Compilation: Music for Focus and Sleep

A collection of single-video "playlists", each around or more than 30 minutes long - of music that helped me read, work, and just focus in general. Instrumental. Orchestral. "Classical". Generally fits the "dark academia" aesthetic, though I hesitate to label it as such.

Needs a better name.

winter breathes a song; rest those weary hands, the dark will not last long.

Serene and melancholic wintry music. A response and antidote to those tinkly, festive Christmas music that tend to hurt my ears. Mostly instrumental. Occasional hums.

fingers both prasine and viperous

Alternate background music for playing Potion Craft. Dungeon synth, dungeon ambience, medieval synth, medieval ambience, and bardcore.

hush child, the darkness will rise from the deep and carry you down into sleep.

A collection of darker, slightly more ominous and terrifying music that are still oddly relaxing and comforting.

myNoise[dot]net

Link to site

Free interactive online soundscape, noise, and ambient sounds generator. Some features (including being able to easily search the site) are premium, but it's great even as a free user.

Has a mobile app, but only includes very few free soundscapes.

Binaural Beats
Isochronic Tones
Oblivion: Eerie and calming atonal soundscapes.
Stormy Weather: Wind, rain, and thunder.
Tanpura: Indian string instrument tanpura drone generator.
Temple Bells: Calming wind chimes and bells.
Duduk Song: Middle eastern wind instrument duduk generator.
Solomon's Dream: Duduk and oud melodies.
Gregorian Voices: A Gregorian chant generator.

Artists and Channels

nobody

YouTube | Spotify
A channel who creates single-video instrumental playlists of various themes. Many of their videos make their way to my #study playlist - uninterrupted.

Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse

Dark ambient music creator with 1-12 hour looped videos.

Cryo Chamber

YouTube | Bandcamp | Spotify | Site
A dark ambient music label.
(Note: 24/7 music livestreams recently removed as it apparently affected the channel's algorithmic rankings)

Nox Arcana

YouTube | Bandcamp | Site
A band that creates gothic fantasy instrumentals, often with references to literature and their own storylines.

The Haunted Symphony (2019)
YouTube | Bandcamp
Shadow of the Raven

Michiru Yamane

YouTube
Soundtrack composer for many of Konami's games - particularly the Castlevania series - Skullgirls, and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Uploads piano renditions of her songs on her YouTube channel.

Albums and Playlists

The Dark Zone | somaFM

Link
Dark ambient music.

Site also contains ambient playlists of other genres.

Full Albums

Synarchy of Molten Bones (2016) by Deathspell Omega
Avant-garde black metal. Around 20 minutes long.

Black Goat of the Woods (2009) by Black Mountain Transmitter
YouTube | Bandcamp
Dark ambient soundscapes. Around 40 minutes long.

Beautiful Deformity (2013) by The GazettE
Visual kei, alt metal, industrial metal, nu metal. Around 50 minutes long.

Песни смерти ("Songs of Death") (2018) by Путь ("Path")
YouTube| Bandcamp
Atmospheric black metal that incorporates an accordion. Around 1 hour long. Comically, can be found on YouTube by searching "Russian skeleton accordion black metal".

Playlists

Chilling Souls - A Relaxing Mix from Souls series
For players of DS3: the playlist includes Dancer of the Boreal Valley and WILL induce a sudden increase in heart rate.

CalmVania: The Relaxing Side of Castlevania Music

Singular Pieces

Necromantic Drums by Sakrateal ^[1]: Dark ambient ritual trance.
Where the Moon Rises by Sakrateal: Dark ambient music.
Wings of Kynareth by Jeremy Soule: A string ensemble piece used as a soundtrack in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
"Devil's Trill Sonata", Violin Sonata in G Minor by Giuseppe Tartini

I can't find any information about them except for these two pieces. If you know more, please contact me! ↩︎

Own Playlists