History AwesomeMusic / TheElderScrolls

* ''Arena'' has a few great tunes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmN4lY6WfZw "Track 17"]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxSCj39Qugs Track 16]] is a variant) or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgL45BbHieM "Track 14B"]].
* Take a listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CqpCpOo36Q Track 21]]. Phenomenal composition.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOdTOFhyZls Track 26]], the swimming theme. Gorgeous piece of music.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wLryo9qAKI The theme for the Daggerfall demo]] and this incredible [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ7FWhbwddU remix from Dagger XL]].
* The recurring "''Elder Scrolls'' theme" may be, at least in part, based on ''Daggerfall''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9SGBrgFDl0 GSNOW_B]]. The [[http://youtu.be/fZ97I2p4_YY Snowing rendition]] is not ''really'' the same song, because the riffs from later games were put into the above remix, but you can't help but be reminded of it by either version.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxjxk8zFSA0 Nerevar Rising]], the game's main theme. It is so beloved that it became a BootstrappedTheme and RecurringRiff for the series as a whole (with both ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim'' remixing it for their main themes). The reason for this is thanks in no small part to the intro being timed in such a way that someone who goes straight into a new game from the title will step off the boat just as the big orchestral swell hits. Bonus points to the ''Morrowind'' theme for having the heartbeat background rhythm that symbolizes the Heart of Lorkhan, the literal center of Vvardenfell where the game is set.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVFj6fmGIaE Morrowind Theme Reprise]] was originally intended for ''Oblivion'' but was sadly cut. It was fortunately released via the special edition ''Morrowind'' Soundtrack.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2liozIXhJA Skywind’s rendition]] of Nerevar Rising, inspired by the ''Skyrim'' theme.
* Although ''Morrowind'' didn't have any scripted music moments, the sheer amount of atmosphere that emanates from every track is absolutely stunning. Try [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5DJENl__ZE Peaceful Waters]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erENuOJ5wQU The Road Most Travelled]] is a fantastic "adventure" theme, being at the same time both wistful and energetic. While, as mentioned, ''Morrowind'' does not have any scripted music changes, one can't help feeling like this song begins playing every time you set off to explore a new part of the island.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pqiSV4vXUU Blessing of Vivec]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-UVKs97hP0 Dance of Swords]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ml4aUUdBc Silt Sunrise]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF73QOmKYQg Reign of the Septims]], the ''Oblivion'' version of the main theme. Also its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2unSXEPyYKQ orchestrated]] version done by Play! A Videogame Symphony.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBIwt9zN82A Rise of an Emperor]], done by Scott Buckley, is a TriumphantReprise of ''Oblivion''[='=]s theme.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyEmLptNL70 Auriel's Ascension]] is a simply outstanding piece of music, and is one of the best in the whole soundtrack.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo3e9a7QKqM The Wings of Kynareth]] made gawping at the graphical beauty of Oblivion's draw distance and massive world that much more awe-inspiring.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpALQ_zZdV4 Glory of Cyrodiil]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQsC5IEXDag Watchman's Ease]] is simply amazing when your character arrives at home in the middle of the night.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-URrsISx-M&t=133s Minstrel's Lament]], a perfect soundtrack to play as you stand on a cliff overlooking much of the entire province.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOATPpK51sY King and Country]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpJEg6MTPzc Harvest Dawn]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfVDRGOWc-I Dusk at the Market]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPysOFeSg8E All's Well]]

* You would think that the trailer for the new ''Elder Scrolls'' game would have less awesome music on account of it being a teaser trailer. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0fQWkk9Z6s You would be wrong.]]

