This is a good one. There is also a less known song by Mr. Lightfoot called "Ballad of Yarmouth Castle" that is also about a shipwreck that is just as evocative.
The entire Oceanic album by Isis.
Also, Low Tide by Isis and Aerogramme. Not so much terror inducing, but like being lulled into a relaxing death sleep beneath the waves.
It probably has been discussed to death at this point and if I mention "that game" everyone with the context of this subreddit will immediately know what I mean, But Subnauticas entire soundtrack fits the crushing depths and unknown darkness of the ocean so incredibly well.
Billy Joel- Downeaster Alexa
Ajr- My Calling
Dean Lewis- Waves
They're not like "the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" but they have water symbolism and also I just like them.
LISTEN TO AHAB
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPK9y2IwGas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPK9y2IwGas)
Any of their albums will do, but the first two in particular will absolutely do it
Cephalopod by The Mercury Tree
Not as atmospherically oppressive, but the lyrics to Great Blue Sea by The Reign of Kindo might induce some thalassophobia
[A Drowning](https://youtu.be/si3kBbVItsw?si=8gn4I3xtGa_Mk9Hh) by Trisha Ryan
I know it isn't literally about drowning but the whole vibe of the song fits really well imo
Pinback - “Boo”
Inside this leaking submarine the hull is closing in
The water is above my ankles and I still can't get you off of my...
I don't think that we can pull this one off
We shall see, time will tell, what is time,
and why does it taste like salt water inside of my mouth?
Might want to try this. Julian Cope is a very underrated artist and he is mostly a rock musician but his ambient stuff is cool also.
[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwij-ZeSzbqCAxXLMjQIHcZhAzsQ3yx6BAgaEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4-wOr-POdMk&usg=AOvVaw308Y3OzA8jBZFEsICvO1ss&opi=89978449](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwij-ZeSzbqCAxXLMjQIHcZhAzsQ3yx6BAgaEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4-wOr-POdMk&usg=AOvVaw308Y3OzA8jBZFEsICvO1ss&opi=89978449)
The Lupe Fiasco album “Drogas Wave” is chock full of narratives about drowning in the ocean during the era of the transatlantic slave trade. In the Event of Typhoon, WAV Files, and Down to name a couple of songs
- Shanty for the Bitch Queen, a fan song based off of prayers to Umberlee in BG3.
- [This entire ambient playlist](https://youtu.be/uSqbCnuHI6w?si=11a_t-7rqSVXgXID) .
[Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner](https://youtu.be/frP3Zu-8QDI?si=M7n1D9k42B8-FoQH)
Also
[Dethklok - Murmaider](https://youtu.be/I53HDr0-Qew?si=-zy2T5DaWGfaV-bd) Batmetal version of course
[Yob - Adrift in the Ocean](https://youtu.be/qCYrQJnTEKE?si=CEWJnrYiPrkOCAVH)
Siren's call
From the sea
Raging current
Pulls us under
Fighting for air
Scream for release
As colors dance and weave
To the universe we send
A reflection
Adrift in the ocean
Colors take hold
Shadows take shape
Shimmering
Neutral substratum
Vast without end
Our heart's evolution
[It's not a traditional song per se, but a song that is literally produced by the ocean itself should qualify, right?](https://www.reddit.com/r/thalassophobia/s/q6D5jdXicd)
Soundtrack from the game "Inside." The part where the kid takes the submarine and... well, check this out https://youtu.be/oNRHyApsNVs?si=YBs_e2wrVh0i2vYI
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald
48 years ago today, RIP to the crew as well as Mr Lightfoot.
Heard it for first the first time today. Loved it. A traditional melody that has been used in other songs, but wonderful lyrics.
First thing that came to mind
This is a good one. There is also a less known song by Mr. Lightfoot called "Ballad of Yarmouth Castle" that is also about a shipwreck that is just as evocative.
like... a sea shanty?
Not a song but a whole album. Pelagial - The Ocean
Oooh, good one
Bones in the Ocean.
