Filk covers a wide range of musical genres. Pretty much any known music style can be heard in a filk circle. Below are a few samples.
Parody
Parody involves taking a well-known song and rewriting the lyrics.
- Come to Mordor (Jeff and Maya Bonhoff) based on Come Together (Beatles)
- Tie After Tie (Debs & Errol) based on Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
Found Filk
Popular music that has Science Fiction & Fantasy or technology themes
- 39 (Queen)
- Witch of the Westmoreland (Archie Fisher)
Folk
Original filk songs written in a traditional folk style
- Banned From Argo (Leslie Fish)
- Storyteller (Anne Harlan Prather)
Celtic/Renaissance
Original music in the Irish/British ballad style often about folk or fairy tales
- Black Davies Ride (Margaret Davis & Kristoph Klover)
- Mordred’s Lullaby (Heather Dale)
Geek/Nerd
Generally witty, fun music about geeky topics like SF and Fantasy movies and TV series, computer tech and other popular millennial topics. Can be parodies or original music
- Crossing the Streams (Copy Red Leader)
- The Lego Song (PDX Broadsides)
Wizard Rock
Geek music specific to the world of Harry Potter
- Time Turner (Ministry of Magic)
- We R Slytherins (Not Literally Productions)
Steampunk
Music related to the Steampunk genre, a retrofuturistic subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery
- The Mechanical Girl (Aurelio Voltaire)
- The Last Steampunk Waltz (Ghostfire)
Mythpunk
Music related to the Mythpunk genre, a subversive subgenre of mythic fiction which uses aspects of folklore to subvert or question dominant societal norms, often bringing in a feminist and/or multicultural approach.
- City of Marrow (S.J. Tucker)
- Snow White, Red Road (Cheshire Moon)