Official Discussion Thread for "Discover the Team and Work Behind the Music & Sounds of Summerset"

ZOS_JessicaFolsom

This is the official discussion thread for the Introducing the Discover the Team and Work Behind the Music & Sounds of Summerset blog article.

The Isle of Summerset is visually spectacular, but it is just as pleasing to the ear as it is to the eyes. Learn more about the team responsible for the sound and music in The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset unique and what went into its creation.

Bfish22090

i want to hear from the augur. dude is a legend

King_Thelon

I want to hear why Sloads went live.

Ilsabet

It's always cool to read about these behind-the-scenes technical aspects of the game. As an anime nerd and someone who appreciates good voice acting, I especially like learning about the voiceover aspects and hearing about the actors involved. And the sounds and music are so much a part of the game experience, but they often take a back seat to the attention given to gameplay and storylines and such. So it's good to see a spotlight on them from time to time.

Kudos to the team there.

The_Protagonist

This is very much appreciated, thank for publishing this!

Preyfar

Murkmire (recently announced at E3)

Recently announced in E3? Excuse me? Murkmire was announced at Quake Con in 2014. The zone's been in development for at least 4 years. How many years does it take to make a zone? Things like FaceFX from that presentation are still not in the game (the mouths were fixed, but all the other animations and design are mostly not present except for a minor handful of NPCs who got additional animation).

Don't get me wrong -- I love the audio and music in the game, and praise the team, but find it odd that Murkmire was just announced at E3, but that's not correct at all. More was shown of Murkmire in 2014 than at E3.

GaunterODim

Am I the only one experiencing that the newer bard songs are all really quiet? Whenever they play I try to listen because Ive always liked any of these, but anything else is just so much louder that Im unable to listen to it really. e.g. the troll at the enclave in grahtwood makes everything there unhearable except the older louder songs from the bard.

Alarra

I love the new music, both the soundtrack and the new bard songs (the Ancestor song is my favorite of those). Can’t wait until the soundtrack is released!

A few questions for @ZOS_SoundMaster , if he sees this thread:

* Is the singing in the main theme just wordless vocalizations, or does it have lyrics like the Morrowind theme? (And if so, what are they?)
* Who sings the new bard songs?
* The music in the E3 trailer (the remix of Three Hearts as One) is fantastic; any chance of that song becoming available/part of a soundtrack?

DuskMarine

working on this while the game burns?? theres still so many issues with the game but sound is the first priority why when you can barely play the game to be able to enjoy the music.

ZOS_SoundMaster

Alarra wrote: »

I love the new music, both the soundtrack and the new bard songs (the Ancestor song is my favorite of those). Can’t wait until the soundtrack is released!

A few questions for @ZOS_SoundMaster , if he sees this thread:

* Is the singing in the main theme just wordless vocalizations, or does it have lyrics like the Morrowind theme? (And if so, what are they?)
* Who sings the new bard songs?
* The music in the E3 trailer (the remix of Three Hearts as One) is fantastic; any chance of that song becoming available/part of a soundtrack?

Hi Alarra. Thanks for the kind words! To answer your questions...

The singing in the main theme is somewhere between "wordless" and "actual lyrics". With the exception of the singing in the Morrowind theme, most of the vocalizations in ESO's music are sung in a syllabic "dead language" that we came up with for the game. That is - they are words and syllables, but they don't actually translate to anything meaningful. So don't go crazy trying to figure out what they mean.

Sarah Tancer sings the new bard songs. She's one of our VO regulars, and also happens to be a great vocalist.

The music from the E3 trailer miiiiight be included on the Summerset OST. We're still figuring that one out.

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Mojmir

Well at least this stuff is working properly

Moloch1514

Kudos to this team for great music and FX, and also for the participation with us on these forums!

Ghanima_Atreides

I always enjoy the music in ESO, and Summerset is no exception. Congratulations to the team!

One of my favourite pieces however remains that serene, dream-like female soprano voice you can usually hear singing while roaming around Stonefalls...

