They finally released Necrom soundtrack!

licenturion · May 9

Lets hope we don't have to wait a year for Gold Road!

https://open.spotify.com/album/6IbTHbVWC7csK2lACOmgeI

fizl101 · May 9

Yaaay!

LunaFlora · May 9

Yay!! i hope Gold Road's ost releases this year soon after the chapter

LunaFlora · May 9

huh?
the soundtrack isn't there for me

edited to add:
ah just saw the release date says May 10 so i guess it will be tomorrow

licenturion · May 9

I have a second Spotify New Zealand account. Then I get releases 12 hours earlier.

Tallon_IV · May 9

Looks like I should be able to listen at midnight. Can't wait!

LaintalAy · May 9

The music is awful and distracting. I turn it off.

Malyore · May 9

LaintalAy wrote: »

The music is awful and distracting. I turn it off.

A lot of it is generic or similar and becomes background noise to me. I can't recall a single time I'm in the middle of a fight or quest and feel at awe about the music playing. However, I totally have been swept away by some bards in towns, usually due to their voices. Out of ESOs more combat-focused music though, the ones they use in the cinematic teaser trailers are amazing, but never get used in game unfortunately.

Has anyone found an official soundtrack for the music that plays from the gates of oblivion teaser cinematic? Or from the necrom cinematic?

TenebrisEquitem · May 9

Malyore wrote: »

LaintalAy wrote: »

The music is awful and distracting. I turn it off.

A lot of it is generic or similar and becomes background noise to me. I can't recall a single time I'm in the middle of a fight or quest and feel at awe about the music playing. However, I totally have been swept away by some bards in towns, usually due to their voices. Out of ESOs more combat-focused music though, the ones they use in the cinematic teaser trailers are amazing, but never get used in game unfortunately.

Has anyone found an official soundtrack for the music that plays from the gates of oblivion teaser cinematic? Or from the necrom cinematic?

The soundtrack for the cinematic trailers were all composed for/outsourced by the VFX studios that ZOS has contracted (those VFX studios being The Mill for Necrom and Gold Road, and Blur Studio for Gates of Oblivion). Composers are uncredited and will unfortunately probably never be publicly released, which is a big shame because the soundtrack for the 3 High Isle cinematics were some of the best pieces of TES music I've heard in a while.

RicAlmighty · May 9

This is still not on YouTube Music (formerly Google Play music). @ZOS_JessicaFolsom Do you know if there are plans to release this on YouTube Music? Thank you

licenturion · May 9

TenebrisEquitem wrote: »

Malyore wrote: »

LaintalAy wrote: »

The music is awful and distracting. I turn it off.

A lot of it is generic or similar and becomes background noise to me. I can't recall a single time I'm in the middle of a fight or quest and feel at awe about the music playing. However, I totally have been swept away by some bards in towns, usually due to their voices. Out of ESOs more combat-focused music though, the ones they use in the cinematic teaser trailers are amazing, but never get used in game unfortunately.

Has anyone found an official soundtrack for the music that plays from the gates of oblivion teaser cinematic? Or from the necrom cinematic?

The soundtrack for the cinematic trailers were all composed for/outsourced by the VFX studios that ZOS has contacted (the VFX studios being The Mill for Necrom and Gold Road, and Blur Studio for Gates of Oblivion). Composers are uncredited and will unfortunately probably never be publicly released, which is a big shame because the soundtrack for the 3 High Isle cinematics were some of the best pieces of TES music I've heard in a while.

Those custom made tracks never get released. Same goes for some awesome trailer music that has the Harry Potter, Mario, Star Wars or any other well known theme. Even the best tracks of Stranger Things (the finale and the redone 80s songs) are on YouTube only because the composer leaked the clean versions because they refused to release these songs because of right and royalty issues.

I like the ESO soundtracks though. They are what make me relax into this world. It wouldn't be the same with some metal or the Spiderman theme in the background. Only game I usually play my own music is in Overwatch or city builders.

Tornaad · May 10

I just saw that!!!! ... purchased it and am currently listening to it.

Poss · May 10

Big fan of the music in this game. Brad Derrick is a musical genius and I’m so happy he’s still the music guy 10 years in. He doesn’t get enough credit for what he does

Malyore · May 10

Poss wrote: »

Big fan of the music in this game. Brad Derrick is a musical genius and I’m so happy he’s still the music guy 10 years in. He doesn’t get enough credit for what he does

@Poss what is it you like about his work?

Malyore wrote: »

LaintalAy wrote: »

The music is awful and distracting. I turn it off.

A lot of it is generic or similar and becomes background noise to me. I can't recall a single time I'm in the middle of a fight or quest and feel at awe about the music playing.

I think perhaps a big reason the music doesn't really work for me is it's not meant for the boss, it's meant for you. By that I mean all of the combat music sounds very samey throughout all the game and the entire length of an encounter. I think that's because the music is trying to not match anything in particular, so it's just keeping a flow of "up beat combat rhythm" to match with the flood of AoE abilities and chaos that happens on screen in ESO.

In comparison, from games where I really enjoy the music, the music is for the boss or fight, not for you. So when a boss enters a new phase, the music reflects this as well and it feels intense.
I'd love if when doing a trial against a boss, once we get it down to a percentage health and it enters a new phase and starts to wipe half the team members if some new intimidating music were to play. But there's nothing musically to reflect the moments in an encounter.

I went through on Spotify and skimmed through the Necrom playlist. I can recognize a lot of these, but they weren't memorable to me and is not something I'd listen to on its own.

