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Sorry but I dislike the music

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LalMirchi
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The music feels very generic and the combat music more so. The sheer repetitiveness wore me down. Yes I know there are only so many tracks you can include a a 70GB download ;)

No shade on the musicians but the games usage of music is, boring, did I say repetitive?

As my grandfather said to me "Don't curse the darkness, light a light"

So I max the ambient etc, mute the music and play good stuff in the background.

I really like the ambient sounds but the bards can sometimes be defiling [snip] sometimes.

Curtaros is my most disliked voice in the whole game as I can only do Alinor writs by starting outside the area or I have to hear his dreadful voice, woe is me.

Nevermind


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Edited by ZOS_ConnorG on December 12, 2020 1:24PM
  • VampireLordLover99
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    Fantasy music sounds like fantasy music?

    The soundtrack isn't too different to that of Skyrim's and other heavy fantasy games.
  • AcadianPaladin
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    Sorry you don't care for the music so much but glad that turning it off and running your own tracks helps. I think a fair number of players do that. I quite like the background sound tracks for the game and appreciate that differing zones use differing tracks.

    One thing I like is fighting world bosses. If I'm having a tough time of it, I never notice the background music, but often everything is going smoothly and that is when I notice the fight background music - that is when I really know I'm doing well and the boss is gonna lose. :)
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  • Iccotak
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    VampireLordLover99 wrote: »
    Fantasy music sounds like fantasy music?

    The soundtrack isn't too different to that of Skyrim's and other heavy fantasy games.

    I would argue that Skyrim actually has a very strong atmosphere with identity. Same goes for ES III & IV. Each one is iconic. That's why ESO Morrowind looked at ES III for music inspiration.
  • LalMirchi
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    AcadianPaladin wrote: »
    Sorry you don't care for the music so much but glad that turning it off and running your own tracks helps. I think a fair number of players do that. I quite like the background sound tracks for the game and appreciate that differing zones use differing tracks.

    One thing I like is fighting world bosses. If I'm having a tough time of it, I never notice the background music, but often everything is going smoothly and that is when I notice the fight background music - that is when I really know I'm doing well and the boss is gonna lose. :)

    OMG I didn't realize that the background music reacts to your progress, I will try that now.

    BTW and a huge disclaimer but I make music for films and a game and I do find the music in this game rather less than awe-inspiring.

    Like GrandPa said, don't be sad, get good!
  • Ratzkifal
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    The music is different depending on your zone, but I dislike that even a single enemy you can easily oneshot triggers the combat music to play instead.
    This Bosmer was tortured to death. There is nothing left to be done.
  • amm7sb14_ESO
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    I agree. There is some music in the game that I enjoy, but some of it actually irritates me and annoys me. Mostly the combat music. I wish it were like TES3 where I could add in my own personal music files to play during the game.
  • Iccotak
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    amm7sb14_ESO wrote: »
    I agree. There is some music in the game that I enjoy, but some of it actually irritates me and annoys me. Mostly the combat music. I wish it were like TES3 where I could add in my own personal music files to play during the game.

    eso really does need new combat tracks, there are like two epic ones that we hear all the time
  • Red_Feather
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    I think it is overused music by that one guy that does rpg music.
    I can't remember his name, but seems every second game I play is music done by him.

    edit:
    Jeremy Soule?!
    Edited by Red_Feather on December 11, 2020 11:14PM
  • Red_Feather
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    I love dragon's dogma music.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPMNO7xV1C0
    Edited by Red_Feather on December 11, 2020 11:13PM
  • amm7sb14_ESO
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    Red_Feather wrote: »
    I think it is overused music by that one guy that does rpg music.
    I can't remember his name, but seems every second game I play is music done by him.

    edit:
    Jeremy Soule?!

    He does the main TES game soundtracks, but he doesn't do ESO.
  • Red_Feather
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    amm7sb14_ESO wrote: »
    Red_Feather wrote: »
    I think it is overused music by that one guy that does rpg music.
    I can't remember his name, but seems every second game I play is music done by him.

    edit:
    Jeremy Soule?!

    He does the main TES game soundtracks, but he doesn't do ESO.

    Ahhh I didn't know who it was. I am kind of relieved because I hear it so often in so many games!
  • Vevvev
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    VampireLordLover99 wrote: »
    Fantasy music sounds like fantasy music?

