Cold Winter Fantasy Town Ambience and Music | Frostholm - cold northern town

He sat by the fire and gazed out the window onto the frozen street below with its endless stream of tightly wrapped faces as they hurried past one another toward unknown destinations. Snow was falling gently as it always does and although the weather was kinder to the soot-covered city of Frostholm than most years the old man's bones and scars still ached. He didn't mind too much as some of those scars were the reminders of fond memories of a youth, long past, filled with adventure and travel. He smiled a bitter-sweet smile and shuffled his chair a little closer to the flames...
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Heavily inspired by Skyrim and countless other fantasy worlds.
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Credits:
Music: mine
Special effect: www.videezy.com/
Original picture: created with AI
You cannot use any part of this video without my permission. For more information about licensing: www.martiasmuses.com/licensing/
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Apple Music: / martias-muses
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and other music streaming platforms, find me under my artist name Martia's Muses
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Software, hardware and websites I am using (and recommend):
Pixabay for free pictures: pixabay.com/
Distrokid for distributing music: distrokid.com/vip/seven/3258222 (7% off with this link)
Editing videos (free version): DaVinci Resolve
Sound library (has free version): www.zapsplat.com/
Recording and editing music (also free): Cakewalk and Audacity
Headphones: amzn.to/3Kr3uIA
Midi Controller: amzn.to/4aMcZNh
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Martia 🐋
I create ambiences with original music. My favorite genre is fantasy, but I sometimes venture into sci-fi, horror, history, or plain (but beautiful) natural settings.
I am heavily inspired by books, as I am a total bookworm, by PC games and DnD which my husband loves and talks about. I love long cross-country hikes, that feel like a huge adventure and you can see it in the number of traveling ambiences I produce 😀
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You are at the right place if you are looking for ambient music for reading, writing, or work, or background music for DnD.
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[@enterission]

For some reason it gives me "dead mmo" vibes, where you walk in a once populated place, but only the structures and memories remain. I love it, thank you.

[@martinbailey9961]

So, true! Something like Windhelm in ESO.

[@pamelawilliamsartography]

I agree to the vibe, very lonely and melancholic, but don't know your shorthand, pls tell me what is "dead mmo" ? and thanks!

[@AzureAlliance31]

@@pamelawilliamsartography MMOs are Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. The social activities to do with other players is the point. Dead MMOs are when you've played a MMO in the past in once-crowded areas, but then you revisit those areas again now, only to find them empty of the crowds you remember. Examples are Seer's Village in RuneScape 3 or any prior expansion capital city in World of Warcraft (Shattrath, Dalaran, Boralus, & a few others).

[@pamelawilliamsartography]

@@AzureAlliance31 thank you! Your helpful examples are very thorough and it was thoughtful of you to detail scenarios! Much appreciated!

[@midknightgeek6629]

I played it while doing some questing in FFXIV tonight, was perfect for that as well 😉

[@WildernessSoundscapes]

Comments section is a testament to the universal allure of this ambient video. It's heartening to witness people from various walks of life finding solace and connection through these soothing sounds. Beautifully uniting us all in tranquility.

[@lemonz2052]

I just started reading Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett this morning, which takes place in a Nordic winter setting. This video couldn't be better timed! Thanks again for the work, your videos are the best!

[@MartiasMuses]

It was probably my favorite book I read last year (and I read like 45 books). I can´t wait to read the second one! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did :)

[@vanessalamontagne4443]

that's next on my tbr after Ruthless Vows! I'll be sure to keep this ambient music in mind when I start.

[@MartiasMuses]

@@vanessalamontagne4443 Divine Rivals are high on my TBR!

[@noqueq9003]

Thanks for the book recommendation!

[@kaylagilman1458]

Omg me too that's exactly what I'm reading it to.

[@ericmontiel3234]

Reading Mistborn listening to this and it captures the vibe perfectly. Thank you so much!

[@MartiasMuses]

That does sound like a good combo. That reminds me I should pick up the last book, there is so much happening in the story and I can't see how it can end well with so much going to sh*t 😄

[@skip2mylou8]

One of the best ambient music i have seen on tube. I mean it.

[@MartiasMuses]

Thank you! ❤

[@TMtheScratcher]

Perfect timing for creative work on a saturday noon, while snow gently falls from the sky. Thank you for your great work!

[@MartiasMuses]

That sounds lovely, I wish we had some snow... I wish you a lot of inspiration! 😊

[@HereForTheComments]

I thought I might hear the echoes of holidays past, on a walk through the streets of Frostholm. But the old year is behind us now. It is put to man to move forward, for what lingers, dies.

[@lavyhates]

Literaly just starting playing Frostpunk. The timing👌. Great music as always.

