The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim – The Complete Orchestral Score

THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM

320 CBR .MP3 | 63 Tracks | Running Time: 3"3’51

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FJWD7Y9Q

JUST TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: This is *not* the 4CD soundtrack being put out by Directsong. I arranged Bar’s rip of the game into a cohesive soundtrack with track names and multiple 1000×1000 covers for your convenience. The sound quality of these files are debatable. This is just something to tide you over until Directsong decides to give us the soundtrack we paid $35 for.

1. Jeremy Soule – The Roof of the World (Intro) (1:06)
2. Jeremy Soule – Sons of Skyrim (Main Theme) (3:55)
3. Jeremy Soule – Riding to an Execution (1:28)
4. Jeremy Soule – The Attack on Helgen (2:07)
5. Jeremy Soule – Escape Through the Keep (2:38)
6. Jeremy Soule – The Road to Riverwood (3:35)
7. Jeremy Soule – Family Reunited (0:32)
8. Jeremy Soule – Riverwood (3:46)
9. Jeremy Soule – The Sleeping Giant Inn (3:01)
10. Jeremy Soule – Into the Mountains (3:46)
11. Jeremy Soule – Against the Bandits (1:45)
12. Jeremy Soule – Bleak Falls Barrow (2:52)
13. Jeremy Soule – The Path of the World (5:03)
14. Jeremy Soule – Sights on the Hold (0:26)
15. Jeremy Soule – The Hold of Whiterun (5:04)
16. Jeremy Soule – City at Night (2:03)
17. Jeremy Soule – A New Day (3:57)
18. Jeremy Soule – The Bannered Mare (2:28)
19. Jeremy Soule – The Silver Hand (2:21)
20. Jeremy Soule – Dragons Rising (2:04)
21. Jeremy Soule – The First Word of Power (0:27)
22. Jeremy Soule – Dovahkin Revealed (0:19)
23. Jeremy Soule – The Village to the Mountain (0:24)
24. Jeremy Soule – Ivarstead (4:04)
25. Jeremy Soule – The Vilemyr Inn (3:21)
26. Jeremy Soule – The Throat of the World (5:28)
27. Jeremy Soule – Trolls (1:06)
28. Jeremy Soule – High Hrothgar (1:03)
29. Jeremy Soule – The Tomb of Ustengrav (2:21)
30. Jeremy Soule – The Draugr (2:57)
31. Jeremy Soule – Thief of the Horn (6:04)
32. Jeremy Soule – Sahloknir (3:05)
33. Jeremy Soule – The Second Word of Power (0:20)
34. Jeremy Soule – Victory (0:19)
35. Jeremy Soule – Imperial Camp (2:18)
36. Jeremy Soule – The Stormcloaks (2:20)
37. Jeremy Soule – The Frozen East (3:22)
38. Jeremy Soule – The Dunmer (Nerevar Rising Reprise) (3:24)
39. Jeremy Soule – Riften (4:40)
40. Jeremy Soule – The Bee and Barb Inn (3:12)
41. Jeremy Soule – A City of Thieves (7:18)
42. Jeremy Soule – The Sewers (2:50)
43. Jeremy Soule – Solitude (4:07)
44. Jeremy Soule – Windhelm (8:58)
45. Jeremy Soule – The Candlehearth Inn (3:10)
46. Jeremy Soule – The Siege of Whiterun (1:38)
47. Jeremy Soule – The City is Ours! (0:18)
48. Jeremy Soule – Markarth (3:52)
49. Jeremy Soule – Blood and Silver (2:10)
50. Jeremy Soule – From the Shadows (6:36)
51. Jeremy Soule – Winterhold – The City of Mages (3:29)
52. Jeremy Soule – Shadows of Labrynthian (2:34)
53. Jeremy Soule – The Halls of the Dead (2:33)
54. Jeremy Soule – The Third Word of Power (0:25)
55. Jeremy Soule – Lair of Bears (2:17)
56. Jeremy Soule – Dawnstar (2:52)
57. Jeremy Soule – The Burning (3:56)
58. Jeremy Soule – The Wide Tundra (3:52)
59. Jeremy Soule – To Kill a Man (6:24)
60. Jeremy Soule – A Realm of Ice (2:18)
61. Jeremy Soule – Grave of Frost (2:00)
62. Jeremy Soule – Sovngarde (3:29)
63. Jeremy Soule – Alduin (2:14)

So this is the full 4 CD thing? I’d have thought they’d get a bit more than 63 tracks across 4 CD’s.

