Eldritch Horror & Elder Sign: 1 Hour of H.P. Lovecraft Creepy Music for Board Games and Role Playing

[@lockejawe4050]

I'm currently writing a short horror novel and this channel has been my go to place for music to listen to while writing. I'm just two chapters away from finishing it and let's just say that I wouldn't get this far without these songs playing in the background. I will never be the same once all of this is over...

[@wingflanagan]

This music is at times beautiful and moving, as well as creepy. I can't say enough positive things about it. Thanks, Graham.

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alicedawnphelan293]

Agreed!

[@Clausie88]

I was writing a creepy villain scene while listening to this soundtrack, and I got goosebumps all the time. It was incredible. Thank you for this amazing music! I love it!

[@月天使9033]

For the Lovecraftians at heart and the ones who aspire to create their own mythos based on the great Lovecraft's work, this is is for you.

[@pocketstring3634]

Perfect for bed time, the soundtrack of my dreams.

[@arnoldrivas4590]

Any strange journeys as of late?

[@pocketstring3634]

@@arnoldrivas4590 I awoke into my dream on a tall hill looking over a drab sagging village with moss covered thatched roofs and comely yellow lights beckoning from its windows creating a aching nostalgia in my chest. As I walk down the hill towards the provincial scene, twilight crawled up to meet me, until, as I left the grassy path and entered the stone streets, night settled around me. As I proceeded I could not help but see into the households at characters who seemed more fabricated of clay then flesh. Each window appeared to present a stop-motion drama of the events inside. Looking down at my hands, I was shock to see that they, as well, had taken the appearance of molding clay. I wiped my hands together and was struck by awe as the features of my palms were wiped away. Pressing on my fingers they flattened and misshaped so, that I began to press them flat. Working up my arms, I fashioned what I could conceive of wings. Stretching my newly arranged appendages out and clumsily, at first, flapping them, I managed to gain flight. Circling the small village at first, I spied distant lands, and gain more and more altitude, I made for a new adventure.

[@freyfalgan7585]

@@pocketstring3634 That, sir, is a good dream.

[@arlenjohnson8820]

This is absolutely brilliant - thank you! It's perfect for my Call of Cthulhu RPG tabletop sessions as well as Arkham and Eldritch Horror board game sessions. I recently played this while working through "Alone on Halloween" for a fun solitaire game (though several of us played through the solitaire experience together). It's just great - I even play it while enjoying the text adventure masterpiece Anchorhead. And for Pulp Cthulhu, we use this while throwing some occasional 1930s radio music in the mix. I really appreciate that you've made it so that it builds the ambiance without being too intrusive - you've hit exactly the right balance. Again - brilliant!!

[@arlenjohnson8820]

And as a bonus, I've decided to put my money where my mouth is and purchase your album - gplowman.bandcamp.com/album/horror-in-lovecraft-country-2-hours-of-music-for-lovecraftian-gaming Again thank you for composing such a perfect, beautiful, and entertaining work. :-)

[@Brock267]

I like that it doesnt have any disruptive parts, just a good background atmospheric music, great job! exactly what I was looking for (playing Fury of Dracula and Elder Sign)

[@cristaniancatembung1160]

This is seriously perfect when playing Lovecraftian games!!! Thank you.

[@breem2999]

I had this playing in the background during a D&D game where we were battling an avatar of the Raven Queen, my warlock's patron. It fit the scene perfectly!

[@j.h-j5j]

I love to listen to this music while reading H.P Lovecraft stories. Seems fitting. I feel being submerged into the story.

[@luizmendesjunior6670]

same here

[@puggles9098]

Sometimes quite literally *fish person drags you to the water*

[@maytaurus1961]

this is so good and creepy. thank you. I love this stuff! one can put this on in a dark room, close one's eyes, and play out such deliciously frightening scenes in the theater of the mind!

[@rafaelruizcomposer1761]

bloody brilliant, Mr. Plowman!

[@StarboyXL9]

Your work is out of this world as always Graham

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Thank you!

