Writefag here. I'm working on some post-NaNo bullshit, but I have a hard time writing unless I've got some kind of music on in the background. I've played through the witcher soundtracks to death.
Can I get suggestions (or links) to good fantasy music or soundtracks? Particularly of the instrumental variety.
>>44049144
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pISzxdEgDCU
>>44049144
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Q-cI4RE5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5_xb522jEo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaRNvJLKP1E
>>44049172
>>44049619
Thanks!
Were there any movies or games that had particularly good soundtracks? I'm a fan of the red dead redemption soundtrack, myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQBHLziS1OY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obv33I2Kf10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipte0gDlSr4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCvV1I3eSx4
>>44049144
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO7bUhJlAek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQdUaYHBRwU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZCO9ViA_oo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTBlCpstHTg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdjYlrvVFNo
>>44049144
Look up some Dungeon Synth, it's pretty hit or miss, but when it hits, it's good shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IHyMdqjrok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaB7IfaZHpY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3IY_zwDVtk
Some other stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDJtBh3LGJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaoyKECQnPw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKk6XqcmB4Q
In fact, just listen to the Bloodborne soundtrack.
>>44049144
Two steps from hell. Anything they've ever made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjZACyYKGJ8
For a bit more chill, check out the works of trace bundy. Unfortunately not much of his stuff is on youtube (other than live performances of varying quality), but making a station of him on pandora will get you a lot of good stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJly3laTg3w
Likewise with Michele McLaughlin. Where Trace Bundy is all just him on an acoustic guitar, Michele's stuff is all just her on a piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pea9beGkz5o
Which, the piano actually didn't come along until the 1700s, but still
>>44050187
The halo games actually had a really good, atmospheric soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miwmCI7VS58
And I know you said preferably instrumental, but you should still give Blackmore's Night a look, they do a lot of original, psuedo-folk celtic type music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfBBMhn5nL0
>>44050455
Oh yeah, and the SAO soundtrack is really good, even though the anime was about 60% shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Zz7cXdVXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byFkvbz2Za0
>>44049144
Tangerine Dream: Phaedra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qae7k321nVo
Mike Oldfield: Songs of Distant Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZbwn0d7eUg
(opens with a sample of an astronaut reading a bible quote from orbit-- but that's the only religious content in the album)
The Changelings: Morning's Twilight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-4sUwkyA08 Season of Mist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQ-8vfJQSI
A personal favorite of mine. Listening to it always gets me in the mood to write.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJrVZCbKxsE
>>44050187
Nier, Castlevania LoS series, Bastion, Elder Scrolls series, Magicka, Conan Hyborian Adventures, Assassin's Creed series
>>44052124
And outside of stuff appropriate for fantasy, Transistor and Hotline Miami make great cyberpunk soundtracks
I quite enjoy the EL soundtrack.
https://gameaudiofactory.bandcamp.com/album/endless-legend-soundtrack
>>44052214
Don't forget about this.
The ES sound track is good too.
>>44052705
For fucks sake. I forgot to paste
https://gameaudiofactory.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-auriga
https://www.youtube.com/user/GameAudioFactory/videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUJ_woKYD4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHb3iRVHRPY
>>44052798
I didn't realise Echoes was on there as well.
>>44049144
Final Fantasy Tactics OST. Greatest fantasy soundtrack ever.
All of Yasunori Mitsuda's stuff.
Best known for the chrono trigger soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzC0MEDHcv4
he also did the ost for xenogears:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPrm1nrkZ3k
and even some solo works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_i3MKw6xe0
Any great sci-fi musiks?
Not Fantasy but post-rock always really inspires me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZwQeZh6rP0
Oh and in case you want to write a horror story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLlp503gl-I
This inspires me to write some super trippy sci-fi stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-K1ZeR8qOo
Oh and for some super overly epic, complicated fantasy story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeQ5Nd3I3YI
>>44053448
What sort of sci-fi?
>>44053448
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4pbfAzpa8Q
Electronica is what immediately comes to mind, as for some names you may not be thinking of...
