I'll chime in with Greenstorm on that-- theme songs definitely help me get in the mood for the character. I don't always play them either-- but if I'm having trouble thinking of how my character should react or act, I find it helps tremendously. Music always seems to be able to get to the core of a character I'm playing. And if something major shifts for the character, their theme song shifts too-- which sort of gives me benchmarks for the character's history. The more volatile the character, the more theme song changes they will go through. I never feel like a character is quite complete, until I know what their music is.
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