Okay I was going to start my monster project, it's going to take a while, but I haven't been able to find a sutible song to go along with it. I've poured through tons of songs, but none really seem to fit well. I want to make it a more about the story than anything.
Maybe I'm looking for the wrong type of song, so any types of suggestions are welcome
I wanted a song that's not heavey, fast, or loud, but on the same token a song that's not very slow, and isn't to gentle. So something in the middle.
So any suggestions you have (as long as you think it would go well with Monster).
Song Suggestion for Monster?
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OtakuMan22
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Kai Stromler
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I'm going to be doing at least one Monster video once a decent number of DVDs are out somewhere, but I'll toss my ideas out where others can see them anyway. If someone wants to try these in advance, that's ok, it's not going to especially stop me.
The first idea deals with mostly the earlier part of the series, using Evergrey's "When The Walls Come Down", the closer to their brilliant Inner Circle album. It starts with a haunting, soul-stabbing solo piano, and moves into the slightly distorted confession/sermon that forms the vocals to the piece. At about :45, the strings come in, and things start to build, with the same sense of dark anticipation that drives the first episodes. The vocals get more twisted and anguished, and about 2:00 the sobbing fades into a break featuring more of the band.
The music changes sharply as the drums pick up at about 2:30. The vibe gets ever more threatening, as the point of realization comes closer and closer in the open stretch of synth strings over drums. Around 3:30 it gets even more combative and aggressive as the speaker wrestles with the devil and the dichotomies of life. After "we have sinned" at 4:23, the band smashes straight into a breakneck, ton-heavy, riff-filled thrash coda that reprises the instrumental themes introduced earlier in the piece before suddenly dropping back to the piano from the intro at 5:20. It's a phenomenally deep and multifaceted song that demands a deep, dark source for proper effect.
The other idea is based around the final confrontation and was inspired by the manga rather than the anime. It's using Judas Priest's "Blood Red Skies", which is probably in itself more appropriate for Urasawa's latest masterpiece, Twentieth Century Boys, but could fit into this situation as well. It's nearly eight minutes long, but also captures the variety of tones and shades of darkness found in the last volume or so of the manga. Of course, the animation for that probably hasn't even been done yet, so no matter who uses this one it'll have to wait.
If you don't want to "steal" ideas that someone else is going to use, you may want to look at the rest of Evergrey's Inner Circle disc. It's a quasi-concept record about an individual's personal struggles with a religion, which ends ambiguously; depending on the perspective of the listener, the central character either resolves his difficulties and regains his faith, or is able to throw off the shackles of religion and gain freedom. Musically, there is largely a good mix of soft and striking, darkness and hope, which meshes well with a lot of Urasawa's stuff and Monster in particular. Also, we need more Evergrey videos on the .org and more people listening to Evergrey overall.
hth,
--K
The first idea deals with mostly the earlier part of the series, using Evergrey's "When The Walls Come Down", the closer to their brilliant Inner Circle album. It starts with a haunting, soul-stabbing solo piano, and moves into the slightly distorted confession/sermon that forms the vocals to the piece. At about :45, the strings come in, and things start to build, with the same sense of dark anticipation that drives the first episodes. The vocals get more twisted and anguished, and about 2:00 the sobbing fades into a break featuring more of the band.
The music changes sharply as the drums pick up at about 2:30. The vibe gets ever more threatening, as the point of realization comes closer and closer in the open stretch of synth strings over drums. Around 3:30 it gets even more combative and aggressive as the speaker wrestles with the devil and the dichotomies of life. After "we have sinned" at 4:23, the band smashes straight into a breakneck, ton-heavy, riff-filled thrash coda that reprises the instrumental themes introduced earlier in the piece before suddenly dropping back to the piano from the intro at 5:20. It's a phenomenally deep and multifaceted song that demands a deep, dark source for proper effect.
The other idea is based around the final confrontation and was inspired by the manga rather than the anime. It's using Judas Priest's "Blood Red Skies", which is probably in itself more appropriate for Urasawa's latest masterpiece, Twentieth Century Boys, but could fit into this situation as well. It's nearly eight minutes long, but also captures the variety of tones and shades of darkness found in the last volume or so of the manga. Of course, the animation for that probably hasn't even been done yet, so no matter who uses this one it'll have to wait.
If you don't want to "steal" ideas that someone else is going to use, you may want to look at the rest of Evergrey's Inner Circle disc. It's a quasi-concept record about an individual's personal struggles with a religion, which ends ambiguously; depending on the perspective of the listener, the central character either resolves his difficulties and regains his faith, or is able to throw off the shackles of religion and gain freedom. Musically, there is largely a good mix of soft and striking, darkness and hope, which meshes well with a lot of Urasawa's stuff and Monster in particular. Also, we need more Evergrey videos on the .org and more people listening to Evergrey overall.
hth,
--K
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Sergeant_Sagara
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Sergeant_Sagara
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