Medieval, Celtic music

Sir_Ivan

Kind Sirs, whenever I work on code for extensions I tend to listen medieval/celtic music (or something related).
Here are some examples from my YouTube playlist:
Scotland Traditional Music
Medieval Music - 'Hardcore' Party Mix
Orpheus Odyssey - Legends on Strings
Ar Log
Rhydderch - Telyn
Last two - what a beautiful recent discovery of mine!

Heroes of Might and Magic 3-4, Stronghold soundtrack is great.

I know and love Clannad, Silly Wizard, Alan Stivell, Dubliners.

What do you know of that type of music, do you have interesting suggestions that I should check out?
Please, do share your findings with me.

Duncan

Wish this was made sooner! I've been trying to get into a lot more celtic music (me being from Scotland and all) so I could write some Scottish music myself. Made an attempt last month but I'm feeling a little so so about it. Feels like it only gets good at around 0:46. Would be interested to hear your thoughts Sir Ivan since you listen to this type of music more

https://soundcloud.com/duncan-formosa-122404774/so-scottish-wip/s-66KSuR9OtCr

Here's some of the tracks I found that I quite liked when I was trying to write this piece.

Shepherd Lad
The Bothy Lads
Fate and Destiny

Since you mentioned Silly Wizard, have you heard a cover of The Ramblin' Rover by Siobhan Miller? It's a nice little cover if you haven't heard it.

For Medieval stuff, have you heard the Kingdom Come Deliverance Soundtrack? I think it's got some really nice music in there.

Never heard the Heroes of Might and Magic soundtrack, but the track you shared gave me chills.

Thanks for creating this thread and sharing all this music!

Sir_Ivan

Sir Duncan I thank thee for sharing this beautiful music!
I just listened cover of The Ramblin' Rover by Siobhan Miller and it is great indeed.
Kingdom Come - very good 🙂

I went further after "So Scottish" (a good one, I love how you follow classical structure of folk music, instrument // more instruments // even more instruments // almost nothing // blazing all canons 🙂)
and listened your Soundcloud, you compose amazing music.
In a land of Myth – very good, listened it multiple times already!
The Battle, another great one! Do you know of Basil Poledouris by the way (ost for Robocop, Conan The Barbarian, Starship Troopers)?

Duncan

Dear Sir Ivan,

I'm glad you liked the pieces of music I recommended and I'm glad you enjoyed some of the ones I wrote. I appreciate the fact you took the time to listen to a few more.

I am familiar of Poledouris! His compositions have a really great sound to them. Would love to take a look at the scores to see his orchestrations. It's a shame that it's hard to come across full scores for film music.

Sir_Ivan

Duncan it is indeed shame that fulls scores are not publicly available, that would be a great source of knowledge for young/aspiring composers!

Inguru

Adding to the conversation, when I'm bored of my lo-fi playlists I tend to listen to Viking/Nordic music, especially from artist Danheim. The downside of this is that when my favorite tune comes up, I just turn the volume up and stop editing and start listening. oh well.

Spotify link to the artist: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1J1DiyVfll4d0cos64VSZb?si=u7LjzFn9SiWVVpacgn1QOA&dl_branch=1

Favorite song:
Kala (https://open.spotify.com/track/4WfWAfEQhTWXzwRyiHJ7MO?si=dcb187c423e84767)
Hefna (https://open.spotify.com/track/7M0hyrLQddwoVRazGU2yOI?si=b554103dad4e463f)
Runar (https://open.spotify.com/track/0FYDZneywP55GQXRPjcMrR?si=f325a073889b4a92)

Sir_Ivan

Inguru thank you! Interesting mix, feels like a modern take on a nordic music. Your favourites have quite a pace, they will be perfect when my drake ship will attack lands of Black Magic wizards!
By the way I really enjoy soundtrack for Guy Ritchie's King Arthur.