[@MartiasMuses]

That game looks chilly cold... Enjoy the game and the music! ❤️😊

[@tripmood365]

Real music to the ears, and rest to the mind, good video, my friend. Greetings from Helsinki 🇫🇮 🚀

[@MartiasMuses]

Greetings from Piedmont 🇮🇹🤌!

[@ashutoshsharma9553]

The art reminds me of Lake town from the hobbit movies! Thank you for your hard work!

[@MelodyofLiberation-hh6pj]

The background is very beautiful. Music makes you feel relaxed. I like this type of music. Thank you for creating good work.😂❤

[@LadyCroft86]

Oh how beautiful this is. ❤ I love winter and this is perfect! The scene, music, sounds and the name! This makes me so happy and I will listen to this throughout the whole year. 🥰 (Whole Sweden is Frostholm at the moment😄)

[@MartiasMuses]

I am so happy you enjoy it :) I think I created it because I crave some propper Swedish winter, not this muddy excuse that´s here 😄

[@apriltouro7536]

Sitting with a cup of coffee with this morning and thoroughly, thoroughly enjoying this. Beautiful work!

[@Ioho963]

Listening while reading The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart. Perfect combination. Love your music /|\

[@reozen8727]

i remember a game called endless winter, but my memory serves me wrong: this game doesn't exist. anyway. there is no right or wrong with memories.

[@sunghun8831]

배경 멋지네요 ❤❤ 잔잔한 음악 🎶 배경 아름답네요 구독해요 자주놀러올께요 감사합니다

[@szymonjakub1]

Ur work is awesome, i love to listen to it laying in bed trying to sleep

[@MartiasMuses]

thank you!

[@noqueq9003]

The Nostalgia in this makes me melt

[@Aleamanic]

cold & lonely, oh beautiful melancholy ❤

[@wingie21]

This is perfect for the setting of my WIP novel. Thank you so much!

[@autumnsentry]

Just found this channel last night. Exception work.

[@OnionKween]

I prefer when ambience is louder than the music. I’m missing here some more snow sounds :c Either way great ambience to relax💛

[@GentleRayneASMR]

This is very much like where I live in Canada at the moment! ;) Love Skyrim, currently on another playthrough after a good 10yrs since the 1st... it's just as awesome this 2nd time around!

[@Altair4611]

I like the motif to your ambiances

[@VenusFlytrap-1979]

Your music and video themes are mesmerizing.

[@MartiasMuses]

I am happy you like it :)

[@michellestarfire1700]

Oooo this one is good for me

[@juno_p]

Beautiful!! Yaaay time for me to relax with a new video! ❤ hope your are ok! Thank you Martia!

[@RPGAmbientSounds]

Totally love it 💙

[@midknightgeek6629]

Very beautiful! Was perfect background while playing some FFXIV tonight! Thank you! Sub'd as I'll be coming back for more! Cheers 😎👍

[@MartiasMuses]

Happy to hear you enjoyed it! :)

[@nikolibarastov4487]

Just put this on my playlist for Frostgrave: Wargames in the Frozen City

[@BlackPyramid111]

Looks like a open sewer ditch running by all the homes 😮

[@user-lh1lq1xr8k]

I have a fantasy world very similar to this.

[@FredDude27]

My kind of place! /Swede

[@MartiasMuses]

Welcome home 😁

[@jonashellsborn7648]

Ah yes Frostholm where Descartes caught pneumonia and died. "I cough therefore I exist" (nah not funny) As for me, I'm from Goth-enburg. A name worthy another theme.

[@MartiasMuses]

@@jonashellsborn7648 😄 I come from a village that basically translates to Roseville, nobody can blame me for liking fairy tales too much, it sounds like I came from one...

[@Abyss_in_your_mind]

Your videos make me so calm and peaceful! Thanks for your effort and So appreciate that. Also want to know how this picture you made!

[@MartiasMuses]

This one was AI-generated, as I cannot afford to commission an artist yet 😥

[@droidgunner3840]

I'm there and I'm nekkid

[@fen3910]

Such beautiful music, but as an environmen artist the use of AI art is really disheartening. For those who don't know, AI art s generated via the use of artist's work who haven't given consent for their work to be put into a digital feed and frankensteined. I'm sure there are so many artists out there who would be so happy for you to use their work for your music - please consider reaching out and using real art for future videos.

[@MartiasMuses]

I am actually on a long hunt for a website where I could purchase non-exclusive licences for a real art pieces, preferably with a lot of choice for fantasy, scifi, nature settings. Something that would be either subscription based, or pay per piece. If you have any suggestions, I would be very thankful :)