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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 4968100" data-attributes="member: 2205">No good.  That's my native language.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />I've rarely found music to be distracting, just like the soundtrack to a movie isn't distracting.  Mousfer has the right of it, though... lyrics are bad, pop music is bad, Star Wars is bad (unless its a Star Wars game) and too loud is bad, because all of those can and likely will distract.  Otherwise, you're usually pretty good.I tend to use a lot of music, and I don't try to tie music to combat, or anything like that; it all adds to the ambience well enough.  I'm a big fan of movie scores and have used... oh, I'm sure I'm going to miss a lot of them, but off the top of my head.  Keep in mind that many of these movies I can't recommend as movies per se, but the soundtracks are great.Bram Stoker's DraculaLord of the Rings (all three)Pirates of the Caribbean (all three)Indiana Jones (all four)Mummy (all three)Van HelsingSleepy HollowMen in BlackCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonLast of the MohicansLast SamuraiMinority ReportGladiatorTroy10,000 BCAliens vs. PredatorSignsPatriot GamesEnd of Days (still the spookiest track in my collection, actually)Day After TomorrowBatman BeginsEdward ScissorhandsBraveheartLately I've also been using a lot of Midnight Syndicate and Nox Arcana.  While they're not as good as actual movie soundtracks, there's still some good stuff there, and if anything it fades even more into the background than movie soundtracks do.  Arguably, that's what it's best at; I actually struggle to just listen to it straight through without falling asleep, but it's good background stuff while gaming or reading.</blockquote>

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