Music recommendations????

[ladymanson]

 So I've been WAY into listening to instrumental stuff and opera when I've been writing lately.  It inspires me more.  For some reason, anything else distracts me.  So I'm looking for some recommendations.  I've been enjoying the following, just for an idea of the type of things I'm looking for

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[realdetective]

I definitely agree with the Bear McCreary suggestion. A lot of great listening stuff there.

I have a few playlists I turn to when I'm coding or working, just depending on what I want to accomplish, so I'm just going to list the stuff from my instrumental/soundtrack playlists that I think gets the most plays.

+ The Amélie soundtrack (Yann Tiersen). I usually go for:
"la dispute"
"les jour tristes"
"la valse d'amelie" (piano version, not orchestra)
"le moulin"

But sometimes it gets distracting, so the "Goodbye Lenin" soundtrack (also Yann Tiersen) might be more listenable.

+ Ryuichi Sakamoto - "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"

+ The more classical (or insert more accurate descriptor) playlist
saint-saens: danse macabre
chopin: nocturne no.20 in c sharp minor
grieg: piano concerto in a minor
saint-saens: samson et dalila - bacchanale
tchaikovsky: romeo and juliet fantasy overture (i also have the nino rota love theme from the movie, but don't use it as often)

+And IDK if this would fit what you're looking for, but I have a lot of tangos. I love tangos. Some of them have a bit darker, sometimes sinister quality to them. Other ones I have, I just like. The ones I use the most:

astor piazzolla: "invierno porteno" - but i cut out the beginning of the recording i have (which is this one) to start around this part
piazzolla: oblivion
alfred schnittke: agony - tango
jacob gade: jalousie
astor piazzolla: adios nonino
john powell: assassin's tango

[realdetective]

omg i'm so tl;dr.

Anyway, I some of what I added doesn't exactly fit in with what you listed, but I did stray away from some of the more Generic Female Ballad-y pieces that are pretty, and floaty and twinkly, because really most of it is the same and not very dynamic or interesting (but I have them because they're good background music. and pretty.)

[ladymanson]

Thank you VERY much!!! :)