Theme Tune
Season 1
The first 17 episodes of season 1 feature a spooky harpsichord and strings styled theme tune, credited in the episode descriptions to Emily Rocheleau.
In episodes 18 and 19, after Abby joined as a player, the opening music changed to solo piano with a moody intro leading into a jaunty main theme, credited in the episode descriptions to Abigail Cross (sometimes credited as "Ab-Bowie Cross"). The jaunty piano theme was used as the outro music too. In episode 20 the opening music featured the same moody piano into, but the jaunty piano was replaced by a jaunty accordion/concertina playing in the style of an eastern European folk tune. The jaunty piano was kept as the outro music, and it stayed that way for the next 140-odd episodes, until the end of season 1.
Speaking about her theme especially for this wiki, Abby kindly provided the following, via the PFD community discord:
"When I first learned the title of the podcast was Pork Fried Dice, my brain immediately turned to that most juvenile and delightful of two-finger piano ditties, "Chopsticks". But the spirit of the tune seemed too spritely for Ravenloft, so I decided to slow it down several hundred notches and overlay a minor mode, with a nod to, perhaps, a cheap knock-off version of a Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody?... Tongue was firmly placed in cheek, as usual. I had even more fun doing a version of it for accordion!"
Season 2
The theme tune for season 2 is an instrumental version of Abby's original song Under the Shelter of Steed Corral, which featured in episode 171: So You Guys Are Gonna Be The Balloons Now? when the cast attempted to sing it together over video chat. The results were.... mixed.
The origin of the song was something that Greg said in the season 1 episode 109: But Are the Bees Hot? The party were on their way to the Amber Temple, navigating a path which clung to the mountainside. When Eric was telling the group they could walk single-file, Abby was worried about how Steed would traverse this dangerous road. She then realised that Raphina and Lank could happily walk underneath him. "Protect you from falling rocks." says Alex. "A convenient shelter." agrees Abby. Greg suggests "We could take turns carrying each other and each one, while being carried, could take a short rest. Under the shelter of Steed Corral." Abby suggested this would be a great refrain to a folk song. I'm not writing it right now." KT says she has to do it and Eric says that can be her homework for next week.
The lyrics to the song are:
Because I am little I go where I please
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
Drinking my twig tea and eating peace cheese
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
It might rain down boulders, it might rain down rain
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
But nary a pebble shall strike my brain
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
If Lank fits the contours of Batthwack’s leg
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
I'll stay here alone with my nest of eggs
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
Victor continues to whine and to bitch
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
I hope that he never becomes a lich
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
We have to hike single file up this hill
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
The least pleased of any of course is Will
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
We travel this pass round the mountain pass
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
And all Will can see is this horse’s ass!
Under the shelter of Steed Corral
Featured Music
The following are lists of music referred to in the podcast. Sometimes these are just references made by the cast during play, but occasionally listeners are treated to a recap performed to the tune of a well known song, but with the lyrics changed.
Season 1
| Song Title | Original Artist | Notes | Cast Member | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakety Sax (from The Benny Hill Show) | Boots Randolph | Suggested as a soundtrack to various imagined farcical mishaps with Ismark and Ireena's father's coffin | Eric | 14: The Attempted Pike Poke |
| Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) | Alan Menken / Howard Ashman | Suggested when Will is handing out dream pastries. Greg says "I'm imagining the beginning of Beauty and the Beast where everyone's popping out of their windows." KT: "There goes that weird man with his bag like always!" Eric: "...With his bag of drug pies!" Greg: "...Bag of children!" | Greg / KT / Eric | 16: How's the Sentence Happening? |
| 100-1000 Questions (from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire) | Keith Strachan | Eric's regular call to arms for the players! | Eric | 17: Village of Bologna (first appearance) |
| The Bare Necessities | Bruce Reitherman, Phil Harris | When the group are intimidated by a flock of ravens, Abby suggests Batthwack rub his shell on the tree, "Like The Bare Necessities" says KT. | KT | 19: Does Anybody Have A Tent? |
| Never Gonna Give You Up | Rick Astley | This was the song that Goran sang to try and charm the ravens into leaving them alone. | Jose | 19: Does Anybody Have A Tent? |
Season 2
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| Song Title | Original Artist | Notes | Cast Member | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Reveille" bugle call | Anon | Eric's wake up call to the players for the first few episodes of season 2 | Eric | 164: A Star Trek-Themed Campaign |
| The Good Ship Lollipop | Shirley Temple | Recap song parody | Eric | 167: Amazing Jewel. Ry. Piece. Of. Artifact. |
| My Favourite Things (from The Sound of Music) | Julie Andrews | Recap song parody | KT | 169: Schrödinger's Grandma |
| Under The Shelter of Steed Corral | Abby! | An entirely original, old Barovian folk tune | Abby | 171: So You Guys Are Gonna Be The Balloons Now? |
| Lorelei | Styx | Greg refers to the song after an NPC of the same name was mentioned | Greg | 174: 37 YEARS! |
| Wayne's World Theme | Mike Myers, Dana Carvey | The theme featured briefly at the beginning of a whole Wayne's World recap parody | Eric | 176: Will's Never Met a Trout OR a God |
| Waterfalls | TLC | KT references the song when Eric says the group are ''talking waterfalls" | KT | 177: You're The Best Turtle I Know |
| Get Me to the Church on Time (from My Fair Lady) | Stanley Holloway | KT references the song when Will asks Batthwack to deliver him to Tivoli: "Get me to Tivoli on time!" | KT | 177: You're The Best Turtle I Know |
| Brave Sir Robin | Monty Python | KT and Eric are immediately put in mind of this song when Greg suggests Batthwack should play a fife while walking behind Will (as his bodyguard) | KT and Eric | 178: It's a Good Thing Raphina Is a Notary |
| Morning Mood (from "Peer Gynt", Op. 23) | Edvard Grieg | Eric hums the opening tune to this when the sun rises after the first night the party realise they can't sleep. | Eric | 178: It's a Good Thing Raphina Is a Notary |
| Going Up The Country | Canned Heat | Recap song parody | Eric | 180: Nobody Could Be Happy In a Cave |
| Gaston (from Beauty and the Beast) | Alan Menken / Howard Ashman | Speaking of the shock news that Brom was a dwarf, KT said "How would I know that? He looks like Gaston!" Later Alex wrote in his notes about eating five dozen eggs, a reference to this song. | Alex | 181: All The Diagnoses Are Just Gonna Be Episode Titles |
| Pinball Wizard | The Who | Abby mentions the song after Raphina (disguised as a lizard baby) bounces around the room like a pinball lizard! | Abby | 182: The Number One Unspoken Rule of Pork Fried Dice |
| The Water Is Wide | Trad. | One of the songs on Mo's album that sponsored this episode, Now That's What I Call Music: Lizardfolk Songs, Volume One, was "The Water Is Wide And We Built A Lair Underneath It" | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| Puff, the Magic Dragon | Peter, Paul and Mary | Another song from Mo's album of lizardfolk songs: "Puff The Magic Dragon Is My Cousin" | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| The Times They Are A-Changin' | Bob Dylan | Another song from Mo's album of lizardfolk songs: "For The Most Times We Are A-Raging" | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| The Sound of Silence | Simon & Garfunkel | Another song from Mo's album of lizardfolk songs: "The Sound of Violence (It’s the perfect lullaby since we love to kick our children around)" | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| If I Were A Carpenter | Tim Hardin | Another song from Mo's album of lizardfolk songs: "If I Were A Carpenter I Wouldn’t Have To Eat Pickled Snakes" | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| Tangled