** A cleaner version of the ''Elder Scrolls'' theme has been released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Gu1YjOtwM here]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVGYMCYAPow This]] is what you get when you combine ''Morrowind'', ''Oblivion'', and ''Skyrim''[='=]s themes.
* It took a while, but we ''finally'' got the official full theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEEI_PyqAnY and it is glorious]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HAjE19IJwg "One They Fear"]], the remix of the main theme used as boss music, has been known to induce {{Theme Music Power Up}}s in players. Here is a song that has got many a player killed, simply because they got ''so pumped'' while it was playing that they attacked the dragon in question head-on.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_34gUVqLkAo "The Streets Of Whiterun"]] is a surprisingly passionate and sentimental song for the first city you come across.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBPwCmU0V-Q Sovngarde]]" is pretty awesome by itself, but when it plays when you enter the Nordic land of the honored dead to do final battle with Alduin himself with the ancient heroes at your side, it takes it up to eleven.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wFGKrg79Gk "Watch the Skies"]] is ''unbelievably awesome'', especially when fighting a particularly nasty dragon.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpIR61u1wJU Secunda]], one of the best ambient pieces in the soundtrack. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r04ToGh71A0 Tundra]] is the other best ambient piece. A close third goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr4Y7T_FRns Dragonsreach]].
* The most fitting soundtrack for the game's [[SceneryPorn massive and gorgeous vistas]]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWGEOpAwMQg Wind Guide You]], itself an arrangement of Minstrel's Lament from ''Oblivion''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK3q3Jb3TCQ Unbroken Road]]. It plays once in the entire game (specifically, when the ancient heroes banished Alduin the first time), and it is awesome.
* Dragonborn adds to the game a bunch of new tracks, most of which are ''Morrowind'' remixes. They are amazing. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_0XTrx_Xzo Forgotten Vale]] from the Dawnguard DLC rivals "Wind Guide You" in terms of its larger-than-life scope.
%%* Then there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmoxauxR_cc Tale of the Tongues]]. (Spoiler warning!)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKp8neRGM-I Miraak's theme]], the DarkReprise of the Dragonborn's theme, appropriately fit for your EvilCounterpart.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrSnBKAGI1A Kyne's Peace]] is an ambient piece that's perfect for watching the northern lights or just walking through a moonlit forest.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BHKLVr_Cxw Under your voice they will cower!]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL4vR3PB2oY "When we raise our flagon, to another dead dragon, there is just one drink we need, Nord Mead!"]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqEVCTMkBnI Khajiit like to sneak!]]
* Another cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL5K09mqwZc the main theme]]...with an electric violin.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He1NSJGiPHo Far Horizons]]" is just ''gorgeous''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgQnYpcQZeM This singer]] portraying an entire Draugr choir and actually singing in Dragon language, complete with acoustic effects and drums to fit the dark chilling atmosphere, is just beyond words.
* Here's a gorgeous vocal and guitar cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj-MDRkh4x0 "Tale of the Tongues".]]
* Here's "Tale of the Tongues" again, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeIw6lZlaww combining two of the best bards in the game into an awesome duet]].

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSLPH9d-jsI Two artists cover the game's theme song]].
* The DarkReprise of the main theme used for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRmdXDH9b1s the Dragonborn trailer]] is just epic. Even better, the Dragonborn DLC will feature a return to Solstheim, once the setting for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'''s expansion Bloodmoon. A chanting portion of the Skyrim "main theme" from the original game is a remix of the "[[CallBack Morrowind]] {{Leitmotif}}" that became recurrent in all TES games from the third onwards, including ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''. Guess which part of the Skyrim "main theme" turned up for the trailer? And if one listens to the lyrics they are chanting, instead of being about the Dragonborn and their heroism, these same words are now being twisted and warped to reflect Miraak's [[EvilCounterpart menace]].
%%* A high school choir with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pi9jBjiHrY an English version of the main theme.]]
* Ever wanted to play a thief type in the game? Music/LindseyStirling shows [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSLPH9d-jsI how it's done.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmZGrvAvPZM Ancient Stones]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRAlNeOHI-g The City Gates]]

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klpDEb1tigs Standing Stones]]

%%* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p__ohfGs5f8 main theme]] (and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daq_JJ3lua0 original version]] of it).
%%* The bard songs, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKrz5S2nCo "Battle of Glenumbra Moors"]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmUtMdgQLy0 Yearning For Moonshadow]] is haunting, but the part starting at 2:35 is especially beautiful.

* Behold: the ''Arena'', ''Daggerfall'', ''Morrowind'', ''Oblivion'', ''Skyrim'' and ''Elder Scrolls Online'' themes all [[https://youtu.be/Ji8YfuHS21w mashed into one epic theme.]] The same person created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOdWiKUPVWo&t=79s another mashup]] including the Redguard, Summerset, and ''Elder Scrolls 6'' themes. A little chaotic in a few places, but otherwise incredibly well done.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBPwCmU0V-Q Sovngarde]]" is pretty awesome by itself, but when it plays when you enter the Nordic land of the honored dead to do final battle with Alduin himself with the ancient heroes at your side, it takes it UpToEleven.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBPwCmU0V-Q Sovngarde]]" is pretty awesome by itself, but when it plays when [[spoiler: you enter the Nordic land of the honored dead to do final battle with Alduin himself with the ancient heroes at your side]], it takes it UpToEleven.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK3q3Jb3TCQ Unbroken Road]]. It plays once in the entire game ([[spoiler:specifically, when the ancient heroes banished Alduin the first time]]), and it is awesome.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxjxk8zFSA0 Nerevar Rising]], the game's main theme. It is so beloved that it became a BootstrappedTheme and RecurringRiff for the series as a whole (with both ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim'' remixing it for their main themes). The reason for this is thanks in no small part to the intro being timed in such a way that someone who goes straight into a new game from the title will step off the boat just as the big orchestral swell hits. Bonus points to the ''Morrowind'' theme for having the heartbeat background rythm, that symbolizes the Heart of Lorkhan, the literal center of Vvardenfell where the game is set.