Anyway, thanks for this.

Great Share! Thank You!

Hum, the quality seems a bit iffy to me. I’m not entirely sure what the proper name for it is, but some tracks have that ‘compression’ sound to them, ‘Sons of Skyrim’ being a good example if you want to hear it yourself.

Yeah you can see the reason for that if you check the quality with Adobe Audition. These files are 128kbps at best. They were reconverted..

Oh, so this is the arrangement you said you would do. In other words, this is not an official release. I wouldn’t have figured it out unless I had read some of your previous posts about this.

So, what is this? I don’t understand…

^ Apparently its a rip… I guess? Either way the quality isnt great, its a nice effort, but best wait for the real deal.

Well, I didn’t do any conversion of any kind – that was all done by Bar, so take that up with him.

And yes, this is a rip. I assumed that was somewhat obvious, considering the unofficial covers as well as the fact that I had done an arrangement in Bar’s thread.

THanks hex!

Great work, Doublehex! 😀
For anyone with questions about the quality: they are transcoded from a lossy source: xWMA (used both in the PC and Xbox 360 versions). I recently updated my rip with higher-quality MSF transcodes (from the PS3 version), though you can still hear it’s lossy. If I had simply posted them in MP3, the quality would have been even worse. The best quality you can get is from the MSFs in my topic. So, I guess that if you really want lossless quality, wait for the official soundtrack to come out. Meanwhile, enjoy Doublehex’s arrangement. 🙂

Thanks. 🙂

too short for such a big game

Thanks

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too short for such a big game

That’s three hours of music! Just how much more do you need the man to compose? He’s only one guy – music isn’t like farting, unlike what some people seem to think.

12hours of music in red dead redemtion thats huge

Nice work. Thanks again, Doublehex.

Thank you

That’s three hours of music! Just how much more do you need the man to compose? He’s only one guy – music isn’t like farting, unlike what some people seem to think.

Funny, farting is exactly what comes to mind with respect to the music of Jeremy Soule.

Now, before I download this enormous thing… Is it any good? Honestly? You know me. Am I going to like this thing? Or am I going to download it and find it’s typical RV/MC wannabe fake orchestra Soule trash?

🙂

You know, that is a tough question.

Okay, one ONE hand, I think this is Soule’s best music since Icewind Dale, Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander and Guild Wars: Eye of the North. It is not as vibrant, as dramatic as those other games, but there are some tracks that I find marvelous. I love the main theme and more than a good amount of the boss themes. Some of the Exploring themes are great, in my opinion. But this is a very reserved score – I think Alexandre Desplat comes to mind in terms of how it works with the game.

Well, let me expand on that. It’s Desplat with the Exploring themes, and John Williams with the Battle themes.

But on the other hand, I will not say this is fantastic music. Is this good music that I enjoy as I listen? Yes, of course. But most of it is not memorable. And this is coming from a guy whose standards is not as much as yourself. You are much more critical than myself. But you admire Desplat, which I’d say this is similar to on a thematic level, so maybe you will enjoy this.

So…all I can say is just download it. Yeah, I know I wasted a ton of space to say that, but I really can’t say if you’ll enjoy this or not. I’m not you, I can’t predict what you’ll like or not. Sorry my good British man, but you are on your own for this one! 😀

…Jeez, I really need to learn to consolidate my words. :/

EDIT: Let me add one thing. There is no way you can’t not love Sons of Skyrim. It is Awesome Orchestral Hell Yeah to the nth degree. And no, I do not mean in the RC sort of fashion. It is one of the most memorable orchestral themes ever and is fun to listen to. Not actually the most deep or profound but I can easily say THAT at the very least is written quite well.

thanks! this will tide me over until i can locate the 4cd i flac 🙂

Thank you!