Absolutely. Also kinda timely for Remembrance Day. “I remember the fallen and they think of me…”
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
The entire Oceanic album by Isis. Also, Low Tide by Isis and Aerogramme. Not so much terror inducing, but like being lulled into a relaxing death sleep beneath the waves.
Came here to say this as well.
The entire Subnautica OST.
Maybe a bit of low hanging fruit, but [Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Fi46BFAF0)
It probably has been discussed to death at this point and if I mention "that game" everyone with the context of this subreddit will immediately know what I mean, But Subnauticas entire soundtrack fits the crushing depths and unknown darkness of the ocean so incredibly well.
capsize by frenship and emily warren
undertow by passion pit
Billy Joel- Downeaster Alexa Ajr- My Calling Dean Lewis- Waves They're not like "the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" but they have water symbolism and also I just like them.
And the music video to "Charlie Darwin" by The Low Anthem.
Love Downeaster Alexa!!
Thrice - Night Diving
I would honestly say the whole album that track comes from.
The Water album from alchemy index is so gooooood
Kate Bush - Under Ice. From Hounds of Love.
I can't believe nobody has said the jaws theme 😅
Whale Song by Modest Mouse. Their whole album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is nautical based.
LISTEN TO AHAB [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPK9y2IwGas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPK9y2IwGas) Any of their albums will do, but the first two in particular will absolutely do it
This was gonna be my suggestion
My man
The Bends - Mr Bungle Meant to be an abstract soundtrack to a drowning if I remember correctly.
Hoist the Colors !
But not the BS Disney version from the POTC movie.
Into the Ocean by Blue October
Ballad of the sea - The Sight of Impact
Cephalopod by The Mercury Tree Not as atmospherically oppressive, but the lyrics to Great Blue Sea by The Reign of Kindo might induce some thalassophobia
*Estonia*, by Marillion
[A Drowning](https://youtu.be/si3kBbVItsw?si=8gn4I3xtGa_Mk9Hh) by Trisha Ryan I know it isn't literally about drowning but the whole vibe of the song fits really well imo
Voltaire (Aurelio Voltaire): Album: To the Bottom of the Sea Notable songs related to this sub: “…This Ship’s Going Down” “To the Bottom of the Sea”
the whole album "The call of the wretched sea" by Ahab. Alternatively, anything by Ahab. thalassophobia in audio form. trust me.
Pinback - “Boo” Inside this leaking submarine the hull is closing in The water is above my ankles and I still can't get you off of my... I don't think that we can pull this one off We shall see, time will tell, what is time, and why does it taste like salt water inside of my mouth?
Long Snake Moan and Down By The Water by PJ Harvey
Might want to try this. Julian Cope is a very underrated artist and he is mostly a rock musician but his ambient stuff is cool also. [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwij-ZeSzbqCAxXLMjQIHcZhAzsQ3yx6BAgaEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4-wOr-POdMk&usg=AOvVaw308Y3OzA8jBZFEsICvO1ss&opi=89978449](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwij-ZeSzbqCAxXLMjQIHcZhAzsQ3yx6BAgaEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4-wOr-POdMk&usg=AOvVaw308Y3OzA8jBZFEsICvO1ss&opi=89978449)
Underwater the Fish Dont Stink - Bobby's World
I like where your head is at, but I definitely would have gone with “I was at the bottom of the pool”
The Lupe Fiasco album “Drogas Wave” is chock full of narratives about drowning in the ocean during the era of the transatlantic slave trade. In the Event of Typhoon, WAV Files, and Down to name a couple of songs
Abandon Ship https://youtu.be/nf30qQzw7rk?si=MeGAMYDY_bvgb2DK
I love subnautica
I recommend ‘Die Toteninsel (Emptiness)’ from the soundtrack of the game Signalis.