* [[http://teatimecoder.com/daggerfall-music Check this out]], an index of all specially remixed/arranged Daggerfall compositions based on the originals by [[http://heberlingmusic.com/ Eric Heberling]]. Artists are mainly [[https://dangoodale.wordpress.com/downloads/daggerfall-remixes Dan Goodale]], [[https://soundcloud.com/rtmolesworth Ramon]] and [[https://soundcloud.com/Omega9 Omega9]].

* [[http://www.techartist.co.uk/daggerfall-music Check this out]], an index of all specially remixed/arranged Daggerfall compositions. The ones by Dan Goodale are truly epic.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSr2Aj3RtaA The Road Most Travelled]] is a fantastic "adventure" theme, being at the same time both wistful and energetic. While, as mentioned, ''Morrowind'' does not have any scripted music changes, one can't help feeling like this song begins playing every time you set off to explore a new part of the island.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxjxk8zFSA0 Nerevar Rising]], the game's main theme. It is so beloved that it became a BootstrappedTheme and RecurringRiff for the series as a whole (with both ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim'', as mentioned below, remixing it for their main themes). The reason for this is thanks in no small part to the intro being timed in such a way that someone who goes straight into a new game from the title will step off the boat just as the big orchestral swell hits. Bonus points to the ''Morrowind'' theme for having the heartbeat background rythm, that symbolizes the Heart of Lorkhan, the literal center of Vvardenfell where the game is set.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2liozIXhJA Skywind’s rendition]] of Nerevar Rising, inspired by the ''Skyrim'' theme.

* The [[https://youtu.be/gq21d_y6A1s Kvatch theme]] introduced in the Dark Brotherhood DLC, also heard playing frequently in Rivenspire, as its haunted mood is particularly suited to that zone.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxjxk8zFSA0 Nerevar Rising]], the game's main theme. It is so beloved that it became a BootstrappedTheme and RecurringRiff for the series as a whole (with both ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim'', as mentioned below, remixing it for their main themes). The reason for this is thanks in no small part to the intro being timed in such a way that someone who goes straight into a new game from the title will step off the boat just as the big orchestral swell hits. Bonus points to the ''Morrowind'' theme for having the heartbeat background rythm, that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic symbolizes]] the Heart of Lorkhan, the literal center of Vvardenfell where the game is set.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2erY9UyBlU Unbroken Road]]. It plays once in the entire game ([[spoiler:specifically, when the ancient heroes banished Alduin the first time]]), and it is awesome.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kbYCfLjhuE Miraak's theme]], the DarkReprise of the Dragonborn's theme, appropriately fit for your EvilCounterpart.
* The main theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDEYpgpfp1c "Dragonborn"]]. Yes, they're singing in the Dragon language. Lyrics [[http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Skyrim_Soundtrack here]]. Even better when you realize it was used for the trailer. Say it with us: FUS RO DAH! Then comes Music/JonathanYoung AND Music/CalebHyles doing ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWWgNmbVjIc their Metal version of the song]]...''

* The most fitting soundtrack for the game's [[SceneryPorn massive and gorgeous vistas]]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyld0ekydd0 Wind Guide You]], itself an arrangement of Minstrel's Lament from ''Oblivion''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpIR61u1wJU Secunda]], one of the best ambient pieces in the soundtrack. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSB1IaY_b-0 Tundra]] is the other best ambient piece. A close third goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr4Y7T_FRns Dragonsreach]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo3VAltxlr8 "The Streets Of Whiterun"]] is a surprisingly passionate and sentimental song for the first city you come across.

* The ''Oblivion'' main theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF73QOmKYQg version]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2unSXEPyYKQ the orchestrated]] ''Oblivion'' version done by Play! A Videogame Symphony.