Thanks for this!

You know, that is a tough question.

Okay, one ONE hand, I think this is Soule’s best music since Icewind Dale, Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander and Guild Wars: Eye of the North. It is not as vibrant, as dramatic as those other games, but there are some tracks that I find marvelous. I love the main theme and more than a good amount of the boss themes. Some of the Exploring themes are great, in my opinion. But this is a very reserved score – I think Alexandre Desplat comes to mind in terms of how it works with the game.

Well, let me expand on that. It’s Desplat with the Exploring themes, and John Williams with the Battle themes.

But on the other hand, I will not say this is fantastic music. Is this good music that I enjoy as I listen? Yes, of course. But most of it is not memorable. And this is coming from a guy whose standards is not as much as yourself. You are much more critical than myself. But you admire Desplat, which I’d say this is similar to on a thematic level, so maybe you will enjoy this.

So…all I can say is just download it. Yeah, I know I wasted a ton of space to say that, but I really can’t say if you’ll enjoy this or not. I’m not you, I can’t predict what you’ll like or not. Sorry my good British man, but you are on your own for this one! 😀

…Jeez, I really need to learn to consolidate my words. :/

EDIT: Let me add one thing. There is no way you can’t not love Sons of Skyrim. It is Awesome Orchestral Hell Yeah to the nth degree. And no, I do not mean in the RC sort of fashion. It is one of the most memorable orchestral themes ever and is fun to listen to. Not actually the most deep or profound but I can easily say THAT at the very least is written quite well.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdwNM40hw4Y

I can’t find a single videogame theme this year more memorable than this one.

This is Halo, Final Fantasy, Zelda, Super Mario’s level of memorable and iconic music.

Thanks for sharing, op 😉

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdwNM40hw4Y

I can’t find a single videogame theme this year more memorable than this one.

This is Halo, Final Fantasy, Zelda, Super Mario’s level of memorable and iconic music.

Thanks for sharing, op 😉

I love the top quote on that video: "makes everything 200% more epic. You could go buy toilet roll to this and feel like you were on an epic quest"

I enjoy this music, but at the same time I feel like a big portion of the music is lifted from other composers, namely John Williams (there’s a song in there that almost sounds like a track from Saving Private Ryan) and The Lord of the Rings. The music is good, and I enjoy it, but a lot of it doesn’t feel original to me. I’ve only heard a portion of the music so far, though.

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Damnit, I missed another one of those posts!

:shakes fist:

You missed nothing of consequence. 😉

But I am genuinely interested – I’m not here to bash Soule. I’m just hoping to save myself a giant download… so… how is it? Sort of thing I’m going to like…?

Like I said last time – I have no idea. I’m not you. I like it. I think it’s good. Not great, but it’s good. The main theme is wonderful. It is loud, bombastic, fun and very memorable.

You have much higher tastes than I do, so probably not. But this would not be the last time I was wrong about someone’s tastes. So all I can say is to give it a listen.

Well, I’ll have to give it a try then… 😉

Just to clarify… is there actually an orchestra?

You missed nothing of consequence. 😉

But I am genuinely interested – I’m not here to bash Soule. I’m just hoping to save myself a giant download… so… how is it? Sort of thing I’m going to like…?

I think know you well enough to answer. You will not find it worth the listen. Yeah there are some cool things going here and there, but for the size and time you specifically won’t find it worth it. There is alot of effect music and orchestral ambience. And by that I mean if its an active track then its "here there is some action have some pounding and choir and shouts" or if its not then "heres some nice out of the way semi ambient orchestra stuff". The theme has a certain appeal, and every once and a while there is a nice english horn melody, or some interesting dulcimer work. I’m not saying its bad and I understand why it is written the way it is, but as a whole I don’t think it is your cup of tea. 😉

I would be shocked if Tango liked this. Shocked!

