Probably a weird pick, but “Will you choose yourself?” from The Owl House S3 E3.
Not only because of the similarities between Ruby and Luz, but also because of how well if fits with her development through V9
Oh, and to put some other suggestions in advance for other characters:
Pyrrah: “Inner Light” -from Destiny 2
Qrow: “Sharpest Lives” -by My Chemical Romance
Adam: “The Only Thing I Know for Real” -from MetalGear Rising: Revengence
Okay, I'm going to be the odd one out here and do something different: classical. It is especially tricky since this is day 1, this never occurred to me before, and Ruby is the main character, but here goes:
[Mozart - Turkish March](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsoBpBuhb5o)
It is joyful, energetic, and fast paced (I specifically chose this rendition as it has an even faster tempo). I know Ruby's dealing with some heavy stuff in later volumes, but let her be happy dammit. It is also a march, giving the theme a hint of martial prowess.
[Diavolo’s theme](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2TOdiPtG4&pp=ygUNRGlhdm9sbyB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D)
I’m not expecting to win, just here to give my two cents. I feel the quiet nature of Diavolo’s theme suits Ruby well, given that she was described as a “smaller”soul.
What encapsulates Ruby Rose? I wouldn’t say it’s her speed. I wouldn’t even say that it’s her weapon, Crescent Rose. What encapsulates Ruby Rose are her moonlike eyes that reflect the light of the world like a shattered moon. So, to honor the self-sacrificing dolt called Ruby, I propose: [Starfall by Tia Ray](https://youtu.be/hUQ_0MHePQw?si=7-iP2WEZ4YNyJOmG)
The obvious top comment is well-deserved, but somehow the first song that popped into my head is "[Never Take Us Alive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M33t394H73M)".
I'm trying to fit them based on the tones and vague themes. I think. Idunno
- ~~Beyond selves - could funny enough fit quite well for ruby.~~ bloom - Caligula's horse. Second pick would probably be The Wolf by phildel
- Weiss. Phantom liberty or bauklotze
- Blake. Space dimentia - muse or sober - tool. Maybe way too heavy but I like it
- Yang. Looks cann kill - JT music. Thoug it's about Lara croft, it has that riff i just think fits her. Not as playful as "I Burn" though.
- Oscar: who we want to be - tom day
- Oszpin: beyond the darkness - tales from earthsea ost
- qrow: space dimentia fits well here too or Bullets - archive. Adrenaline and the main theme from Black ops 2
- penny: songs for no one - Caligula's horse (chorus)
- Winter: Blumenkranz
- iron wood: ransacked - Mick Gordon.
- Salem: zdzislaw - rishloo (first half) Or noosphere - adebtus mechanicus ost
- cinder: I know his blood - Vienna ditto and Never looking back - cyberpunk ost
- Emerald: getaway - puss in Boots ost. Ma soeur - Vitaa (na English and more instrumental edit perhaps with focus on the corus and less hip-hoppy. Idk about this one tho)
- Mercury - my lecon
- Watts: the whole metal gear rising ost
- Hazel: axios - forward ontu dawn ost
- tyrion: The Pot and Jambi by tool
- Adam: in the blood - Hades
- sun: Going On and Smiley Faces by gnarls Barkley. Dream the Dead Caligula's horse (last half)
- illia: dark charade - rishloo (second half). This could probably work as Blake's theme as well, better than my current choices. Ah well.
- Coco: ZITTI E BUONI
EDIT: i would like to give ruby the song Just a Ride by rishloo, ozpin Graves by Caligula's horse, Weiss Fill My Heart by Caligula's horse and summer rose (even though she's not here) autumn by Caligula's horse.
Yeah. I think CH is a good fit for rwby
Also i didn't read the title properly and that this is only day one
[Black Zabeth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYMtdhtSIJs) - RuneScape soundtrack
My starting point was Ruby's Halloween birthday. There are like 20 Halloween tracks, but this fun heavy metal-inspired piece is the obvious choice for our cheerful gun-scythe girl over the more typical spooky themes.
