RPG Ambience
This is a list of songs to be used as ambience.
Highway Tune
By: Greta Van Fleet
Album: From The Fires (2017)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7aOor99o8NNLZYElOXlBG1?si=53754e138f684a18
Tags: energetic, guitar riffs, adventure, action, rock, driving, battle, powerful vocals, chase, upbeat, scene-intro, mid-scene
Summoning
By: Adam Hurst
Album: Elegy (2010)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2gZJX47WGobZS92Xh9Ifnz?si=53ebe07f33be4cda
Tags: sinister, heavy bass, cello, horror, dark, orchestral, atmospheric, tension, ritual, dungeon, eerie, scene-intro, background, session-start
The War Rooms
By: Dario Marianelli & Víkingur Ólafsson
Album: Darkest Hour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2017)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0bh4iKQFwPuxuNyI5HovVN?si=bc26bb320c4949de
Tags: piano, orchestral, cinematic, somber, dramatic, war, tension, political intrigue, emotional, weighty, decision, pressure, scene-intro, background, session-start
The Chain
By: Fleetwood Mac
Album: Rumours (1977)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5e9TFTbltYBg2xThimr0rU?si=4dd98020773a4d36
Tags: rock, building tension, dynamic, bass riff, chase, driving, climactic, intense, emotional, iconic, adventure, epic, reveal, mid-scene
Forty Six & 2
By: Tool
Album: Ænima (1996)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6AioOohg4bQZFA4jIYQQ2r?si=f2b9966cca494710
Tags: progressive metal, heavy, dark, psychological, rhythmic, intense, brooding, transformative, complex, tension, scene-intro, background, session-start
Sober
By: Tool
Album: Undertow (1993)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6DyywdbmTzlmXBzG9ym7Rt?si=f021c4c501db49f5
Tags: progressive metal, heavy, dark, introspective, brooding, building tension, intense, atmospheric, haunting, unsettling, scene-intro, background, session-start
So It Starts...
By: Holly Humberstone
Album: Cruel World (2026)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6DUasANOS0LQHipi7CBRoX?si=90f528a82a0b46a4
Tags: instrumental, whimsical, ethereal, strings, gentle, delicate, hopeful, soft, dreamy, indie, session-start, background
Tom Sawyer
By: Rush
Album: Moving Pictures (1981)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0hJqtUtw2ydFeuq10XvhQ3?si=1xYzoXvWSqOHPpZfFjBdBQ
Tags: progressive rock, synth, driving, powerful, iconic, energetic, triumphant, heroic, comeback, hopeful, intense, action, scene-intro, mid-scene
Strahd's Themes
Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0dBL99r6cOLx8XftCQObAK?si=fd0554386f5b4c9c
Tags: dark, gothic, horror, vampire, villain, atmospheric, orchestral, campaign-specific, background, session-start
Sherlock Holmes Soundtrack
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Spotify album: https://open.spotify.com/album/4eouZPpapIAd6TvYkUTGDq?si=GqvX6TSsSPGEoRElZ5WCcg
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