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Tag: Folklore
Music to Write Realmgad to: Chanson de Roland
This song tells about a man The ride to destruction With cheerful courage and in hand So he rode deep into enemy territory with a proud army Then his horn Oliphant sounds at the pass of Roncevaux
Recommendation: The Forbidden Kingdom
Actually a pretty good introduction to the wuxia genre.
Music to Write Realmgard to: The Lullaby of Takeda
There is, as far as I can tell, no connection between the song and famous Takeda clan of Feudal-era Japan. The lullaby and the clan are written differently in Japanese.
Recommendation: Ya Boy Kongming!
Known in the original Japanese by the superior title "Kongming of the Party People"
Recommendation: 47 Ronin
10/10 visuals, 5/10 script, Hiroyuki Sanada/10 casting.
Music to Write Realmgard to: The Sunken Cathedral
"Who has not heard of the submerged bells of Ys, and who has not heard them ring in the echoes of his own imagination?"
Recommendation: Tales from the Perilous Realm
The tales themselves aren't particularly perilous…
Music to Write Realmgard to: The Swan of Tuonela
[Melancholy Mythological Bird Noises]
Recommendation: The Chronicles of Prydain
Show. Me. The. Magic. Pig.
