What music makes you inspired ?

[Dile_]

Ok, lets start a new thread, so here we goes.
What music do you like to listen to when drawing ?
or what music makes you inspired to draw at all ?


Im like listening to :

Don omar *I just found out that he have done a track called DILE :D*

System of a Down

Flipsyde *they got some bad sounds ,but I like em

Half Life 2 Soundtrack, SOoooo inspiring!!!!

Matrix soundtrack, speed, also very inspiring :)

Feel free to post yours ;)

[Dile_]

I guess im the only one on this forum who gets inspired by music then :)

[PHATandy]

Anyone heard of Enya?

Thats pretty awesome stuff, its really instrumental (piano and shit i cant tell) with good singing. The song names are like phantasmagorical/wierd and its cool to see how the music is with the names.

I love Tool and A Perfect Circle(except EMotive) for pure entertainment and inspiration. They get me pumped.

Good call of the HL2 soundtrack aswell.

[Ahim]

Half-life 2 OST
Pirates of the Carribean 2 OST
Battlestar Gallactica OST, season 1 and 2

and many others

[LoTekK]

Pretty much anything by Hans Zimmer, in particular:
Pirates 1 & 2
Gladiator
Black Hawk Down
Crimson Tide
The Rock

edit: Oops, just realised the first POTC soundtrack wasn't Zimmer.

[Erica Johnson]

BT
DJ Tiesto
Kanye West
Jan Hammer
Conjure One
Kraftwerk

[darkchild]

Techno, dance, trance, club...

Lately I have been listening to:

dj tiesto
sash!
atb
agnelli & nelson
chicane
antarktika
trouser enthusiast
da buzz
milk inc.
robert miles

...to name a few

[Crash]

Ahem...*cracks knuckles*

My list.

Trance & progressive

Kyau vs Albert - made of sun (kva dub mix)
Lost parisians - jump the next train (kva mix)
Whiteroom - the whiteroom (andy moor = teh shit, but he is kind of overusing that square sound he has.)
Andy Moor Pres. Dub Disorder - Tensile (Original Mix)
Max Graham feat. Jessica Riddle - Gone (Almost got me in tears)
Ridgewalkers - Find (the Kva mix is good to, the andy moor mix was lacking imo)
IIo - smooth (airbase mix, swedish sound, swedish quality steel baby)
Sander van Doorn - Dark Roast (Original Mix)
SignalRunners - 3000 Miles Away (ProbSpot Club Mix)
Solar Stone feat. Elizabeth Fields - Speak In Sympathy (Original Mix)
Sauna - mirage (one of the rarest songs ever, and its a shame since it fucking rocks)
The Killers - Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
The Police - SOS (Sander Van Doorn Remix)
tilt-Twelve (Dousk Mix)
unkle feat ian brown - Reign (way out west mix)
Deepsky - Talk like a Stranger (Markus Schulz Return to Cold
Airbase/the scarab/o-zone/whatever is a guy i have huge respect for, never dissapoints me.
Andain - Beautiful Things

I like to listen to Frontline assembly and their other alias Delerium to. There a few delerium songs out there that have been remixed. svenson and gielen made a good mix out of...that ...er...After all! song. Good shit.

Darkcore & Nu gabber.

Everything from ophidian pritty much hehe, even "pepperspray"
AngerFist is ok he is kind of trying ...well hes trying really fucking hard to be...well hard.
Dj nosferatu
Hamunaptra


I kind of liked Dj tiesto - traffic but after a while i totally lost respect for the guy. Hes a good dj, awesome even. But when it comes to producing he relies way to much on his engineers. hence he doesnt really make his own songs. But theres other big names out there who even BUYS songs from engineers and put their name on it. Therefor you can sometimes hear a song and think "is that really him" well...it isnt. Oh and he buttfucked adagio for strings like no other.

Anyway, i have to much to list.

