Oriental background music

Scaatis · 10-09-2011, 07:24 AM

Hello SJGames forum!

I will be running the Caravan to Ein Arris campaign on Wednesday. I usually play music in the background when I play RPGs so I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for ambient oriental/arabic music in different themes (travelling, combat, campfire etc). Google and the search functions have been less than useful.

Help would be much appreciated.
Greetings
Scaatis

Edit: I already have the soundtrack of the first "Assassin's Creed" game and the soundtrack of "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (the movie)

aesir23 · 10-09-2011, 07:42 AM

My sister has a great album called "Arabic Groove". But it might be more modern than you have in mind.

Dead Can Dance also has some songs that would be appropriate to put on a mix.

jason taylor · 10-09-2011, 08:32 AM

If this one is the same one I remember, it has a fair sound track.

http://catalog.multcolib.org/search~...T=R&37%2C37%2C

Unfortunately it is a docu and has a lot of narrative.

The Colonel · 10-10-2011, 02:34 AM

If you've got Medieval Total War 2, there's a selection of Middle Eastern sound tracks buried in that - I think at least one edition even came with a soundtrack CD.

Apache · 10-10-2011, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by The Colonel

If you've got Medieval Total War 2, there's a selection of Middle Eastern sound tracks buried in that - I think at least one edition even came with a soundtrack CD.

Yes. Yes, it did.

*puts it in his CD player*

sn0wball · 10-10-2011, 04:54 AM

There is the theme of the movie Caravans. I bet it can be found on youtube.

Scaatis · 10-10-2011, 06:17 AM

Thanks to everyone for the replies!
I remembered I had Stronghold Crusader floating around - it also has oriental music. So far the closest to what I'm looking for. I'm going to check out the medieval 2 soundtrack. The caravans theme is not bad but a bit short.

It surprises me that there is so little arabic roleplaying music out there...

Edit: meh, apparently my version of Medieval 2 is not the one with the audio cd :(

Braun · 10-10-2011, 07:15 AM

Kojiki: Kataro

Japanese sounding, if that is the orient you want.

copeab · 10-10-2011, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scaatis

I will be running the Caravan to Ein Arris campaign on Wednesday. I usually play music in the background when I play RPGs so I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for ambient oriental/arabic music in different themes (travelling, combat, campfire etc). Google and the search functions have been less than useful.

Several songs from the steampunk incarnation of the band Abney Park have at least a faint Middle/Far Eastern sound. Some suggestions are:

"Neobedouin"
"Sleep Isabella"
"Under The Radar"
"Beautiful Decline"

Scaatis · 10-10-2011, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by copeab

Several songs from the steampunk incarnation of the band Abney Park have at least a faint Middle/Far Eastern sound. Some suggestions are:

Kind of - quite faint. The band is awesome, though, thanks for telling me about them. (Grooveshark ftw)
They have kind of a modern sound though - I found another piece on youtube that sounds like the kind of music I'm looking for:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHGBo...eature=related

10-09-2011, 07:24 AM	#1
Scaatis Join Date: Oct 2011	Oriental background music Hello SJGames forum! I will be running the Caravan to Ein Arris campaign on Wednesday. I usually play music in the background when I play RPGs so I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for ambient oriental/arabic music in different themes (travelling, combat, campfire etc). Google and the search functions have been less than useful. Help would be much appreciated. Greetings Scaatis Edit: I already have the soundtrack of the first "Assassin's Creed" game and the soundtrack of "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (the movie)

10-09-2011, 07:42 AM	#2
aesir23 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vermont	Re: Oriental background music My sister has a great album called "Arabic Groove". But it might be more modern than you have in mind. Dead Can Dance also has some songs that would be appropriate to put on a mix. __________________ My ongoing thread of GURPS versions of DC Comics characters.

10-09-2011, 08:32 AM	#3
jason taylor Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon	Re: Oriental background music If this one is the same one I remember, it has a fair sound track. http://catalog.multcolib.org/search~...T=R&37%2C37%2C Unfortunately it is a docu and has a lot of narrative. __________________ "The navy could probably win a war without coffee but would prefer not to try"-Samuel Eliot Morrison

10-10-2011, 02:34 AM	#4
The Colonel Join Date: Jul 2006	Re: Oriental background music If you've got Medieval Total War 2, there's a selection of Middle Eastern sound tracks buried in that - I think at least one edition even came with a soundtrack CD.

10-10-2011, 04:54 AM	#6
sn0wball Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Schleswig, Germany	Re: Oriental background music There is the theme of the movie Caravans. I bet it can be found on youtube. __________________ No unconsenting english phrases were harmed during the writing of this post.

10-10-2011, 06:17 AM	#7
Scaatis Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: Oriental background music Thanks to everyone for the replies! I remembered I had Stronghold Crusader floating around - it also has oriental music. So far the closest to what I'm looking for. I'm going to check out the medieval 2 soundtrack. The caravans theme is not bad but a bit short. It surprises me that there is so little arabic roleplaying music out there... Edit: meh, apparently my version of Medieval 2 is not the one with the audio cd :( Last edited by Scaatis; 10-10-2011 at 06:35 AM.

10-10-2011, 07:15 AM	#8
Braun Join Date: May 2007 Location: 37d29mN,97d14mW (kansas)	Re: Oriental background music Kojiki: Kataro Japanese sounding, if that is the orient you want.