up in Blue | Bob Dylan | Another song from Mo's album of lizardfolk songs: "Tangled Up In A Blue Luminescent Lobster Claw" | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| This Land is Your Land | Trad. | Another song from Mo's album of lizardfolk songs: "This Land Is Our Land Stay Out Or We Stab You" | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| Leaving on a Jet Plane | John Denver | Another song from Mo's album of lizardfolk songs: "Leaving On A Jet Plane Because People Keep Stabbing Me" | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song) | Trad. | Another song from Mo's album of lizardfolk songs: "If I Had Hammer I Would Still Choose Knife So I Could Stab You" | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| Scarborough Fair | Trad. | Another song from Mo's album of lizardfolk songs: "Are You Going To Chilchirah’s Lair? (and the answer to that song is yes, we go to Chilchirah’s lair to stab and gut and eat!)" | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| Take a Chance on Me | ABBA | Abby used the phrase "somebody took a chance" and Eric played in the song! | Eric | 183: Rank the Taste of These Meats |
| Hot Blooded | Foreigner | When KT heard the beginning of Eric's backing track for his Revolution parody, they thought it was this song! | KT | 184: Stonesaw Chainsaw |
| Revolution | The Beatles | Recap song parody | Eric | 184: Stonesaw Chainsaw |
| Save The Best For Last | Vanessa Williams | KT's candidate for a recap song parody | KT | 189: We Do Not Dip Our Toes Into The Cheese |
| 1812 Overture (Finale) | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Hummed by Greg after Eric plays the cannon sound effect to stop the arguing over who's doing their recap first | Greg | 190: Apothecary Dictionary |
| River | Joni Mitchell | Recap song parody | Abby | 190: Apothecary Dictionary |
| Row Row Row Your Boat | Eliphalet Oram Lyte | Recap song parody | KT | 190: Apothecary Dictionary |
| Under The Sea (from The Little Mermaid) | Samuel E. Wright | Recap song parody | Eric | 190: Apothecary Dictionary |
| Mr. Cellophane (from Chicago) | Barney Martin | Recap song parody | KT | 194: Pineapples and Foreign Policy |
| The Best | Tina Turner | I had to include this one... A Ko-Fi thank you song for me! | KT and Eric | 195: Open Up and Eat the Rainbow! |
| Particle Man | They Might Be Giants | Recap song parody | Abby | 195: Open Up and Eat the Rainbow! |
| Paper Planes | M.I.A. | Recap song parody | Eric | 200: Abby, We Hear Your Face! |
| You're So Vain | Carly Simon | Referred to in Episode 202's title | Abby | 202: I Bet You Think This Pneumatic Tube Is About You |
| I Drink Alone | George Thorogood and the Destroyers | Recap song parody | Eric | 203: Wa-Marko |
| Blue's Skidoo | Blue's Clues | Referred to in Episode 205's title | Eric | 205: Dew Skidoo, We Can Too! |
| Play Blue's Clues | Blue's Clues | Recap song parody | Eric | 206: A Duffel Bag of Tootsie Rolls |
| Scarborough Fair | Trad. | Abby suggested this song for a recap with the lyrics "Are you going to Chilchirah's Lair?" In fact, it featured on Mo's album of lizardfolk songs! Is this where he got the idea? See above. | Abby | 208: Poetic Lichen |
| The Candy Man (from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory) | Aubrey Woods | Recap song parody | KT | 208: Poetic Lichen |
| Ballad Of Davy Crockett (from Walt Disney's Davy Crockett) | Fess Parker | Recap song parody | Eric | 216: Roomcreamer |
| Stuck In The Middle With You | Stealers Wheel | Recap song parody | KT | 219: Everybody's So Horny Tonight |
| Days Of Our Lives Theme | Albertine, Boyce and Hart | Abby hums the tune and tells a story about her dogs dancing to it | Abby | 219: Everybody's So Horny Tonight |
| Sara | Starship | Recap song parody | Abby | 220: Turtles Are Highly Flammable |
| We Didn't Start the Fire | Billy Joel | Recap song parody | KT and Eric | 221: These People Deserve to Be Roasted in Their Beds! |
| Duck Tales Theme | Mark Mueller | Eric sings a parody of the theme tune after being reminded of Will's sea of coins "Every day they're out there making Batthwack a jerk!" | Eric | 224: Pork Fried Dice: A Pay-To-Play Game |
| Beethoven (soundtrack from the 1992 movie) | Randy Edelman | KT sings the tune after Eric suggests Mo dragging Will through the streets could be the next instalment in the Beethoven movie franchise | Eric | 225: The Dead Among You Have Nothing to Fear |
