Ship building music

let's start by saying i have mood music for playing wargames and building models (3D, wooden, and plastic). so here goes.

all types

anything by rimsky-korsakov; russian symphonies; magnificent seven; conan the [fill in the blank]; apollo (brian eno)

ships

movie scores: master and commander; victory at sea vols 1and2; tall ships suite; pirates of the caribbean; sea sounds; tora,tora, tora; sea power (pbs); ghosts of the abyss; the abyss; das boot

armor

movie scores: patton; bridge to far; longest day (compilation of movie title pieces); war (compilation of movie title pieces); the graet escape; band of brothers

air

movie scores: battle of britain; blue max; babylon 5;

when i used to play board wargames face to face not only would we tailor the music to the era (1812 overture, gettysburg, civil war music) we would drink appropriately beer or wine for germans, wine for french, vodka for russians, rum or gin for british, whiskey for americans and civil war). ok i'm a bit wierd but at 55 i can be.

m60a3 wrote:

I like a lot of Gordon Lightfoot, besides the classic "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" too, come to think of it.   60

If I had a heavy metal band, we would do a version of "Edmund Fitzgerald" Black Sabbath style. I always thought that would be a terrific Black Sabbath song.

Did anybody notice the odd choice of that song being used on one of the floats in the Tournament of Roses Parade? Apparently somebody didn't pay attention to the lyrics when they decided to use it! As my mother put it, "The float was a boat, and so they decided, 'OK, we need a song about a boat! Let's use "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." That's a song about a boat, isn't it?'"

If I listen to anything whilst I build my Victory, it is the sound track of the HMS Victory cd-rom

Stirring renditions by The Band of the Royal Marines playing such  classics as "Hearts of Oak", and "A life on the Ocean wave" Really puts me in the mood, particularly when I reach a tricky bit on the model

Rueben James by Chad Mitchel Trio

Come sail away by Cartman from the Chef Aid album

Being a current serving Naval Musician, you guys forgot "Sailing" by Rod Stewart.

 Also on the Bands CD is:

 Plymouth Hoe
A Naval Occasion
Sea Songs
Web of Steel
The Launching
All Hands at Work
Maiden Voyage
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
The Seafarer
Trafalgar
Heart of Oak
A Life on the Ocean Wave
Anchors Aweigh
Heed the Call

 This should put you in the mood - so to speak.

 Cheers,

Gabe

I agree anything by Jimmy Buffett is great. some years ago he released a 4 c.d box set boats,beaches,bars & ballads.

 the boats c.d is full of boating tunes from "jolly mon to take it back, nautical wheeler, etc."

If you like Victory at Sea, try finding a copy of the Battle of the Atlantic Suite, by Dave Roylance - pretty good stuff on that album too.

 I like Victory at Sea, and a lot of other Movie / Tv soundtracks when building - Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, The Great Escape, Guns of Navorne.

 Ironicaly, one of my favorite albums is a collection of Western Movie and TV thems called "Round Up" - for some reason, it is great workshop music.  The follow up, Happy Trails is really good too.  Wait until you here the theme  from The Magnificent Seven on Round Up - now that is great music.

Kurt

Hmmmmm, , , another song! ! !

While on my delivery route today, I remembered a British movie by the name of "Battle Hell". It's the story of the Modified Black Swan Class sloop H.M.S. Amethyst's heroic fight on the Yangstie River{my Chinese is NOT so good.} on her flight to the sea. In the battle scenes the background music was Wagners "Pilgrims' Chorus from Tannhauser". So my nomination for ship build music is that piece.

SteveH

As a submariner, I guess I'm a little wierd. But some of you come close.

My favotirte music, while building my sub models, is an album called "Out of the Darkness", by  Midnight Syndicate. It's as dark, brooding and threatening as the depths these predators hunted.

With such titles as "Realm of Shadows", "Noctem Aeternus" and "Into the Abyss" it sets just the right mood, for me.

Mike K.