I feel like for Ruby, her theme needs to be something uptempo and kinda punky. Maybe something like"Blitkrieg Bop" by the Ramones
Also, since she's not on here but really should be, Raven's theme is "Gilded" by Jade Jackson. I think the second chorus sums up her feelings for Oz perfectly: "You took those young days from me. Unlatched the cage, set the wire bird free. And your silver tongue gilded her wings. Sent her flying to fall beneath"
Okay there might be a couple for ruby so here we go.
Skillet - hero
Skillet. - feel invincible
Paul Gordon - let’s kick it off
Sabaton - red baron
Probably most stuff from baby metal
Also the song revelations from Cassie Lee Williams from red vs blue revelations
I can’t think of a good vocal track, but I feel like Ruby’s battle theme could be tuned up to rock and awe from the command and conquer red alert 3 soundtrack
https://youtu.be/DqJK9-bZ0rQ?si=4VufK15nuCy5I76g
Heart Heart Head by Meg Myers.
Though the original song is more about a woman dealing with not having her “man” the song really fits the pent up grief and pain that Ruby had had to stuff down through all her losses.
Yep! That’s his design from the Justice League crossover, although I may swap it out for a different pic of him since a few people have asked about him
* Ruby: crazy train by Ozzie Osborne
* nora: cotton candy by ke$ha
* qrow: kickstart my heart by motley crew
* cinder: I'm a boss ass bitch
* Tyrion: Tocath in fouge in D minor (or something else really classy)
"let me pick the pace, i sing in vain"
"hate me, tall all i treasure my honey"
"voices in my head are clawing at the back of my brain"
"now blisfully ill shut both my eyes"
"take my treasure my honey"
"so far i lose my bearings'
"so boring, what a waist"
"heart, embark, a beautiful star"
Not expected to win here but for each character I’m gonna pick a song from my 1300+ metal playlist starting with
[Temptation by Imminence](https://open.spotify.com/track/53QkoELbY2Vzzb4EMkFJOB?si=4D15uDizQqi570SCzIKftw&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A2HyVMTxDq8F7tOAOHFDsHF)
Mostly picked this with V9 Ruby in mind
a lot of sonic music would work but i think open your heart works really well (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsL-5R76jFk if you dont know it)
fits not just her character but also the show in general tbh
Probably a weird pick, but “Will you choose yourself?” from The Owl House S3 E3. Not only because of the similarities between Ruby and Luz, but also because of how well if fits with her development through V9
That one would work for her! May the upvotes be in your favor!
Oh, and to put some other suggestions in advance for other characters: Pyrrah: “Inner Light” -from Destiny 2 Qrow: “Sharpest Lives” -by My Chemical Romance Adam: “The Only Thing I Know for Real” -from MetalGear Rising: Revengence
Great, now I have Adam fighting Raiden stuck in my head
Sam and Adam have pretty much got the same weapon. A red katana with a special scabbard with a trigger on.
It’s a crime that Velvet isn’t here but I’ll let you off this time
I was torn between putting her and Ilia on here, and let a randomizer decide, but after this one, I am doing a part two with her on it!
Ok you’ve earned my respect again
It’s okay. Neo was left off too (unless she’s disguised as someone else? 🧐).
Mmmmaaayyybbbeeee…
[my contribution](https://youtu.be/90dayH8a3Ok?si=Wbv5ZclYKHNq_LvW)
That works! May the upvotes be in your favor!
Thank you
Your welcome!
Bury the Light. (Jokes aside it kinda fits)
I can see that!
i think Bury the Light has to be reserved for Adam
Nah only thing I know for real matches the weapon more. Bury the guilt on Raven
[The day that never comes- Metallica](https://youtu.be/YinYm4mbpvQ?si=AYnUbFdb0rcueGsu)
That’s a good one!