Iselin

The team did such an outstanding job that I think they should all get promotions to oversee the quality of the whole game

What they did with the traditional core ESO theme was done so well that I rank it right up there with what Game of Thrones did with their original season 1 theme in later seasons when they gave it the full orchestral treatment.

Awesome job.

Aliyavana

I would like to hear the road most traveled (called grazelands dawn in eso morrowind) get played in deshaan like it does in vvardenfell since that song is the spirit of morrowind essentially. It played in mournhold in the original morrowind and so as a tribute it should play in deshaan @ZOS_SoundMaster

Aliyavana

Operation get the road most traveled into deshaan is a go! lets do this bois

redspecter23

Can the next article be "Introducing the team behind jewelry crafting master writs and discover their thought process!" Not a joke. I really wish I knew how those meetings went.

Thal_J

I also have a question relating to soundtrack music for @ZOS_SoundMaster if he wouldn't mind:

Is there a possibility for any of the of the Summerset cinematic teaser trailer, full cinematic trailer, and the Summerset gameplay trailer tracks to be released with the soundtrack? I really enjoy these tracks from the trailers and I would love to listen to them clean!

Elsonso

Always great to hear what the audio team is up to. They are the best. I am looking forward to what they have for Murkmire. Interesting wind instruments! Gonna be good.

CaffeinatedMayhem

@ZOS_SoundMaster

Is there a listing somewhere of all the VOs? And which named characters they voice? I love all of their work, it's amazing, and I wish I could put names with their characters.

Also, love the new music. You knock it out of the park every time.

Feanor

@ZOS_SoundMaster

Just wanted to express my gratitude for the awesome ESO music which can stand on its own apart from the game and still is a great piece of work for everyone who appreciates and loves classical music. Outstanding!

ZOS_BeckyIchnoski

thatlaurachick wrote: »

@ZOS_SoundMaster

Is there a listing somewhere of all the VOs? And which named characters they voice? I love all of their work, it's amazing, and I wish I could put names with their characters.

Also, love the new music. You knock it out of the park every time.

Hi! I put this together which outlines our Summerset cast and some of the more major roles that each actor did. Enjoy!

Andrew Pifko - Jurisreeve Soravil/Clavicus Vile
April Stewart – Ulliceta gra-Kogg/Josajeh/Glardir
Arianna Ratner – Oriandra/Enigma
Audrey Wasilewski - Jurisreeve Lorne/Courtier Vindilween
Barbara Goodson – Valsirenn/Z'Maja
Ben Diskin – Augur of the Obscure/Pandermalion
Christopher Smith – Razum Dar
Fleur Saville - Kinlady Avinisse/Castire
Fryda Wolff - Vivienne Muric/Silurie/Mother of Rats
Gideon Emery - Sapiarch Soraturil/Fletch
Helen Sadler - Earl Tundilwen/Tableau
Henry Hereford - Esterdel
Jason Spisak – Talomar/Bailiff Naramin
Jim Ward – Mannimarco
Jocelyn Blue - Justiciar Farowel/Nocturnal
Jon Curry - Darien Gautier
Julianne Grossman – Alchemy/Mephala
Kath Soucie – Miriya/Kinlady Helenaere
Keith Silverstein – Erudil/Cainar
Keith Szarabajka – Barbas/Loremaster Celarus
Liam O’Brien – Manacar/Eslion/Emile Oncent
Liz Burnette - Proxy Queen Alwinarwe/Norasea
Mary Faber – Rinyde/Elise Mallon/Erilthel
Matthew Jayson – Sotha Sil/Roguzog
Michelle Arthur - Meridia
Neil Kaplan – Curtaros/K’Tora
Nolan North – Ritemaster Iachesis/Grand Maestro Forte
Olivia D’abo - Andewen
Penrose Anderson - Calawende
Peter Lavin – Tarnamir/Relicmaster Glenadir
Rebecca Reidy - Lauriel
Sarah Tancer - Revelator Lindafwe/Choixth/Bard Singer
Steve Blum - Rigurt the Brash/Mehdze/Justiciar Hyircil
Taliesin Jaffe – Faidur/Vanus Galerion
Time Winters - Leythen

Vandus

Taliesin Jaffe & Liam O’Brien are a couple of my top VO favorites.

