- Songs/Albums
- “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Main Theme” by Jeremy Soule
- “Game of Thrones” Soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi
- “Glorious Morning” by Waterflame
- “Harry Potter” Soundtrack by John Williams
- Honestly, it was mostly the main theme, “Hewdig’s Theme,” that I studied, but I did listen to a good bit of the whole soundtrack
- “Heroes March” By Phyrnna
- “Log Horizon Original Soundtrack 1” by Takanashi Yasuharu
- A Japanese show about a fantasy MMORPG
- “Akiba no Machi” [Song]
- “‘Log Horizon’ Main Theme” [Song]
- “Shin Sekai” [Song]
- “Tachiagaru Yuuki” [Song]
- “Luftrausers” Original Soundtrack
- Not quite fantasy, but it had an epic feel which helped in analysis
- “Super Doggy” Original Soundtrack
- Super-hero themed fantasy soundtrack. Never released as an album, but music files from the game are accessible
- “TERA Original Soundtrack” by Rod Abernethy and Inon Zur
- Tera is a fantasy MMORPG with amazing music
- “Godspeed, ” “Hearth and Hope,” and “Homecoming” were my favorites from this soundtrack
- Extra Sources
- Brandon and Derek Fiechter
- “How to Kill Writer’s Block and Start Composing Now” [Article] by Ryan Leach
- 8-Bit Music Theory - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeZLO2VgbZHeDcongKzzfOw
- Youtube Channel
- “The Music of Zelda's Overworld: a Historical Retrospective and Analysis” ← Great video discussing a lot of the same things I do but with a largely different focus (so he goes into detail on different aspects)
- J. Jay Berthume - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaBpxvYSPRS6Gw3FJKA3jgQ
- Youtube Channel
- Has many great composition tips and guides (more cinematic based)
- Note: There were many others that I’d only ‘touched’ on and/ or don’t remember [currently]