[Recursive_End]

Flashbulb is one of the most inspiring for me. Especially the kirlian selection album, lots of variety in it.
Daedelus also is pretty cool.
I have like 10 gigs of music on the comp, i better not start a list :x

[Dile_]

Wow, thanks for posting :)

PhatAnday: I spended WHOLE day yesterday trying to somewhere
in sweden cheap be able to ship Enya cd's for me...
but no no no... they only got old once... hm.. so I ended up
being criminal anyways....SWEDEN are forceing me to it... I didnt wanted
to download it... argh, now im a criminal and should be in jail..
However, thanks for shareing ;) Good music :D

[Gezstar]

Billy Talent

[Kian]

:Vangelis: How could Chariots of Fire not inspire you????

[asoir]

GAH! Kanye West...*shiver*
Ambient music is pretty inspiring, using the sounds to fit in with the mood...great stuff.

[Rascar Capac]

Anyone heard of Enya?

Thats pretty awesome stuff, its really instrumental (piano and shit i cant tell) with good singing. The song names are like phantasmagorical/wierd and its cool to see how the music is with the names.

I love Tool and A Perfect Circle(except EMotive) for pure entertainment and inspiration. They get me pumped.

Good call of the HL2 soundtrack aswell.


I never thought Id hear the names Enya and Tool in the same sentence....

[glynn james]

John Williams

And this ! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7woDzT3Pw&search=honda%20advert)

[seba_boi]

The Killers - Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
I like the original album version... Never even knew there was a remix...

I dunno what music inspires me... There's too many, even the cheesy ones...

[Advocate of Fate]

Between the Buried and Me
Tool
The Mars Volta

[Crash]

I like the original album version... Never even knew there was a remix...



Well i thought the original was good, the remix didnt take it that very far from the original though.

[PHATandy]

I never thought Id hear the names Enya and Tool in the same sentence....

HAHA ... i figure that they do sound, just a little a different. But when i listen to them - its like 2 completely different moods of music listening, like 2 completely different tastes.

i always figured i had a varied taste in music anywho.

gylnn james - the power of dreams advert fucking ruless!!! i have it saved on my computer and when im feeling bored or down i use it to perk me. It always gets me moving.

[GriNGo]

Don Omar! reggaeton kicks ass.. i'd never thought I'd heard that artist mentioned in in this FORUM as inspiration EVER! :D

now for my inspiration: Iron Maiden. Metallica, Megadeth, Sepultura, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Lacrimosa, Hendrix, David Bowie. Shadow Gallery, Dream Theater, Stratovarius, Dio, Wutang Clan, GZA, The Clash, Ilegales, Dead Can Dance, Bauhaus, Burzum, Juan Luis Guerra, Luzbel, Mago de Oz, QUEEN, Pibes Chorros, Damas Gratis, Yngwie Malmsteen, Mayhem, Ulver, Sex Pistols, Nightwish, Nirvana, Opera IX, OPETH!, Pantera, Rata Blanca, Rhapsody, Avalanch, The Abyss!, Therion, Tierra Santa, Timmo Tolki, Vangelis, Brujeria, Blind Guardian, Black Sabbath, Bjork, BERSUIT!!!!!!, BATHORY!!!!!!, Baron Rojo!!!!!!!, Angeles del Infierno!!!!, Avantasia, Deep Purple, Devil Doll, Dimmu Borgir, EDGUY,Slayer Apocalyptica!!!!, Gammma Ray, George Crumb, Kronos Quartet, DANZIG, Beethoven, CANDLEMASS!!, caetano veloso,Celtic Frost, Gotan Project, ICED EARTH, Hammerfall, Hellhammer, Interpol, Inti-Illimani, mercedes sosa, jerry rivera, juan fernando delgadillo, julio jaramillo... & all the latest reggaeton! Oh and also some Cartel de Santa, and many other more I can't remember.

[artiphats]

The Verve had an extended mix to "She's a Superstar" that is one of my favorite tracks to paint to. Kitaro (new age genre) is on the list, depending on my mood I may listen to any hip hop produced by DJ Premier, some of Canibus' stuff just for the crazy lyrics, old stuff from Portishead, Coldplay, Audioslave, Sage Francis, the theme song from Macross Zero (I have several instrumental versions I found online), and a whole bunch of other stuff. I listen to pretty much everything from Classical to New Age to Hip Hop, the only thing I dont like is Country music.

