Perfect Playlist for Drawing Sad Pictures - Haven

   What a shock, I know.
   HALLELUJAH, I've been waiting a long time for this prompt. I have a collection of video game instrumentals that contain a variety of tempos and moods and now I'm fangirling and I apologize. I'm willing to wager no one would know what songs I'd choose, and I have no idea what spotify is, so I'll be certain to put links to youtube videos with those songs. 
   Now, what qualities would a song have to be applicable to drawing? I prefer instrumentals, so that I'm not distracted by singing or specific lyrics. Otherwise, it's all about the feels. When I hear these songs, I feel inspired, either by it's tempo or it's mood. I'm not a music person, so I can't really describe them technically. These songs in particular have melodies that I find melancholic- tears may or may not have been shed. Why sad songs? Because I was going for a much vaguer drawing playlist and the first song to pop up was
   
   1. Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke. Most of the songs on this list create a certain image in my mind, this one especially. It's a bit of a long story, but I basically associate this song with a particular character of mine I adore. Besides that personal connection, it has a memorable and quiet-ish piano melody, a fantastic glockenspiel part, a strangely chaotic transition that isn't distracting- it's just beautiful. When this song played, I nearly cried on the spot. That might be for the personal connection, but the music certainly helped with that.
   2. Alice in Wonderland. It sounds very . . . chiptune-ish, I suppose a lot of people say, and it's tempo speeds up to a point nit might be difficult to consider it said at all. I guess there's two reasons it makes me feel a bit low; first, the melody goes a long way for me, and second, there's a bit of an emotional climax in my opinion. There's actually a couple of songs that has the same instrumental limitations that I consider sad, though. On of them is called
  3. World of Empty Dreams. How cheerful! It has a very quiet beginning, then BAM. I feel a bit like a broken record though, sense my reasoning is the same; sad melody, a bit of contrast in the song, still exciting enough to get me to draw- oh, I haven't mentioned that part yet. There's a bit of a counter melody in the back of this particular song that I can only assumed is made completely of 16th notes, so it's rapid enough to not make me lay down and sob. Still, that title.
  4. Eternal Shrine Maiden (Remastered). Here we go. This song was actually originally like the last two, but someone amazing remixed it into this. I love this song. It's extremely soothing, like a lullaby. Now that I think about it, It doesn't have the contrast the previous choices do, either. I don't know. I just love this song and it just lets me think . . I tend to think of sad things for fun. Plus, thinking is good for art . . . yeah, let's go with that.
  5. Vanishing Dream ~ Lost Dream. Apparently ZUN was really good at feels early on. This song, along with songs 2 and 3, were all made for games that were playable on a kinda obscure . . thing. What I'm saying is that these songs had technical limitations. And that just makes it more amazing. Sad title, Sad melody, an unusual quick tempo, this song has it all.
   (Bonus Track! This song is a remix and remaster of track 5 and 2. Together. It's much cleaner and softer, but also has an emotional climax with Alice in Wonderland's part. Listening back, it's a bit wonky, but still gets the heartstrings pulled.)

   Hm, this post is longer than I thought it would be. Yay!