>Kraftwerk more or less invented the genre back in the 70s:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b5XHOuxk2U
Celldweller has a bit heavier tone to it, not quite bordering on industrial:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XTU66zow_8
Showtek is a bit more dance-oriented with a heavy beat, but it's good to get in a lot of variety
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB3Oj00p83Q
And it's not really that great for putting in the background to set the mood or whatever, but I still feel I should bring up VNV Nation. The type of music they do is called "future pop". This isn't the ambient sound playing for the audience as the group travels the universe, this is what plays on the space ship's radio.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLiNr57387k
Anyone got some dramatic orchestral music to use during boss fights? Preferably not melodramatic and borderline corny like Two Steps From Hell, something more like Dark Souls boss music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7xpyhEw6H0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds9rDSA0Mz4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4RvZEqSfI
>>44053448
FTL soundtrack
>>44054113
so hard!
>>44050187
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85JLNFc4eT4
>>44053448
Cyberpunk=Retro/Synthwave
https://youtu.be/evtbDWyTC5k?list=LL4uyh2No58lLe7SUEjxj8VQ
Space=Stellardrone
https://youtu.be/Pq24782oFyU
Also, to stay on topic, a fantasy playlist isn't complete without some medieval folk rock:
Fairport Convention
https://youtu.be/1it7BP5PckI
Pentangle
https://youtu.be/pb-eYuk0cXg
Steeleye Span
https://youtu.be/Ft8_itpTnVE
Oh boy, I love music and my soundtrack folder is the biggest I have.
For more 'darker' stuff is dark ambient the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTEOd2VQmlk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHXa8Yugr8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me0p4IWA8Jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlxGZDTdwIo
Wardruna is great for early medieval-, viking or similar stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjmu6ufn8iU
Some post-rock can be great for writing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmGdSOhBx8E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFVtEQ6EmMs&list=PL7580EB3DAE176106
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qADn8Z4oVyo
Tower of Druaga might be a mediocre anime, but the soundtrack is great. The first track is just pure ADVENTURE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr1voRMOBww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WLQ5-HBkcg
For some reason I can't find a lot of the tracks on youtube, what a shame, it has also some great fighting music.
For general fighting music I love me some Vindictus soundtrack, be it for general fighting or more epic shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVLuHKgAeNc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahQxG5GR9bg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmqYZ0tweHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oa3ta74CpM
Will be continued.
To my great surprise, just about a half of the music I was going to recommend has been already posted and mentioned.
Personally, I really, REALLY love the soundtracks for Ghibli movies when I write.
Personal favorites of mine are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZUppxT38Zk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=229K5n_PRJA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwTqNNXNQnA
Two other briliant soundtracks that I haven't seen mentioned, especially if you want a bit of a celtic mood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU2e0W40U0U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNf39v4r0n0&list=PLswagK_VjkWuRYzNyOvt2IBH4VfAJaYak
If you haven't seen the movies, by the way (Song of the Sea and Secret of Kells), I strongly recommend that you do. They are some of the best fantasy/fairytale movies made in the past few years, and pretty much the first western animated movies that can challenge Ghibli's stuff in some twenty years.
