Bethesda Softworks‘ fourth installment in the TES franchise was Oblivion, published by 2K Games in 2006. The game was received extremely well by critics, who praised it for its cutting edge graphics and general size. Like its predecessor Morrowind, Oblivion kept the free-roaming playing style in which the player was able to freely explore a huge world map and was even able to ignore or postpone the main storyline. There are dozens of side quests to complete and many secrets to uncover, which increased the game’s durability and replay value drastically. The story is basically your average “low-life-person-saves-kingdom-story”, in which the kingdom of Cyrodiil is threatened by a secret cult which opens gates to a different dimension, called Oblivion. Slowly the creatures from this other plain enter Cyrodiil and start wreaking havoc, and it is up to the player to close all of the Oblivion gates before it’s too late.
The soundtrack was composed by “the John Williams of video games”, as critics like to call him, award winning composer Jeremy Soule, who also conceived the soundtracks for games such as Dungeon Siege, Guild Wars and Neverwinter Nights. What makes his music so good is the orchestral approach Soule takes on his work, giving his songs this certain “Lord of the Rings-esque” feel to it.
The first song is of course the title theme…
Main Theme
And we continue with a variety of other great and beatuiful songs which just make you want to pick up your sword, bow and spell and travel the great land of Cyrodiil…
Wings of Kynareth
Watchman’s Ease
Minstrel’s Lament
Glory of Cyrodiil
King and Country
For an added bonus, I’ll throw in the main theme of Oblivion’s predecessor, Morrowind, aswell. Enjoy!
Morrowind Main Theme
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