Medieval music

[Henrik Main]

Hi. I've always had a soft spot for atmospheric music. When playing the roleplaying PC game "Baldur's Gate 2" (best game ever made, in my opinion), I noticed how immensely beautiful the ingame music is. I guess it could be labelled as "medieval instrumental music". I want to know more about this type of music. I would really appreciate it if you could recommend me some atmospheric music in the vein of the Baldur's Gate game. I also rather enjoy Wolgemut, Wongraven and Finntroll's latest offering, and would like to discover more bands that play medieval/folk music. Please recommend me some bands, I would highly appreciate it.

 

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type in "medieval" into the search engine of this forum and you find quite some similar threads

for example this one, started not so long ago

 

[ffanatic]

In Extremo, from Germany.

 

[Henrik Main]

type in "medieval" into the search engine of this forum and you find quite some similar threads

for example this one, started not so long ago

Yeah, thanks, but I'm not looking for metal/rock based music. I'm looking for the "real thing". Perhaps I should've posted this thread in the "non-metal" forum instead. Oh well.

 

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Saltatio Mortis is a *real* medieval band >> link <<

 

[Stormwatch]

Yeah, thanks, but I'm not looking for metal/rock based music. I'm looking for the "real thing". Perhaps I should've posted this thread in the "non-metal" forum instead. Oh well.

Jethro Tull aren't metal and some of their songs aren't particularly rock either.
Try downloading the songs "Songs from the wood", "Life is a long song" and the short version of "Thick as a Brick" all from the "Very Best of Jethro Tull" album. Some really beautiful flute playing on those babies!

 

[MAGUS]

I enjoy video game music very much (especially from DOOM). check out icewind dale's main theme song!

what i've been enjoying lately, too, is the main theme from Clive Barker's Undying pc game. that kind of horror-like orchestral music is F U C K I N G mindblowing experience.

 

[Phrozenspite]

Hi. I've always had a soft spot for atmospheric music. When playing the roleplaying PC game "Baldur's Gate 2" (best game ever made, in my opinion), I noticed how immensely beautiful the ingame music is. I guess it could be labelled as "medieval instrumental music". I want to know more about this type of music. I would really appreciate it if you could recommend me some atmospheric music in the vein of the Baldur's Gate game. I also rather enjoy Wolgemut, Wongraven and Finntroll's latest offering, and would like to discover more bands that play medieval/folk music. Please recommend me some bands, I would highly appreciate it.

SUMMONING \m/

 

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SUMMONING \m/

Damn, that's right, how the fuck did I forget to mention them?

 

[NocturnalSun]

ahhh yes very good music. Especially the soundtrack that came with my Diablo II game cd special pack. wow...... yes completely mindblowing... I also enjoyed the Final Fantasy video game soundtracks starting with FF7 (which is still the best i think)... those... wow amazing musicians. Nobuo Uematsu (Japanese composer) wrote most of the scores. Check him and his stuff out, too.

 

[metu]

I can think of four such treads off hand. Try a search. It's cool when someone pulls up an old thread.

There's one in the non-metal forum which I apparently somehow ruined. :]

I'm all in favor of this topic.

Long live the dark ages... oh no wait....

 

[Roy]

Dead can Dance - Within the realm of a dying sun.

That's a great medieval sounding album.

 

[Ellestin]

Stille Volk, Corvus Corax, Estampie, Xeremia... and many I forget