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posted by [identity profile] katie-m.livejournal.com at 03:54am on 01/03/2004
For me, a song has to fit the mood of the vid and the source, in some way. The farther you get from a straight match, the harder you have to work to keep me from bouncing off.

I've only seen, oh, three or so LotR vids. All were to modern popular music; none of them worked for me. I bounced off hard, and it certainly felt at the time like it was because of song choice; I'd think "well, that was technically well-done, but man, I can't look at Boromir and listen to a song from 2003, it feels incredibly silly." At the same time, I can totally see an orc-vid set to something really modern and hard.

So it's not a rule, the way Thou Shalt Use Your Spellcheck is (almost always) a rule for fanfic. It does have a real impact on how likely I am to enjoy a vid, though, and that seems like a pretty common reaction. Some fandoms are more flexible than others; for instance, I find Buffy pretty flexible, whereas with non-humor Stargate it's pretty rare for something top-40 to work for me.
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posted by [identity profile] katie-m.livejournal.com at 08:52pm on 02/03/2004
What kind of music would work for you in the LotR character case.

It's going to be easiest to get me with folky or orchestra, I suspect. Foreign-language might work too, if it's not too poppy.

Also with Stargate what kind of music do you perfer. By Top 40 do you mean most things played on the radio or just typical pop songs?

With Stargate I'm more flexible; I mostly just need not to bounce off of the song thinking "uh, you know the characters are in their thirties and forties, right?" I'm pretty sure this is, to some extent, as much a function of familiarity as age, though. I'm sure there are plenty of songs from the 90s that, because I'm not familiar with them, would work for me. Something that was a big hit in my lifetime is going to have strong associations for me, though, and that can get in the way of my enjoying a vid if those associations don't fit what I'm seeing on the screen.
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posted by [identity profile] askye.livejournal.com at 04:29am on 01/03/2004
What would you consider a good song choice for a vid featuring Boromir or any other character from Lord of the Rings?
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posted by [identity profile] katie-m.livejournal.com at 08:53pm on 02/03/2004
Like I said, my head's going to go first to acoustic, folky, orchestra, that kind of thing. Which doesn't mean I don't think anything else would work, that's just where my comfort zone lies.
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posted by [identity profile] askye.livejournal.com at 04:46pm on 04/03/2004
Okay that makes since. I wasn't thinking outside the box far enough.
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posted by [identity profile] klia.livejournal.com at 11:46pm on 02/03/2004
What would you consider a good song choice for a vid featuring Boromir or any other character from Lord of the Rings?

I don't know if any of the stuff that's categorized in the recesses of my brain as "Tolkien-influenced" would work, because a lot of it may sound too dated, now. But, I tend to think of early Queen; and epic, early '70s prog rock, like Yes. Rush's earlier stuff, as well. And Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is known for his lyrical references to Tolkien.

A guy named Bo Hansson put out an album called "Music Inspired By Lord Of The Rings" back in 1972. It's prog rock, definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but you can listen to samples on Amazon.
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