Music for a Steampunk Victorian Era Campaign?


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I'm running a campaign set in the Victorian era (kinda like bloodborne and The Order 1886 mixed together) and I have lots of music for combat but not really anything for out of combat roleplay and no matter where I look I can't seem to find what i'm looking for. something unobtrusive and not distracting from the game that I can just put quietly in the background would be good. shoot me some links to your favorites that you think might fit with the setting of this campaign as the normal fantasy medieval stuff is a little out of place, Thanks :D


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My first though was the Mechonis section of the Xenoblade soundtrack (of course, discounting the battle themes), but that might just be because for me "music" defaults to "video game soundtracks."

Example

The Exchange

Classic and acustic folk.

Scarab Sages

Abney Park, Professor Elemental, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, The Dresden Dolls


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The soundtrack to the very wonderful Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura which you can download for free here;

http://benhouge.com/arcanum.html

The game is a steampunk/magicpunk mix and the music should work for what you have in mind.


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Abney Park would fit thematically, though their stuff does have lyrics, so it might be a bit distracting during roleplay scenes.

Also, check out the Last Exile soundtrack (an anime) and its sequel series, Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing. (I had some trouble finding a decent sample on YouTube, but the entirety of the soundtrack is pretty great and mostly instrumental.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPpH0Ta1EPg

Some of the music from Black Sails might work too, though some of it is rather overtly pirate-y sounding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGt6O8HQ1FE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1KmZI97DXk


You can try contemporary composers for the Victorian Era feel, like Michael Balfe or the ever-popular Franz Liszt is a great way to find good background music for many different scenes while remaining sufficiently unobtrusive. Johann Strauss, Tchaikovsky... There's a ton of good artists from the time period, and there's a whole bunch of different moods available.

For more modern-steampunk sounds, here is a playlist that can get you started (with an Abney Park instrumental, so bonus).

ETA: Ooh! Prokofiev! That's who you should look for.

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