D&D General Music tracks for a desert campaign, reminiscent of Dune, Lawrence of Arabia

[RangerWickett]

I am starting a game soon that will be at a desert mega dungeon. I want some music that I can play for ambient background and in combat that will feel thematically appropriate.

I'm considering using the Lawrence of Arabia overture as my intro music of each session. But as wonderful as that score is, none of the tracks are good for looping or for playing if you just want to have a scene go on for 10 minutes to half an hour.

Any suggestions?Any suggestions?

 

[overgeeked]

I use these for my Al-Qadim games...

All soundtracks, OSTs, scores, etc. Arabian Nights TV Series. Assassin's Creed Origins. Assassin's Creed Score. Children of Dune. Dune 1984. Dune 2021. Frank Herbert's Dune. Lawrence of Arabia. The Mummy movies. Silk Road Ensemble's Off the Map & Beyond the Horizons & Traditions and Transformations. Prince of Egypt (skip the singing / musical numbers). Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. There are also various "Rough Guide to" various types of music. North Africa and Morocco are great for this. I'm sure there are more. There's also a lot of belly dance music, but you have to be more careful with that as a lot of the recent stuff has a more distinctly hip hop feel that just doesn't quite work.

 

[billd91]

Passion by Peter Gabriel
Soundtrack to Black Hawk Down
Soundtrack to Gladiator

 

[bedir than]

Dead Can Dance should be part of your playlist.

 

[BookTenTiger]

Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain

I've used it for years and years as D&D music. Just listen to the opening chords:

 

[gamerprinter]

I haven't looked at Tabletopaudio.com in a while, but for sound effect/tracks as an alternative to actual music, I use that sometimes in my games. I'm sure they have something that fits an Arabian motif.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Rabih Abou Khalil is a master of the oud, and has been recording killer albums since the 1990s. Here’s a taste:

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Bombino is a Tuareg musician who might have something in his catalog that might appeal. This is the first song of his I ever heard.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The band Tinariwen is another giant of the modern Tuareg music scene.