Zombies, vampires, and Frankenstein-esque monstrosities feature heavily into this game along with horror less supernatural in origin, so I find it only fitting the majority of my suggestions are horror film soundtracks. It also comes as no surprise many of them are based upon the big vampire himself: Dracula. You can keep a good undead monster down. At least, not for long.
Artists & Composers
- Philip Glass & The Kronos Quartet - Dracula
- Jill Tracy - Diabolical Streak; and Into the Land of Phantoms (Nosferatu Score)
- Vernian Process - Behold the Machine (The third track of the album is called Unhallowed Metropolis! Can't get much more perfect than that!)
Original Soundtracks
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Henry Jackman
- Bram Stoker's Dracula by Wojciech Kilar
- Dawn of the Dead (2002) by Tyler Bates
- Dracula (1979) by John Williams
- From Hell by Trevor Jones
- The Hammer Film Music Collection Vol. 1 & 2 by Various Artists
- Interview With The Vampire by Elliot Goldenthal
- Mary Shelly's Frankenstein by Patrick Doyle
- Sleepy Hollow by Danny Elfman
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim
- Thief: Deadly Shadows by Eric Brosius
- Van Helsing by Alan Silvestri
- The Wolfman by Danny Elfman
Other RPGs these tunes could work well in: I can think of a few specifics; as this collection is best suited to Victorian/Gothic Horror-themed roleplaying games like Cthulhu By Gaslight, GURPS Screampunk, Ravenloft's Masque of the Red Death, Dark Harvest: Legacy of Frankenstein, or Savage World's Rippers. Mayhap some still play the Bram Stoker's Dracula Role Playing Game?
Leave a comment if you have any suggestions for additional listening! ;{١
Nice to know I'm not the only blogger who loves a bit of neo-Victorian horror! You should also give AKLO a go for any horror music at all. And if you can stomach the drone, Sunn0))) are bloody terrifying.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Paul!
DeleteI actually suggested both AKLO and Sunn O))) in a previous Music To Roleplay To post on Call of Cthulhu, as I feel they both evoke feelings of cosmic horror and dread.
Though great artists to listen to in many horror games, but I wouldn't personally play them in a Gothic Horror setting. (Unless it was Cthulhu by Gaslight.)