Culture of Samarkand

In 1977, the Italian singer and composer Roberto Vecchioni issued an LP titled Samarcanda.

In 1987, a Malaysian rock band named Bloodshed recorded a song called "Samarkand" in their album also titled Samarkand.

In 2004, violinist Lucia Micarelli released the album Music from a Farther Room, which includes the song "Samarkand".

In 2008, the Norwegian singer and musician Odd Nordstoga released the album Pilegrim, which includes the song "I byen Samarkand" ("In the city of Samarkhand").

In 2011, the Australian/British string quartet BOND released the album Play featuring the recording "Road to Samarkand".

The German ambient musician and multi-instrumentalist Klaus Wiese released an album titled Samarkand, which is dedicated to the Ḥāl concept of Sufism.

The Uzbek group Yalla made a song in Russian called "The Blue Domes of Samarkand".

In 2012, the Swedish singer Thåström released the album Beväpna dig met vingar which includes a song called "Samarkanda".

Video Games

Battlefield 3, developed by EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) and released by EA in 2011, may reference Samarkand with the expansion back Back To Karkand.

Zanarkand, one of the main cities of the video games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 may have it name inspired by Samarkand.

Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled has the player character, at points,