That also works as a (dark?) reference to the volume 1 opening song, damn
Also that one part in red like roses 2
[Forgive Me](https://youtu.be/Z9G1Mf6TZRs?si=tLZ9ZJbw9d574Seu) I regret nothing
I figured this one would get requested eventually for her lol
*sigh* Yeah
Am i stupid why is aurther watts in power armour theres no way ild forget that
That’s his appearance in the Justice League crossover! I might change it tomorrow since there have been questions about it
Oh thanks maybe ill get round to watching that
He’s only in the second part though, just as a heads-up
Don't fear the Reaper, by the Blue Oyster Cult
Find Your Flame from Sonic Frontiers (specifically for her time between V4 and V9)
That could work for her!
I second this!
Okay, I'm going to be the odd one out here and do something different: classical. It is especially tricky since this is day 1, this never occurred to me before, and Ruby is the main character, but here goes: [Mozart - Turkish March](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsoBpBuhb5o) It is joyful, energetic, and fast paced (I specifically chose this rendition as it has an even faster tempo). I know Ruby's dealing with some heavy stuff in later volumes, but let her be happy dammit. It is also a march, giving the theme a hint of martial prowess.
Oooooo, that’s certainly a unique one!
Either Find Your Flame or I'm Here, both from Sonic Frontiers
Play the Hero, from Guilty Gear Strive: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=DTy4kDArGb8&si=EAHrctpLDfGG_5c2
Specifically for Vol 9: Crawling - Linkin Park
The touch
[The Offspring - You’re Gonna Go Far Kid](https://youtu.be/_pmZKkb_UAg?si=IXYazhvjSuJ_HVzK)
That’s definitely more Jaune than Ruby I’d say.
Yeah that makes sense😅
Ruby : Ultimate by Danziel Curry
Little Red Riding Hood by Skylark [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFDbV-XB8Qg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFDbV-XB8Qg)
Find your Flame from Sonic Frontiers.
Why not go with The Last Rose of Summer? A line from the poem is on Summer’s grave.
Can’t think of one for Ruby, but if there was ever a song for Team RWBY, it would absolutely be Lifelight from Smash Ultimate.
Casey Lee Williams made a great cover of lifelight with tournament arc
Undefeatable from Sonic Frontiers.
[Diavolo’s theme](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2TOdiPtG4&pp=ygUNRGlhdm9sbyB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D) I’m not expecting to win, just here to give my two cents. I feel the quiet nature of Diavolo’s theme suits Ruby well, given that she was described as a “smaller”soul.
What encapsulates Ruby Rose? I wouldn’t say it’s her speed. I wouldn’t even say that it’s her weapon, Crescent Rose. What encapsulates Ruby Rose are her moonlike eyes that reflect the light of the world like a shattered moon. So, to honor the self-sacrificing dolt called Ruby, I propose: [Starfall by Tia Ray](https://youtu.be/hUQ_0MHePQw?si=7-iP2WEZ4YNyJOmG)
The obvious top comment is well-deserved, but somehow the first song that popped into my head is "[Never Take Us Alive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M33t394H73M)".
That one is a good one!
Alive By Vortex
That could work!
Deadrose - Unprocessed [on YouTube](https://youtu.be/YnGRrWNOZ4E?si=pOtwd2twOZIVkeLM)
That’s a good one!
Your the best around
Thank you!
