Hello!
The purpose of this post is to give each other tips on specific audio/OSTs/soundeffects/audio landscapes that can be used by GMs to enrich a gaming session. You can also give recommendations on how you go about using music in your games, what audio gear you are using, etc.

I will start with some Youtube videos that I have used recently in a fantasy setting:

https://youtu.be/muRr8WqrU48

The first three or so minutes of this:

https://youtu.be/8LIMr9E14iQ

This could easily be some weird cult summoning something from beyond the veil:

https://youtu.be/L42AnSAdzXw

Well this is a concept I have quite the interest in and more then a few songs and music I can suggest.


If you don't mind using a some what recognizable piece the opening to trigun is pretty useful for theouse moments where you just need a rock song stand in say in a bar or what have you.

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

There are also tons and tons of pc88 and pc98 game osts that are potetualy very useful perticlarly for retro style sci fi and cyber punk settings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06vCHDmIXDY

https://youtu.be/tSUS9XQR2rY

https://youtu.be/joZ4UEplTYQ

https://youtu.be/pCtmM1ShIlc

I very much say go looking theres tons of this stuff that you have never heard of.

If you're running some retro horror/slasher rpg sessions:

[video=youtube_share;FP9UyIW4_Pc]https://youtu.be/FP9UyIW4_Pc[/youtube]

[video=youtube;MNxRvuT80Qo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNxRvuT80Qo&t=3s[/youtube]

[video=youtube;LDma43wVNi4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDma43wVNi4&t=250s[/youtube]

[video=youtube_share;Axxwo6Dbst8]https://youtu.be/Axxwo6Dbst8[/youtube]

Or something more ghostly/mysterious in nature:

[video=youtube_share;3Mr7SGfXUnE]https://youtu.be/3Mr7SGfXUnE[/youtube]

[video=youtube;sCwwpjMZjEs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCwwpjMZjEs[/youtube]

Great topic!  For many years now, the only music I'll play at the table is ambient music.  Prog rock, heavy metal, and world music used to be in rotation, but was much too distracting; nowadays, if any of that gets played it'll be at the beginning or end of a session as a campaign's "theme song" or victory/funeral music.  

I don't cue up specific songs to match locations/characters; it's one more thing to keep track of, better to just put something on and let it play.  Since most of my games involve exploration and mystery, I've found that dark ambient works very well as general background noise.  Here are links to a few of the most heavily-played albums at my table:

[video=youtube;rjvF36gzLF8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjvF36gzLF8[/youtube]

[video=youtube;8tb0YuVGY0U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tb0YuVGY0U[/youtube]

[video=youtube;mW-ZbEHeICw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW-ZbEHeICw[/youtube]

Some others I use less frequently but are quite nice:

[video=youtube;Y7Ux7gp1mYs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Ux7gp1mYs[/youtube]

[video=youtube;NDRkdgMb3D0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDRkdgMb3D0[/youtube]

[video=youtube;UwahD6FHA9g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwahD6FHA9g[/youtube]

Well i am back again with more a number of years ago there was a little jrpg made for the playstation one now that game on that system is kind of rare and has a fantastic sound track much of which is fantasic and of great use in a table top session.
I will highlight some specific songs but the ost is over 70 songs and it pretty veryed so go digging.

I should also point out that this game is sort of like a more obscure earth bound in a sense in that they are both infamously obscure in there respective circles and as such meany peaple who have heard of the game have never played or heard these songs.

[video=youtube;KnNyX2l0sAk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnNyX2l0sAk[/youtube]

[video=youtube;4KzFm_d2wk4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KzFm_d2wk4[/youtube]

Considering there was just some discussion of ere music I'd say this qualifys

[video=youtube;1LQRKA4W5XQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LQRKA4W5XQ[/youtube]

Given some of the themes of the game there are a few more unsettling and ere songs that i can dig out.

[video=youtube;FH04rKRyxiQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH04rKRyxiQ[/youtube]

[video=youtube;b_sQpTTyRmo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_sQpTTyRmo[/youtube]

[video=youtube;_niDi_znnBY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_niDi_znnBY[/youtube]


While i havent pointed out any in this pass there are a great deal of rock and mettal esc songs in the game that are also worth a look and I do say that they can fit a fantasy champagne quite well.

Ive noted this before in similar threads.

You can pull the BGMs out of Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2 as they are saved as WAV or BMU which players like VLC can play.