Just a short one today: what's the music that you most associate with Fighting Fantasy? For me it is the unmistakable sound of some of the early albums by rock gods Queen. In particular, their second album, the unimaginatively titled but utterly awesome Queen II.
This is one hell of an album, only one weak track on it (can you guess which one I'm thinking of?). I'd like to say that I associate this album with FF because of its epic fantasy theme, but I think it might be more because my older brother was majorly into Queen when I first got into FF and their albums were the constant soundtrack in our bedroom at the time, creating a long-lasting, deep-rooted connection in my mind with the world of Fighting Fantasy (mind you, he was also into Iron Maiden, but I never formed the same attachment to that, nor to Queen's later stuff, which he also played a lot). It's not just this album actually, although it is probably Queen's best IMO; A Night at the Opera (again especially the mystical fantasy themed The Prophet's Song, so maybe there is a fantasy connection after all) and A Day at the Races are both forever linked in my mind with the early years of FF, up to and including Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World. Both great albums, especially A Day at the Races (though there are a couple of duff tracks on there too).
What's the music that most connects with Fighting Fantasy for you?
Good example with Queen II. The song you don't like is probably on the white side, but since I can't recall the titles right now I won't venture any further. There's duff tracks on every Queen albums, but as a fan, I can enjoy even their sillier stuff on good days.
ReplyDeleteAs for my choice of music, I've never associated any with Fighting Fantasy. But if I had to I'd probably go in the same vein as you with some old King Crimson, like Lizard, Island or Lark's Tongues in Aspic.
Some movie soundtracks would be good too.
It certainly is - The Loser in the End. Awful track, stands out like a sore thumb on an otherwise excellent and nicely themed album.
DeleteI'm not actually very familiar with King Crimson, but looking at Wikipedia, they sound about right!
Clannad's 'Legend', the soundtrack to Robin of Sherwood.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, definitely a good one. Especially for playing the Robin Hood gamebooks of course! I'm a big fan of Robin of Sherwood too, especially with Michael Praed.
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