META: Theme Songs!

[Drew Perron]

So, in the interest of getting more discussion going, and also having a place to
put my silly thoughts about writing: What band or artist would do the theme song
for your series?

A few examples I've thought of from stuff I've written: Digital JUMP! would of
course be Megumi Hayashibara - gotta get that '90s anime sound. Looniverse
Chronicles would be some kind of sweeping epic-feeling '90s-y instrumental.
Maybe Jerry Goldsmith or Joseph DeLuca? WikiLull would be Weird Al Yankovic in
full Silly Mode, and WikiLull After would be some demented combination of Rush,
Nine Inch Nails, and Sister MAYO. Finally, The Terrific Visage would be JAM
Project - I'd love to see their brand of super-hot-blooded shonen action applied
to a slice-of-life about a small sweet girl and the AI in her head.

Drew "if this gets replies, I'll post more examples" Perron

[Scott Eiler]

On 2017-05-10 20:03, Drew Perron wrote:
> So, in the interest of getting more discussion going, and also having a
> place to put my silly thoughts about writing: What band or artist would
> do the theme song for your series?
>

> Drew "if this gets replies, I'll post more examples" Perron

I've mentioned, my characters actually have theme songs already.
("Theme Music", Sat, 8 Sep 2012 18:42:24 +0000 UTC!) But you asked
(more or less) what bands should *perform* them nowadays. So that's a
new question.

* The theme song for Ellipsis comes from Steve Hackett, former
guitarist for Genesis. "Please Don't Touch". To cover that, well, I
went to see the up-and-coming rock band All Them Witches in concert last
weekend. I would trust them to try. http://www.allthemwitches.org/

- For bonus points, there is actually a song "My Name is Ellipsis".
The lyrics are basically the same as the title. Pere Ubu put a long
version of that song on a CD once. If "DJ Ellipsis" were in the
story... oh, crap, it seems there is now a musical group "My Name is
Ellipsis"! https://mniemusic.bandcamp.com/

* The theme song for Wyatt Ferguson comes from the Blue Oyster Cult.
"Shadow Warrior". Most anyone could cover that. I would invite The
Decembrists. http://www.decemberists.com/

* The theme song for the Powernaut is "It's Time for Fun with
Powernaut", to the tune of the old campfire song "Three Jolly
Fishermen". They Might Be Giants could obviously do that, and have fun
with it. Failing that, the modern ensemble Big World Audio Theatre
could nail it. http://www.ssbungalow.com/

* And then there's Psychovant. I have yet to decide what his theme
song will be. No, not that song he blasted during the RACCies.
Probably something by Alice Cooper or Metallica. Since those artists
are still around, I would probably invite them to step in and invent
something. Hey, we can always dream.

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[Adrian McClure]

On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Drew Perron <pwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, in the interest of getting more discussion going, and also having a
> place to put my silly thoughts about writing: What band or artist would do
> the theme song for your series?

Ultimate Mercenary: Probably Maximum the Hormone, of Death Note fame,
for that mid-2000s sense of unfocused young masculine anger but with a
sense of OTT absurdity and fun.

The Liminals: Definitely synthpop or new wave of some kind. (Which is
most of what i listen to when I write it.) Maybe Depeche Mode? Talking
Heads is stylistically right but not quite gay enough, while Duran
Duran is not self aware enough.

For LNH20 Comics Presents and other LNH20, probably Daft Punk, in a
mix of Tron Legacy soundtrack mode and retro-funk mode.

For my classic LNH work, of course, They Might Be Giants.

--
Adrian "The Dark Spaceknight" McClure, now with sig

[Drew Perron]

On 5/11/2017 11:36 PM, Adrian McClure wrote:
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Drew Perron <pwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> So, in the interest of getting more discussion going, and also having a
>> place to put my silly thoughts about writing: What band or artist would do
>> the theme song for your series?
>
> Ultimate Mercenary: Probably Maximum the Hormone, of Death Note fame,
> for that mid-2000s sense of unfocused young masculine anger but with a
> sense of OTT absurdity and fun.

*listens to some* Wow. XD Yes, it definitely hits all of those. Very appropriate.

> The Liminals: Definitely synthpop or new wave of some kind. (Which is
> most of what i listen to when I write it.) Maybe Depeche Mode? Talking
> Heads is stylistically right but not quite gay enough, while Duran
> Duran is not self aware enough.

Ooooh! Maybe... the Pet Shop Boys? Soft Cell?

(Speaking of, I realized that Writer's Block Person would have a theme by
Erasure. The *gayest* synthpop. :D And the least self-aware.)

> For LNH20 Comics Presents and other LNH20, probably Daft Punk, in a
> mix of Tron Legacy soundtrack mode and retro-funk mode.

Oooooh, nice. :3 That captures a lot of that feel.

I was trying to think of a theme for the Spoon of Destiny Saga itself...
something that represents that powerful, chaotic sense of creation... Mozart
collaborating with Great Big Sea. Yes.

