While ZeniMax Media are eagerly blocking all Skyrim soundtrack clips on youtube, I got myself the official 4-CD OST collection of the game and I cannot recommend it enough. Skyrim’s music is STUNNING, kudos go to Jeremy Soule for creating such masterful tunes for a beautiful world!
Meanwhile, fans worldwide have been busy. Merely five weeks old, Skyrim music clips, movies, cartoons and comics are shooting from the ground like Mora Tapinella (c wut I did thar!). I always loved fan initiatives, the creativity and inspiration the best of games will unleash in their player base. WoW too, has certainly been a remarkable example of that.
In lieu of official tunes to present here, I’ve therefore decided to dedicate a small round-up of musical fan creations for Elder Scrolls V. As maybe more unofficial part of my Tunes of Magic series, this stands on its own as a testimony to player creativity and Skyrim’s most catchy themes – enjoy!
“The Dragonborn Comes” by Malukah
Directly inspired by the bard song ingame, this haunting fan interpretation is beautifully sung, capturing the mood of Skyrim’s cold lands with its clear vocals. It’s available for free download here – just a pity it’s only two minutes long!
“Skyrim Epic Rap” by Dan Bull
You don’t need to be particularly into rap to appreciate this cover for its funny lyrics. The majestic choir of Skyrim’s main theme fits oddly well with the performer’s rhythm. This too is available for free download. A real scream!
“Skyrim meets Metal” by Erock
This put a wide grin on my face – I would expect nothing less than a metal interpretation of Skyrim! The two are pretty much made for one another, a classy performance with a slight /headbang!
“Skyrim Remix” by Levi Doron
Uh-oh…dance techno, really? Of course, somebody had to do it – but then, for all its trashy Euromix flair, I couldn’t help but chuckle. Someone actually went through the trouble to adapt Skyrim for the dance floor – an acquired taste, yet somehow contagious?!
“Literal Skyrim Trailer” by Tobuscus
Literal trailers are almost always great fun and this is no exception. I always marvel at people’s breath on these, I could never keep up! Add to that, they’re actually attempting to sing it (well, kinda) – hilarious!
“Retro Skyrim Trailer” by RubberRoss
This collection of music genres would not be complete without an oldschool 8bit video game tune. I admit, it takes a lot of nostalgia to appreciate them, but both the clip and “song” made me chuckle – this is how all great games began!
Ah and in case you haven’t seen the Escapist’s Zero Punctuation take on Skyrim, I really suggest you do! A good weekend to all of you – be it called Christmas, Hanukkah or just a lazy day somewhere out in the snow (alternatively warm and fuzzy in a chair playing videogames)!
first thing before i adjust screen resolution in a game is turning off the music.
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That first one is amazing. very impressed. The ‘Techno’ one is just bad. Good trance/dance music is an artform – it doesn’t just mean adding a layer of beats and bass and roughly syncing them.
I like the first one, though I’m not sure that’s because her voice actually is as good as it sounds, or she’s just good as post-processing. The Rap and Literal Trailer had too many words for my taste, but that’s just me. 🙂 I actually found the trance version not too horribly bad, maybe with too few “breaks”. But I don’t know much about that style of music at all, so maybe that’s just because I don’t know any good trance music.
One of the ideas I had recently is presenting some music I would’ve never known about without watching all those boss fight videos. Some of them are really nice, some of them have music that is so cheesy it’s almost good again (power metal has some great offenders there!). I should think about that. Maybe that would be entertaining. Hoomm-hum.