A theme song for every champion. (Part 1)
Riot has been coming out with some pretty impressive music lately. Unfortunately, they can't give the same treatment to every champ, and, only in the past couple years have champs been coming out with theme songs. So, lets fix this, shall we?
The point of this thread is to try to give each champ a song that fits with their personality. Quite a few of them will come form Riot because, lets face it, there are some songs Riot has made that was perfectly crafted for the champ (like Diana's).
Some of these you may not agree with, which is fine. It can be kind of hard to find a song that properly fits a champion, since, no one listens to every song ever made. If you think you have a better suggestion for a song than one I list, feel to tell me, and I'll replace my choice.
Aatrox
Song: God of War 2 Main Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVljywxAjH0
Now, Aatrox does have his own theme song from Riot, but, to be honest, its kind of......meh. So, I thought I'd give him something better.
Ahri
Song: Journey to the West from Princess Mononoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JeAW2Y_AeY
Ahri is tough to find a theme song for, which might sound surprising. That said, I think I may have found something that fits, and how lucky she is for it to be coming from one the greatest movies ever made.
Suggestion by Fate Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJInGGAPZgI
Akali
Song: Akame Ga Kill Opening Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEjTWgB64Qs
Before any of you come running at me with your pitchforks, allow to clear some things up. First, I don't really play Akali, and her lore is in a weird state right now. So, I'm not sure if I should go for something a bit more tragic, or something a bit more hard core like this. Also, I don't watch too much anime. In fact, the only anime I have really ever truly watched is RWBY, Avatar; The Last Airbender (if you consider that anime) and movies from Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away is one of my favorite movies of all time). So, cut me a little slack if I'm dead wrong on this.
From the little amount I know of this show, it seems as if the opening for it not only sounds like it would fit Akali, but looks like it too.
Alistar
Song: Gladiator Main Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t_4BL1TXbw
Even though Ali himself is kind of a meme, his lore is actually kind of tragic. He is, essentially, a gladiator. So, what better to way to illustrate this than by using the song from the movie itself?
Amumu
Song: The Curse of the Sad Mummy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY6SlRK5SIo
And we finally come to the first Riot developed song. Thing is, Amumu is one of the first champs to ever be released for this game, so, he never came with a theme song. However, the musicians at Riot wanted to make a song for a champ that doesn't have one, just for the hell of it. After several months, this work of art was released, and I'm certain you can't find anything that suits Mumu better.
Anivia
Song: X-Men The last Stand: Jean Grey Theme - Dark Phoenix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUUBjA7yyRQ
Yes, I know, the movie sucked, but the music is actually pretty good. Yes, I know Anivia is a "cryophoenix" and not a classic phoenix. Yes, I know Anivia isn't inherently evil.
With all that said, I still think this fits her quite well. I was thinking of using Riot's Freljord theme (the same song you hear when queueing up for an ARAM match), but I think that fits a different champ better. We'll get to that.
Annie
Song: Ring around the Rosie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKI2gOawEPA
For those of you that don't know, Ring around the Rosie actually represents the Black Death. You can look it all up, but, the background to this song is not a bright one, which is why I chose a creepy version (if you just look up "ring around the rosie" on Youtube, you'll find a bunch of toddler videos).
So, a creepy kids song all about death as a theme song for a 4 year old Pyromaniac? Sounds good to me.
Ashe
Song: Little Birthday Girl/Your own bow from Brave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_4kdKZYn1U
There is alot of music from Brave that you could use for Ashe. Thankfully, though, since not too many people want to sit through an hour long video, I think the first 2 pieces from this, called "Little Birthday Girl" and "Your own Bow" respectively fit Ashe the best out of everything. Just listen to the first few minutes of this video, and you'll know what I mean.
Aurelion Sol
Song: Aurelion Sol Login Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApCoJeatwac
Some of these will be really easy. Since ASol is one of our newest champs on the roster, Riot gave him his own theme song, and, evidently, it fits very well.
Don't you agree?
Azir
Song: Rise of the Ascended
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smNA_BYDODU
Azir, too, has his own song.
Bard
Song: Bard Login Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWHmgob5FDA
Sure, you might be able to find an actual song for Bard......but this is Bard we're talking about. I don't think anyone but Riot can truly make a song that fits him. I mean......he's Bard.
Blitzcrank
Song: Mr Roboto by Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cShYbLkhBc
You had to have seen this one coming. In my opinion, I do think that there is a song out there that could fit Blitz better than this, but, it will have to do for now.
Brand
Song: It's the End of the World by R.E.M.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
Surprisingly, Brand is the only character in League with truly apocalyptic goals. Not even the Void monsters have that (they're normally focused on just one thing.......which is mostly eating). He would like nothing more than to see Runterra burn to a crisp......and continue burning for all eternity. So, why not give him a song that's all about the world ending?
I'm splitting this into several posts, that way not any single thread gets too long. Expect Part 2 out shortly.
Now I was gonna link that Jem season 3 intro song but I found this and I can't stop laughing. Best Taric song ever.