Epic Dramatic Music: Tense Cinematic, Drama & Dark Instrumentals

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Epic VII: The Dramatic Playlist

Theme: Orchestral Tension (Classical & Dark Instrumental)

Epic Dramatic Music Playlist – Cover Image

Find my dramatic playlist on:

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

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Epic Ⅶ

“No path of retreat
Defeat is not an option
Seize—your weapon”
―Demfire Creation

Story

The story is about the tragic death of a Hero, that failed to defeat the Blade of Miquella.

The first 20 songs of the playlist are currently set in stone, as they are all part of the opening story. The Hero fails on track 08 (Malenia), continues fighting on track 09 while getting slowly consumed by the rot and finally dies on track 10. Then, it’s his post-death tale until track 20.

The name of the songs are also very explicit, you can follow the story by reading them, this is 09 to 20: 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… Our Worlds Divide… Strength to Overcome… Eternal Love…

Then, “Requiem for a Tower” (Mvt. III) 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

Type of music:

Trailer music
Soundtracks (OST):
- Film/movie scores
- Video game music (VGM)

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, single
“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