Pirate Music Needed

[Jarrick]

I'm running a pirate-/nautical-themed campaign, but I find myself woefully lacking in piratey background music. Pirates of the Caribbean is a little too trite and Black Sails sounds more like a western when you listen to it by itself. Alestorm is a little too intense a lot of the time. Can anyone recommend some soundtracks and the like that I can use to enhance my game?

[Maglubiyet]

Songs from the Age of Sail.

[Kid Jake]

I've had this song stuck in my head for a few years now, namely because a friend would sing it whenever he felt 'piratey' and felt 'piratey' more than any single man has a right to.

[Milodiah]

Try finding the soundtrack from Sid Meier's Pirates?

[curious-puzzle]

The Master&Commander soundtrack has some good adventures on the high seas - vibe stuff, and honestly, if you search "pirate battle music" on Youtube, that'll get one or two playlists of mixed stuff and some fast paced music as well.

[Hampulina]

The soundtrack to Assassin's creed 4: Black flag could probably work. It should be available on youtube and spotify.

It also has tavern songs and sea shanties.

[Mutazoia]

I'm running a pirate-/nautical-themed campaign, but I find myself woefully lacking in piratey background music. Pirates of the Caribbean is a little too trite and Black Sails sounds more like a western when you listen to it by itself. Alestorm is a little too intense a lot of the time. Can anyone recommend some soundtracks and the like that I can use to enhance my game?

Barrett's Privateers
The Devil's Son
Old Maui
15 men on a dead man's chest
Victory
I am the Pirate King
Drunken Sailor
Blow the Man Down
Friggin' in the Riggin'
(or if you prefer you can look up the original version "The Good Ship Venus")
And just for good measure The Pirate Song

[DigoDragon]

I've found the music from The Secret of Monkey Island series to be lighthearted good pirate music.

[goto124]

Don't forget to pirate the pirate songs too!

[GungHo]

The soundtrack to Assassin's creed 4: Black flag could probably work. It should be available on youtube and spotify.

It also has tavern songs and sea shanties.

The shanties are fantastic. I honestly spent most of the time sailing around to get collectibles simply to listen to the shanties. My favorite is probably Lowlands Away.

[Kol Korran]

I once ran a very short lived pirate game. Lets see what few songs I gathered (Note, we ran by a very "lighthearted high adventure" theme, a bit like the Pirates of the Caribbeans I guess:

- I found the Two Steps from Hell's "Nemesis" album great for this theme. Sky Titans for example was the campaign's music, and opened every session. Clash of Empires was meant for battles between ships and the like

The "Dynasty" Album also has some interesting gems such as "The Brave and mighty".

I'd also suggest checking the "All drums go to hell" Album for anything that is very fast and very tense. Also good for "tribal music". Excellent score, I used some stuff for battles, for pursuits, prison escapes and more. Puts people on edge.

Other various themes:
Some soothing music (This for exploring underwater)
From the witcher (Tavern music)
Storm music (Starts gentle)
British grenadier anthem (For if you want to put an English like colonial Imperialistic force)

Good luck to you!

[Radar]

Heroes of Might and Magic 4 had a really good soundtrack, which was intended to be looped, so you might find this piece useful.

Aside from that, another classic game might have quite a few gems in it to plunder.

There was also The Crimson Pirate movie with a very catchy theme.

By random-walking YouTube, I stumbled upon this.

[MrConsideration]

The Decemberists are a folk band who have a few good sea-shanties in their repertoire.

Shanty for the Arethusa

The Mariner's Revenge Song.

[Jarrick]

Lots of excellent music here! I've got a pretty good start now. Thanks everyone, keep 'em coming!

I've gotten some Nox Arcana and Adrian Von Ziegler in addition to some of the tracks mentioned here, which kind of helps fill out some of the slower parts and general background music.

[hifidelity2]

If you are UK based and of the right age then music from Capt Pugwash is the best

[Radar]

Oddly, I have a bit of a trouble, to find more pirate-appropriate music, but I thought I'd at least drop those three here:

Neverending story (no, not the main song by Limahl)

Vision of Escaflowne

Macross Frontier

Those themes are a bit at odd with earlier propositions, but I thought you might sometimes need some music evoking the sensations of having sails full of wind and a boundless sea ahead.

Also irrelevant: I somehow can't think about pirates without those guys getting all over my mind.


edit: Now I have good ideas - my memory sure should learn how to be timely. Anyway, there was this old cartoon called Mysterous Cities of Gold and the soundtrack has some pretty impressive pieces in it.

[dramatic flare]

As a pirate myself....

Dread Crew Oddwood

The whole Rogue's Gallery compilation, including Son of Rogues Gallery. Some of the music is very modern, up to and including techno, but you'll find overlapping songs with most other things people have listed up here (the techno version of Old Maui is suprisingly good).

The nautical themed songs from Flogging Molly, such as Tobacco Island and Queen Anne's Revenge.

The Jolly Rogers

And just for some fun, here's a list of 8tracks pirate-based playlists.
http://8tracks.com/explore/pirate

Anything from Muppet Treasure Island.

Donkey Riding, a traditional song.

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest.

Hmm.
I'm sure I could think of more.....

Some of the pieces from Little Mermaid....

[Premier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ayTWcqefg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ayTWcqefg

[Sacrieur]

This is a personal favorite of mine.
Also this.

[ORione]

Maybe stuff from the Pirate101 soundtrack would work for you.

[Boost]

How about Airship Pirates?

[AceOfFools]

The Dread Crew of Oddwood has a fair bit, my favorite being Meat, Bread and Wine.