Epic Dramatic Music: Tense Cinematic, Drama & Dark Instrumentals
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Epic VII: The Dramatic Playlist
Theme: Orchestral Tension (Classical & Instrumental)
Find my dramatic playlist on:
Epic Dramatic Music on Spotify:
Epic Dramatic Music on Deezer:
Epic Dramatic Music on Tidal:
Keep scrolling for information about the story told in my playlist.
My curated playlist can be found on Spotify, YouTube, YouTube Music, Deezer and also on Tidal.
After Epic Ⅰ, Epic Ⅱ, Epic Ⅲ, Epic Ⅳ, Epic Ⅴ & Epic Ⅵ this is my seventh playlist's dedicated page, Epic Ⅶ: the epic dramatic playlist aka "Epic Dramatic/Tense Cinematic".
In the first part below you will find information about the playlist's opening story, genres and specifications, like the song count and total duration.
The second part has some featured artists and tracks listed, that appear in my playlist, giving you an overview about some of the content.
Epic Dramatic Music Playlist
Dramatic Playlist: Cover Art & Story Opening
The story is about the tragic death of a Hero, that failed to defeat the Blade of Miquella.
The first 15 songs of the playlist are currently set in stone, as they are all part of the opening story. The Hero fails on track 06 (Malenia), continues fighting on track 07 while getting slowly consumed by the rot and finally dies on track 08. Then, it's his post-death tale until track 15.
The name of the songs are also very explicit, you can follow the story by reading them, this is 07 to 15: Gladiators Will to Fight... Brave Warrior... An Unfinished Life... Honor Him... Into the Light... Aqua Vitae... The Fates... Undying love... A Place In The Sky...
Then, "Forever Nina" marks a transition and the start of a new story.
This new story, is the beginning of a war.
General Information
Specifications:
Song count: 50+
Duration: 2h+
Don't shuffle
Regular updates
Mostly prominent type of music:
Trailer, film & movie scores
Soundtracks (OST, scores)
Video game music (VGM)
Genres & Subgenres
Genres:
Epic dramatic music
Epic tense music
Epic cinematic music
Subgenres:
Tension music
Orchestral music
Dark instrumental music
Buildup music
Classical music
Tragedy music
Tragic music
Drama music
Epic Dramatic Music
Theme
A Hero that couldn't overcome his adversary.
A lot of trailer music, as dramatic music is common practice for movie trailers.
An intense feeling of tragedy in each single track.
Here are some featured songs:
Epic Dramatic Music
"Malenia, Blade of Miquella" by Yuka Kitamura from Elden Ring OST
"Gladiators Will to Fight" by Demfire Creation, soundtrack music
"Undying Love" by Thomas Bergersen (Two Steps From Hell), trailer music
Epic Tense Music
"The Hammer of Thor" by Bear McCreary from God of War: Ragnarök OST
"Fighting the Empire" by PostHaste Music, trailer music
"Final Battle" by Lorne Battle from the motion picture Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Epic Cinematic Music
"Brave Warrior" by Alexander Bobkov, soundtrack music
"For Azeroth" by Ramin Djawadi from the motion picture Warcraft
"Time" by Hans Zimmer from the motion picture Inception
Dramatic Trailer Music
"The Last Stand of Duke Pavel Griffin" by Tom Salta from Might & Magic Heroes VI (trailer)
"An Unfinished Life" by Audiomachine, trailer music
"Into the Light" by Brand X Music, trailer music
Dramatic Film Music
"Honor Him" by Hans Zimmer from the motion picture Gladiator
"The First War" by Anne-Kathrin Dern from the motion picture The Devil Conspiracy
"First Blood" by Daniel James from the motion picture The Legend of the War Horse
Dark Instrumental Music
"The City Must Survive" by Piotr Musial from Frostpunk OST
"Freya's Bow" by Dean Valentine from Rune II OST
"Abandon Ship (Main Theme)" by Aaron Miller from Abandon Ship OST
Related Playlists
Epic Ⅱ: Orchestral/Motivational
Epic Ⅳ: Fantasy/Adventure/Elves
Epic Ⅶ: Dramatic/Tense Cinematic
Epic Ⅹ: Classical Choral (links on playlist page)
Epic Ⅺ: Space/Time (links on playlist page)