Looking for a Good Battle Theme

An additional sampling. Is this the kind of thing you're looking for?

youtube.com/watch?v=HmM_rlnYnmw&index=2&list=RDa6EIv9GULJU

>I'm looking more for violin/cello rather than guitar when I'm talking about Strings.
youtube.com/watch?v=4dvxwjv3AgY
Is this more like it?

Can't go wrong with Total Annihilation.
youtube.com/watch?v=o2jS4ZaVOWA
youtube.com/watch?v=1mOG3Q8CSoY
youtube.com/watch?v=r_9QO_76l_I
youtube.com/watch?v=QAB59q43pbg
youtube.com/watch?v=7Ek3JvUBYaI

Fighting game soundtracks nigga

Guilty Gear:
youtube.com/watch?v=nK0NBaupYes

youtube.com/watch?v=mV_k3eLIh00
youtube.com/watch?v=uPBGhNwuynI
youtube.com/watch?v=M20w2-X_C10

>youtube.com/watch?v=r-6e-mjsqxs
This is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for; anything else like this?

Guitar count as strings?
youtube.com/watch?v=-1JicGpyMcQ

>Strings
I gotchu mang
youtube.com/watch?v=OGrZD8TlmAY

Saltillo is amazing atmosphere
youtu.be/6Gc6sHJjLG0

youtube.com/watch?v=HK1s6b3voQw

Estradasphere's Palace of Mirrors is the perfect artistic accompaniment to all the ups and downs of a violent spree's decent into madness
youtu.be/w4PIXcBNd5A
youtu.be/3c0AFEWjczY
(Live recording example)

Ya'll keep posting your Japanese things yet forget the classics, FOR SHAME !

youtube.com/watch?v=M0ObS62Js-4

youtube.com/watch?v=GSwATqPUsv0

youtube.com/watch?v=ea5RiOfcF6k

youtube.com/watch?v=7hbaNfHToT8&list=RDea5RiOfcF6k&index=4

youtube.com/watch?v=Q6wa2nSR0H0

youtube.com/watch?v=UY81yYFzgiU

youtube.com/watch?v=xkRgWU1FS3U&list=PLDFNz_WFAlwMOewRl1jmB5HDAR6BSaqen&index=3

dude, I suggest you give us some hints at what you are planning in certain situations so we can understand what theme you are going for.

Good idea.

Primarily, I'm looking for a sort of "random encounter" theme where a party of vigilantes are on patrol for criminal activity. This usually results in street brawls and shootouts, occassionally against superpowered criminals.

The keywords I guess I'm aiming for is gritty and urban, more drum and bass driven than guitar, and with strings (violin/cello). Kind of picky but I've been searching high and low for a couple days. So far the Tekken track from this post is the best I've heard in this thread.

This has actually been extremely helpful!

Oldest favorite.

youtube.com/watch?v=lKrAKxzAXsk

my nigga...

did you rip it straight from the old game CD-ROMs like I did?

this is a very good point.

>WITH A BEAT
all I can give to you will have a beat.

>the glitch mob
these guys do a damn fine job of maintaining a certain level of intensity over time, their full albums are almost exactly an hour long which makes the great for keeping time. their intensity is great for studying, car-trips, DM prep, S&M sessions, and any long-duration repetitive task

>actual fight music
youtu.be/lv2J18MQRQI
>animus Vox
>give this one about 60 seconds to establish itself

youtu.be/XdCeBOBgnxo
>fortune days
>faster start that AV leads to a consistent tempo

youtu.be/ZUf6p5Inc08
>mind of a beast
>feels "perilous" to me

youtube.com/watch?v=lN_MSyrq6-U
>rerezzed
>has a growing tension to it.

so what game are you running ? this seems like a sort of urban heroes thing that leans more to the dark and gritty from what you say.

You should have told us this before since now I know that all this is worthless to you since I thought it may be a fantasy.

youtube.com/watch?v=lV-ULQEsdcg
youtube.com/watch?v=KdsPxC5g5Uw
youtube.com/watch?v=oY9IDhJ5c0Y
youtube.com/watch?v=e2B-PvvVy2g
youtube.com/watch?v=NcLtqBmlV-U
youtube.com/watch?v=ySVOiyyKfvA
youtube.com/watch?v=-uQjgTzw1Qw
youtube.com/watch?v=jiLsCtRC94I
youtube.com/watch?v=KKhEt5WxCbM

As I said in the OP, it's Wild Talents, so gritty superhero action. Fighting superpowered drug dealers and intervening in gang warfare.

From what you say may I suggest "Vampire: the Masquerade Bloodlines ost" ?
there are a tone of good things so I'll just send this
youtube.com/watch?v=M7tFUAzoGYw&list=PLBD52E8E1408D64B5&index=16

And some examples for combat from it

youtube.com/watch?v=kTHNpw9p77w&list=PLBD52E8E1408D64B5&index=8

another thing to add you may like is ost from Max Payne games like this:

youtube.com/watch?v=VWQsggup7I4

Nibba, you should have told us earlier.

youtube.com/watch?v=EY6-zgbQI6Y

youtube.com/watch?v=_tFoUz3Kmuw

youtube.com/watch?v=h-lid4oDw1w

youtube.com/watch?v=BblebntqEaw

They are more "jazzy" than anything, but I have used some on my modern settings.

Not OP but I don't think Skullgirls is very gritty.

from what he likes so far and what he wants I think he wants music that gives the feel for making drug lords suffer with a small amount of techno in it.

