Sonic Boom

Stemming off from my "hobby," I guess you could call it that, of envisioning shipping/friendship scenarios to imply with songs that I doubt will ever be uploaded as a video as I lack the equipment for it, I find that some VGM work very well with what I'm thinking. I'll list off some songs, some with lyrics, some without, and some being remixes, from video games that I think work well with the ship, and a description of the scenario I'm thinking of.

Hilariously, most of them are Sonic songs. Go figure. Not my fault they work so well.

Pokeshipping

You're My Hero (Sonic 3D Blast, Saturn Edition) - A retrospect type of song. If you want to think along the lines of Misty's life being pathetic and ruined before she met Ash, this works better. I believe the "set me free" lines are meant to be literal, as I think this song is supposed to be in the Flickies' point of view, but they can be taken from a metaphorical standpoint in my opinion, like the "break me out of this prison I call a life" kind of thing. The way this song is sung makes me believe it could take place post-GCYL, but it's not hard to think that Misty could be singing this to herself while traveling with Ash in the Original Series.

Worth a Chance (Sonic and the Secret Rings - I owe this song a lot, lol. This is the song that got me into this hobby, back into the Pokemon anime fandom, and back into Pokeshipping. I have no idea how a song from a separate franchise managed to do it, but whatever. This song screams "PS post-GCYL" to me. "Price of being aware, but too afraid it all might die," "It's for being unaware, I run away from things like that," "Let it be rain that falls to make it up to you, all I never said," "Some things they never mend," "Only you can make, any sense to me," these lines were so in tune to what I thought PS was that I actually thought Sonic Team's workers were Pokeshippers XD. This song is about regret and sadness, and I like to play with the idea that Ash and Misty did have an idea of what was going on between them, but never outright admitted it, and have regretted it since. It's sad, but it's realistic to me.

Shotting Stars (Star Maze remix by WillRock07, Super Mario Land 2 - Ghost of Maiden's Peak, the dance scene. This is a popular moment in the PS fandom, but when I try to think of a song to go along with Ash and Misty's "legendary" dance, nothing fits the bill quite as much as this song. It's cute, it sounds like it has a Japanese-setting to it when the wind and wood instruments come in, and it's calm enough to not be a crazy party song and take away from the moment. Just overall the best song I can think of for this scenario, with nothing else coming close to it.

Tropical Resort Act 1 (Sonic Colors) - .....nothing really shippy about it, but this is one of those themes I can imagine Ash and Misty running to when going to the next town, or when running while in town. It's got that spunky feel and attitude to it that I think personifies PS, so I like to connect this song to them.

Aquarium Park Act 2 (Sonic Colors) - Same concept as above, but instead taking place at sea, near water, or underwater. Nothing more, nothing less.

Advanceshipping

Back In Time - Sonic R - Like I said, Sonic songs = shipping songs. This one is in the same train of thought as You're My Hero, but it's more upbeat and happy, which I think coincides with May's bubblier and happy-go-lucky personality. Concept is simple: May is traveling through Johto, is regretting splitting up and experiencing a whole new lifestyle that she finds she didn't want, and wants to be taken "Back in Time" to when she was with Ash and the only thing they had to worry about was where they "want to go." It's cute, it's simple, it works.

Pop Star - Eurobeat (Kirby 64 remix) When I think of the cutesey side Ash and May on a regular day, I think of Kirby music. This is the standard "Ash and May walking to the next town" kind of song. Very upbeat, just like the original song this is based off of, but the Euro-beat take on it brings in a sense of action that Ash brings in every day.

Jump! Jump! Jump! (Mario Dance Dance Revolution) - This is actually my bootlegged theme for May when she is doing a Contest Appeal, but I also use this theme for when Ash is coaching May, before her first contest, before the first contest she won, whatever. I get the "Tutorial" vibe when I listen to this song, and upbeat + cheerful = AS to me, so it's basic math.

Sweet Mountain, Act 3 (Sonic Colors) - Oh look, more Sonic Colors music. Take what i said about the previous Colors songs, and apply it to this song and AS. This one actually has a little bonus to it if you like to think Ash and May are big eaters; I wonder how they'd react if they found out they could run through donuts and hamburgers, burrow into cake, slide on icing, and had to avoid sprinkle missiles.

Aquaplanet (Aqualiss remix, Kirby Super Star I don't really like to use water songs for anything not Pokeshipping when it comes to shipping, but Kirby songs seem to make me think of AS to well. Ash and May's water theme, I suppose, especially the Luvdisc scene in the 9th movie, particularly during 3:05 and on in the song.

Pearlshipping

Is It You (Crush 40 original song) - Two things. First, it's technically not a VGM song, but Crush 40 is well-known for their Sonic songs, so I'm attributing this likewise. Second, take a glance and it's actually a pretty generic love song. Nothing reaches out to a particular facet of a relationship or a personality quirk. But I always think of PeS when I listen to it. I guess it's because of how emotional it's supposed to be, and the popular thing is that Ash and Dawn are at a whole other emotional level than anyone else with either of them. Add in the multiple similarities they have with one another, and the phrase "that only we can feel somehow" makes a bit more sense.

Boss Battle (Bowser's Inside Story) - Still in line with the "companion" theme, this song also provides the upbeat and mild tempo PeS supposedly has. Ash and Dawn have a double battle like they did in "Champ Twins," and I think of this song. There's not really much I can do to explain it XD

Diamond in the Sky (Sonic R) - lol, a song with "Diamond" in the title being attributed to a DP ship. Sure, that's coincidence. This is basically the PeS equivalent of You're My Hero and Back in Time: a song from Dawn's point of view and her relationship with Ash. Not much else I can expand on that though...

Contestshipping

Mid-Boss (Kirby 64, Kirby Air Ride mix - May = Kirby, lolol. Putting Drew into the picture brings in a coolness factor to the upbeat tempo. Cool + peppy = this theme. This would be May and Drew's battle theme, I would guess; it fits with the boss theme of the original game, but the actual boss theme sounds too "dark" for May and Drew. I guess that would go to May and Harley :p

Silver Rose (Original song by AndreaDigita) - Non-VG song again, but it sounds VG to me. And no, this does not make me think of CS because of the name, although this is a really cool coincidence. It falls into the same "cool + peppy" type of song as the previous, but it doesn't fall into any specific facet of CS. To me, this is more along the lines of the main theme of CS. So yay, bonus points for a name that seems like a fusion of May's and Drew's character.

There are more songs that apply to my personal library for the ships - I know I have a few songs for Rocketshipping and Comashipping, actually - but I just can't remember them at the time. But these 15 should be enough for now. Hate, appreciate, comment on these, provide your own examples, do whatever you want, lol. Music rocks.