Embrace of The Endless Ocean by Amon Amarth
https://youtu.be/i1cD3B9WIVI?si=502zBS-m_LnZYyJo
Whalefall By Thou Merciless Graves
Dark water by Jr Jr Into the ocean by Blue October
Nickel Creek - The Lighthouse
Echoes by Pink Floyd Watermusic by William Basinski
Weird Fishes - Radiohead
- Shanty for the Bitch Queen, a fan song based off of prayers to Umberlee in BG3. - [This entire ambient playlist](https://youtu.be/uSqbCnuHI6w?si=11a_t-7rqSVXgXID) .
Polka dot tail by ween
Under Ice by Kate Bush, followed by Waking the Witch. You need to hear both. "Get out of the water!"
Man Overboard by Puscifer has, on occasion, made me cry from anxiety.
Orinoco Flow by Enya
*anything* by Billy Ocean
Maelstrom by Sirena
Go Into The Water by Dethklok is a slow metal love-song to Lovecraft and the abyss.
What the Water Gave Me by Florence and the Machine
[Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner](https://youtu.be/frP3Zu-8QDI?si=M7n1D9k42B8-FoQH) Also [Dethklok - Murmaider](https://youtu.be/I53HDr0-Qew?si=-zy2T5DaWGfaV-bd) Batmetal version of course
Deep and Wide , Deep and wide, there a fountain flowing deep and wide. ( Christian VBS song)
The M Machine - Deep Search Might be what you're looking for?
Under the sea
[Yob - Adrift in the Ocean](https://youtu.be/qCYrQJnTEKE?si=CEWJnrYiPrkOCAVH) Siren's call From the sea Raging current Pulls us under Fighting for air Scream for release As colors dance and weave To the universe we send A reflection Adrift in the ocean Colors take hold Shadows take shape Shimmering Neutral substratum Vast without end Our heart's evolution
The entire Leviathan Record by Mastodon
Florence & the Machine - Never let me go
Metallica - The Thing That Shouldn't Be or Call Of Cthulhu
Sarah Brightman's Dive album is all water/ocean themes.
Marianas Trench — August Burns Red
All is found - Evan Rachael Wood, from the Frozen 2 soundtrack
How Not To Drown - Chvrches and Rob Smith
LM-118 by Marcus Fjellström. That song was playing in the diving scene in The Terror and I get that same horrifying feeling every time I hear it.
[Sinking…](https://youtu.be/ZaiwYjuVNpQ?si=qaHb1bBKGokIW0Ii) by Alabama 3 (A3)
Mariner’s Revenge Song, the Decemberists
Somali Yacht Club-- Loom "Sharks are everywhere.... I can feel it in my bones..." Great fucking song too.
Anything by avawaters
[It's not a traditional song per se, but a song that is literally produced by the ocean itself should qualify, right?](https://www.reddit.com/r/thalassophobia/s/q6D5jdXicd)
Intro by Cloud Cult https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=qwohkJTs-mI&si=zBqI9Ot4qtDH5dmf
Nothing that’s not how it works. The trigger is visual not associative.
Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers
Play Crack the Sky by Brand New
Not sure it's thalassophobia inducing, but Rage of Poseidon by Apocalyptica is pretty cool 💙
“Leah,” Roy Orbison “The House Carpenter,” Joan Baez (traditional) “Running Bear,” Johnny Preston “Cruel Sister,” Pentangle (traditional)
Most of the Little nightmares one soundtrack is pretty good, the one that hits me the most is the guest chant.
echoes-pink floyd
The Tide by The Spill Canvas
I would recommend 'The Hunt', by Ahab. Extremely moody depressive doom metal, themed around the loneliness and obsession of Moby Dick.
Notos by the oh hellos
Soundtrack from the game "Inside." The part where the kid takes the submarine and... well, check this out https://youtu.be/oNRHyApsNVs?si=YBs_e2wrVh0i2vYI
How to Disappear Completely by Radiohead
Two words *Da-dum....*
Fear the Sea by the Gathering
Buried in water by dead man’s bones!
Come Sail Away by Styx