Help me with music?

[innerslytherin]

So on a writing-related note rather than a job-related one: I'm looking for music that makes you think of dwarves. I'm returning to epic fantasy for NaNoWriMo, and I'm writing mostly about dwarves. Still working on world-building, but I can tell you they are a sophisticated people, not simply ale-soaked axe-smiters. They're hardy folk, and largely a warrior society, but that's not all they are. Three of my main characters are warriors; two are in war bands, one is forbidden to carry arms but has learned to do so anyway.

I'm not particularly looking for Celtic-type music. I'm actually going more with the "drums in the deep" angle. I did find a great Taiko album that drew on Anglo-Saxon roots, and that was the addition to my soundtrack that excited me most. Anything that sounds like mines or tunnels or earthquakes or unshakeable stone... (that reminds me, I ought to have "Only the Earth Endures" on there...) I've got things from various soundtracks - nothing super evocative, such as the Rosenman theme for Moria or even the Moria pieces we hear in Shore's FOTR score. But I took things from game soundtracks like Dragon Age: Origins and Dungeon Siege II.

1. Illumination - Christian Telford


2. The Dwarven Nobles - INON ZUR


3. The Morden Mines - Jeremy Soule


4. Citadel of Secrets - Nox Arcana


5. Evensong - Kagemusha Taiko


6. Your Destiny - Daniel Nielson


7. Synagogue Cantors - Jocelyn Pook


8. In the Face of Tragedy - West One Music


9. Prayer Of The Mountain - Iona


10. Crossing The Mountains - Adam Langston


11. Mountains of Thunder - Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford & Russell Brower


12. The Rap - Secret Garden


13. Mountain - Heather Dale


14. Beowulf - Kagemusha Taiko


15. Moria - David Arkenstone


16. Battle Drums - Dan Graham


17. Dwimorberg The Haunted Mountain - Howard Shore


18. The Mines Of Kaderak - Jeremy Soule


19. Uprising - Daniel Nielson


20. Upward Over the Mountain - Iron & Wine


21. Invocation - Kagemusha Taiko


22. Brothers in Arms - Chanticleer


23. Aftermath - Dan Nielson

And I know "Upward Over the Mountain" is contemporary-sounding, but I'm leaving it on there for now. *G*

Any links to YouTube videos, song suggestions, score suggestions, etc., would be very appreciated! :D

Comments

[essayel.livejournal.com]

I've got a lot of time for German medieval-metal bagpipe bands *facepalm* yeah I know.

Corvus Corax is about the best - costumes too. Bare thighs and lots of black feathers :D Here's a sample - http://youtu.be/3QWS1xUkUaA - and OMG I wish I'd been there! Not to everyone's taste, I know, but I use it as very effective fuel when I'm writing medieval and pre-medieval.

[innerslytherin]

Thanks for the link! I love the chariot! I surfed around a lot of related videos from the links you and amichevole gave me, and found several songs I love! Some of them aren't exactly right for the novel, but I still want them just for my own listening pleasure. :)