Thanks for your work with this Doublehex 🙂

I would not call it ambiance. It is not at the forefront, but it is not ambiance, or at least how I know the term. I always considered ambiance as just noise arranged into something that just barely be considered musical – like, the howling of wind in a cavern or murmurs to give a sense of something hidden in the shadows.

The music is NOT dominant. Like I said, this is more like Desplat than it is Williams. In my opinion, that does not make it bad, although I would prefer something with more oomph. That would not work with the gameplay, however, so I think Soule made the right decision in that regard.

The battle themes are pretty rad however. I don’t think there will be any debate there.

In terms of orchestra, I know for a FACT that the chorus is real. And I want to say the instruments are as well, but last time I did I was proven wrong so do not quote me on that. 😀

That wasn’t the definition of ambiance I was using. I usually define ambient music as music of any instrumentation thats purpose is to give character/feel/atmosphere without without a clear structure or direction. That is what I meant, sorry for the confusion.

Thanks for the upload.

This shouldn’t be called "Complete ORCHESTRAL Score"

As Soule’s long term fan since his early days I can easly confirm he NEVER used orchestra. He always used synthesized music with his own samples he had created back in the past, that’s why all his soundtracks sound "the same", because he always uses that same, unique samples for his synthesized pieces. Basicly, there is no orchestra whatsoever in this. The chorus however is indeed real.

Not true. He used a small orchestra for Total Annihilation!

However, even if that’s true, I would still use orchestral in it’s description. Why? Because it is orchestral in philosophy. We have none of that techno layers that underline many scres nowadays. There are themes and references to those themes. He uses natural, classical instruments. This is just as much an orchestral score as all the Zelda scores have been.

This is just as much an orchestral score as all the Zelda scores have been.

Not all the Zelda scores have been orchestral, Twilight Princess’s Zant Battle is very techno.

Massive upload!!

And Jeremy Soule used an orchestra for Azurik if I recall correctly. Anyways, thanks for this! It’ll definitely hold me over til my direct song order comes in 😀

Actually, Jeremy uses synth ochestra with single live instruments (the same as RCP these days usually does). I remember interview about Sorrow Furnace. He admited that he has some solo live instruments. I believe cello and french horn are one of these (since horn is used pretty often, and it always sounds more live than other instruments)

Tango, I am doubtful you will like it but I do think you should at least give it a shot. I’ve not downloaded this (think I’ll just wait for my CDs to arrive) but I’ll echo what Doublehex has said based on what I’ve heard in-game — very pretty, extremely reserved, faux orchestral. I would describe it as fairly ambient in that its all about mood, and I’d have to say that so far I like it better than anything else I’ve heard by Jeremy Soule. "Sons of Skyrim" gets the blood a-pumpin’. 🙂

It doesn’t get it pumpin’. It fills it with gasoline and lights it on fire!

DOVAHKIIN!

Edit: Damnit, I forgot this was to be my 1,000th post. What an anticlimactic post.

Thanks

This is absolutaly the BEST soundtrack I’ve heard in years.. and November 2011 is GREAT thanks to your efforts. Thank you!

I was so excited but it that soon went away, when I read complete first post! I’m surprised the score still isn’t out yet! What on earth are they waiting for???

This shouldn’t be called "Complete ORCHESTRAL Score"

As Soule’s long term fan since his early days I can easly confirm he NEVER used orchestra. He always used synthesized music with his own samples he had created back in the past, that’s why all his soundtracks sound "the same", because he always uses that same, unique samples for his synthesized pieces. Basicly, there is no orchestra whatsoever in this. The chorus however is indeed real.

Sad that they didn’t record the soundtrack with real instruments. Didn’t know that he has created his own samples, but that explains, why his soundtracks in terms of orchestral texture "sound" very similar. From what I’ve read he used a small orchestra on scores like Total Annihilation (at least in a couple of tracks, others are clearly synthesizers) and he recorded the score for Amen – The Awakening with one. Also I think there was an article that parts of the Harry Potter game soundtracks were played by a real orchestra.

