Artists

• Arcana – Instrumental music inspired by medieval music.
• Bal-Sagoth – If you aren’t into metal this isn’t for you probably. They’re one of my favorite bands and work nicely for any game.
• Clannad – Celtic music for easy going background when there isn’t a trouble at sight. Be sure to check their music for tv-series Robin of Sherwood.
• Corvus Corax – Medieval music with some bizarre effects. Not for all but I like them.
• Erdenstern – “professionally compose and produce soundtracks for roleplaying games.”
• Finntroll: Visor Om Slutet – Metal again but this time I think anyone could find this great for background. Recommended setting could be an old swamp. Perfect for the Witch’s Song.
• Jeremy Soule – Soule has created a lot of good PC game soundtrack and all of them are perfect for role-playing games as well. Dawn of War is my favorite as Elder Scrolls: The Oblivion is too familiar for my players.
• Midnight Syndicate – Midnight Syndicate calls their music “gothic horror fantasy soundtracks”. What could go wrong with that? All their albums are great for background music which isn’t a big surprise as they have even made a soundtrack for playing Dungeons and Dragons.
• Nine Inch Nails: Quake – Industrial soundtrack for a 1st person shooter sounds like an odd choice before you try it out.
• Nox Arcana – Instrumental gothic sounds. Anything from Nox Arcana works like a charm. Carnival of Lost Souls and The Necronomicon Mythos have been playing quite a lot in our group.
• Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach – All the classical composers are classics for a reason. Harmonious music will soothe you and thus it could be recommended for all but battle scenes. Running a noble ball with one of these chaps work quite well.

Soundtracks from movies

• Basil Poledouris – Conan the Barbarian
• Elmer Bernstein – The Black Cauldron
• Dracula
• Gladiator
• Harry Gregson-Williams – Kingdom of Heaven
• Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings (As with Conan the Barbarian this might be too familiar for the players thus creating false atmosphere.)
• James Horner – Braveheart
• Last of the Mohicans
• Sleepy Hollow
• 13th Warrior
• 28 days later
• 300

Soundtrack from games

• Age of Conan
• Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
• Baldurs Gate
• Dante’s Inferno
• Diablo (1,2 and most likely 3)
• Dragon Age
• The Witcher (both 1 & 2) – Highly recommended!
• Thief
• Warhammer Online – Download the songs for the MMORPG
• World of Warcraft

Other

• Warhammergeek has some hilarious songs.
• Cave Dweller