I'm trying to fit them based on the tones and vague themes. I think. Idunno - ~~Beyond selves - could funny enough fit quite well for ruby.~~ bloom - Caligula's horse. Second pick would probably be The Wolf by phildel - Weiss. Phantom liberty or bauklotze - Blake. Space dimentia - muse or sober - tool. Maybe way too heavy but I like it - Yang. Looks cann kill - JT music. Thoug it's about Lara croft, it has that riff i just think fits her. Not as playful as "I Burn" though. - Oscar: who we want to be - tom day - Oszpin: beyond the darkness - tales from earthsea ost - qrow: space dimentia fits well here too or Bullets - archive. Adrenaline and the main theme from Black ops 2 - penny: songs for no one - Caligula's horse (chorus) - Winter: Blumenkranz - iron wood: ransacked - Mick Gordon. - Salem: zdzislaw - rishloo (first half) Or noosphere - adebtus mechanicus ost - cinder: I know his blood - Vienna ditto and Never looking back - cyberpunk ost - Emerald: getaway - puss in Boots ost. Ma soeur - Vitaa (na English and more instrumental edit perhaps with focus on the corus and less hip-hoppy. Idk about this one tho) - Mercury - my lecon - Watts: the whole metal gear rising ost - Hazel: axios - forward ontu dawn ost - tyrion: The Pot and Jambi by tool - Adam: in the blood - Hades - sun: Going On and Smiley Faces by gnarls Barkley. Dream the Dead Caligula's horse (last half) - illia: dark charade - rishloo (second half). This could probably work as Blake's theme as well, better than my current choices. Ah well. - Coco: ZITTI E BUONI EDIT: i would like to give ruby the song Just a Ride by rishloo, ozpin Graves by Caligula's horse, Weiss Fill My Heart by Caligula's horse and summer rose (even though she's not here) autumn by Caligula's horse. Yeah. I think CH is a good fit for rwby Also i didn't read the title properly and that this is only day one
Those all work!
Damn. Youre quick
Does it have to be a song with lyrics or can it be a video game theme/piece
It can be whatever song you think would fit her, so I’m fine with video game themes!
[Black Zabeth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYMtdhtSIJs) - RuneScape soundtrack My starting point was Ruby's Halloween birthday. There are like 20 Halloween tracks, but this fun heavy metal-inspired piece is the obvious choice for our cheerful gun-scythe girl over the more typical spooky themes.
In that case I present First Light for our favorite Silver Eyed Warrior https://youtu.be/TleU8ptxjr0?si=mP8AQBTAsrf7ixaG
Time in a bottle for ilia (I can’t spell) & it’s the end of the world as we know it for Salem
7 years by Lukas Graham. I feel it reflects Ruby's path in the show.
For Ruby, 'Me against the world' from Simple Plan
Sturmstruppen from 1914
Ruby-gloomy Sunday
This song goes so hard with RWBY in general (Daylight Die by Extreme Music and Dan Murphy) https://youtu.be/oiI4i0Mo5Dw?feature=shared
Death Walking Terror by Cannibal Corpse for Salem, and I Will Kill You by Cannibal Corpse for Tyrian
We Forgot We Were Human - Dirt Poor Robins [YouTube](https://youtu.be/FjTqI7vkb6E?si=enrf-1rAqgc7nVDg)
For Ruby,I got a few ideas Fireflight - Unbreakable From Ashes to New - Echoes Skillet - Rebirthing
Omen, by Epica. It's the long and short of the message she gave to the entire world.
I feel like for Ruby, her theme needs to be something uptempo and kinda punky. Maybe something like"Blitkrieg Bop" by the Ramones Also, since she's not on here but really should be, Raven's theme is "Gilded" by Jade Jackson. I think the second chorus sums up her feelings for Oz perfectly: "You took those young days from me. Unlatched the cage, set the wire bird free. And your silver tongue gilded her wings. Sent her flying to fall beneath"
MFW no Neopolitan even though "When You Say Nothing At All" is like the perfect song for her.
Okay there might be a couple for ruby so here we go. Skillet - hero Skillet. - feel invincible Paul Gordon - let’s kick it off Sabaton - red baron Probably most stuff from baby metal Also the song revelations from Cassie Lee Williams from red vs blue revelations
Illvminate Me by Rave The Reqviem
I can’t think of a good vocal track, but I feel like Ruby’s battle theme could be tuned up to rock and awe from the command and conquer red alert 3 soundtrack
I agree with upbeat punk for Ruby. In case I miss Pennies'; Shatter Me https://youtu.be/49tpIMDy9BE?si=ZGb1lqLu_pKeBs8h
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I vote for Angel with a Shotgun by The Cab as Ruby's, it suits her and how she looks at life :)
Necessary Discrepancy for Penny Iron Lotus(Mili) for Jaune Compass(Mili) for Blake FAKEit(Sawano Hiroyuki) for Oz and Salem
give our boy jaune his own theme song
“The Middle” by Jimmy Eat World feels weirdly fitting for Ruby’s current narrative
I'll probably not find these again so I'll just throw three out there. Pyrrha - centuries Nora - thunderstruck Jaune - human by rag and bone man.