[@serhankapucu5885]

The musics are very scary

[@seangriffin2040]

I love playing this sort of thing with my AD&D games. Thank you for this and your other works Cthulhu Mythos. I will using this particular track with a Village of Hommlet variation tonight.

[@albro8853]

Really glad that you went ahead and did those 1 hour session for boardgames, like I suggested you a couple years ago while commenting on your track "The Hound" . I am not playing Eldritch Horror anymore, but I am listening to those hour long tracks while doing WW2 miniature modeling. Keep up the good work! A WW2 Nazi Zombie inspired track would be amazing! ;-)

[@georgeshinas8375]

This has helped me so much while writing my novel. Cheers!

[@jimlariviere1764]

Solid work and nice ambiance you managed to create. Really puts me in the mood for my next game of Eldritch Horror next Monday!

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Thank you, and happy gaming! I hope it goes well and works with the game.

[@cry.skull745]

@@CthulhuMythosMusic hey man, great soundtrack. Me and a Buddy had it playing in the background while we recorded a letsplay, I hope that's alright. We're definitely not getting paid if that's a concern, I doubt many have seen our channels to begin with.

[@riri2286]

great audio mixing. MUCH APPRECIATED

[@AlaisDahen]

Played this while I was finishing off The Shadow Out of Time. The music fits surprisingly well.

[@calmit23]

I'm writing a YA Dark Fantasy this is ideal to overthrow the white noise of my working space with its dark edge...:)

[@werelemur1138]

Great horror writing music!

[@maxsavagetheshredinator5840]

Playing Eldritch Horror while listening to this it's awesome good work man.

[@Mathadar]

Amazing! Going to totally play this on the little tablet web browser for Tabletop Simulator when we play Eldritch Horror next! Or Call of Cthulhu 5th edition.

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Cool, thank you! Hopefully it sounds ok coming from the wee tablet. I'm going to try and get both my 1 hour pieces onto Spotify.

[@graphsas]

Hi Graham. You're really the musical voice of Lovecraft! Congratulations! SAS

[@karstenvonfjellheim5321]

This is just great!

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Thank you - delighted you think so!

[@jemli]

y'all i'm listening to this with my window open, the door caught a good breeze and slammed shut. I thought FOR SURE someone comin after me XD

[@azariel6669]

you sir have a new subscriber this is freaking awesome i love it thank you

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Thanks and welcome!

[@israeljuniorlima9556]

Man, you are great, i'm in the university and listening your music... Keep going this is so mysteriously beautiful

[@AtzaltlCoatl]

Thanks for these.

[@gunsmokeandghouls]

Great stuff!!!

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Thank you!

[@dede-nx2bf]

like de FRANCE, merci, bon job ;)

[@hamilton914]

Brilliant, as usual! Thank you.

[@neiljvoice1603]

Very impressive scoring !!!

[@keretaman]

0:30 that sound must be from that Bloodborne video

[@miguelamado844]

Excelente para leer a Lovecraft.

[@garyplowman7421]

Very good Bro!

[@ArkhamReporter]

Nice stuff.

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Thank you, and nice user name!

[@ArkhamReporter]

@@CthulhuMythosMusic cheers, I run a Lovecraft channel on youtube.

[@Laureanus]

With this excellent soundtrack, my daugther and I played "The Shadow of Cthulhu", the board game :D

[@jeffsipes9115]

Great channel. I subbed. :-)

[@cryenginetutorialsitaeng7354]

nice compositions, i'm actually wrtiting an horror-based story this music help me a lot entering the mood ;)

[@nonocompro108]

07:46 is just fantastic!

[@arturohernandez5857]

Love 💗 it thanks ☺️

[@hamilton914]

Perfect.

[@TheAshHeritor]

Where can I buy this? I must own it. It calls to me in my dreams. When I am not actively listening to it, it whispers in aphotic sussurations, vexing all waking hours that I spend apart from it. Tell me, damn you! Where do I purchase this?! What foul bargain must I strike to own this?!

[@TheAshHeritor]

And I already own everything on the bandcamp... but I do not believe this deranged masterpiece is included in that. Unless, of course, I have already succumbed to total madness, and have missed the obvious.

