Good music for chess

I'm looking for some good music to listen to during tournament games.  A lot of my favorite bands are too distracting for me to listen to while playing.

Ásgeir Trausti!!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OwgjaysrhzM

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGWS7NubmMc

And more and more!

Been listening to a lot of Beethoven...the seventh symphony has accompanied some of my better results OTB.

And I liked the Heimforin song, skakmadurinn.  Haven't tried it while playing, but very nice.

Maybe something like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH6WkQcRBZA

And them something like this for time trouble:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsbOXN2tn2k

Ride of the Valkyries:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU

Can't go wrong with the "Haydn piano sonatas"

Hey, this blog is interesting. I too am searching for soft music for relaxing at tournament. Thanks all for sharing the links.

If you like Classical, you can never go wrong with the Russian Romantics, particularly Rachmaninoff. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJpJ8REjvqo

        Isn't music that you regard as good, ie which appeals to you, always going to be a distraction? Would a World Championship contender listen to music while playing?

Is that even within any federations tournament rules? Personaly I would find my opponent listening to music while playing rather disrespectful, wether it was in the rules or not.

Classical music can be a good tip, although it depends...I can't imagine playing chess while listening to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. :) I can recommend my favourite ambient/folk project Nest from Finland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImPkDCH25LU

When I'm listening this kind of music, I feel like my mind is clearing. Give it a try if you want to. :)

Also, if you're into Jazz, try French café and easygoing modal Jazz.  

Django Reindhardt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmOTGungnA

Nicholas Payton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whZYjXJ-IoI

Bvdub is a favorite of mine whilst playing Chess and Hearthstone.

Rahmaninov

I enjoy playing chess while listening to Chopin's nocturnas.

Mozart.

I'll be the black sheep here.  I find thrash metal to be the best.

I love thrash metal, too,but if I would listen to Slayer,Overkill and Kreator while playing chess,I suppose I would invent something like Kerry King's Gambit - throwing pieces at my opponent!:)