| Just Around the Riverbend (from Pocahontas) | Judy Kuhn | Alex suggests Batthwack is singing this song as they sail down the Beartoggle | Alex | 227: Cloaca-wocka! |
| Colors of the Wind (from Pocahontas) | Judy Kuhn | Eric says Mo is singing this song, following Alex's suggestion of Just Around the Riverbend | Eric | 227: Cloaca-wocka! |
| Mr. Blue Sky | Electric Light Orchestra | Eric describes the party walking backwards up the rainbow to some kind of musical soundtrack. Abby sings something from The Wizard of Oz, but he says this song popped into his head. | Eric | 230: What WAS Your Job? |
| Wipe Out | The Safaris | Abby mentions the song after hearing Eric's maniacal laugh as Farella. | Abby | 231: Kneel Down and Touch Mo! |
| Personal Jesus | Depeche Mode | Episode 231's title is a quote from Eric who was singing to this tune | Eric | 231: Kneel Down and Touch Mo! |
| Starman Theme (from Super Mario Bros.) | Koji Kondo | Eric was looking for sounds to bring everyone back from the break and Alex suggested this to accompany "Little Batthwack running around the forest" | Alex | 233: Leave It To Three Loaf Cleaver |
| Thank You For Being A Friend | Andrew Gold | A thank you song parody "Thank You for Giving Us Bread" for Ko-fi supporters, Monty, Chris, Miranda, Jesse, Emma and Beth! | Eric & KT | 234: The Halter Top of Eyes |
| In Da Club | 50 Cent | Recap song parody | Eric | 234: The Halter Top of Eyes |
| White Room | Cream | KT stumbled and nearly refers to Clapton Clockface and Eric sings "In the pottery room, with a deer hide curtain" to the tune of this song. | Eric | 234: The Halter Top of Eyes |
| Let It Grow (from the 2012 film Dr. Seuss' The Lorax) | Cinco Paul, John Powell | KT likens Will to The Once-ler from The Lorax, and Eric joins in for a rendition of "Let it die, let it die, let it shrivel up and die!" | KT & Eric | 235: Titles Are For the Birds |
| Badger Badger Badger | Mr Weebl | Eric's closing remark "You head off to the southeast in search of fucking badgers" prompts Denise to start an impromptu singalong to this classic internet meme. | Everybody! | 235: Titles Are For the Birds |
| Hip Hop Dance | Coach Z | KT and Eric perform a section of this in a post-credit chat about Homestar Runner merch! | KT & Eric | 235: Titles Are For the Birds |
| Scarborough Fair | Trad. | Recap song parody (and the third time this song has come up! See above!) | Eric | 236: I've Met Fate Many Time! |
| Love Shack | The B-52's | KT sang this when the Very Virile Badger's voice morphed into Fred Schneider from the B-52's. | KT | 236: I've Met Fate Many Time! |
| Everywhere You Look (the theme from Full House) | Jesse Frederick | KT hummed the last two bars of this when Eric was complaining he couldn't use his soundboard (they didn't roll a natural 1). KT: "We're not even like Full House fans, but there's something..." Eric: "Hey!! Speak for yourself!" KT: "Oh my god I'm sorry John Stamos" Eric: "Michelle Tanner is my Petronus!" | KT | 240: Does The Mutually Match the Exclusive? |
| Jump | Kriss Kross | Denise suggests the song after Will learns he has a Ring of Jumping | Denise | 243: His Current Loincloth |
| Jump | Van Halen | See above, this was Eric's suggestion! | Eric | 243: His Current Loincloth |
| Pump Up The Jam | Technotronic | KT/Will: "Mo, you're the greatest. You're like our mascot. I don't think you're good or evil. You're just right in the middle. You're just like pumping up the jams with your rainbow..." Eric/Mo: "I do no understand" KT/Will: "It's a song from Tivoli! You've never heard that? I would have thought it would have spread, it was catchy." | KT | 244: Saying Someone Sucks Is Evil |
| Hotel California | The Eagles | Recap song parody | KT and Eric | 247: He Still Doesn't Know He's on a Podcast |
| Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | African-American Spiritual | Raphina sings the first phrase in her character introduction with some alternative lyrics | Abby | 248: I'm Bloodhorn Leghorn and I'm a Sheep |
| Chim Chim Cher-ee | Dick Van Dyke | KT briefly sings the song when Eric first mentions The Sooty Gang and Abby suggests they could be a gang of rogue chimney cleaners. | KT | 250: A Foil Bag of Cranks |
| Getting To Know You | Rodgers & Hammerstein | Eric sings the song after the dean of Beartoggle University says "I'm just getting to know you!" | Eric | 251: 50% Milk |
