:25 PM

Most of the Ghost in the Shell OSTs kick ass and take names. I've got all of 'em in my mix (except for the handful that make my teeth hurt).

Posted by: McCummhail Mar 29 2010, 07:14 PM

I would posit WipeOut as another series with some excellent tunes that work especially well with matrix and rigging flavored hi-jinks.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BE1F84089A72CB5F that has further instructions should you like it.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BAF68CCC816C5124 and is action themed.

Posted by: betterwatchit Mar 29 2010, 11:12 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMdJTGtwCVo&fmt=22 is perfect for fighting something heavy like a Cyborg, Cyberzombie or any Big Bad in general.