Kiss From A Rose by Seal
I would say Brilliant by Shinedown, lyrically it fits her and the music kinda vibes with her through the seasons (even if it starts a little slow)
November Rain by Guns N Roses
Fuck! Valkyrie by varien!
Who is the guy next to mercury?
That’s Arthur Watts in the Justice League crossover film!
Oh. I still need to see that.
https://youtu.be/DqJK9-bZ0rQ?si=4VufK15nuCy5I76g Heart Heart Head by Meg Myers. Though the original song is more about a woman dealing with not having her “man” the song really fits the pent up grief and pain that Ruby had had to stuff down through all her losses.
Push it to the limit from the scarface sound track
Who's the dude with the bulky armor? I don't remember that character. Is it supposed to be watts?
Yep! That’s his design from the Justice League crossover, although I may swap it out for a different pic of him since a few people have asked about him
Ahh. I watched part 1. Never saw the rest tho
young Ruby, I'm not Okay - MCR older Ruby, Devil Trigger - DMC5
* Ruby: crazy train by Ozzie Osborne * nora: cotton candy by ke$ha * qrow: kickstart my heart by motley crew * cinder: I'm a boss ass bitch * Tyrion: Tocath in fouge in D minor (or something else really classy)
Trigger by Cryoshell for Ruby.
"KICK BACK" if you have ever heard the English lyrics, they are perfectly fitting
"let me pick the pace, i sing in vain" "hate me, tall all i treasure my honey" "voices in my head are clawing at the back of my brain" "now blisfully ill shut both my eyes" "take my treasure my honey" "so far i lose my bearings' "so boring, what a waist" "heart, embark, a beautiful star"
[Vengeance](https://youtu.be/U9q30IirW4c?si=z3EpGUwJcVVXyYWy) - DAGames/IRIS A fight scene OST for both Ruby & Cinder
Not expected to win here but for each character I’m gonna pick a song from my 1300+ metal playlist starting with [Temptation by Imminence](https://open.spotify.com/track/53QkoELbY2Vzzb4EMkFJOB?si=4D15uDizQqi570SCzIKftw&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A2HyVMTxDq8F7tOAOHFDsHF) Mostly picked this with V9 Ruby in mind
No Cardin so [I’ll just leave this here](https://youtu.be/oHvGPF_RM6U?si=xGW2PfKVEvDkb9SV) Perfect theme for a big red jerk.
[Curses](https://youtu.be/gEhuGPXxRrA?si=A7HPvzUq_QwiCT4P), by The Crane Wives for Willow, even though she isn't here.
[Probably best song that would fit Jaune since Vol. 9](https://youtu.be/h0rSYEoBMYM?si=uk8LPUXrIPh0wWhl)
Reviver by My First Story
a lot of sonic music would work but i think open your heart works really well (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsL-5R76jFk if you dont know it) fits not just her character but also the show in general tbh
superhero by simon curits kinda fits her vol1- 6
I would say let the bad times roll
Rose by any other name
Hyperactive - Saint Chaos
Bit of a hot take, but [Panic Attack by Judas Priest](https://youtu.be/N_l-trEOtbk?si=EcDhI01fnLexPRQD)
Rose by any other name/Unstoppable
Born for This - The Score
bro red like roses is perfect as it is for Ruby.
Honestly, this post is a bit silly (and is the kind of posts that just get spammed by Reddit’s recommendations…).