Hymes of the Muse

First off - big thank you to Revan for starting this thread. Selfishly, I almost feel like she was somehow reading my thoughts and made it just for me XD

Why? Because lately I've grown really tired of stale North American rock/alternative music. While I do enjoy other types of music as well depending on my mood, my main staple is rock/alternative, 'cause I just need the damn electric guitar like the fat kid needs cake. And there's not much -good- variety out there at this point. I mean, sure there's probably some great underground stuff with the indie scene, but I don't have enough time to try digging into all of that these days.

So I broadened my horizons a bit, and have started searching out overseas bands to expand my playlist. I quickly discovered Amorphis, a Finnish alt metal band that has become a fast favorite. I highly recommend the entire Skyforger album, which actually tells a series of stories from the Kalevala, which is a very beloved work of lore, poems, history, god-tales, etc of the Finnish people (The Skyforger is one of their old deity characters).

A sample below, 'Silver Bride' - after suffering betrayal that caused the death of his wife, the Skyforger crafts himself a new bride made from his metals.



So, Revan these finds you have here (Omnia, Wardruna) are fantastic. I think Wardruna also did some music for the Witcher 3 soundtrack, because I recognize the name, but I heard them on Vikings for sure. After work I will be spending some quality time music hunting for both of these!

So.. I warn everyone in advance, I have some stuff to spam here.

I'm going to split this post up into a few entries so it's easier to navigate, but still completely understandable if you all want to bust me up like a cheapass pinata at a toddler's birthday party after.

I find that when I am in a creative mood, I turn immediately to instrumental-type music. But not just any sort of voiceless song, no.. I bust out the videogame soundtracks.

Now before people laugh, we're now at a point where game music is being composed at a fully orchestral level. I'm not just turning up beeps and boops, here XD

I could, quite literally, list off hundreds of epic game tracks sure to inspire anyone. But in the interest of trying not to crash the entire frickin' board, I'll just provide a sampler of some more recent works. Some games/series will have more than one track simply because they are that musically diverse and strong.

These are all songs that stand strong on their own, meaning you do not have to have played the game or seen the scenes they highlight to get something out of them. They just work.

First up, Final Fantasy XV. The soundtrack is 3 full discs of original music, and I whittled that down to just three selections. God help me, that was the absolute best I could do. They pulled out all the stops with this one.

Apocalypsis Noctis - Final Fantasy XV



Somnus (Instrumental) - Final Fantasy XV



Wanderlust - Final Fantasy XV

(Extra bonus for the Celtic music fan)


The Soulsborne Series

Abyss Watchers - Dark Souls 3



Gehrman, The First Hunter - Bloodborne



The Last of Us

The Path - The Last of Us

Skyrim

..everyone already knows this one, right? Right?

Skyrim Theme (Dovahkiin - Skyrim)




Xenoblade Chronicles is a series where 90% of the music is all good. But I've spammed enough, so I'll just post one to spare everyone the scrolling.

Noctilum Field - Xenoblade Chronicles X



Ok. Done now. I think. Maybe.

Okay. First off. I have songs from FFVII and IX. And even a few from FF X.

Because there is nothing more epic then the opening for Final Fantasy 8



And you cant help but sing along to Final Fantasy X-2's 1000 Words.

Clearly so. I had more once upon a time. But many computers and hard drives later.... (Although I'm sure those mp3s exist still on one old hard drive or another sitting in a box under my bed)

Also. You're level of music spam here surpasses mine in the D/A Playlist thread. This pleases me. As it means I made the right call in making this thread XD

You did. I didn't know how much I wanted it until it was here @_@

LOL well, I have to get back to work so everyone will probably be spared further posting here from me today.

But yes. There will be more. It is known rest well!