Theme music for Vampires

[Loriel]

Hello all!

I was wondering what kind of music does people listen when playing vampires? My goal is to get a nice playlist that had good fantasy music undead/gothic/evil flavor.

For example these themes has some of the elements what I am looking for:
Wojciech Kilar - Vampire Hunters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E-yYkVQmg8
Nox Arcana - Vampire Exorcism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP3zLExMIzE

But I wish to hear all kinds of theme music, artist etc, that people think would be good songs. (perhaps even find some new music to listen in some other occasions)

[Edit] I made a gathering thread to warseer about my quest http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?382436-Warhammer-battle-music-army-specific-theme-music&p=6944670#post6944670

 

[Minty]

E Nomine - Mitternacht

Also, I've always felt that this had a VC feel. Legions of the dead marching in unnatural step from a bank of green-lit mist to that music... Just me?


Incidentally, did you just register at every forum there is to ask this question?

 

[Sir Geheimnisnacht]

Hexentanz if you're feeling serious. :skull:

The Coffinshakers or The Dead Vampires if you're feeling not so serious.

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

Woah really cool thread here!

A lot of the music from the Warcraft games is very good for Vampires.
Here's some good music for Blood Knights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GDyKupvj40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euw5gJbtvE4 (Really captures the sorrow of their fall from grace)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ59KzX4vJI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt2cagB81cA (This one is also excellent for Necromancer, Zombie Dragon or Heinrich Kemmler themed armies)


Music for Ghoul or zombie-themed armies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TDwIWD4ASI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRCHKdeusNE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAS66PW79pc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tb2lPxvvKU

General ambient music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKyueRPVD6I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwfrO_aD2P8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abisQgKoOvw

The music by Nox Arcana is also excellent. Here's some ambient music from their Transylvania album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGLGxjXYuKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tqB09ma2hU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNd-FKSYGLs

Necronomicon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdx1w18oRus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VwH6Dc4pvU

Shadow of the Raven:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjYuP02R4gw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba3qBQLUpEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFmUAeqXDHs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfRvpBbX_U

Darklore Manor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqD80P6OXNY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN7wP3u0CxA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmYPzTV3nrY

Also the soundtrack to the 1985 Legend film provides some more excellent gothic ambience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ34LPKodEA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD0LMRkOf5A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH8te9Wvi-c

Certain scenes from the film are amazing for inspiring Vampire characters, such as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3J91bPrW9A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G9U1QY4UDs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWuToQn9VH4

I hope all this helps.

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

Here's some more, this time from the Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust anime, which is also an excellent film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99_ZYBFJIhk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6dTSf-uVA0 (good for romantic vampire characters)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3o39KZ9Hj8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHT7eMEYJX4 (The intro is the best bit)

And here's one from Hellsing, another anime I recommend for gothic / vampire fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP3eNNLploo

I wouldn't post non-ambient music but this one just fits the bill with absolute perfection, by a band I like called My Dying Bride:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG_HMXJ02tM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olszEqu1J6E

This one would *perhaps* be good for a Lahmian army:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufGAyJvtUEA

 

[Shareya]

And I crush all of you with:

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXp9I96UTkM[/video]

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

That one is good, if a little bit cheesy because of the oh-so-typical format of it rising to a crescendo. I personally don't think it's ambient enough either.

Here are some other good ones from Diablo 1 and 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v829LHb4ys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mz9sdLwfuI

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

Yet more magnificently gothic music, this time from Alice: Madness Returns (a game I am absolutely in love with).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq-8thAOLkU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsdueDrai2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBmD2RRyu2A

Some music from Dead Space, more horror-themed, but fitting for a VC army:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCJX7sYFh1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq2MRjkOBxg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Y8CmeXp7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99jd8yWXhuQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvR7QnYSU2U

From Alien (1979):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-KhgaVFZrI

From Aliens (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d0GjZFqRzM

Krull (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlcTl4Nnfi4

The Thing (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF_f8yC_BGw

 

[Melle]

castlevania - symphony of the night soundtrack
' nuff said

 

[Adam_Barrow]

castlevania - symphony of the night soundtrack
' nuff said

This.

