Excuse me as I start yet another thread but these are fun lol. Hopefully this hasn't been done sweats Plus I might pop in with a few of my own.
What are your character's theme songs and why? Is it because of a vibe or because of lyrics? etc
For one of my characters, Yoko, her theme song would be Marilyn Manson - Disassociative
The beat fits with how the character acts and feels. A dark mopey feeling to the song which kinda reflects to her past. The lyrics are pretty much a home run for her as well.
Move Your Body by Sia for Maynard. He's my dancing Kween! Idk for my other characters though, I'll have to give it some thought.
I have a character who goes through different periods in his life, and his personality kind of … shifts? … throughout. I'd give him three theme songs cause the three periods have their own strong emotions:
Caolan (his original name): "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" by The Offspring. He's an intelligent and ruthless assassin at this stage, full of bravado.
Caolan/Coallen (shifting period): "Control" by Halsey/"Monster" by Imagine Dragons. He's gripped with guilt and his PTSD is at its peak at this stage, so he's kind of depressed and hates himself.
Coallen (as he's introduced in the book): "Natural" by Imagine Dragons/"Towards the Sun" by Rihanna. Cold facade and undying loyalty to cover a cracked heart.
(I've put way too much thought into this…)
My character Tolkalee, would have "The First Time: by Approaching Nirvana". And it would play pretty much any time he enters a fight. (Which is all the time) The reason for this is because it shows the rising adrenaline happening which also happens in Tolkalee as he enters a fight. Also it's bouncy and fun like his personality.
I think that "I Like It" by Cardi B says a lot about Alice as a person. The song would show that she's really strong, bold, and a true woman at heart.
Oooh I got two of my characters music commissions so they actually have custom themes and they're great, I'll link them in case you want to listen (and I recommend you do and also check out the artist's other stuff because it's really good)
Kado's theme- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9BQkLtbYro
Mara's theme- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfhMIZiptWE
This is from a fair amount of time ago, so the character has a much better design, and once I use the theme in the video, we’re planning on remaking the theme song.
Here’s Sareotin: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OaCykRtJyjk
@Mojack that's awesome!!! omg it's so cool when people compose their own themes
Ok, so my character, Tanaya, would have the theme song " Believer" by Imagine Dragons.
Youth by Daughter is Carmen's theme song, for both lyrics and vibe honestly
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I1p_sXflQQ )
this song from a movie is a really good theme song for Natt because of the lyrics and vibe too (I think it's called oblivion, but that's also the name of the movie so idk)
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT6ckq0Jh0I )
Fly Down by Stephen is a very good theme for Tatius because of the lyrics
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awQes8Jlf5M )
ULTRAVIØLENT by Crywolf is Zavis' theme for the vibe, and almost all of the lyrics
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xzb5jAFm_w )
and this is actually v v fun so I'll come back with more themes for my children later-
So… (Im going to use characters from a little story that I just stared writing on january and this guys aren´t fully develope yet but still, for some context, this guys are part of a team made of not so human weirdos who deal with ghost and ramdom fae…) this is going to be a little long…
Wren Caulson: Natural by Imagine dragons. Wren is pretty much that one character who´s somehow extremely talented in what she does, the thing is that… she may be one of the best but her mental health and volatile temper like to get on the way, that songs just gives me the whole "Im the best and I know it but I got stuff to deal with" and on top of that, she´s kind off like the leader so parts like "In this house of mine" and such just give me those vibes.
Isla Caulson: Ride by Twenty one pilots. Isla is basically a psychic with telekinesis and maybe a little bit of clairvoyance so she deals with lots of weird stuff that normally get stuck on her mind when she uses her "powers" and that sort of affects her mental health, she´s normally the mature one who has to look up for everyone (specially Wren since she´s her little cousin) but that just gives her more stress and I feel like both the rythm and lirycs git her personality.
Hans Meller: Another one bites the dust by Queen. Hans is this flamboyant guy whith an attitude who would fight anyone and definitely wants the world to know about it, besides… he can literally turn into dust, in fact, he spends 90% of the time that way…
Isumi Hayashi: Shut up! by Simple plan. He still the youngest on the group and still has some teenage angst to get rid off, the little emo crap has authority issues, and I guess being a prodigy when it comes to engineering who´s literally invisible for most of the time doesn´t help.
Bea Sosa: Why worry by Set it off. Beatriz just doesn´t care about stuff, like… she can see everyone´s destiny except hers so at some point instead of being anxious about that she just… ignores it and doesn´t give a crap about anything…well… actually she kind off worries about stuff but just shakes it off and acts like nothing happends… until she has to send money to her family which just… that´s just torture for her so I feel like she would be singning that for herself…
David Thomas: Wired wrong by Steam powered giraffe. David doesn´t fully accept that he is not a "regular human" and still freaks out by the fact that he can turn into literal air but, he got bullied a lot while growing.. the moment he met the rest of the team, he just found people like him and is getting better when it comes to dealing with his "powers" but still has some moments when he feels like the real freak there…
I'M BACK WITH MORE !!
Elysium by Mendum is a v v good theme for Time I think bc of the lyrics and vibe
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PS5jAMkCmU )
Neverland by Crywolf is a great theme song for Claudia bc of both vibes and lyrics too
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osTgI-0GXxs )
Monster by STARSET was practically made for Vorex I swear-
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyfV0GBe18w )
World So Cold by 12 Stones is a great song for Tenebris, it's pretty much perfect
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCXKVwcQVek )
aaaand I'll be back again some other time-