>Something with strings

youtube.com/watch?v=09RUuTAM2H0
>closest I can find to a good fight theme by this group
>they do other things better suited to calm sections
>and some post tragic event stuff.

I could gas on about Lindsey Stirling as having a few, but people tell me I over-hype her music. so I'll not put any here. I had also considered Taylor Davis, but not a lot of her music is high-energy enough for me to call it "fight music"

youtube.com/watch?v=U_oaPY0Brrw
>Path by Apocalyptica
might serve you

youtube.com/watch?v=gHbwAd5gkMM
>Hysteria by 2Cellos
>might have that energy you want with enough grit on the strings for urban combat

I might also suggest combing over the albums of Two Steps From Hell, but thats literally hundreds of pieces of music(they do movie soundtracks) but some of them have some good string or base work.
youtube.com/watch?v=UmUVXOXiLeM

>gritty hero combat
yeah, glitch-mob

Mind if I add my own request onto the thread? I am looking for music that would fit into a Al-Quadim or India style game.
was perfect
And the Dark Pit theme works well.

>Hardmode: Find something that suits that theme that can also work like a sea shanty.

>Max Payne- "COMBAT DRUGS"
Really like this; I can use this for fighting against drugged up metahumans.

>Skullgirls
I'd pick from these in a second, except that everyone at my table except me hates jazz.

>2Cellos
Oh god this matches beautifully with a specific villain that my players are going to face soon. Perfect.

>gritty and urban, more drum and bass driven
Is Pendulum too agro?
youtube.com/watch?v=Q89OdbX7A8E

bump

youtube.com/watch?v=NCv-hG_SmLI

Found something you may like, just ignore that it comes from a fantasy game.

youtu.be/OtKRz4mmGaQ

youtu.be/fDMKlo6Ny_s

Please check out the Vamp game ost as well since all of it mostly fits to the "Dark gritty city"

Ironically I found some nice ost from the Batman game

youtu.be/dwRBd67ncTU

youtu.be/g3UyVOx3qkI

I'm using this for the boss coming up in my campaign. Maybe you'll like it.

soundcloud.com/roetaka/dark-souls-e-s-gwyn
I forgot to post the song. Woopsies. This is a remix of Gwyn's theme, made to be more upbeat while maintaining it's emotion.

don't die

Combat ? Non combat ? For what senerio ?

Anything that fits that theme. Combat music would be great, as I have some playlists of sitar heavy raaga music, but that isn't great for fighting.

It is really hard to find good traditional sounding arabic music, that isnt an ISIS recruitment video.

Bump of musical interest.

youtube.com/watch?v=ZJEg_WM0FrI

All of these are 11/10

>youtube.com/watch?v=hQDab8vT8GU

Ryo Ishido has got some pretty good stuff. The first track (the Raven) I played for a huge airship battle in my campaign.

soundcloud.com/dreyklang/the-raven
soundcloud.com/dreyklang/nobody-dies-in-dreamland
soundcloud.com/dreyklang/beyond-the-horizon
soundcloud.com/dreyklang/gojira
soundcloud.com/dreyklang/s-w-a-t-close-quarter-combat
soundcloud.com/dreyklang/stay

if someone could tell me what the hell is being sung in the Raven track i would be most grateful. it has been months now and i can't tell if it's "I am seeing" over and over and if he's saying "I watched you naked" or whatever... I cannot make out any of the lyrics and I had no trouble with nirvana.

You saying Hindu/Arab made me think of Sikh so I went searching in Youtube.
I found this but it probably won't fit because it sounds too "modern" but It's a start.

youtube.com/watch?v=0_EFE4pJJcM

youtube.com/watch?v=cmfeubYrapA

After that I found things that are a bit better and more for combat

youtube.com/watch?v=53Efo-S6XI0

Nobody can deny some good old Prince of Persia

youtube.com/watch?v=uxR8ayOv4H8

youtube.com/watch?v=e7tr4hVY7Ig

youtube.com/watch?v=DoGQ5lNGlZA

youtube.com/watch?v=k8stdr_9pVE

Some good old Medieval 2:Total War
"Crack Your Head With A Tabla" one of my favorites

youtube.com/watch?v=Te4yiZh-Sks

Some chill arab music and something that sounds sort of arab from Rome: Total War

youtube.com/watch?v=eLE9IUzgqgk&index=11&list=PL60EA75B9FA0CD1F8

youtube.com/watch?v=zlp4TQt-yog&index=27&list=PL60EA75B9FA0CD1F8

youtube.com/watch?v=3outQoC4qiA

youtube.com/watch?v=V5U_TMkRIdI&list=RD3outQoC4qiA&index=6

Aaaaaand one last none serious thing on my part just for the laughs

youtube.com/watch?v=XUhVCoTsBaM

Polemos (Greek-styled):
youtube.com/watch?v=hQDab8vT8GU

Kan Ra's theme:
youtube.com/watch?v=s1YMAQfvsOA

Soul Edge:
Mediterranian call:
youtube.com/watch?v=BOFGT9chC9k&index=14&list=PLC55AC5D97CD55125

SCII:
Chasing Death:
youtube.com/watch?v=pfhWKFS3fH8

Maze of the Blade
youtube.com/watch?v=p43RdjdN2DQ

SCIII:
Call of the Ancients:
youtube.com/watch?v=7Df9KEHutso&list=PLBD71B0C356B81AED&index=5

>youtube.com/watch?v=XUhVCoTsBaM

That is already the theme song for the current antagonist. I play this every time he is right about to just "It was I, DIO" them, and they now associate that song with pain.