| Karma Chameleon | Culture Club | The first of four Ko-fi thank you songs for tibbytabu! | Eric & KT | 252: The Pied Piper of Puppetry |
| We Don't Talk About Bruno | Lin-Manuel Miranda | The second thank you song for tibbytabu | Eric & KT | 252: The Pied Piper of Puppetry |
| Susie-Q | Creedence Clearwater Revival | The third thank you song for tibbytabu | Eric & KT | 252: The Pied Piper of Puppetry |
| My Name Is | Eminem | The fourth thank you song for tibbytabu | Eric & KT | 252: The Pied Piper of Puppetry |
| Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love | They Might Be Giants | Alex is put in mind of the song after Gwen's alarming crystalline encounter | Alex | 256: SmareSmoggle |
| The Unforgiven | Metallica | Recap song parody | Alex | 257: Majestically Boring |
| Jet Song (from West Side Story) | Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Abby sings this when the group are coming up with gang names | Abby | 258: Raphina and the Woims |
| 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover | Paul Simon | Recap song parody | KT | 259: Fred Greenman |
| That's What Makes the World Go Round (from The Sword in the Stone) | Richard M. Sherman / Robert B. Sherman | KT mentions the song when Will is swimming in the Beartoggle River polymorphed into a fish | KT | 261: I Popped SO MANY Water Balloons! |
| Semi-Charmed Life | Third Eye Blind | Gwen's "third eye is blind" when casting Detect Magic on the remnants of the orb | Eric | 262: On Your Marks, Get Set, STAIRCASE! |
| Christmas Time Is Here | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A minor recurring meme in PFD is a character hanging their head and doing the sad Charlie Brown walk, often accompanied by this tune. In this episode, Batthwack did this after Gwen reminded him of accidentally killing someone when casting the wrong spell | Alex | 262: On Your Marks, Get Set, STAIRCASE! |
| Who Stole The Keeshka? | Walter Dana and Walter Solek | Denise suggests this for the Grand Staircase Footrace's polka music | Denise | 262: On Your Marks, Get Set, STAIRCASE! |
| Chariots Of Fire | Vangelis | Abby imagines this as the soundtrack to Gwen running the Staircase race, her hair flowing in the wind | Abby | 262: On Your Marks, Get Set, STAIRCASE! |
| Runnin' Down A Dream | Tom Petty | Recap song parody | Abby | 263: I Need Some More...Rhinoplasty |
| You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! (from Peter Pan) | Sammy Cahn and Sammy Fain | Will cast Fly on Batthwack during the staircase race and this was Eric's imagined reaction for Batthwack | Eric | 263: I Need Some More...Rhinoplasty |
| Through The Fire And Flames | DragonForce | This song wasn't actually referenced in the show, but Gwen's dash through the inferno at the top of the Grand Staircase inspired this song in the minds of at least three PFD fans (Kelly from NJ, Fenriz & PheonixBurner) independently of each other! | PFD Fans | 264: Slaad Dressing |
| Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver | Recap song parody | KT | 265: Non-Conductive Plated Butt Cover |
| Whistle Stop | Roger Miller | KT sang this when Eric suggested they each hear their own personal twerking music! | KT | 267: Mo’s Riding Steed on the Lake in My Dreams |
| The Hampster Dance Song | Hampton The Hampster | When KT sung Whistle Stop, this was what everyone else thought they were singing | KT | 267: Mo’s Riding Steed on the Lake in My Dreams |
| Dance the Night Away | Van Halen | Eric sang this when KT said "Twerk the ire away" after Eric suggested Gwen alleviate her Rage with a quick twerk | Eric | 267: Mo’s Riding Steed on the Lake in My Dreams |
| I Think We're Alone Now | Tiffany | Recap song parody | Abby | 268: Basement, Casement, Familiar Facement |
| Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better | Irving Berlin | Raphina played this on her new kazoo, a.k.a. Instrument of Illusions | Abby | 270: Nothing Like a Juicy Amethyst! |
| You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch | Thurl Ravenscroft | Abby sang a line from this ("I'd take the seasick crocodile!") after Will compared himself to the scowling face on his new Tankard of Sobriety. The lyrics go "You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch / Given a choice between the two of you I'd take the seasick crocodile!" | Abby | 270: Nothing Like a Juicy Amethyst! |
