I'm just wondering what kind of music people listen to while playing KULT, and why. I know the kind of music usually depends on the individuals in the group, and that some groups don't use background music at all. With these considerations in mind please let me know what you like hearing when you play. Although I don't actually have a group of players right now, I think I would play these CDs if I did:

-The Shining soundtrack

-Eraserhead soundtrack

-The Residents; "Hell", "The Commercial Album"

-Lou Reed; "Metal Machine Music"

-SWANS; "Soundtracks For the Blind", "Body To Body, Job To Job"

Well, I often use background music for my group of players, and when I do, it's the following;

-- Anything with Nine Inch Nails, preferrably "The Downward Spiral",

"Further Down the Spiral" and "Broken"

-- Some Marilyn Manson and Ministry

-- Type O Negative; "October Rust"

-- Lost Highway soundtrack

-- Maybe some heavy metal, like Megadeth, from time to time as well.

The Reanimator soundtrack is nice too...

Can't say I'm their biggest fan, but Frontline Assembly has some lyrics that's definitely in the spirit of Kult RPG, and as to the music... well I believe it's quite ok, at least in violent episodes.

Type O Negative. PERFECT MUSIC FOR Kult. Any gothic/industrial music will do for a great dark-hearted game...(and some SiX FEET UNDER)

As for music in KULT, the RPG, I must say that I'm surprised to see that there is so many of you that like songs with lyrics in them. Don't you find lyrics distracting? I do. Mood music like the soundtrack to Seven, the track where the van is coming over the hills at the end of the movie, is great as a chilling background. Also Carpenters soundtracks for Halloween, Christine, Dark star and of course Prince of Darkness. The last one is my personal favourite. Then we have some tracks from Mark Snows soundtrack Music from the X-files.

I tended to play while the x-files was on in the background (or, if that's not possible I recommend the soundtrack) other good music is stuff like a looped tape with about ½ hour of storms sound on it. or failing that, any goth type music fits well.

The Lost Highway soundtrack is a definite must!! I'd venture a guess that *any* David Lynch soundtrack is a must. Another idea: "City of Lost Children" soundtrack.

Bauhaus. If a Kult session goes by and you hear no Bauhaus (particularly their earlier stuff), you are missing out.

Figured I would throw in my own two cents worth. Generally I prefer soundtrack and instrumental music in the background such as the soundtrack for Heat (the track Armenia is the most psychotically bent Kult tune I have heard), The Mission, The X-Files, Passion (Peter Gabriel's Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack), Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 (some of the most haunting music I have listened to) or Samuel Barber (especially the Adagio for Strings, Op. 11). For the more cranking moments Soundgarden -Superunkown, The Tea Party - The Edges of Twilight, NIN - Pretty Hate Machine, Metallica - Black Album and the soundtracks to The Crow and Spawn fit in nicely to set the mood.


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