JIM KIRKWOOD "Where Shadows Lie" [REMASTER, official] (1990, dungeon synth, new age, berlin school)

[@OutOfSeason]

Please consider subscribing for more free uploads of dungeon synth, fantasy music and metal. TRACKLIST 0:00 The Black Gate Opens 0:51 Elven Smiths 09:25 Enchanted Streams 12:46 Helms Deep 16:49 The White Rider 22:04 Morgoth 22:51 The Ruin of Gondolin 30:34 Wild Wargs 36:50 Lonely Mountain 40:55 Smaug

[@MistralMijatovich]

JIM KIRKWOOD, THE GOAT

[@Supahdave1000]

THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT! *T H E G O A T!!!*

[@niall2977]

Awesome....Jim is untouchable....my bank account will be decimated on Friday! :O

[@jacobk9479]

twas foretold

[@Thomas_667]

The King of Dungeon Synth, legandary stuff..

[@alexkhlebnikov9001]

I want a 24 hour loop of The White Rider!

[@brocken_spectre7734]

OOS going hard with these Kirkwood remasters. Greatly appreciated!

[@HotHLife]

Man, this album is so epic. Got me through winter, and still amping me up for summer! Mirkwood doesn't deserve Kirkwood 🤘

[@SPLRAPTOR]

Thankyou for pressing these onto LP, I've already ordered 2 and will be getting the 3rd in a few weeks if they're still available. Jim is, in my opinion, one of the greatest synth composers to ever live. He shaped a sound that still to this day encapsulates a dark mysterious land of knights, magic, and wonder that we all wish to explore. I'm so glad that he is once again embracing his earlier works and I hope he continues to find himself in them and know that what he did started a whole genre of music.

[@cristobalvalenzuela238]

wait? didn´t he turned to christianism and rejects all his musical carrer?

[@SPLRAPTOR]

@@cristobalvalenzuela238 He's been making new music for a little while, he did take a break and was only doing paintings. He posts new music and has his discography available on his bandcamp. The discog is very inexpensive considering how much comes with it.

[@Cinetiko]

Aprecio merecible por parte de este gran artista, cada melodía un sentido diferente, haces buena pareja con los sonidos madre mía...

[@worrystone]

This brings me back to a wild time in 808 anno Domini. You had to be there.

[@EmperorDingir]

Can someone please confirm if he's the first artist to make Dungeon synth??? It's seems his stuff is the oldest when it comes to dungeon synth recordings,,, plzz someone confirm this xd 😢

[@SPLRAPTOR]

He was definitely one of the pioneers, influenced heavily by works of Tolkien, various symphonic works, and 80s metal he made a very distinct sound. I wouldn't try to say that my word as a consumer is the defining line on the matter and there may have been some before him with a similar goal. But I personally consider him to be the father of dungeon synth as we know it today. He created captivating melodies & movements and applied them to tried and true rhythms and chord progressions popular with metal at the time. There were a many of synth artists in the late 80s though the way it was applied varied widely and simply put a lot of musicians/bands weren't sure exactly where to really utilize the sounds they were making.

[@dhjerth]

When I listen to this I don't really hear dungeon synth, I hear Tangerine Dream. Which is very synth, but not very dungeon. So the dungeon bit might be more about the package and less about the content. In my opinion, Mortiis laid the foundations of the genre, a few years later.