The DLMS Music area is a forum for composers and musicians whose work is inspired by Dragonlance to present their work to a wider audience. If you have ever written a song or piece of music based on Dragonlance, or (legally) recorded one written by someone else, then let us know and we'll try and get it listed.

Bands Inspired by Dragonlance

Every now and then we come across bands who find inspiration for their music in Dragonlance, most often from Raistlin who is unquestionably the saga's favourite character.

Blind Guardian

Blind Guardian's music is Queen meets Metallica, colliding with kinetic fury in a mass of seemingly boundless energy. And indeed they seem to be giving the nod to their sources of inspiration with the title of their 2002 albulm, A Night at the Opera. Blind Guardian's Dragonlance-inspired track comes in the form of "The Soulforged", centring on everyone's favourite character...

• Listen to a sample of "The Soulforged" (.mp3)
• Buy A Night at the Opera from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk now.
• Visit the official Blind Guardian web site.

Dargaard

Dargaard was founded in 1997 by Tharen (Abigor, Amestigon, Heidenreich, Dominion III) in 1997 as a vehicle to step away from his usual genre (Black Metal) and experiment with a different approach to express attitudes and feelings. Dargaard's Dragonlance-inspired songs come in the form of the epic 10-minute "Rise and Fall" (focussing on Lord Soth), and the ethereal instrumental "Takhisis Dance", both from the 2004 album Rise and Fall.

• Listen to a sample of "Rise and Fall" (.mp3)
• Listen to a sample of "Takhisis Dance" (.mp3)
• Buy Rise and Fall from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk now.
• Visit the official Dargaard web site.

Dungeon

Australian metal band Dungeon is sadly no more (although Dungeon's music is kept alive through former front-man Lord Tim's new band, Lord). During their time together, Dungeon recorded two Dragonlance-inspired tracks: "The Legend of Huma", found on their 2005 album Resurrection; and "Netherlife (Black Roses Die)" from 2003's A Rise To Power.

• Listen to a sample of "The Legend of Huma" (.mp3)
• Listen to a sample of "Netherlife (Black Roses Die)" (.mp3)
• Buy Resurrection from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk now
• Buy A Rise To Power from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk now.
• Visit the official Dungeon web site.

Lake of Tears

With the release of their album A Crimson Cosmos in 1997, Swedish rockers Lake of Tears were the first band with a Dragonlance-inspired song in their repetoire. "Raistlin and the Rose" is inspired by Raistlin and Crysania's doomed love, and has been popular with many Dragonlance fans over the last few years.

• Listen to a sample of "Raistlin and the Rose" (.mp3)
• Buy A Crimson Cosmos from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk now.
• Visit the official Lake of Tears web site, The Crimson Book.

Nightwish

Another Scandinavian rock band Dragonlance connection, again inspired by the most popular character in the series, Raistlin! Nightwish are from Finland, and their Dragonlance-inspired track appears as the title track on 2000's Wishmaster album. You'll also notice a couple of other tracks on this album which clearly have more general Dragonlance inspiration behind them.

• Listen to a sample of "Wishmaster" (.mp3)
• Buy Wishmaster from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk now.
• Visit the official Nightwish web site.

Shadowblade

With their explosion into the music scene, Canadian power metal group formed by Jasio Kulakowski took inspiration from the glory packed book "The Lord of the Rose", and used the power of metal to tell James Markham's story of his struggles and conquests with his blade the Giantsmiter. On their debut EP Of Blood and Iron, they feature this track as "The March of the Giantsmiter".

• Listen to a sample of "The March of the Giantsmiter" (.mp3)
• Visit the official Shadowblade web site.

Featured Composers & Musicians

These composers have either written or performed music (and sometimes done both!) which is inspired by Dragonlance.

Clyde Woodfin

A guitarist and MIDI composer, Clyde has produced a range of works, but as a huge Dragonlance fan felt compelled to produce a peice inspired by the series.

• View biography and listen to music.

Alex Harman

Alex's work centres around the musical scores that were actually provided in the original Dragonlance game modules. Using music authoring software he recorded these tunes to use as background music during gaming.

• View biography and listen to music.

Copyright Notes
Copyright for all music in this section is retained by the respective composers, and used at the DLMS with permission. You may download this music for your personal, non-commerical use only, and may not distribute it anywhere without the expressed permission of the copyright holder.