But the Verve, if you can find the 8 minute plus version to "She's a Superstar", give it a listen. The Verve had some great stuff. Oh also Sade, Sweetback, and The Roots.

[Mr. Visions]

It depends on the piece for me, really. Whatever puts me in the mood of my character or setting. I'm a real sucker for movie soundtracks (Batman Begins most recently), but also it the song gets me pumped, that works too (Right now it's Renegades of Funk by RATM). I'm working on a sorta "blue" painting right now, so it's been Jeff Buckley, Seether, and Stonesour for that. Back to jammin' out to work-

- Visions

[cotron]

my recent picks in music have been all over the place...

rjd2
bad brains
lamb of god
american nightmare
the decemberists
the clash
the slackers
talib kweli
bob dylan
aesop rock
gnarls barkley

my shuffle list sounds crazy... :P

[jonton]

my most inspiring bands must have to be -

Boards of Canada
Aphex Twin (selected abient works 2)
Subtle
Kill Bill soundtrack (:D)
Mogwai
Tortoise
65 days of static
explsions in the sky
a silver mount zion
gondspeed! you black emperor
do make say think
sounds of the world ( a random cd i bought)
massive attack
square pusher
jimi hendrix
bob dylan
brian eno

a mix of post rock and electronic music, alot of them inspire me for doing different art for example, godspeed and a silver mount zion inspire me to try and do politcal rough collarge art. where boards of canada and aphex inspire to do the most random mind bending stuff i can try and do.

music is great :D

[invinciblewombat]

it varies week to week but right now:

girl anachronisim - the dresden dolls (just a whole bunch of energy in that song)
star slight - at the drive in
give it a name - at the drive in
honest to a fault - at the drive in (i'm on a huge at the drive in kick right now)
hard fought - kelly bailey (and the rest of the hl2 ost which has alreay been mentioned)
stalker goes to babylon - the pillows (off the flcl ost, don't like much anime music but that soundtrack is pretty boss)
relative ways - ...and you will know us by the trail of dead (white suburban kid rage, yeah!)
sleeper - forget cassettes
march of death - zach de la rocha & dj shadow

[Erilaz]

Harry Gregson-Williams scores (uplifting fast-paced stuff)
Hybrid
Half Life 2 soundtrack (very sweet)
Actually most soundtracks. :)

[Mamoth]

System of a down: for violent/controversial/dark/wierd concepts.
Gorillaz: Almost anything
Wicarocha-Pueblo de priedra (a localy know Peruvian group that do traditional music... bringed it back to Canada from trip): Everything that need to be calm or less impulsive.

[nofingers]

Good drawing music for me is:
Opera and classical music, and my huge library of movie and video game soundtracks. Nobuo Uematsu, John Williams, Basil Poledoris and Danny Elfman are my favs. Music without words are better for me to draw by. The string and piano tributes to Tool are also very good.
(cuz Tool is f 'ing amazing)

[mwillustration]

number one on my list for inspiration is tool for sure.
great for imagining visuals.

i also love the thin red line soundtrack, and the soundtrack to heat.
music from m. night shamylan films really help my visual process too for some reason.
i think all of his films are scored by james newton howard.
most stuff by alan silvestri too.
he's done the score for almost all of robert zemekis' films.

film scores overall are really inspiring...if you get the right ones.

[Dutton]

Recursive End, I was SO hoping I'd be the first one to mention Daedelus! That guy is one of my favorites and is almost always playing when I'm working on moodier pieces, especially the Exquisite Corpse album. Boards of Canada, of course, Prefuse 73, and Elliott Smith when I really need some hauntingly good stuff.
Favorite movie score soundtracks have got to be The Motorcycle Diaries and Punch Drunk Love (though I wish it wasn't so short).

[DMickey]

Where to start, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Evergrey, Into Eternity, Shadow Gallery, Symphony X, Riverside, Justin King, Opeth, Stratavarius, Pagans Mind, Porcupine Tree, SamRoberts, Beatles, James Blunt, BB King, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Marley, Matisyahu - I could continue, its like asking which paintings or illustrations have inspired you - to many.

[GriNGo]

Louis Attaque.

[Simon.Rain]

I never thought Id hear the names Enya and Tool in the same sentence....