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

castlevania - symphony of the night soundtrack
' nuff said

I gave that a listen and I think it's too light-hearted o_o

 

[Count Darvaleth]

I think this.

 

[Loriel]

To DEATHLESS DREAMER! Excellent contribution!

I agree with you that those slower ambient vsounds works well! I can see zombies / skeletons emergin from the mists just relentlessly marching forward without shadow of a doubt. too bad warcraft music isn't on spotify =(

Nox Arcana also had good flavors that I was looking for!

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

Here are some more, from Fable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Off1jNLjE (Lychfield Graveyard)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3kmSJ8obuM (Darkwood)

More from World of Warcraft:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0UTcGvIbzU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AlVcEvLEE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwlPgQtGguw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLG-rC8blFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y5ScNQZPCU (Are the souls of the damned crying out in sorrow and grief, or in joy at their release? No one can say.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_40iXd6Fxc (EXCELLENT ambient sounds. Seriously, if you thought the music was good, this is better, lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JBvgRvuPJ0 (A slightly better arrangement)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em1RRgI51uI (This is a city ambience, not good for undead or vamps, but gives you an idea of the excellence of WoW's ambient sounds. About all that's good about the game at this point)

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

More ambience from WoW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3n9ZdTlOgM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyF2LEXbhQs (might be good for Lahmians)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nb3K8MHIt0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9J7vX1hKRc (good for Blood Knights)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubCaPKfESkE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPQQCZPyXwM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMtGy6t1FZg

Warcraft 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMkFJ20_bgU

Skyrim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Gc6j898hA

Halo 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_a-nMbMDao (like a dread horror long buried, now it wakes)

Fields of the Nephilim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLuvYyQcBWY (good for imagining characters)

The Vision Bleak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvuDNlViJNk (Imagine a vampire going forth to seek his prey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgOtB9XksgI

 

[Aren]

Haha! I remember staring a thread just like this one a year or so ago, I also started with Kilar and Nox .

It depends on the type of vampire army but if your vampire has a tragic background try Phillip Glass, maybe one of his soundtracks to Dracula. Also, Midnight Syndicate - Army of the Dead. Of course, anything by Nox Arcana

 

[Vipoid]

Surprised no one has mentioned this yet.

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

Surprised no one has mentioned this yet.

Well I thought it was dead obvious (pun, lol) so I didn't mention it. :lol:

 

[Zephyr]

Nox Arcana and a selection of Blutengel songs and other assorted Goth bands for me.

Some familiar tunes in this thread but also one I haven't heard yet.

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

Nox Arcana and a selection of Blutengel songs and other assorted Goth bands for me.

Some familiar tunes in this thread but also one I haven't heard yet.

How are Blutengel gothic?

 

[Ghouly]

For My Blood Dragon Characters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p_W0rvuPyM

and My Strigoi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsuIkVxUS0

 

[Shareya]

If I had to pick something for my Lahmian characters!

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhalrY4zMNU[/video]

Just because of the not-so-nice lyrics <3

 

[Deathless Dreamer]

If I had to pick something for my Lahmian characters!
Just because of the not-so-nice lyrics <3

Hey this band is really good! Thank you for linking this, I think I've found a new band to listen to.

Here's another one that's good for imagining tortured, self-loathing and tragic characters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnOywnevcfc

 

[Kassill]

Another supporter for nox arcana here! I'm currently in a DnD group running castle raven loft, and told the dm about nox arcana and how good it was at setting a mood. So now we have creepy epic music during our sessions !

 

[Zephyr]

How are Blutengel gothic?

Not gothic no, the music has nothing to do with a medieval building style ;-)
Electro-Goth, EMB, futurepop, it all exists and falls under the Goth umbrella.

Nox Arcana IS perfect for RPing as well yeah. No World of Darkness session without at least one song.