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I came across this song by accident and immediately liked it:
I love this kind of fantasy / Medieval-ish music, imagining like you're wandering through The Shire, a magical forest etc. Very nice to listen to when painting miniatures as well.
Anybody knows more songs like this?
I know you can search for Medieval, Celtic, Highlands, Fantasy a.s.o. on Youtube, but maybe some of you guys can name an artist / playlist instantly?
Best bet would be to look up video game scores/soundtracks? A lot of games ship with them nowdays (or they come on steam). There are heaps of fantasy based video games...so, a place to start?
Groupees often has celtic/fantasy style music bundles up for sale for really small values
https://groupees.com
Antti Martikainen, Derek and Bandon, Faolan, Logan Canto, Peter Crowley have all appeared on Groupees with big blocks of their music. They are also all up on youtube with pretty complete listings of their music on their own youtube pages and are worth checking out (esp the first and last of those I've mentioned).
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It sounds like a mix of green sleeves and Braveheart. There are many historical and fantasy film soundtracks that imitate that sound at least a little bit. Off the top of my head, I'd suggest Braveheart, LOTR, Last of the Mohicans, maybe even the score sections of Princess Bride.
Fantasy video game soundtracks can be a good source, as well as appropriate movies.
The Witcher 3 mostly has a Polish influence on its music, but the Fields of Ard Skellig track is along the lines of what you're looking for.
Spoiler:
"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me." - Twin Peaks
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2020/02/01 20:19:05
Subject: Re:Who knows more fantasy music like this?
A few game soundtracks come to mind (composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto). Not all tracks in the same style (as the soundtrack has to work for a whole game) but overall those could fit what you are looking for.
Crimson Shroud:
Final Fantasy Tactics:
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together:
Vagrant Story:
2020/02/01 20:54:48
Subject: Re:Who knows more fantasy music like this?
Two Steps From Hell is the obvious starting point for me. Most of it falls more under a rather large "epic" banner, but it turns out there's a lot of variety and versatility to that sort of thing.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
They also make religious chants and some classic music, but I mostly know them for their singing rendition of Tolkien's work. They got some very good ones.
2020/02/05 20:38:50
Subject: Re:Who knows more fantasy music like this?
This is a fantastic soundtrack for a japanese game called sokaigi i bought many years ago. the soundtrack is still in my regular rotation.
enjoy!
P.S.
I personnaly like Clamavi De Profundis.
i second that, love their take on Tolkien's work.
Also just about anything composed by yoko kanno of the anime soundtrack fame-escaflowne, macross plus, macross frontier, ghost in the shell stand alone complex, cowboy beebop etc...
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2020/02/06 14:42:41
Subject: Re:Who knows more fantasy music like this?
