Symphonic Soundtrack

As of version 2, the Symphonic Soundtrack features over 6hours of new, original music composed by me. Most tracks were inspired by corresponding tracks from the original soundtrack to ensure the music feels seamless and fits perfectly into the world. The additions in version 2 vary slightly more in style, such that the music in the game has more variety without losing its character.

There’s new music for almost everything in the following categories:

-a main theme

-scene and location-specific tracks

-castle tracks

-dungeon tracks, specific to dungeon type(including unique music for DLC dungeons)

-general combat tracks

-boss-specific combat tracks

-exploration tracks (including DLC location-specific exploration tracks)

-tavern tracks

-town and town discovery tracks

-Over an hour of “palette” music

This mod is available in two versions –Replacement and Extension. The Replacement version directly replaces music of the original, so you’ll only hear the new music. The extension version adds the new music but keeps the old, so you’ll hear both. Note that even in there placement version, the palette tracks (Atmospheres) have not been removed due to some potential issues I encountered while testing.

I strongly recommend the High-Quality download if you have the available space and time to download. Compressing over 7 hours of music (some tracks need to be present more than once to account for layer changes) to a reasonable size for the Xbox version and normalized volume is noticeable.

You can listen to the music here (new music for version 2 at the end): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8j_DBLITCp9KsE87od181yHOGoJSrp6s

You can download the music on my Bandcamp page (Music is from Symphony Arcana 2, 3, 4, and 5): https://thomaslack.bandcamp.com/

About the Music

I’ve been writing a series of symphonies based on tarot cards for a few years now. While this music was written specifically for Skyrim, I organized it into 2 symphonies (The Empress and The Emperor) to share elsewhere. I also went back to another symphony and altered music for use in this project. Finally, I wrote another symphony to be used as the version 2 expansion.

This music is symphonic in the sense that more motifs are developed throughout many pieces. In my view, this infuses an extra layer of emotion as you hear the music develop throughout different tracks. And, with the tools available in Skyrim, I wanted some locations to have a more unique vibe to them, so I wrote music that can work together with

I love Jeremy Soule’s original soundtrack, and while I didn’t try to copy his style, I did use his work as a starting point. Many tracks sound similar to their original counterparts before developing into something new. Many tracks do take on a more overtly symphonic feel t