HAHAHHHAA, woh man, my mom used to listen to Enya back in 89 so even if she did that sound track from LOTR ( I think) I could not go over from hearing her new age old stuff... sorry

But Tool is good

and Jonton has listed some of my favorite too

Godspeed! you black emperor was probably the best 2 shows I have ever seen and it s amazing music for inspiration

Also

Converge
Velvet underground
Queen of the stone age
80's (not new age 80's)
Interpol

[figure of frgt10]

linkin park

[Scubasteve]

I like Enya for inspiration, DreamTheater, Classic music, New Age or Amibient Techno. Depends greatly on my mood and what Im drawing.

Anybody else here make sound effects why they draw?

[Rascar Capac]

enya...aka lesbian wedding music
and the only thing worse than that: linkin park...aka histrionic rock

sorry guys :D hehe

When i was in art school, the teachers used to put on the new age BS and it drove me nuts, I couldnt concentrate on anything...and heres another, symphonic rock, as in symphonic floyd, symphonic metallica, or metallica being played by a cello quartet, or Megadeath interpreted by two pianos and a harp...music that inspires me to kill.

[invinciblewombat]

Anybody else here make sound effects why they draw?

hell yes, i thought i was the only one who did that, one of my teachers made fun of me for it tho

[Simon.Rain]

and heres another, symphonic rock, as in symphonic floyd, symphonic metallica, or metallica being played by a cello quartet, or Megadeath interpreted by two pianos and a harp...music that inspires me to kill.


ahahhahaa, again... I heard about symphonic metallica but the megadeath played by 2 piano and a harp is way beyond the mind to bear.

Somethings are ment to be mixted but not extreme opposite like an harp and metal...

[eraser]

I'm a long time fan of Nine Inch Nails so that helps me get into it.I also like to listen to sigur ros when I draw

[seba_boi]

I'm a sucker for pianos... I love songs with a catchy piano playing in the background... I'll get berated for saying this, but Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" and Tupac Shakur's "Changes"/Bruce Hornsby's "That's The Way It Is" (also Tupac's "I Ain't Mad Atcha," but that ain't cheezy like the first two) has got some of the catchiest piano backgrounds... I downloaded all the karaoke versions of these three...

I don't wanna spam this thread with lists, but anything by Yoko Kanno from Arjuna to Uncharted Waters is good enough for me...

By the way, the Enya hate is unwarranted on a music inspiration thread... :(

[Snarfevs]

Depends on the mood of the piece, but I mainly draw inspiration from Nine Inch Nails, Hybrid, BT, Tool, Assemblage 23, Delerium.

[Brall]

One word....Meatloaf.

haha, more specifically Paradise by the dashboard light, bat out of hell, shit who am I kidding, and of it is gold.

[Rascar Capac]

By the way, the Enya hate is unwarranted on a music inspiration thread... :(

ok then no more Enya hate -

music that has impired me of late (and Ive mentioned before in other music threads)

Goton Project - lunatico. I listened to some of their past stuff and didnt like it that much but this latest album - maybe because of they're actuall songs (vs just dance/electronica tango beats) is really good

Jacques loussier - take bach and turn it to jazz

Queens of the stone age - Lullabies to paralyze

Natascha atlas's latest album - Mishmaoul

and pretty much everything Beatles

[Crash]

Anyone listen to Industrial synth? Stuff like Frontline assembly? Im starting to really like their stuff.

[Snarfevs]

Anyone listen to Industrial synth? Stuff like Frontline assembly? Im starting to really like their stuff.

Indeed I do.

[Scubasteve]

Movie soundtracks are cool too. Akira & Jurassic Park (part 1) are among some of the better ones I work too.

[GriNGo]

Akira's soundtrack is nice. Now here for some cool music, check out this Romania folk groups: Taraf de Haïdouks & Fanfare Ciocarlia... totally amazing!

[Jabo]

Classical music (movie soundtracks, that is). I can't stand listening to lyrics or modern music when working. Vangelis, Harry Gregson-Williams (Spy-Game, Kingdom Of Heaven), Hans Zimmer (Last Samurai soundtrack, such a blast), James Horner, James Newton Howard, Elliot Goldenthal.

