Look here for music that is suitable for Fantasy film or Fantasy games. Whether it's Dungeons & Dragons music, or music for a Swords & Sorcery type role playing game, where the story perhaps involves Fairies, Wizards and Goblins, rather than ordinary people, this is your area. The music listed in this Suggested Production Type often carries a sense of magic, amazement and discovery. It can be either Light/Beauty oriented or Creepy/Eerie, or even Scary/Battle music, but the music represented here always has that sense of strange worlds and amazing creatures.
This is a cinematic film soundtrack. Miraculous sounding piano and smooth violin in high notes gives a feeling of something magical. [Tempo: Medium / 78 BPM]
Big, powerful orchestral piece depicting power and. Majestic, epic, heroic, grand, regal, authoritative, and with a slight Indian / Middle Eastern / Oriental / Exotic feel. Strings, sitar, tabla, santoor, mridangam, rhythm. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Music to depict the showdown between two warring clans, gearing for war, meeting your adversary face to face. Powerful, bombastic, challenge, opponents, duel, confrontation, conflict. Horns, duduk, choir, world percussion, strings. [Tempo: Medium / 113 BPM]
Sensuous, passionate, tender, heat, smoky, lust, soothing, hypnotic, intense, aesthetic. Exotic world feeling, angelic and mystical. A sense of the foreign, exotic, far away lands. Tabla, shaku, pads, synths, strings, solo male and female vocals, piano. [Tempo: Medium / 78 BPM]
Action-filled, combining fast techno beats with orchestra and choir elements. Urgent, tense. Good for chase, race, action and tension. [Tempo: Fast / 145 BPM]
A delicate and somewhat mystical waltz with an Italian or Sicilian flavor. Has a sense of something personal, introspective, touching. Like an unfolding story. Elegant and fragile. Features violin, trumpet and accordion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Solemn and sorrowful. Orchestral strings, subtle brass and death bell, later joined by a fragile solo violin. Good for scenes of loss, sorrow, death. Perhaps aftermath of a disaster or a funeral. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A somewhat quirky and intriguing underscore for film or other media. Led by a musical box / toy piano with trumpet and solo violin joining in later. Good for use in film soundtracks, this track has a sense of mystery and mindfulness. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
a contemporary percussion filled composition accompanied by a japanese picked metallic string instrument called a koto. It's weird but dancy touch would certainly be a righteous pick for any ethnic moving and dynamic footage. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
A dramatic, orchestral piece. It's theme varies in transitioned formats and evolves from a melancholic drama sound to a "war march" genre of orchestral music. Its progressive rhythm and heavy percussion makes it good for action, and its melancholic and twisted violin solo brings back the emotion on it's opening and ending theme. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 0 BPM]
A powerful and emotional build of overcoming obstacles and moving on from turmoil and defeat. Dramatic, reflective and inspiring with soaring strings in the style of Steve Jablonsky, Hans Zimmer, Alex Parker, James Horner and John Williams. [Tempo: Slow / 124 BPM]
An heavy orchestral piece featuring epic choirs and loud rhythmic elements escalating to terror. Introduced by a escalation growing from pizzicato string melody to a big brass theme sustained by repetitive choirs syllables (a version without choirs is also available). A good soundtrack to danger/agression related scene (fighting/etc...) [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 0 BPM]
A cinematic score, dark and wondrous that mixes orchestral instruments with native american and celtic undertones creating a soundtrack to a beautiful landscape. Great for adventure, period and cultural films and documentaries ala Hunger Games, Snow White, Braveheart, The Village etc. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Peace, tranquility and beauty with an earthy, cinematic tone. Performed by a special ethnic flute, piano and string quartet. Good for magical kingdoms, enchanted forests, nature, love stories and much more. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
This mainly orchestral track starts in a mystical way and then takes off into a dreamy landscape with plenty of melody, harmony and dynamics. The music is strong, emotional and also slightly dramatic. It’s a track that would fit ”the big screen”. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
The music begins with percussion and subtle strings and brasses. Then it moves into a percussion driven theme played by strings. Later also piano enters playing lead. The music builds dynamically throughout the track, and in the end the piano is supported by bouzouki. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 106 BPM]