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Hi! It's available on BC now. It's called 'Horror in Lovecraft Country' on Bandcamp, and is the full 2 hours from both this video and my Arkham Horror Video. Bandcamp forces me to split it into four 30 minute parts and so each part is named. gplowman.bandcamp.com/album/horror-in-lovecraft-country-2-hours-of-music-for-lovecraftian-gaming

[@TheAshHeritor]

Bought! And now... my sanity can rest.

[@judyhopps9380]

@@CthulhuMythosMusic if I listen to this will I turn into an insane and ravenous beast? I mean I will anyway, but I'm just making sure I know all the benefits.

[@txmetalhead82xk]

It's such a rush taking (yet another) investigator into the pits of madness! Everyday citizens saving the world from another nightmarish invasion of the Old Ones.

[@MegaCirse]

He exists, he is real. There are accesses to his grace, to his power. Tangible doors ... All have made him a disembodied being, a myth, a legend to frighten children and the simple-minded, but he treads our land every dawn, every twilight, he is among us, he foments his great plans and recruits his initiates to make us the prophets of his advent. Glory to you! May your reign begin! May your fiery light ignite the world and illuminate us with His aura !

[@lucasfernandes5725]

Who?

[@WillfulVisions]

Time stamps and info for songs between 7:45 and 12:00 please

[@teas9892]

this is good. :D

[@RL-cn6yv]

Just wow 😍😍😍

[@xaviercorrero9112]

i was looking for a music for playing Never going home and i think this would be perfect (terror in The Great War)

[@Xerosch]

This is a really great compilation! Most board game music is too 'present' for me, meaning they often crescend into dramatic and louder melodies which are kind of distracting.

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Cheers - yes I'm trying to keep most of the longer tracks from having any big crescendos.

[@SynthApprentice]

@@CthulhuMythosMusic Do you have any tips, from one composer to another, on how to create this sort of dark atmosphere?

[@-d-devil-3393]

At around 29:30 it reminded me of that movie Triangle

[@choiraul3006]

Anyone know what the song is called at 13:27 (with the sinister sounding piano) ? I seem to have heard it from a Korean mobile game. This legal?

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Yep. I liked the piano melody so much I wanted to use a version of it and orchestrated it. It a royalty free melody.

[@choiraul3006]

@@CthulhuMythosMusic Oooh I get it! I thought it was the other way around :P Good job with the orchestration. Enjoying the music

[@proprietaire5085]

while reading lord of the mysteries 👌

[@Someone-fn3ij]

37:28 damn bro you gave me a spook

[@SongsFromFarAway]

Hello dearest Graham, I'm very fond of your music and litteraly always listen to it when i'm preparing ttrpg games. Is it authorised to use your music for vttrpg on twitch or KZbin (non commercial non profit) ? Mostly now I'm using the music which are included in some famous vtt, but I will love to be able to use your work.

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Hi there - I always allow use of the music for non-commercial use. One thing to note as mentioned in descriptions is that if you place a video on KZbin, there's a chance if the music is loud enough it will be tagged by my publisher. The tags can be ignored, but if people want to monetize their YT videos, this won't be possible if you use music that is under content ID (which most of my music is) as it'll be monetized by my publisher for anywhere the music appears.

[@SongsFromFarAway]

@@CthulhuMythosMusic That's super cool, and great, and nice, I will definitly do use your great songs for our next vtt rpg, it's totally a hobby-non-profit little thingy =) Thank you so so much =)

[@stevecallum7933]

Hi should we wish to use your music in a theatrical production could we do so by simply crediting you in the programme and on any publicity iether online or on posters? Please clarify. Thank you.

[@PowerPuffSoldier]

These are so fucking great

[@tim57243]

Cthulhu Wars fits the theme too.