>>44054720
I really, really dislike the Transformer movies, but for some unknown reason they have some fucking great music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epvlzO7mlkU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFlzwJAfPoU
The music from Pacific Rim is pretty similar, but the movie is far better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vU7XqToZso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5lsRk8G4OE
The soundtrack of Alone in the Dark is great and should get more attention, but difficult to say what it's good for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FnCIWwBqmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh2kSs89Xxw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ckT69GQ94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blE2U43r5ew
Neo-classical! Cute things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE6e_hL9z8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6u5D-5LWSg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn57q0BI9_Y
Melancholic or more somber things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDPhCox8kyw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmb6OhvIz78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqF9Fc0peP0
Strange things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-t8w08QNJM
>>44055004
Audiomachine makes those cheesy trailer-music, but have some great tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_1ZZR5oN4w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2TwNGmbiwk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjFo7gl_ce4
those always get me pumped
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yclnum11tDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vz7KZqYMvo
Dragon's Dogmas soundtrack is good for various situation:
When you create your character:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgnnEWNFfBQ
When you are in a town:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK4SqV9e_FA
When you land a critical hit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clpuHEX8i14
When you fight the lich:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2cWEly9Ht8
Spooky stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgIWh2VFWjs
Even spookier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUw3ROLd5Jo
Age of Mythology soundtrack is pretty good for ambience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXwvLupP5A
As much as the soundtrack of Machinarium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03l0ksPHYG4
>>44055215
One of my favorite tracks of epic-choir-music, the rest of the soundtrack is pretty good as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weiMgfz6uJM
Calm choir music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUC4_GCSJno
Soundtrack of Europa Universalis 3, for medieval-renaissance and epic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umFnrwGy2dw
Soundtrack of DoW 2, if you like it martial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Lc2WYPQ0w
Monster Hunter has also some nice tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Lc2WYPQ0w
I know it's hip to hate him these days, but don't dismiss Hans Zimmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38gtusmNXgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG2C6NbHXa0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2omHyq6Lrg
Anno 2070 has some nice tracks between epic, industrial, electronic and calm music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ttjKC1L8V4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88n15FgSbM4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHiVJRgMRHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ILAMsytnBc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhp4bdWx3cM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0D0fMARMNU
Honorary mention of every Ace Combat soundtrack ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhdNjzX4waA
I'm done.
>>44055410
Whoops, fucked up the monster hunter one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPYMHWeY9L4
Medieval music, that's my kind of dorkery.
Corvus Corax, for when the barbarians are on the move:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoJYyxzoQVA
and when the toruney melee gets to the good part:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ploWDbpsmo
Vox Vulgaris is also good, a shame they only made one album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glrBz3GrFsQ
(Fun fact; they uploaded the torrent to piratebay themselves, it's legally shared)
For swedes, Loke is a must. As is Sorkar och Strängar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILdAMEOVfR4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN2joND7n44
Lord Lovidicus is very atmospheric:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjKOFTtXszc
Also I want to make a case for Fintroll. Specifically, their one acoustic album, Visor om Slutet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRoSPMYbw48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk3vA6O2iEo
Since we're on the topic of cold, dark and nordic, Wardruna have some good stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0PvZGVPiJU
Finally, March of Cambreadth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emg14MOMDgU
Can't get this out of head after finishing the series. I usually loathe steampunk but goddamn this series was amazing, bit of a slow starter though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76amQKMi9zw
If you're into conlangs, I recommend you check out the Ar Tonelico and Surge Concerto OSTs.
>>44050187
Xenoblade Chronicles and its freshly released "sequel".
>a lot of calm instrumentals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl9dP0CJfbQ
>more Scifi and lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpFHH_vXVno&feature=youtu.be
>>44050408
huh Mortiis slept on my floor once
/tg/ the song.
https://youtu.be/2Ae3G5QykFs
>>44055215
> When your flying into free
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=louDGXOn030
You missed that one
Have some hyborian style march music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJRgnvR7l0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSwATqPUsv0
The whole soundtrack is great.
I typically avoid soundtracks for some reason. I guess because the emotions are kinda forced because they have to fit a scene to whatever it is the soundtrack goes to.
Just youtube Dungeon synth. Some of it may look like black metal but its actually just neo-folk/classical by way of cheesy 90's RPGs
>>44057033
have you seen the sequel series Senpai the silverwing? I thought it was pretty good but there will always be a soft spot for last exile with me.
>>44059322
u wot
Tell me more if you're here anon
Have some classic instrumental metal:
Orion -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8qrwON1-zE
Call of Ktulu -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1RTgznup5c
To Live is to Die -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WdYt9VkVek
Musical Death -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQbudNKR0NE
Hypnosis -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifpiGkCsMIY
Losfer Words -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kLafYgKCTU
Powerslave (no vocals) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l64BVoAJHg&list=PL9BCFE52456A72AB4&index=4
Phantom of the Opera (no vocals) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJujW5CBudg
Into the Lungs of Hell -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwYTVAXng6Y
Seasons in the Abyss (no vocals) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS0y23UZD7w
Apparition Station -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXY_fRDF2pc
The Fall of Babylon -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW44kLXsveY
Khazad Dum -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbL3imaBeYw
Switch 625 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2R1d5Ye6SQ
