Well I read a lot of George Martin's books over and over anyway because he's a great writer, but some of his chapters really get me in the mood to play a selfish, greedy sellsword, and some make me want to play a noble (which I havn't tackled yet) but as far as music goes, I listen to a lot of John Williams and various other classical composers for good reason, for a mercenary here's what I would be listening to regularly.
Boston Pops - Last of the Mohiccans
Gladiator Score
Origa - Inner Universe and Rise
Trigun Themes - Blue Funk
Kimiko Itoh - Follow Me
Other japanese composers..
those are just to name a few off the top of my head, but throw in some Yani, and older classical like Bach, Beethoven and Mozart are good for any role.
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