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Ahh I didn't mean to offend anyone who MADE the Eb music, it's people who listen to it I've got beef with. Just kidding, I didn't mean to offend anyone when I put out my opinion, and Im willing to make anyone I DID offend feel better by offering free hugs. Anyone?
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Originally Posted by NeoSpartan
I forgot Ronnie Coleman was a powerlifter at one time . I like the sport and wish it got more attention . I quote my comment about about it being an olympic sport .
"Who gives a damn if the third world can't afford bench , squat and deadlift suits for there athletes for the suited competitions ?"
I can't listen to my own music while playing EB. I once tried listening to the Blood Brothers while playing and I couldn't do it, the music was too distracting.
Well they can always do RAW competitions only in the Olympics, like with Weightlifting.Quote:
Originally Posted by russia almighty
Admit though it is still cool even with it suited to see a dude heave a 1000 + lbs off there chest .
Another PLing/BBing fan , on the EB board to boot .
Anyway I've been experimenting with some other classical battle pieces . I actually put in battle hyme of the republic and seeing Republican legions marching to battle with that is awesome.
I don't ever switch over to other music, because I like EBs barbarian song line-up well enough, but during a battle, you have to admit that in a custom battle with a full Marian/Imperial legion marching into battle, the Star Wars Darth Vader/Empire theme song (particularly Metallica's version) is immensely fun to play.
I always turn off the music after a little while ( even though I appreciate the efforts of the EB musicians ) and listen to a podcast or a recorded book. Herodotus is available on iTunes, as is Plutarch and Arrian. I've got all of those, also the excellent free podcast 12 Byzantine Emporers, and the new iTunes U has some great podcasts from Stanford, such as 'Where did Hannibal cross the alps?', 'The Historical Jesus' and 'Virgil's Aeneid'.
I have to say that I get tired of the way music is used in movie battle scenes. Even if the music itself is good (and it often is), the emotional cues are usually blatant cliches- y'know, stirring crescendoes, ominous bass lines, triumphant brass. John Williams has a lot to answer for. One of the best uses of music in a battle that I can think of is the attack of the Warg Riders in Lord of the Rings Two Towers. Standard use of music (stirring chords and all) right up to moment that the Wargs and Rohirrim's charges meet. Then, nothing. Absolutely fantastic and extremely effective in making an almost totally computer generated image of a scene of pure fantasy seem viscerally real. I wish more directors would try that in their battle scenes.
Shit, sorry for the rant.