From:	Mark Fender markf@******.com
Subject:	Atmosphere Music (Was: Re: The Shadowrun Music CD)
Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:24:15 -0500

> >> Query: Why do people tend to automatically think exclusively of
> >> industrial
> >> music when Shadowrun comes up? Some of it's okay, but frankly,
> it's not
> >> what comes to my mind (especially since most of it sounds the same
> to me
> >> <shrug>).
>
> Maybe the genres have been linked since they used a Ministry song
> in that crappy "cyberpunk" movie Freejack. :)
>
> >That seems a good
> >comparison to SR, using the technology to commit crimes (whether it
> be the
> >crime of breaking into a building or the crime of ruining perfectly
> good
> >music).
>
> Ruining? Dont think so. The appeal of industrial is the inhumaness
> (sp?)
> and machine like quality, IMHO.
>
Hey, I'm a huge fan of industrial music. But you gotta' admit it's pretty
discordant. (Although I like your reasoning too)

> >> > All this talk of atmosphere and such, what do people consider
> good "mood
> >> > music" for games?
>
> <snip Patricks (i think) list O tunes>
>
> >Musical taste is weird ain't it? Let me ask this: why do you feel
> '70s music
> >adds to SR? The soundtracks and scores I can buy - but the '70 prog
> rock I'm
> >not seeing.
>
> Agreed. Queen in SR? no sir, i dont like it.
>
And I think if the stereo burst into "Mr. Roboto" as the cybered-up street
sam stepped into the room, I'd start laughing, not get into the game.