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http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Official-Roleplaying-Soundtrack/dp/B0000BZYIS/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1331564545&sr=1-1
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So apparently there's an official Dungeons & Dragons soundtrack.
There is, actually, an official D&D soundtrack literally made for that. Also various RPG tracks work fine too as they're designed to not be distracting.
http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Official-Roleplaying-Soundtrack/dp/B0000BZYIS
So there is an "official" soundtrack for the game released in 2003 and composed by "Midnight Syndicate".
While some of the tunes are helpful I prefer to use a bit more pop/nerd-culture music for my games. I'm currently running a group through Green Ronin's "Dirge of the Damned" during which one of the NPCs sings a "haunting melody" at the end of a play so I played this.
From a PC's perspective I love playing actual music as a Bard. A few years ago I played the following for my friends (during the appropriate moments):
My Bard died shortly after hitting 7 during a desert adventure but before he was devoured by a sandworm my party asked me for some traveling music.
In games I've played, we usually used a World of Warcraft or Elder Scrolls soundtrack. I did receive the Dungeons and Dragons official soundtrack one year for my birthday that worked well too.
I just started DMing for the first time, and I've been playing music. Baldur's Gate (1 & 2) soundtrack is in there, as well as Warcraft (III + WoW + expansions), Lord of the Rings, Guild Wars, Halo, and this; plus a few random other things from my collection that fit the theme.
Before my last computer failure, I even had separate playlists for general, combat, in town, in an inn, dungeon crawling, etc... I haven't felt ambitious enough to recreate those yet.
I use the Official D&D Soundtrack
I can not check your playlist since I have no spotify account. But here is some of my favorite battle music.
Epic Endboss fights:
Diablo III ~ Reaper of Souls OST - Urzael
Diablo III ~ Reaper of Souls OST - Sehyen Ehvis
Thy Light - The Bridge
If your players are no fans of Naruto, some of the battle songs work surprisingly well:
Kokuten
Kakuzu
Midaregami
Matthew Pablo has some great stuff. Some of my favourite tracks:
Theme of Agrual
The Dark Amulet
The last Encounter
Heroic Demise
Vilified
ArcLight
If you like to go the epic metal direction I can recommend Eldamar and Dreams of Nature. It is bandcamp, so you can listen in to every song and decide if you like it; no idea if the stuff is onspotify:
https://eldamar.bandcamp.com/album/eldamar-dreams-of-nature
https://eldamar.bandcamp.com/album/the-force-of-the-ancient-land
https://eldamar-northernsilence.bandcamp.com/album/a-dark-forgotten-past
If you like Dungeon Synth, I can recommend Lord Lovidicus, especially some Stuff on Book of Lore - Vol. I
Other stuff to check out:
Incompetech (Royalty Free Music)
In Uchronia
The DnD Soundtrack by Midnight Syndicate - Amazon Link
There is always the Official Dungeons and Dragons Soundtrack