I don’t know the second, but I really love the first … but not for writing to … while cooking, doing the washing up, doing a crossword …
Mark
I like emotional music and things that give a punch or hit (like trailer music) because I believe it helps write fast-paced prose. I too struggle with music that has lyrics, unless they fit perfectly for what I’m writing. So, without further adieu, here is my list:
Twelve Titans Music
AudioMachine
Dwayne Ford
E.S. Posthumus
Enya
Epic North
Epic Score
Epic Soul Factory
Generdyn
Hans Zimmer
ICON Music
Thomas Bergersen
Immediate Music
Les Friction (instrumental versions)
Lorenzon Piggici
Position Music (multiple albums with composers)
Really Slow Motion
Secret Garden
Skyrim soundtrack (various soundtracks in general)
SubPub
Svrcina
Tenth Dimension (aka Sencit Music)
Two Steps From Hell
This is just a start, but if you don’t know half or even 1/3 of these people, enjoy the eargasms that will follow!
Lately, I’ve found that the soundtracks from The Expanse and Westworld have been helping me.
The soundtrack for the German silent movie called People on a Sunday is superb.
I mention this as one who rarely listens to music while writing, but also - to be honest - as someone who had a small hand in the production of the soundtrack.
Santoor music by Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. Very gentle and mellow, perfect background music.
youtube.com/watch?v=N_TawCkw9B8
youtube.com/watch?v=1JJOAYwov_E
Agree that lyrics put me off, I listen to any jazz - the more arrhythmical the better,
Ethiopian Instrumental Classical Music youtube.com/watch?v=kjCCeSmZQXg
Ethiopian sacred music (vocals) youtube.com/watch?v=9w5Ct5LfV8I
I literally always listen to this podcast
youtu.be/5qap5aO4i9A
A virtuoso Chinese classical musician doing covers of Western music on a Guzheng.
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