I tend to stick to video game, film scores, or orchestral/brass band music. There are days where I am fine to put on some Avett Brothers, The Mars Volta, or anything with lyrics, but usually it's too distracting. Here are a few that are in constant rotation for me. Let me know if you find something like!
Playlists
Coding and Crushing It
This playlist is a decent mix between video game and film score music. There isn't one central theme like the others.
Jazztronica
If you were making an attempt to homogenizing this playlist into just a few genres, it seems evenly balanced between Lo-Fi EDM and Cool Jazz.
*This is Snarky Puppy
I mean … to be honest, I find myself rewinding to catch things I hear in the background.
Lo-fi Video Game Music
Just as the title says. This is almost more of a compilation than a playlist. It takes me back to the OverClocked ReMix days (still going strong, actually).
dark classical
I'll just leave you with the playlist description: brood in a hedonistic and boundless despair / dark academia blessed
Japanese Lofi Chill
Lo-Fi is a thing when coding, I swear.
Albums
FEZ by Disasterpeace
This one seems to help me think.
Brass from the Masters, Vol. 2 by Grimethorpe Colliery Band
When there isn't a pandemic, I perform in a British brass band in the DMV, and while I would love to spend a ton of energy educating more Americans about this tradition, I'll just leave this fantastic album here. Fantasy for Brass Band is what I put on when absolutely need to get myself going.
Fitzcarraldo by The Frames
The lyrics are great, but they can easily fade into the background of this very 90's soundtrack, and that makes it easy to code. Any album by this band for me!
I tend to stick to video game, film scores, or orchestral/brass band music. There are days where I am fine to put on some Avett Brothers, The Mars Volta, or anything with lyrics, but usually it's too distracting. Here are a few that are in constant rotation for me. Let me know if you find something like!
Playlists
Coding and Crushing It
This playlist is a decent mix between video game and film score music. There isn't one central theme like the others.
Jazztronica
If you were making an attempt to homogenizing this playlist into just a few genres, it seems evenly balanced between Lo-Fi EDM and Cool Jazz.
*This is Snarky Puppy
I mean … to be honest, I find myself rewinding to catch things I hear in the background.
Lo-fi Video Game Music
Just as the title says. This is almost more of a compilation than a playlist. It takes me back to the OverClocked ReMix days (still going strong, actually).
dark classical
I'll just leave you with the playlist description: brood in a hedonistic and boundless despair / dark academia blessed
Japanese Lofi Chill
Lo-Fi is a thing when coding, I swear.
Albums
FEZ by Disasterpeace
This one seems to help me think.
Brass from the Masters, Vol. 2 by Grimethorpe Colliery Band
When there isn't a pandemic, I perform in a British brass band in the DMV, and while I would love to spend a ton of energy educating more Americans about this tradition, I'll just leave this fantastic album here. Fantasy for Brass Band is what I put on when absolutely need to get myself going.
Fitzcarraldo by The Frames
The lyrics are great, but they can easily fade into the background of this very 90's soundtrack, and that makes it easy to code. Any album by this band for me!
+🥰 for the Mars Volta. Them and any Prog Rock are perfect for getting lost coding.
My playlists are also full of Hans Zimmer, Steve Jablonsky and company. Their scores are just perfection