> For my classic LNH work, of course, They Might Be Giants.

:3 Naturally! <3 I think FLASH! would have a TMBG theme, since it represents all
of the LNH, and that's the LNH-iest band.

Drew "classical folk rock" Perron

[Drew Perron]

On 5/11/2017 10:48 PM, Scott Eiler wrote:
> On 2017-05-10 20:03, Drew Perron wrote:
>> So, in the interest of getting more discussion going, and also having a
>> place to put my silly thoughts about writing: What band or artist would
>> do the theme song for your series?
>>
>> Drew "if this gets replies, I'll post more examples" Perron
>
> I've mentioned, my characters actually have theme songs already. ("Theme Music",
> Sat, 8 Sep 2012 18:42:24 +0000 UTC!)

Ahhhh, so you have! :D

> But you asked (more or less) what bands
> should *perform* them nowadays. So that's a new question.

:3

> * The theme song for Ellipsis comes from Steve Hackett, former guitarist for
> Genesis. "Please Don't Touch". To cover that, well, I went to see the
> up-and-coming rock band All Them Witches in concert last weekend. I would trust
> them to try. http://www.allthemwitches.org/

Wow. That's *extremely* prog rock. XD Which really does feel appropriate for
Ellipsis - huge, portentous, self-important but not for no reason.

> - For bonus points, there is actually a song "My Name is Ellipsis". The
> lyrics are basically the same as the title. Pere Ubu put a long version of that
> song on a CD once. If "DJ Ellipsis" were in the story... oh, crap, it seems
> there is now a musical group "My Name is Ellipsis"!
> https://mniemusic.bandcamp.com/

Crap, I'm having a hard time finding the song because of the band. XD

> * The theme song for Wyatt Ferguson comes from the Blue Oyster Cult. "Shadow
> Warrior". Most anyone could cover that. I would invite The Decembrists.
> http://www.decemberists.com/

Oh man. That'd be a *hell* of a combination.

> * The theme song for the Powernaut is "It's Time for Fun with Powernaut", to
> the tune of the old campfire song "Three Jolly Fishermen". They Might Be Giants
> could obviously do that, and have fun with it. Failing that, the modern
> ensemble Big World Audio Theatre could nail it. http://www.ssbungalow.com/

Fascinating. X3 And rather adorable?

> * And then there's Psychovant. I have yet to decide what his theme song will
> be. No, not that song he blasted during the RACCies. Probably something by
> Alice Cooper or Metallica. Since those artists are still around, I would
> probably invite them to step in and invent something. Hey, we can always dream.

That seems extremely appropriate. :> Like, SUPER HARDCORE but in a way that's
kind of silly.

Drew "crazy crosstime train" Perron

[Scott Eiler]

On 2017-05-13 09:39, Drew Perron wrote:
> On 5/11/2017 10:48 PM, Scott Eiler wrote:
>> On 2017-05-10 20:03, Drew Perron wrote:
>>> So, in the interest of getting more discussion going, and also having a
>>> place to put my silly thoughts about writing: What band or artist would
>>> do the theme song for your series?
>>>
>>> Drew "if this gets replies, I'll post more examples" Perron
>>
>> I've mentioned, my characters actually have theme songs already.
>> ("Theme Music", Sat, 8 Sep 2012 18:42:24 +0000 UTC!)
>
> Ahhhh, so you have! :D
>
>> But you asked (more or less) what bands
>> should *perform* them nowadays. So that's a new question.
>
> :3
>
>> * The theme song for Ellipsis comes from Steve Hackett, former
>> guitarist for Genesis. "Please Don't Touch". To cover that, well, I
>> went to see the up-and-coming rock band All Them Witches in concert
>> last weekend. I would trust them to try.
>> http://www.allthemwitches.org/
>
> Wow. That's *extremely* prog rock. XD Which really does feel appropriate
> for Ellipsis - huge, portentous, self-important but not for no reason.

Indeed. And no talking on the stage. Or if there is, it mostly doesn't
matter.

>> - For bonus points, there is actually a song "My Name is Ellipsis".
>> The
>> lyrics are basically the same as the title. Pere Ubu put a long
>> version of that
>> song on a CD once. If "DJ Ellipsis" were in the story... oh, crap,
>> it seems
>> there is now a musical group "My Name is Ellipsis"!
>> https://mniemusic.bandcamp.com/
>
> Crap, I'm having a hard time finding the song because of the band. XD

I did things the hard way. I bought the CD twenty years ago, and I
bought the band last night!

>> * The theme song for Wyatt Ferguson comes from the Blue Oyster Cult.
>> "Shadow Warrior". Most anyone could cover that. I would invite The
>> Decembrists. http://www.decemberists.com/
>
> Oh man. That'd be a *hell* of a combination.

Indeed. Either one of those combining with *anything*, would be news.

