Scene Music

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The Most Popular Choices

The BDSM Board of Standards and Practices has determind that at least one of the following must be played at all BDSM parties

• Songs by Enya
• Songs by Enigma such as "Sadeness"/"Sadness"
• "The Vampire Hunters" from Bram Stoker's Dracula Soundtrack
• Gregorian Chant such as from the CD Chant
• Songs by Nine Inch Nails such as "Pretty Hate Machine"

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Long List of Suggestiosn from Various Sources

The following is a collection of recommendations from various scene people. Some have been taken from newsgroups and mailing lists.

OLD and WORLD

• the Chant CDs or any kind of gregorian chant
• Medieval nuns choires
• Japanese drums
• African rhythm (drums & chant)
• Gealic music
• Pan pipe music from the Andes

SWING ERA

• "In The Mood"
• "Sing, Sing, Sing"

CONTEMPORARY

• Led Zeppelin (almost mesmerizing)
• James Brown (driving, almost monotonous beat)
• The Rev. Billy C. Wirtz "Pianist Envy".
• Sisters of Mercy specially Dominion, Mother Russia and This Corrosion.
• Gift by The Sisterhood -- 'Finland Red, Eygpt White'
• anything by The Apollo All-Stars.
• "anything by Nine Inch Nails" (Pretty Hate Machine)
• "just about anything by Prick (except "Make Believe")"
• "Venus in Furs"-Velvet Underground
• "anything by the Sisters of Mercy"
• KMFDM-"Secret Skin" "Juke Joint Jezebel"
• Canadian group's "disco" version of Benny Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing."
• Sweet Dreams by Anne Lennox
• "most of the tracks from Mannheim Steamroller" Roxy Music
• instrumental works of Alan Parsons Project
• Barry White.
• Prince ("If you're a fanatic, or if you're not") Live
• Type O Negative,
• Pink Floyd,
• The Doors
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Sex Magick
• Leonard Cohen
• "Almost everything fom the Velvet Underground, esp. Venus in Furs."
• Yes - Tales of Topographic Oceans "for sensual teasing scenes."
• Patsy Cline "Please Release Me."
• Sisters of Mercy
• Offspring
• Stiltskin "for more rockish tastes."
• Mazzy Star's "So Tonight That I Might See" ("makes for a good getting-laid session.")
• Irish or Welsh female singers, ala The Cranberries from modern works.
• "Justify your Love" by Madonna
• Portishead's "Dummy"

NEW AGE

• Enya ("for longer scenes where you want your sub to feel as though they are floating away somewhere")
• Loreena McKennitt ("If you love Enya")
• Enigma
• the medevil sounds of Clannad (lyrics)
• Hildegard Von Bingen: Very nice spritual music.
• anything by Anonymous 4.
• Dead Can Dance
• "Heaven and Hell" by Vangelis Papathanassiou
• "Himalaya" by Vangelis on "China"

SOUNDTRACKS

• Peter Gabriel's Passion: the sound track to The Last Temptation of Christ.
• Blade Runner
• "The Prodigal Son Brings Death" from Blade Runner
• Dracula
• Zorba the Greek by Herb Alpert
• The Last of the Mohicans ("including a track by Clannad")
• The Mighty Quinn ("very trippy, mesmorizing dancy/ravey type music")
• Rollerball
• Babylon 5
• Batman Danny Elfman
• Silver

CLASSICAL

• "Tocatta and Fugue in D" by Bach.
• "The March to the Scaffold" and "Witch's Sabath" from Symphonie Fantastique Berlioz
• Carmina Burana Orff
• Rite of Spring Stravinski
• Ravel's Trios and Sonatas, performed by Dantorow, Muller and Rouvier (the soundtrack for Un Coeur en Hiver)
• Mozart "for mental scenes"

HUMOROUS

• "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" song.
• the Masochism Tango by Tom Leher

OTHER

• Deep Forest
• Ingrid Chavez (Paisley Park label)
• Soundtracks from the Cirque du Soleil: the titles are Alegria and Saltimbanco "Song of India" is also nice.

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Ambrosio's Personal Favorites

You can tell I do a lot of sensual scenes.

• Enya (for sensual scenes)
• Philip Glass (when I want to feel Evil!)
• Roy Orbison's "Love Hurts" (as a prelude.)
• Patsy Cline's "Please Release Me" (as a prelude.)
• Angelo Balalamenti (Twin Peaks, Julie Cruise)
• Ani DiFranco with the Buffalo Philharmonic "Joyful Girl" (My favorite singer-songwriter. Most of her work doesn't lend itself well to BDSM but I think this one does.)
• Georges Bizet "Habanera" and "Seguedille et duo" from Carmen. (I love Julia Mignes Johnson's performance from the Francesco Rosi film.)
• Ennio Morricone The Mission soundtrack.
• The Ninth Gate soundtrack

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