Electronic music track made in an oriental ambient techno style. Bright dancing positive with ethnic Arabian Indian instruments good suitable for commercial purposes, soundtrack, travel, presentation, business, club music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A slow, bright and confident, powerful, soaring, "Big Sky" type cinematic score. Flying you over open plains, grand scenery, settlers and grand American adventures. Increases to a crescendo at around 50 secs. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Cinematic suspenseful piece, starting off with drum swirls, strings and into a more grand, orchestral sound combined with contemporary drums. Passionate, driving and a bit mysterious. Great material for film, film trailer, grand adventures and heroes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
A grand and cinematic piece; very emotional and rousing. The first half is subtle and touching, but with beautiful and emotive thoughts. The track then rises to a crescendo at about 01:00 and takes on a more epic, dramatic feel. Passionate, inspiring and eternal. Good for grand adventures, Western / American heartland. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A proud and rousing track that combines a full orchestra sound with contemporary drums that come in from around 0:35 onwards. Emotive and inspirational, this track has a sense of pride and optimism, hope and aspirations. Heroic, epic. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A stirring and uplifting track with a very slightly melancholic tone at the start; as if remembering past generations and looking forward with optimism and hope. Orchestral sounds in combination with contemporary drums. Emotive and sincere. Touching and heartening. A little bit patriotic. Good for aspirations, hope for a better future, helping each other, adventures and journeys etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
This track could easily be tagged as a typical New Age Instrumental. But it carries a deep feel of grandness, evoking the beginning of times, the beauty of the universe, the vast extent of the cosmos, and things like that. Works beautifuly with mystery, prophecies, historical events, mystical matters and pre-historical subjects. Nontemporal. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Middle Eastern percussion lays the foundation for slow sensual strings to establish the mood. The entire orchestra crescendos to a grand finale with choir. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Fast tempo cue with a nod to the non-stop action-filled cartoons of yesterday. Full orchestra with standout playfulness. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 120 BPM]
This cue opens on a gentle harp glissando opens a delightful orchestral start to the day. Main theme is realized as a question and answer between different woodwinds instruments with strings and piano joining the pleasant discussion. The music drives emotions such as wonder and endless possibilities. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Slow, emotional piano is joined by strings and brass for crescendo impact driving home the emotion of triumph. The cue finishes with a restatement of the main piano theme accompanied by woodwinds. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
Repetitious string staccatos slowly usher in stoic brass and other orchestra components until the final crescendo where the choir joins in. The end of a journey, whether physical or spiritual, plays well with this dramatic and uplifting cue. Salvation is reached! [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
A soaring arrangement that builds into blissful layers of cello and voice. Soulful, dreamy and reflective, this beautiful piece is played by professional cellist, Shena Power who has played on other Elliot Simons tracks, The Cairn Stones, Mountain Lake and Celtic Requiem. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 54 BPM]
Exciting, edgy and modern. A relentless vision of futurism packed with lo-fi guitar and warped drum layers. The track builds towards an eerie, distant riff that charges full tilt towards a glitchy, fidgety ending. Visceral and oddly compelling. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 174 BPM]
Ethnic instrumental music with flute and percussion. Percussive, haunting track with moments of cinematic tension, ethnic and ethereal ambiences blend with drums sounds, acoustic percussions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 92 BPM]
A powerful and dramatic track featuring full orchestra, choir and pounding, epic drums. This track carries a sense of something evil and awesome rising up. Perhaps a sacred ritual or an evil army rising. Also available in a 'Rock version' which adds rock guitars and drums to the mix for even more punch and power. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
A grand, epic, victorious track featuring full orchestra and epic battle drums, with choir joining later. Heroic, awesome, powerful and majestic. Also available in a 'Rock version' which adds rock guitars and drums to the mix for even more punch and power. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 92 BPM]
An epic, spine chilling track of amazement and awe. Like the uprising of an amazing and fearsome creature, or the grand finale to an epic battle. Hair raising climax. Overpowering. Also available in a 'Rock version' which adds rock guitars and drums to the mix for even more punch and power. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 89 BPM]