Ilsabet

ZOS_BeckyIchnoski wrote: »

thatlaurachick wrote: »

@ZOS_SoundMaster

Is there a listing somewhere of all the VOs? And which named characters they voice? I love all of their work, it's amazing, and I wish I could put names with their characters.

Also, love the new music. You knock it out of the park every time.

Hi! I put this together which outlines our Summerset cast and some of the more major roles that each actor did. Enjoy!

- list of awesomeness -

I am fangirling this list (and you for posting it) so hard right now.

Barbara Goodson is Valsirenn, that's amazing. And my brother totally called Taliesin Jaffe being Vanus but I wasn't sure. A few others I recognized (or already knew in the case of recurring characters) but it's lovely to have confirmation.

I throw glitter in your general direction.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

ZOS_BeckyIchnoski wrote: »

Julianne Grossman – Alchemy/Mephala

It just seems appropriate that these two share a voice actor.

16BitForestCat

Neat!! Thank you for this list--voice acting is a big interest of mine, and there are definitely names I follow (like the legendary Steve Blum). I'm forever being frustrated that I can't find a list of complete ESO voice work--always left wondering, who voices my main? Who voices this alt? Who voices that NPC?

I knew Travis Willingham was in ESO, but I had no clue Liam O'Brien and Taliesin Jaffe also contributed voice work at some point. Keep going, and we'll get the entire Critical Role gaming table in, if they haven't all turned up already.

I LOVE the lighter new music and sounds. The heavier sounds of the main game and many previous DLC's/Chapters are lovely, but hearing the same instruments, constant ambient orchestration, and "darker" sounds can get a little tiring on my ears when I've been playing pretty much daily since beta. (I also said elsewhere that I play the flute and had long been wondering where the hell the woodwinds are in ESO outside of bards and the occasional "guest appearance"--woodwinds like flutes can actually play really cool "dark" or "creepy" notes if you know what you're doing, and I know y'all do!) I hope you all keep expanding on your instruments, sounds, and techniques to always stay fresh and make every track truly unique.

P.S. "Time Winters" for a chilly temporal mage is a biiiit too on-the-nose, don't you think?

P.P.S. Wait wait wait, the same person voices both soothing Sotha Sil and brash Roguzog? I just started Roguzog's quest, and I'm laffin' at this.

Jake1576

At least the people behind the music know what they are doing as for the other people not so much ty for breaking the game on ps4 with summerset now it's unplayable in pvp

SlowBadger

ZOS_BeckyIchnoski wrote: »

thatlaurachick wrote: »

@ZOS_SoundMaster

Is there a listing somewhere of all the VOs? And which named characters they voice? I love all of their work, it's amazing, and I wish I could put names with their characters.

Also, love the new music. You knock it out of the park every time.

Hi! I put this together which outlines our Summerset cast and some of the more major roles that each actor did. Enjoy!

