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Main Themes /Soundtracks for the different Races. What would be your Inspiration ?
Aszkalon
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I can currently think of only ONE Song ... ...
... ... and no, i refuse to let People say i make Fun of these Hippy-Dwarfes. 😁
The Niküa. They have a Beach Summer Feeling - and i must think of a more or less very known Song of a Franchise that has suffered tremendously from Wokeness since a handful of Years and above. Ariel, the little Mermaid. Under the Sea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sds8vgkZykc
Now i am aware of Course, the other Races need their cool Flair, Atmosphere, Vibe and Feeling embodied in a Theme, as well.
Can i hope for our Man " TheDarkSorcerer " to find a Theme for the Empyrean Elves ? I just have the Feeling he might know just the Theme for them. 
While i have a good Guess where i might find fitting Themes - > i don't just want to search in Soundtracks of World of WoW-Token Craft once again ... ... ... ... ... ... ... that Game is just cursed. 😅
... ... and no, i refuse to let People say i make Fun of these Hippy-Dwarfes. 😁
The Niküa. They have a Beach Summer Feeling - and i must think of a more or less very known Song of a Franchise that has suffered tremendously from Wokeness since a handful of Years and above. Ariel, the little Mermaid. Under the Sea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sds8vgkZykcNow i am aware of Course, the other Races need their cool Flair, Atmosphere, Vibe and Feeling embodied in a Theme, as well.
Can i hope for our Man " TheDarkSorcerer " to find a Theme for the Empyrean Elves ?
I just have the Feeling he might know just the Theme for them. While i have a good Guess where i might find fitting Themes - > i don't just want to search in Soundtracks of World of WoW-Token Craft once again ... ... ... ... ... ... ... that Game is just cursed. 😅
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If it was up to me:
Py'rai wouldn't just be inspired by Navajo culture, but Celtic too imo.
This would be my theme for them.
Ren'Kai shouldn't just have Japanese influence, but Mongolian too imo.
Vek
Vaelune
Kaelar
Dünir
Empyrean
As for Niküa
Honestly, I wouldn't know what to pick for Tulnar. Something simple, yet mysterious with a lot of ambient sounds?
What a fun thread! I'll give it a go!
Py'rai would definitely be something like Merlyn - Riverlands.
Gentle flute music with forest ambience. A wood pecker, small birds singing, a river flowing nearby. Maybe the occasional sound of small wood critters.
Empyrean would probably have something in the lines of Brombaer Celestial Aeon Project - The Eleven Realm. (My mistake, I was misremembering the artist!)
https://open.spotify.com/track/5kVSnfhrcFmtGYzaJ2vaWo?si=7423aefd869b40a6 - Sorry, could not find a YouTube link!
Higher tones, elegant vocal choir and music that preferably would involve instruments like the harp. Beautiful bird song and the shimmer of magical essence as ambience.
For Dünir I'd imagine something similar to League of Legends - Ornn, the Fire Beneath the Mountain.
Rhythmic humming and steady music. Northern inspired. Ambience of hammers clanking on an anvil, fire crackling and water being splashed on flaming hot steel.
Niküa would have something more cheerful like Adrian von Ziegler - Pearls of the Seas.
Something light, cheerful and curious with exotic instruments. Seagulls, tropic birds and waves of the ocean as ambience.
Kaelar should have something like Midnight Syndicate - City of Sails.
Traditional high fantasy music, with that epic adventurous feeling to it. The ambience of horse and cart, church bells ringing in the distance, perhaps a distant dog barking, working people shouting out to each other.
Vaelune would probably have something a bit more eastern, like Adrian von Ziegler - Son of the Hawk.
Serious undertone but not dark nor gritty, steady flow. Carts being rolled, the sound of trade goods being moved about, vendors shouting, local animals (like camels?) grunting as ambience.
Vek made me think of Justin Bell - Ondras Gift.
A bit of a twinkle in the music, but otherwise calm and gentle. Mysterious but inviting, like the stars! I'd imagine the sound of papers being gently turned, low mysterious glimmering noises from radiant crystals and perhaps the sound of dripping water.
Ren'Kai seems to have just hint of the eastern-asian fantasy to them so I'd go with such music. The first that came into mind was Johannes Bornlöf - Nippon (A Single Grain of Rice).
Steady and beautiful tunes. I image one would hear the sound of water flowing and faint bird singing in the background.
The Tulnar is probably the trickiest. I'd go with Micheal Ghelfi & Filip Melvan - Moonlight Tavern
Especially from 1:25
To capture the mystique of the Tulnar. However, I imagine that they will require a lot of different themes based on their broad heritage and culture.
Oh... I got slightly carried away...
EDIT: added YouTube links to lessen the hassle for those interested. :] And corrected myself as I got two names mixed up!
Love all of those! Here's mine
Ren'Kai (1:40min in)
Niküa
Tulnar: (This is more based on the beauty of an underground city vs the gritty and dirty)
Kaelar:
Empyrean:
Oh! Those Hogwarts Legacy tracks actually work so well for empyrean and kaelar! Man, their audio team did soooo well!
I am so hyped to hear the tracks that AoCs team will bring! I am positive it will be amazing! :]
But daymn you shot through the Roof with all those Soundtracks. I am personally a bit hesitant what Soundtracks of World of WoW-Token Craft concerns. But jeah the Vek give me Troll-Vibes as well.
I wonder if we can expect and count on some Soundtracks, Themes for Races to come out, around Alpha Two. I could imagine this to be Questions for the next Months to come, too.
While I actually love a lot of WoW sound tracks (Grizzly Hills is a personal favorite) - none of my suggestions come from WoW c: with few exceptions (like the League track) most of my songs come from TTRPG- composers!
I see You are a Grizzly Hills Enjoyer of Culture as well.
Thanks if you managed to keep from using World of WoW-Token Soundtracks. 😁 i know in the Heroes of Might and Magic Series and Games like Gothic and somewhere else, one might find way more worthy Soundtracks for inspirational Purposes.
I definitely would not mind if they took inspiration from such historical pieces! However, the very start felt more.... Vaelune to me. I am afraid I have no idea what the instrument that I associate with music from the middle east is called, but it has a very unique ring to it!
I agree. I like my orcs brutish and massive. The skinny ones depicted in concept art don't do it for me...
About the Races, about the Nodes (Underground ones, too) - and of Course over the Soundtracks and their Atmosphere they contain.