A grand, epic, awe inspiring track of glory, honor, sacrifice and emotion. This track features orchestra, epic battle drums, choir and a solo female vocalist. Good for military / war, honor and dignity in battle. Also available in a 'Rock version' which adds rock guitars and drums to the mix for even more punch and power. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Epic, war mongering track of power and majesty. Awe inspiring / Massive / Dramatic. Also available in a 'Rock version' which adds rock guitars and drums to the mix for even more punch and power. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A dark and ominous track for dramatic, epic scenes or trailers. Foreboding and awe inspiring. Full orchestra with choir. Starts slowly and ominously, gradually builds towards a grand climax. Also available in a 'Rock version' which adds rock guitars and drums to the mix for even more punch and power. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 78 BPM]
An emotional and rousing track for epic scenes, giant battles, huge structures or amazing fantasy worlds. Full orchestra with choir and battle drums are led by a solo female vocal. This track is soaring and triumphant, but also has a sad, solemn side to it. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 136 BPM]
Powerful, epic track with orchestra, choir and added rock drums. Grand, majestic and dramatic, this track is suitable for epic scenes of rising armies, the coming of a dark superhero or an awesome force. Also available in a 'Rock version' which adds rock guitars and drums to the mix for even more punch and power. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
A passionate, serious and somewhat sorrowful track with full orchestra, epic tribal drums and a solo female voice. The powerful orchestra and marching drums contrast with the fragile and emotional vocal. Could be about human struggle and oppression. Sadness and loss, struggle against hopeless odds, hope and aspirations, epic love. Also available in a 'Rock version' which adds rock guitars and drums to the mix for even more punch and power. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 90 BPM]
A majestic, epic track with orchestra, pounding battle drums, solo male vocal with choir entering later. This track starts off ominously with an emotive, expectant theme and then grows from there to an epic climax towards the end. Heroic, grand, regal. Honor and glory. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 74 BPM]
A somewhat celtic sounding folk dance tune. Reminescent of medieval ages / middle ages, perhaps a gathering at the local inn, or just the musical backdrop to a historical / fantasy world. Think "Ye Olde Barrel", old England, Ireland or Scotland. Could also be a Pirates' drinking song. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A magical, sweeping, cinematic piece with a 'lurking' feel. Good as background music for fantasy and adventure, this track uses a full orchestra with bells. Pensive chord progressions. A sense of mystery and intrigue. Amazement and wonderment. Somewhat "Harry Potter-esque". Very craftfully produced orchestral sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
An intense, swashbuckling, fight- or chase cue for adventure or fantasy. Grand, funm mischievous and lively, this orchestral action track will go well with scenes of good vs evil, pirates or adventurers. Very well produced orchestral sound, similar in mood to, say, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 140 BPM]
A happy and light hearted jig. Good for fantasy and adventure, history, perhaps celtic / medieval / middle ages or just as a classic adventure romp. Lively and swashbuckling, this track will go well with pirates or adventurous mischief, perhaps a party at the tavern, a celebration or party - or just as a theme for a fun adventure scene. Nicely crafted orchestral sound combines with wooden percussion and harp / lute. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 130 BPM]
An "big sky" type orchestral track of joy, magic, amazement and wonderment. Good for fun adventures and bright stories. Perhaps the beginning of a great adventure. Playful and active. Slightly mischievous? Can be used in fantasy movies as well as homely, feelgood, family movies etc. Excited and positive. Rich orchestal sound. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A suitable choice for a funny, upbeat and action-packed commercial or trailer involving a chase of some sort. A fast and busy classical Italian bass line accompanied by a festival of emotive strings, memorable brass lines, and a modulation that will intensify the situation until the final climactic scream of the orchestra. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 80 BPM]
A Russian Winter is a calm, colorful journey. It features the full orchestra, highlighting every woodwind, brass and string instrument at some point. It’s filled with variety, yet melodically consistent. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
This piece has many mixed emotions, including a sense of sorrow, but also a sense of beauty. It’s purely string orchestra with lovely counterpoint melodies. It’s the story of a protagonist leaving something they’ve always loved. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Think of the Olympics. March of nobility is a strong, yet elegant fanfare for ceremonial use. A strong bass line accompanied by a military snare, noble brass lines and a beautiful string melody with full orchestral colors. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