[@Seo_2dam]

13:28 Wha aa aaaat is this song's title??????????? plz help

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Hi, it's a slightly slower variation of my Charles Dexter Ward track. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h56oiJKLn5qjpbc

[@Seo_2dam]

@@CthulhuMythosMusic wow SOOO Thanks you T_T

[@natewinslow557]

Hey Graham, do you have licensing for your music? Would love to include it in my arkham horror play through videos.

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Hi Nate, a lot of my music requires a license, but this (and the Arkham Horror video) do not (for non-commercial works). Only require I have a credit and link to the channel.

[@natewinslow557]

@@CthulhuMythosMusic Thank you for the prompt response! That is great to hear!

[@acronscawlernc6697]

What music does have license? Just so I don't get in trouble.

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

@@acronscawlernc6697 Hi Acrons, all music requires a license for commercial projects. For non-commercial projects no license is required but note that all my shorter video tracks that were released on iTunes etc are done by a publisher. If music is used in a youtube video it will likely be tagged by publisher. This is ok, and I'd never strike against a video, but it's just something to note. CD Baby will claim the video in most cases and I'll receive any monitization.

[@denisrybak-posselmann4734]

Ich verstehe sowieso nicht, warum nicht mehr Musiktitel in die Villen des Wahnsinns app integriert werden. Könnte man ja auch als "dlc" einfügen.

[@Janshevik]

Hey, you are the one who programmed that Necronomicon flash game on Kongregate??

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

Hi there - yes that was me! Fond memories of those flash programming days! It was before I was writing music properly.

[@Janshevik]

​@@CthulhuMythosMusic I see that you made a board game of it too :p Telling that because I'm trying to make a multiplayer version (first game). Doing in java though, however no animation, sounds and fancy stuff yet, but I ripped art from your game :D I had to tweak rules a bit, particularly turn order, because it can get unfair if not symmetrical

[@CthulhuMythosMusic]

@@Janshevik Cool! If you manage to get something together I'd love to see it.

[@Janshevik]

@@CthulhuMythosMusic you start the server first, found here www.dropbox.com/s/vcvg097mcv89s7j/NecronomiconServer.jar?dl=0 a elder sign tray icon will appear, then you run two clients www.dropbox.com/s/0mguemp8c8vp0t7/NecronomiconClient.jar?dl=0 and press connect to both. It's IP connection, default is localhost. After you're done, you can close the server where tray icon is.

[@jbskaggs7200]

When you are young fear comes from monsters, dying and failure. As you get old though, you discover fear isn't a horror its just an unknown. An as the unknowns multiply, the fear magnifies but your ability to express it collapses. The boogie man was driven out by your mom or dad coming and comforting you when you were little. But as you age- you are ignored as those shadows start growing in the corners again. But instead of boogie men, it's gaping maw coming to swallow you and leave your dead flesh behind, like empty snail shells picked clean by crows. Where do you go when the gaping hole of death swallows you? That is where the fear comes.

[@bibliothekdeshorrors4084]

Is there a difference between Arkham horror and Eldritch horror?

[@floodkevin4716]

Big difference

[@xenmaster0]

@@floodkevin4716 Arkham Horror (the game) takes place entirely within the town of Arkham, and has some clunky IMHO game mechanics, including goods you have to pay for various things. Eldritch Horror eliminates the payment system and covers the entire world. Eldritch Horror is much more streamlined, yet covers a much larger range of experience, where the player goes through gates into other worlds, encounters creatures and cultists in various cities around the world, and collects earthly weapons along with occult spells and artifacts to battle hideous monsters.

[@jamesrose1460]

Don't forget games like CREATURES AND CULTISTS...FATE OF THE ELDER GODS...EVIL HIGH PRIEST...and rge Grand Dassy of the lot...CTHULHU WARS

[@KonstanziaKenway]

Comment for the algorithm

[@Zombiesnyder13]

This is straight up Guillermo Del Toro

[@wrath231]

Don't forget Arkham Horror!

[@Kingneo0053]

comment for the algorithm

[@tararaseg]

Намного атмосферное играть с музоном

[@CharlesMartel676]

I close my eyes...and see Biden taking the podium.

[@seeker9939]

Gondar

[@c0nfu53d]

Hail Lucifer!