Andrew Pifko - Jurisreeve Soravil/Clavicus Vile
April Stewart – Ulliceta gra-Kogg/Josajeh/Glardir
Arianna Ratner – Oriandra/Enigma
Audrey Wasilewski - Jurisreeve Lorne/Courtier Vindilween
Barbara Goodson – Valsirenn/Z'Maja
Ben Diskin – Augur of the Obscure/Pandermalion
Christopher Smith – Razum Dar
Fleur Saville - Kinlady Avinisse/Castire
Fryda Wolff - Vivienne Muric/Silurie/Mother of Rats
Gideon Emery - Sapiarch Soraturil/Fletch
Helen Sadler - Earl Tundilwen/Tableau
Henry Hereford - Esterdel
Jason Spisak – Talomar/Bailiff Naramin
Jim Ward – Mannimarco
Jocelyn Blue - Justiciar Farowel/Nocturnal
Jon Curry - Darien Gautier
Julianne Grossman – Alchemy/Mephala
Kath Soucie – Miriya/Kinlady Helenaere
Keith Silverstein – Erudil/Cainar
Keith Szarabajka – Barbas/Loremaster Celarus
Liam O’Brien – Manacar/Eslion/Emile Oncent
Liz Burnette - Proxy Queen Alwinarwe/Norasea
Mary Faber – Rinyde/Elise Mallon/Erilthel
Matthew Jayson – Sotha Sil/Roguzog
Michelle Arthur - Meridia
Neil Kaplan – Curtaros/K’Tora
Nolan North – Ritemaster Iachesis/Grand Maestro Forte
Olivia D’abo - Andewen
Penrose Anderson - Calawende
Peter Lavin – Tarnamir/Relicmaster Glenadir
Rebecca Reidy - Lauriel
Sarah Tancer - Revelator Lindafwe/Choixth/Bard Singer
Steve Blum - Rigurt the Brash/Mehdze/Justiciar Hyircil
Taliesin Jaffe – Faidur/Vanus Galerion
Time Winters - Leythen

Thank you so much for this. Also means I can start to figure out who voiced some minor characters from older content as well.

Aliyavana

Aliyavana wrote: »

I would like to hear the road most traveled (called grazelands dawn in eso morrowind) get played in deshaan like it does in vvardenfell since that song is the spirit of morrowind essentially. It played in mournhold in the original morrowind and so as a tribute it should play in deshaan @ZOS_SoundMaster

Still campaigning for this change.

ZOS_BeckyIchnoski wrote: »

thatlaurachick wrote: »

@ZOS_SoundMaster

Is there a listing somewhere of all the VOs? And which named characters they voice? I love all of their work, it's amazing, and I wish I could put names with their characters.

Also, love the new music. You knock it out of the park every time.

Hi! I put this together which outlines our Summerset cast and some of the more major roles that each actor did. Enjoy!

Andrew Pifko - Jurisreeve Soravil/Clavicus Vile
April Stewart – Ulliceta gra-Kogg/Josajeh/Glardir
Arianna Ratner – Oriandra/Enigma
Audrey Wasilewski - Jurisreeve Lorne/Courtier Vindilween
Barbara Goodson – Valsirenn/Z'Maja
Ben Diskin – Augur of the Obscure/Pandermalion
Christopher Smith – Razum Dar
Fleur Saville - Kinlady Avinisse/Castire
Fryda Wolff - Vivienne Muric/Silurie/Mother of Rats
Gideon Emery - Sapiarch Soraturil/Fletch
Helen Sadler - Earl Tundilwen/Tableau
Henry Hereford - Esterdel
Jason Spisak – Talomar/Bailiff Naramin
Jim Ward – Mannimarco
Jocelyn Blue - Justiciar Farowel/Nocturnal
Jon Curry - Darien Gautier
Julianne Grossman – Alchemy/Mephala
Kath Soucie – Miriya/Kinlady Helenaere
Keith Silverstein – Erudil/Cainar
Keith Szarabajka – Barbas/Loremaster Celarus
Liam O’Brien – Manacar/Eslion/Emile Oncent
Liz Burnette - Proxy Queen Alwinarwe/Norasea
Mary Faber – Rinyde/Elise Mallon/Erilthel
Matthew Jayson – Sotha Sil/Roguzog
Michelle Arthur - Meridia
Neil Kaplan – Curtaros/K’Tora
Nolan North – Ritemaster Iachesis/Grand Maestro Forte
Olivia D’abo - Andewen
Penrose Anderson - Calawende
Peter Lavin – Tarnamir/Relicmaster Glenadir
Rebecca Reidy - Lauriel
Sarah Tancer - Revelator Lindafwe/Choixth/Bard Singer
Steve Blum - Rigurt the Brash/Mehdze/Justiciar Hyircil
Taliesin Jaffe – Faidur/Vanus Galerion
Time Winters - Leythen

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