Yes, I use Lord of the Rings: The Shire Theme (Concerning Hobbits) Epic Version by Samuel Kim.
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Seems like I'd condition myself to hate that song.
That's exactly what happens lol
Yup. I tried it because it sounded like a pleasant way to wake up. Instead I just started hating some of my favorite songs.
When I was in my teens I used Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, by Led Zeppelin as my alarm, over 15 years later and I can't help but feel like I'm being yanked out of dead sleep every time I hear it.
This.
Now I just have a generic alarm signal because I would like to keep enjoying the music I like
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Vanessa Carlton's "A thousand miles", mostly for the piano part at the beginning.
Not to mention it’s an absolute banger
austin powers theme.
That's a pretty groovy tune
Concerning Hobbits. I picked it to try to set the tone for the day, and it usually works. I'm not a morning person so this is about as good as I can get.
Luke Skywalker's theme from Star Wars: A New Hope.
I use FM radio for a random song or ad to wake me up. It's the only time I hear the radio on purpose.
No
I had devil dogs by sabaton as my alarm for a while because all the instruments come in at once and it would jolt me awake.
Yeah, I use The Ecstacy of Gold from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. It starts quietly and peacefully so doesn't startle me but builds to a crescendo which guarantees my awake attention.
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I use the radio, so that I don't get conditioned to hate one specific song, but still have something more pleasant than an alarm tone (which I'd also grow to hate)
No, right now I'm using the Star Trek TOS bosun's whistle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkx1hWs88Ek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnFv-vlroPw
I have others for other alarms. I set multiple so that I can gauge on who I want to be for the day.
sometimes I want to be Donnie Azoff, most the time I want to be almost unemployed.
"Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine. Not that I wish to imply you have been sleeping on the job. No one is more deserving of a rest. And all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until... well, let's just say your hour has come again. The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and smell the ashes."
That followed by ‘marc rebillet - wake up’
Nine Inch Nails - The Frail
A++ would wake up again
I've learned to use a shuffled playlist to wake up. Different song each day, but pulled from my liked songs.
Now if I can just figure out how to make that happen with Home Assistant instead of Google's bullshit assistant.
My body is now cursed, so 99% I wake up before my alarm.
For the first alarm, I use the default iPhone setting. For the second emergency alarm, I use Entombment of a Machine by Job For A Cowboy. I already wore that song out the better part of 20 years ago and it's guaranteed to wake you up every time
Yeah job for a cowboy would have me getting up to turn that shit off real fast
Lmao I wake up in a fucking rage any time I let it get that far
Just changed it recently to Init by NIN (Tron Ares soundtrack). YouTube
This soundtrack kicks so much ass on its own that I almost don’t want to watch the movie and understand the context
I will tell you that the soundtrack alone tells a story without a doubt, having listened to it at least a hundred times on repeat. After seeing the movie, all the pieces fit perfectly.
I know others are complaining about the movie and maybe that is dissuading you, but fuck 'em. I don't pay much mind to others opinions because most people like to play follow the leader and not think for themselves. It's a great movie and I'm going to see it again before it leaves theaters.
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Monody by TheFatRat
I love his work especially with Laura Brehm and this one specifically has a nice slow build without any vocals for a while which I find more pleasant to wake up to.
I have a Garmin fitness watch that only vibrates to wake me up. It’s mildly annoying since it is not as gentle as my old Apple Watch from many years ago. The Apple Watch’s vibration alarm felt like a finger gently tapping my wrist. It was a nice way to gently wake up without disturbing my partner. My Garmin watch vibrates entirely on the lowest setting. I can also hear it audibly vibrate, too.
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I use the middle chorus from Gloryhammer's Masters of the Galaxy, and it's worked really well for a while. But I'm thinking of changing it to the opening of Powerman 5000's Bombshell
Nope. I still have From LA to New York etched into my brain in bile and loathing from it playing on a cheap crappy clock-radio alarm I had when it was first released in '76 or whenever. Actually waking up to that song probably only happened a couple of times, but it was enough. I found that I preferred the brain-piercing built in alarm to having any other songs or drivelling DJs hypnogogically imprinting themselves.
These days I have either birdsong or Tibetan chimes instead.
I use Your New Morning Alarm by Marc Rebillet
City of the dead by The Rasmus.
No. I have to make it the loudest, most unpleasant sound I can find otherwise it does not work.
No, my alarm simultaneously vibrates on my wrist and plays jungle birdsong sounds, gradually increasing in volume, which is a really nice way to wake up.
The game is to get up and turn it off before the bass can kick in and wake the neighbours.
I use sleep as android and have it set to pull from a web radio. My brain used to tune out any song/ringtone I set for an alarm in about a week. No longer an issue when it's always a different track.
Tbh the vibration motor in modern smart phones has been an absolute game changer, the sound doesn't really matter as long as it's a softer sound that still is an alarm. But even semi decent vibration motors in phones are leaps and bounds better than the best of early android phones, it's like someone is tapping me through the mattress, I wake right up.
Caramelldansen, the Caramella Girls version.
I used to, but it kinda ruined the song lmao. Everytime I heard it after that I felt alerted
The Sir Digby Chicken Caesar song
The To These Gods You Cannot Pray monologue from Hellblade
And if you really need to wake up, this sound effect can be very effective
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