    The soundtrack isn't too different to that of Skyrim's and other heavy fantasy games.

    Jeremy Soule who made the music for Skyrim, Morrowind, and Oblivion did NOT make the music for ESO. He made ESO's original theme song which I honestly feel like is miles above the repetitive songs Brad Derrick has been releasing for ESO over these years. The only music I like from Brad is the score he made for Summerset as it truly is beautiful but the rest of it, especially the combat music, is repetitive and boring.

    There is another artist who made some of the base game songs by the name of Rik Schaffer and he made the songs Tides of the Abeccean Sea and Northpoint Nocturne which are some of the most beautiful songs in ESO and play in the base game Skyrim zones as well as Western Skyrim.

    Here's Northpoint Nocturne for instance.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3y6bnYinVc&list=RDRG_zMR0eWbQ&index=6

    And ESO's old theme song.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_GLDCDRuC0

    Summerset theme.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCw772dJo8

    The current Greymoor theme....
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLHBDK200qs
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  • Iccotak
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    Brad Derrick music in ESO is just too vague and lacks identity in many instances, especially in these comparisons.

    Theme Music should be identifiable - like if I listen to it I can immediately place it.
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    Ratzkifal wrote: »
    The music is different depending on your zone, but I dislike that even a single enemy you can easily oneshot triggers the combat music to play instead.

    That and when the combat music stops and you can't mount your horse because you're still apparently in combat.
  • Ohtimbar
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    Each to their own, but I find the music in ESO to be consistently good, and better than good at times. The music of Murkmire, for instance, was particularly refreshing.
    forever stuck in combat
  • Ratzkifal
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    renne wrote: »
    Ratzkifal wrote: »
    The music is different depending on your zone, but I dislike that even a single enemy you can easily oneshot triggers the combat music to play instead.

    That and when the combat music stops and you can't mount your horse because you're still apparently in combat.

    I never thought about that. How does the music know better when you are in combat or not than the game mechanics? xD
    This Bosmer was tortured to death. There is nothing left to be done.
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    I do like the greymoor theme.

    Hopefully we get more variety.

    You know what has amazing music. Destiny 2!
    When I am in Dreaming City and this song plays around the 0:40 mark, that is where I stop everything and close my eyes. It is so wonderful.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHU42ZbJZco&t=40s
    Edited by Red_Feather on December 12, 2020 12:21AM
  • doomette
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    LalMirchi wrote: »
    AcadianPaladin wrote: »
    Sorry you don't care for the music so much but glad that turning it off and running your own tracks helps. I think a fair number of players do that. I quite like the background sound tracks for the game and appreciate that differing zones use differing tracks.

    One thing I like is fighting world bosses. If I'm having a tough time of it, I never notice the background music, but often everything is going smoothly and that is when I notice the fight background music - that is when I really know I'm doing well and the boss is gonna lose. :)

    OMG I didn't realize that the background music reacts to your progress, I will try that now.

    BTW and a huge disclaimer but I make music for films and a game and I do find the music in this game rather less than awe-inspiring.

    Like GrandPa said, don't be sad, get good!

    I don’t think I’ve noticed in PVE, but I’ve noticed in Cyro during particularly long fights the music is different from regular battle music. It’s simpler and more, hmm aggressive? I really like it and I think it adds to the fight itself.
    Edited by doomette on December 12, 2020 12:23AM
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    doomette wrote: »
    LalMirchi wrote: »
    AcadianPaladin wrote: »
    Sorry you don't care for the music so much but glad that turning it off and running your own tracks helps. I think a fair number of players do that. I quite like the background sound tracks for the game and appreciate that differing zones use differing tracks.

    One thing I like is fighting world bosses. If I'm having a tough time of it, I never notice the background music, but often everything is going smoothly and that is when I notice the fight background music - that is when I really know I'm doing well and the boss is gonna lose. :)

    OMG I didn't realize that the background music reacts to your progress, I will try that now.

    BTW and a huge disclaimer but I make music for films and a game and I do find the music in this game rather less than awe-inspiring.

    Like GrandPa said, don't be sad, get good!

    I don’t think I’ve noticed in PVE, but I’ve noticed in Cyro during particularly long fights the music is different from regular battle music. It’s simpler and more, hmm aggressive? I really like it and I think it adds to the fight itself.

