The Southerner Diaries - A Soundtrack Expansion

It was an unseasonably warm October morning.

Wandering alone through the Wilds of Virginia, I lost myself in a shady grove.

In quiet contemplation of my personal growth these past few years, I reflected upon my Irish roots.

I present to you my musings.

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Have you ever listened to Jeremy Soule's iconic score and found yourself wanting more?

I did.  And since my last soundtrack mod, I've been quite busy learning and growing as a musician.

This mod is my next musical contribution to the Nexus.

Inspired by "The Northerner Diaries" by Jeremy Soule, this mod is a collection of my emotional contemplation over the last 4 years.

In the early 1960s, my grandparents immigrated to New York from the Republic of Ireland.

Having traveled to the land of the free with only the shirts on their backs, they worked hard to make a living for themselves.

The beloved couple were fond of sharing tales of their homeland, including personal anecdotes about what life was like as Ireland confronted difficult choices during WWII.  My favorite story was about the cleverness of my grandmother as she sheltered and fed a stranded Nazi fighter pilot, while secretly sabotaging his planes to prevent further killing abroad.

Since then, Ireland has modernized, growing from a rocky isle laden with farms to an icon of progress in the developed world.  And as my Grandparents reflect on the great country from whence they came, you can still see glimmers of hope and youth in their eyes.  As they get on in years, I know their time to pass on is coming.  Grandpa has cancer and Grandma has Alzheimer's.

And all I have are fond memories.

"The Southerner Diaries" have been curated from personal projects including "Faded Glory - A Post-Apocalyptic Soundscape," my recent performance as King Oberon in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and select tracks from my OST for the upcoming game "Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord."

44 songs at over 2 hours of original music.

22 Exploration tracks

10 Dungeon tracks

7 Town tracks

3 Castle/High Hrothgar specific tracks

A special playlist for Blackreach to enhance its mystical creepiness

I am an Entertainer.