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[wooks]

I was wondering what music you guys like to listen to while you build and manipulate your worlds and dwarfs. I know I like the Pandora Channels
http://www.pandora.com/station/play/1900780559126651675
http://www.pandora.com/station/play/1751607106461917979
http://www.pandora.com/station/play/1745787133718061851
But I'm always looking for something to set the dwarfing mood and give some imagination encouragement.

[klefenz]

This is for playing in evil biomes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOqVSA5-nys

[Tarzanello]

I usually play with some piece of Mike Oldfield in the background. Music of the Spheres and Songs of the Distant Earth (both are albums) have been my favorites so far, it's quite atmospheric.
BTW, if you don't know who this guy is, he's the author of Tubular Bells, which was made famous by the movie "The Exorcist" which used the piano intro as a theme song. I'd describe it as "ambient rock", give or take.

[jcochran]

For sieges and ambushes.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCrnF844_ww

[Urist McVoyager]

Seconded on the last one. March of Cambreadth is an awesome song for any war.

[RanDomino]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJNb_7UOZw
Or it will be, as soon as Toady implements Yoiking

[wooks]

March of Cambreadth captures that perfectly. wow.

Haha! In that video RanDomino they even look like angry dwarves. That's awesome.

[SixOfSpades]

wooks: If Middle-Earth music is your thing, this is the very best version of "Dwarven Song about Old Wealth" you will ever hear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ymgFyzbDo

For something a bit more in tune with the DF universe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqvNCkNANks
Translated English lyrics:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

MY ANCESTOR GURDIL

Here’s the story of a dwarf
 Who could run fast and travel far
 Beer in hand, let us hear
 His amazing adventures
 
We are the dwarfs under the mountain
 We dig all day, we drink all night
 And we don’t like those from above
 
One day, my ancestor, Gurdil
 Was sent to dig a bit in the forest
 He was told he would find mithril
 If there ever was any, we don’t know where it was
 
He built a shack very close to
 A deep forest inhabited by wood elves
 People who eat only lettuce
 Are not known for being good neighbours
 
We are the dwarfs under the mountain
 We dig all day, we drink all night
 And we don’t like those from above
 
“Go back! You are not welcome here”
 Said the elves, throwing stones at him
 Seeing that everything was lost
 He ran away along the river
 
He was rescued by fairies
 Blue undines lazing on the shore
 Rainwater was given to him
 He spit it all back out in their faces
 
We are the dwarfs under the mountain
 We dig all day, we drink all night
 And we don’t like those from above
 
Running through the ferns
 He finally reached a human village
 Of course they sold beer there
 But no human was willing to serve a dwarf
 
Gurdil slaughtered an inkeep
 Beat him to death with a stool
 Then he went back home
 And never went out of the mine again
 
We are the dwarfs under the mountain
 We dig all day, we drink all night
 And we don’t like those from above
 
Friends, let us stay here in safety
 Eat and drink in our stone homes
 Above it’s filled with idiots
 Come on inkeep, bring us more beer!
 
We are the dwarfs under the mountain
 We dig all day, we drink all night
 And we don’t like those from above
 
We are the dwarfs under the mountain
 We dig all day, we drink all night
 And we don’t like those from above

A cover version of the actual DF music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXbTXfoloNc

For when your Duchess is making odd demands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIBeYoP9Wi0

And, naturally, there's always Diggy Diggy Hole.

[smurfingtonthethird]

I like to play "rise of the valkyries when I watch a elite dorf melee squad tear a siege in half.

[RailroadRider]

And, naturally, there's always Diggy Diggy Hole.

I wholeheartedly second this notion.

http://www.yourepeat.com/watch?v=fR7EAdPUqvQ&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DfR7EAdPUqvQ

(Leave the tab open, it will play on end)

[Henny]

Embarking in a Cold or Freezing biome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt5VX0wfmog

Embarking in an evil biome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLDK5Ve9TGY

[Lidku]

I prefer slaves to armok 1's battle music when being attacked by a siege or ambush.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ARLSii23w8

(Best video I could find )

[Baffler]

wooks: If Middle-Earth music is your thing, this is the very best version of "Dwarven Song about Old Wealth" you will ever hear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ymgFyzbDo

When I saw it was a cover I didn't have high hopes, but this was really damn good.

As far as my own dwarfing music, I usually listen to this:
https://soundcloud.com/simonswerwer/sets/dwarf-fortress-soundsense

[Telgin]

I actually don't usually listen to music while playing DF, but when I do it's usually something from Stronghold.  It's pretty appropriate I suppose since Stronghold is a castle sim game.

Siege music:
Stix and Stones

General music (for non evil biomes anyway):
Under an Old Tree

For evil biomes I actually prefer the Ikana Canyon music from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask:
Ikana Canyon

[Blastbeard]

I have so many I could take up three whole pages of this thread. here's just a few.

Adventure mode as Dwarf during curb stomp battles:
Newgrounds Audio Portal: Flying Saucers http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/459018
Fort mode, just after embark:
Starcraft 1: Terran 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuytViFsZUw
Fort mode, mid-game:
World of Warcraft: Dark Ironforge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhRRgcAbdI
Fort mode, during sieges:
Warcraft 2: Human 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vGnzKki5aA
All modes, in evil biomes:
Andrew Gold: Spooky Scary Skeletons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2rwxs1gH9w