>> * The theme song for the Powernaut is "It's Time for Fun with
>> Powernaut", to the tune of the old campfire song "Three Jolly
>> Fishermen". They Might Be Giants could obviously do that, and have
>> fun with it. Failing that, the modern ensemble Big World Audio
>> Theatre could nail it. http://www.ssbungalow.com/

Oh, definitely adorable. In my universe, Big World Audio Theatre would
be as though Saint Nicholas had to narrate every single publication.

>> * And then there's Psychovant. I have yet to decide what his theme
>> song will be. No, not that song he blasted during the RACCies.
>> Probably something by Alice Cooper or Metallica. Since those
>> artists are still around, I would probably invite them to step in
>> and invent something. Hey, we can always dream.
>
> That seems extremely appropriate. :> Like, SUPER HARDCORE but in a way
> that's kind of silly.

heh, did you hear about the time Alice Cooper got pulled into a Guns and
Roses recording session one night? Or the time that representatives
from five progressive 1990s bands plus one from Lynyrd Skynyrd did a
cover song, led by the entire membership of Metallica? "Kind of silly"
is an obstacle I had not even considered - the same way I do not
consider some forms of yard waste. 8{D>

> Drew "crazy crosstime train" Perron

Scott "good cross-wegian wood" Eiler

[Adrian McClure]

On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Drew Perron <pwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ooooh! Maybe... the Pet Shop Boys? Soft Cell?

Pet Shop Boys makes sense because it makes me think of
Gillen/McKelvie--Kieron Gillen said they're "the pet shop boys of
comics." The shadow of their work is very long in this series, which
is especially noticeable in #2, drawing on WicDiv and Phonogram as
well as Morrison's interpretation of the New Gods. Liminals is
definitely part of the British superhero comics tradition of Moore,
Morrison, Gillen, and Paul Hardy's Legion of Occult Heroes as well.
Thought it's also pretty anime. (Which makes it kind of like
Claremont/Sienkiewicz New Mutants as well.)

>
> (Speaking of, I realized that Writer's Block Person would have a theme by
> Erasure. The *gayest* synthpop. :D And the least self-aware.)

Yess, that's so great.

[Drew Perron]

On 5/13/2017 1:27 PM, Scott Eiler wrote:
> On 2017-05-13 09:39, Drew Perron wrote:
>> On 5/11/2017 10:48 PM, Scott Eiler wrote:

<snip>

>>> * The theme song for Wyatt Ferguson comes from the Blue Oyster Cult.
>>> "Shadow Warrior". Most anyone could cover that. I would invite The
>>> Decembrists. http://www.decemberists.com/
>>
>> Oh man. That'd be a *hell* of a combination.
>
> Indeed. Either one of those combining with *anything*, would be news.

Intense stylization meets intense stylization!

>>> * And then there's Psychovant. I have yet to decide what his theme
>>> song will be. No, not that song he blasted during the RACCies.
>>> Probably something by Alice Cooper or Metallica. Since those
>>> artists are still around, I would probably invite them to step in
>>> and invent something. Hey, we can always dream.
>>
>> That seems extremely appropriate. :> Like, SUPER HARDCORE but in a way
>> that's kind of silly.
>
> heh, did you hear about the time Alice Cooper got pulled into a Guns and Roses
> recording session one night? Or the time that representatives from five
> progressive 1990s bands plus one from Lynyrd Skynyrd did a cover song, led by
> the entire membership of Metallica? "Kind of silly" is an obstacle I had not
> even considered - the same way I do not consider some forms of yard waste. 8{D>

I was considering it not an obstacle, but a commendation. :>

Drew "generally speaking" Perron

[Drew Perron]

On 5/13/2017 6:00 PM, Adrian McClure wrote:
> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Drew Perron <pwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ooooh! Maybe... the Pet Shop Boys? Soft Cell?
>
> Pet Shop Boys makes sense because it makes me think of
> Gillen/McKelvie--Kieron Gillen said they're "the pet shop boys of
> comics."

Ooooh, yes, that's right. :D

> The shadow of their work is very long in this series, which
> is especially noticeable in #2, drawing on WicDiv and Phonogram as
> well as Morrison's interpretation of the New Gods.

*nods!* You Can't Stop the Beat

> Liminals is
> definitely part of the British superhero comics tradition of Moore,
> Morrison, Gillen, and Paul Hardy's Legion of Occult Heroes as well.
> Thought it's also pretty anime. (Which makes it kind of like
> Claremont/Sienkiewicz New Mutants as well.)

That particular combination seems very LNH. I mean, LOH itself was deeply
invested in anime fandom. :> (IT'S TOTORO)

>> (Speaking of, I realized that Writer's Block Person would have a theme by
>> Erasure. The *gayest* synthpop. :D And the least self-aware.)
>
> Yess, that's so great.

:D

Drew "erasuretastic" Perron