One of the best dark ambient soundtrack ever! I have no words to describe it, its that good, really creepy music that helps maintain the evil atmosphere , I wish the game had more tracks..

• Composed by  Russell Shaw
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Here it is – the promotional soundtrack for the deepest RPG with the best story ever – Planescape: Torment. Composed by Mark Morgan, the legend behind the Fallout soundtracks here’s a heart moving immersing soundtrack from an epic game.  Also a cool article about the making of Torment audio.

• Composed by Marg Morgan
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Drakensang is the first PC RPG set in the world of “The Dark Eye” in over 10 years,  alas until now was released only the German version. Dynamedion, a studio with an impressive track record of soundtracks for AAA titles, are the soundtrack composers for this title. You can read here an interview with Tilman Silescu (lead composer).

“The old “Realms of Arkania” PC games, which were set in the same universe, are renowned for their soundtrack, and we want gamers to get the same high quality in Drakensang. We are very happy to have been chosen for this task of capturing the special flair of this RPG brand and translating it into sound” said Pierre Langer, Dynamedion’s Managing Director.

• Composed by Tilman Sillescu, Markus Schmidt.
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Aaaah, one of the finest eerie music of gaming…

The background music which plays from the Die by the Sword CD is impressive, excellent, if not entirely memorable; an orchestral variety that’s well suited to the game’s theme providing the perfect atmosphere, sometimes with quiet ambiance and at other times building into a crescendo as you engage in battle.

The track list and track names are about 30% custom made, where the track had no name I used the name of the level in witch it is played.

• Composed by Rick Jackson & Brian Luzietti
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If you enjoyed The Fallen Lords soundtrack, here’s the sequel created by the same composers. Imho this one is just a little tiny less epic than the previous, but still very good.

• Composed by Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori
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For those of you who enjoy ambience and mysterious moods the Myth soundtrack may be for you. The songs have an airy depth to them and shift between mystical and dark moods, making use of strings and simple arrangements.

This is definetly one of my favourite albums, the music delivers the epic story of the game. Soundtracks like this are a testament to the gravity of music in games and interactive entertainment in general.

• Composed by Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori
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Here’s a rare piece of dark ambient eerie music from a rather obscure game related to the Elder Scrolls series. While I don’t know who is the original composer, these tracks are very nicely remastered by Absolute Pitch.

• Music by Absolute Pitch
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Here’s probably the best ambient music from an RTS game ever. I’ve found the tracks available on Mark Knight’s website for free plus a bonus track. I love the game and I adore the soundtrack

• Composed by Mark Knight
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The musical score to Alice video game is as twisted in reality as the gameworld is.  Composed by Chris Vrenna, is very difficult to describe, child lullaby like dittles played on antique children’s music toys intertwine with dark and sinister choir, strings and samples that gives you an altogether terrifying listening experience. I’m very happy because I just bought it from eBay and I suggest you do the same

Here’s a small interview of Chris Vrenna explaining how he created American McGee’s Alice music.

• Composed by Chris Vrenna
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