Malyore · May 10

Malyore wrote: »

In comparison, from games where I really enjoy the music, the music is for the boss or fight, not for you. So when a boss enters a new phase, the music reflects this as well and it feels intense.
I'd love if when doing a trial against a boss, once we get it down to a percentage health and it enters a new phase and starts to wipe half the team members if some new intimidating music were to play. But there's nothing musically to reflect the moments in an encounter.

Also as a side note kinda, I'd love if Tho'at gets her own theme someday. She's one of my favorite bosses in this game and seems worthy of having something unique to her.

LunaFlora · May 10

Malyore wrote: »

Poss wrote: »

Big fan of the music in this game. Brad Derrick is a musical genius and I’m so happy he’s still the music guy 10 years in. He doesn’t get enough credit for what he does

@Poss what is it you like about his work?

Malyore wrote: »

LaintalAy wrote: »

The music is awful and distracting. I turn it off.

A lot of it is generic or similar and becomes background noise to me. I can't recall a single time I'm in the middle of a fight or quest and feel at awe about the music playing.

I think perhaps a big reason the music doesn't really work for me is it's not meant for the boss, it's meant for you. By that I mean all of the combat music sounds very samey throughout all the game and the entire length of an encounter. I think that's because the music is trying to not match anything in particular, so it's just keeping a flow of "up beat combat rhythm" to match with the flood of AoE abilities and chaos that happens on screen in ESO.

In comparison, from games where I really enjoy the music, the music is for the boss or fight, not for you. So when a boss enters a new phase, the music reflects this as well and it feels intense.
I'd love if when doing a trial against a boss, once we get it down to a percentage health and it enters a new phase and starts to wipe half the team members if some new intimidating music were to play. But there's nothing musically to reflect the moments in an encounter.

I went through on Spotify and skimmed through the Necrom playlist. I can recognize a lot of these, but they weren't memorable to me and is not something I'd listen to on its own.

hey uh you can turn off combat music in audio swttings if you don't like it.

most of the ost isn't combat music though. and i love everything but the combat music

Poss · May 11

Malyore wrote: »

@Poss what is it you like about his work?

The beauty of music is that everyone has different tastes. I happen to love this kind of music. Nothing beats activating a dark anchor, the sky turns dark and that boss music starting.

LalMirchi · May 11

@licenturion Thanks very much for the heads up. Listening to the playlist now, it's excellent.

RicAlmighty · May 17

The Necrom soundtrack is still not available on YouTube Music. All of the other soundtracks are there, why isn’t this one?

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom @ZOS_Kevin would someone be able to look into this? I am just wondering if this is an oversight or is purposeful.

Thank you.

ZOS_Kevin · May 17

Hi all, just wanted to follow up for those asking for the soundtrack to be on other platforms. We'll pass that along. We noted this elsewhere, but included the quote below. We'll add YouTube Music to the platform request list.

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback here on other places to have the soundtracks available. We'll pass that along for future consideration. We've gotten quite a few requests for the soundtrack to be available through Steam.

AnduinTryggva · May 17

Is this on the soundtrack too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-XGZexHDuw

I always get goosebumps when I enter the IA and would like to purchase it. But cannot identify which track it is on the released OST.

(Don't get distracted from the title of the video: It was posted last year so well before the release of the Necrom ost)

ZOS_Kevin · May 17

@AnduinTryggva this was made after the Necrom Soundtrack was finished. So unfortunately it isn't on their. Brad did say he hopes to add it to a future soundtrack. So he is aware that folks really like that track.

furiouslog · May 17

AnduinTryggva wrote: »

Is this on the soundtrack too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-XGZexHDuw

I always get goosebumps when I enter the IA and would like to purchase it. But cannot identify which track it is on the released OST.

(Don't get distracted from the title of the video: It was posted last year so well before the release of the Necrom ost)

Wow, that is some Hans Zimmer level stuff right there. Pretty cool.

AnduinTryggva · May 17

Yeah, I like the industrial sound to it. I also consider Dune to be one of Zimmer's best works.

licenturion · May 17

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

@AnduinTryggva this was made after the Necrom Soundtrack was finished. So unfortunately it isn't on their. Brad did say he hopes to add it to a future soundtrack. So he is aware that folks really like that track.

Honest question: why has the soundtrack from Necrom released only last week when it was finished before 30rd of October (the live release of archives).

It is really weird to wait a year for an official soundtrack when all the other series/games/movies release their music in the week before or after release

You miss a lot of streaming money from YouTube or gamerips if you wait until hype has died completely. It is also bad for the artist if people are forced to listen to their creative output in 128kpbs for 11 months.

As you probably notice I am a big orchestral music listener and a huge advocate for digital releases, so I really hope this release was an outlier and a consistent OST release right after Gold Road is back on the table like it used to be.

RicAlmighty · May 17

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi all, just wanted to follow up for those asking for the soundtrack to be on other platforms. We'll pass that along. We noted this elsewhere, but included the quote below. We'll add YouTube Music to the platform request list.

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback here on other places to have the soundtracks available. We'll pass that along for future consideration. We've gotten quite a few requests for the soundtrack to be available through Steam.

Thanks Kevin, I really appreciate it.

NoticeMeArkay · May 17

To this day, the soundtrack for elsweyr and murkmire happen to be the only ones that actually have me stop and just listen sometimes because they bare such great compositions. Can't say the same about the soundtracks of recent releases, they lack something.

vsrs_au · May 18

NoticeMeArkay wrote: »

To this day, the soundtrack for elsweyr and murkmire happen to be the only ones that actually have me stop and just listen sometimes because they bare such great compositions. Can't say the same about the soundtracks of recent releases, they lack something.

It's a pity that the Murkmire soundtrack never got released, there are some nice tracks in it, e.g.

https://youtu.be/wFYg-rWks-4?feature=shared