    Music that plays in the large PVP battles is what the devs called "Boss music". You only hear those tracks going up against boss monsters and the like. In small PVP skirmishes the small encounter music plays, and in decently sized fights the standard combat music plays.
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  • Red_Feather
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    I also like how Dragon's Dogma has different music depending on whether you are fighting something that will utterly destroy you are not.

    This is a bad fight.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx865zhIF-g

    This is from a fight you cannot win.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8eri-tsSCw

    edit: Damnit youtube videos cannot be time stamped here.
    Edited by Red_Feather on December 12, 2020 12:29AM
  • Iccotak
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    @Red_Feather

    Destiny 2 is a great example of what I am talking about - the music has a very strong identity
  • NotaDaedraWorshipper
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    I don't get people's dislike over ESO's music. I like it that it's "lowkey". The bards are nice too.

    It gets boring and annoying fast when games have very dramatic music. Like in Witcher 3 I start yell at the combat music to shut it it was just some drowners.
    [Lie] Of course! I don't even worship Daedra!
  • A_Silverius
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    I agree ESO does need to work on their soundtrack, WoW does a really good job on their musical score. Each track fits really well in the zone you're in and sometimes a good soundtrack can reflect it's lore and even tell a story. A good example would be the Blood Elf zone Eversong Woods.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU_yNE2MMOU
    When you listen to it you hear some elves singing, they sound distant and sad. Their song sounds like it is echoing, almost as if it came from a time long before the Scourge invasion destroyed their homeland and when the forest was in its most beautiful form and untainted by the undead.
    Especially previous TES games like Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim have many such tracks that invoke this kind of feeling, Secunda is my favourite.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEGGl6gtsP8
    All over Tamriel, theres a sudden spike in Bosmers getting caught for their crimes. A sad day indeed... #FightForYourRite Give Bosmers back our stealth!
  • Raideen
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    I like the music, but I do miss Jeremy Soule.
  • Iccotak
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    NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »
    I don't get people's dislike over ESO's music. I like it that it's "lowkey". The bards are nice too.

    It gets boring and annoying fast when games have very dramatic music. Like in Witcher 3 I start yell at the combat music to shut it it was just some drowners.

    I'm not asking for ESO to copy the dramatic tracks of games like WoW or Destiny - my point is that those tracks had strong identity, the soundtrack of ES III-V had strong identity and atmosphere and alot of the vague track in eso (imo) lacks the atmosphere of the single player games
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    I like a number of tracks from ESO soundtrack, mostly zone tracks. Combat tracks are OK, but not the ones I would listen not in game. To tell the truth, though, I am not a fan of most Skyrim combat tracks too (with the exception of Watch the Skies, it is very good).

    The best Elder Scrolls music for me is the Forgotten Vale theme from Dawnguard.
    The Three Storm Sharks, episode 8 released on january the 8th.
    One mer to rule them all,
    one mer to find them,
    One mer to bring them all
    and in the darkness bind them.
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    I usually run without music at all because I love ambient sounds in this game, but I liked Murkmire and the Reach zone music very much, I like those zones where they kinda reused music from other TES games. And I absolutely love music from the Maw of Lorkhaj. And I had Coldharbour theme stuck in my head more than once.
    I'd give music in this game solid 5/7.
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    I must be one of the only people who listens to the soundtrack even when not in game.

    I generally find it very pleasing to hear, both in and out of game, but I do also agree that there could be more battle music variance.
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    LalMirchi wrote: »
    AcadianPaladin wrote: »
    Sorry you don't care for the music so much but glad that turning it off and running your own tracks helps. I think a fair number of players do that. I quite like the background sound tracks for the game and appreciate that differing zones use differing tracks.

    One thing I like is fighting world bosses. If I'm having a tough time of it, I never notice the background music, but often everything is going smoothly and that is when I notice the fight background music - that is when I really know I'm doing well and the boss is gonna lose. :)

    OMG I didn't realize that the background music reacts to your progress, I will try that now.

    BTW and a huge disclaimer but I make music for films and a game and I do find the music in this game rather less than awe-inspiring.

    Like GrandPa said, don't be sad, get good!

    I want to listen to your works now.
  • Ringing_Nirnroot
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    Sometimes I mute the music and listen to some classic oblivion :blush:

    https://youtu.be/vXj71r-WrQk
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