I bought all 4 soundtrack CDs available for the Alien Trilogy. Still waiting for Resurrection tho, it's shipped from California... This movie series has some of the most astonishing music of all time, especially Alien³.

[Recursive_End]

hey jabo!
Do you know Wojciech Kilar ? he did the OST of bram Stoker's Dracula, very nice tracks.

[GriNGo]

for some insane "classical" music check out George Crumb.

[ethernel]

It depends on what I'm working. I'm listening to the music of the LOTR movie trilogy because I'm drawing stuff about the myth of Ragnarok, the dawn of the gods, wich is as epic as LOTR.

When I draw Sci-Fi-like stuff I'm listening to the Matrix revolutions soundtrack. Or Star Wars episode 3 sometimes.

[seba_boi]

I've been listening to two arias from Giacomo Puccini's operas lately--Luciano Pavarotti's (also Andrea Bocelli's) "Nessun Dorma" and Kaoru Nishino's "Madama Butterfly"... And the high notes are just a pinnacle in the human achievement of music... I'm inspired...

[ruzkin]

For me... Mars Volta, Pronobozo, Coheed and Cambria.

[Xelt]

For Creativity
Biodome
De-Phazz
Mum
The Orb
Sigur Ros
Chopin

For Motivation
Queen
Daft Punk
Journey
John Williams

For Energy
Vitalic
The Faint
Bassment Jaxx
System of a Down

For Epic Adventures
Dragonforce

[Konstruktion]

Definitely Blackmetal. I just sing along (sometimes) and draw.

[Calle_]

i sing when i draw ..... ohuouououooo!

[BT2000]

Metal 4 LIfe!

and i quote sarcophagus "Definitely Blackmetal. I just sing along (sometimes) and draw."

nothing more evil or faster than black metal.

[Adrenalinejunky]

Dead Can Dance

[abyss103]

hehehe... this is fun reading.
here is mine:

bonobo, aphex twin, the cinematic orchestra, benevento russo duo, djosos krost, massive attack, depeche mode, boards of canada, four tet, amon tobin, hanne hukkelberg, louis armstrong... -and i could keep on running:)

-r

[Zanconato]

Bonobo is the shizzle.

[J_absinthe]

Hm, I've a vast variety of artists I listen to, it all really depends on the mood I want to convey with the piece.

Marilyn Manson is really a cornerstone for me though; his music reminds me that art should be dangerous and should always be approached in ways that others maybe wouldn't. Same with Bjork.

If it's a more angry, violent piece, in goes some Slayer, Behemoth, Cradle of Filth, etc. If it's somber, then maybe some Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Bjork, Nick Cave, David Bowie; if it's sexy, then Manson, or Peaches, or something groove oriented. I've got a very ecclectic taste, but there are only a certain few artists who actually inspire me to create and aid me in creating.

For anyone looking for inspiration if ever they want to make a somber, morose piece, look no further than Nine Inch Nails' "Still" EP.

[Slaving_maniac]

Blind Guardian and the occasional Avantasia gets me inspired. Iced Earth at times too, but mostly just to enjoy :P

[bunny]

A lot of classical music. There was a really old rendition of Greensleeves that I liked a while ago. Depression cello solos, oh man, those are gold.

Bands? "Godspeed You! Black Emperor" does the brain good. Espeically "dead flag blues". It fuels my post-apocalyptica fascination.

Tool. Because tool kicks ass.
Neutral milk hotel - weeeiirrdd.
Xiuxiu - cute, creepy.
Aphex twin makes me think of Chris Cunningham and his work makes me spooge in my pants.
Edit: OH OH! Nick cave. How could I forget? That morbid Aussie makes me smile :)


And the list goes on...

[CruShTinbOX]

Just a few that I'm pretty into at the moment...

Radiohead (my favorite band)
Pink Floyd
The Flaming Lips
Modest Mouse
My Morning Jacket
Pixies
Sigur Ros (amazing live, go see them if you get the chance)
Supergrass

[A.Cerasoli]

Sublime
Guns N Roses
Blind Melon
Long Beach Dub All Stars

And much more................