Love the main theme…:)

Thanks, Doublehex, for solving the Bethesda tracknaming dilemma. Perhaps you could do the same for FALLOUT 3, FALLOUT NEW VEGAS and HUNTED? :-)I always wanted a more official version of FALLOUT 3 complete…

I would, but those scores are boring as hell. Nope.

Unless you paid me. 😀

I thought about doing that, but I havent the time to play the game again (for one, I would need to reinstall my game, because the music is modded).

Thnx for sharing and for the effort!

So, I really want to download this but I can’t connect to Megaupload. Been like this since yesterday. Is anyone else having this problem? Is it the site? Or just me?

Great effort!

This seems to be as good a thread as any to ask this so here goes: What’s the magic formula or alchemy that I have to do to actually get in touch with someone with a pulse at Direct Song?

Thanks.

crystalfeather,

The only way I know of is the official Facebook page for the Skyrim OST. Direct Song’s support page seems to be vaporware.

crystalfeather,

The only way I know of is the official Facebook page for the Skyrim OST. Direct Song’s support page seems to be vaporware.

Indeed. The two support tickets a mile long that I have from the ZOMG soundtrack that never downloaded properly and was either an error or a .txt file about Chopin testify to that.

I just posted on that FB page. Maybe I’ll finally get lucky. Thanks.

@joseph and crystalfeather… what are you talking about?

I know what you’re going through. I innocently bought the Morrowind soundtrack a month ago, and after numerous download attempts and three support tickets, I never managed to download the damn file archive from their servers. Instead, I found a blog that was nice enough to host the official MP3 files.

la_nostra_liberta,

Direct Song is Jeremy Soule’s digital distribution store.

Thanks bro! Really appreciate that you went through the trouble to give us this.

LOL! Ok, the Mark Morgan tracks are a little "atmospheric", but I like the almost western wilderness sound of Inon Zur.

@joseph and crystalfeather… what are you talking about?

Headaches that made me seriously have confidence in buying the soundtrack from Direct Song that have now, thankfully and after 7 months, finally been dealt with and restored my confidence in the purchase.

Here’s why:
[email protected] If anyone needs to contact Direct Song about anything at all, that email actually works. 🙂

I think I may be the first person on the forum to receive his 4CD set. I’ll get to uplaoding it…

But seriously, folks, 4 CD was a waste. There is no more "music" here than in the set. Unless you count a single 48 minute long ambiance suite worthy of a whole CD.

Which I don’t.

It’s all about quality to me. The game rip is pretty low in terms of kpbs, I’m really keen to have the music in 320kbps (and finally disc quality when I get around to ordering it myself!)

Would really appreciate an up, Double. 🙂

I think I may be the first person on the forum to receive his 4CD set. I’ll get to uplaoding it…

But seriously, folks, 4 CD was a waste. There is no more "music" here than in the set. Unless you count a single 48 minute long ambiance suite worthy of a whole CD.

Which I don’t.

Wasnt the set supposed to be signed by Soule or something if you ordered before the fifth or something?

I think I may be the first person on the forum to receive his 4CD set. I’ll get to uplaoding it…

But seriously, folks, 4 CD was a waste. There is no more "music" here than in the set. Unless you count a single 48 minute long ambiance suite worthy of a whole CD.

Which I don’t.

EEK!!! Waiting for it! Don’t care if FLAC or MP3 😀

Wasnt the set supposed to be signed by Soule or something if you ordered before the fifth or something?

Oh, sure, but the 4th CD has no purpose. I have no idea why they gave us a 4th cd.

I’ll be posting it soon regardless.

Thank you, waiting for it!

EEK!!! Waiting for it! Don’t care if FLAC or MP3 😀

320kb MP3 will be perfect, but i’m with you… better FLAC than nothing!

could you rehost this>

please someone re up!

Could you reupload?

No real point, since the OST is the same thing but with better bit rates and different track titles!

Is this the same music as on the OST? Just expanded?