I can remember being in 6th grade and hated school because I was shy and had no friends but couldn't wait to play TES4 when I got home. I would day dream all day long in class about building my own home in the forests of Cyrodiil and live in that world. The memories sting.
same friend, I would go over to my friend cody's house and watch him shoot lightning at the sky, imagining the freedom One had to have in a world where anyone can shoot lightning.
SenselessDreamworld I'm only 14 and I feel that way as well... I remember when I was 8 or 9 spending countless hours on Oblivion, and even though I still do, its nothing like back then.
I think most people feel that way at various points in their lives. Some people even let it get in the way of enjoying the time they do have- I’ve been known to do that. Remember that it’s not important precisely how much time you have left. It’s important what you do with it, how you enjoy it, the bond’s you make- to people, things, or experiences, doesn’t matter- just live life for life. Don’t get stuck in the past too much, or worry too much about how much future is left.
It's one of the reasons why I will always say that games are as valuable art made by people as movies and music albums are. We're moved by the emotions in the soundtrack and they stay in our hearts. The Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, Horizon Zero Dawn. Heck, even the old Settlers on Amiga. Music is art, games are art.
The composer who made this soundtrack had a near death experience almost dying in a car crash, and he put all of his love for life into this soundtrack, i think he succeeded
"Soule stated that while composing the music he did not imagine any specific characters or events; rather, he wanted it "to comment on the human condition and the beauty of life". In a 2006 interview, he related that this desire came as a result of a car accident that occurred during his composition of the score. He said, "I ended up rolling in my car several times on an interstate while flying headlong into oncoming traffic ... I felt no fear ... I simply just acknowledged to myself that I've had a good life and I would soon have to say goodbye to all of it in a matter of seconds". Soule sustained only minor injuries, but commented that his feeling during the crash-"that life is indeed precious"-remained with him throughout the rest of the composition." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion#Audio
When TES 6 comes out, I just hope that whatever province it is, that somewhere on the map, there would be a little cliff with a view of Cyrodiil, white gold tower and everything, with this playing...
That idea just gave me goosebumps. I mean, f*ck! I've always thought Dragonborn was a decent DLC even without the nostalgia, but things like running across the ash fields and seeing a Silt Strider for the first time (first time in Skyrim that is) while Blessings of Vivec comes on? You can't make those feels up. If TES 6 just gives me that little cliff moment you described I probably wouldn't care if the rest of the game was complete shit lol.
I’m pretty sure the guy who scored oblivion will not be scoring ES:6 unfortunately.. love the idea though. I agree with the neat cliff idea. Just something for the fans who have been there for years..
Dawson Nagel yeah. Just the little touches like that is what made Bethesda, Bethesda. I hope for the newest elder scrolls, that they focus on what we want not what they want to marketize.
@@dawsonnagel1606 elder scrolls 6 has only recently started production, the music for it hasn't even been written yet, they just got done with starfield so there's still time for ES6 to bring him back, though with the perpetually offended crowd getting their claws into him with accusations from years past.. it will entirely depend on how much bethesda buys into the social media narrative.
If you're thinking this track might only sound good to you because of nostalgia, don't. I never played Oblivion nor did I ever care for the game or its lore. This track carries itself with no need for any nostalgia to back it up.
Nothing can describe the feelings i have when i listen to this. My life before shit hit the fan, exploring the forests with only the feelings of mystery, adventure, and total awe. The caves that scared me, the beautiful music that helped me defeat the demons within my heart, Nothing i can ever do will replace the treasures this game gave to me. Today, i am a better man because of it. Thank you oblivion, i only hope that your genius doesn't get lost to the sands of time.
That's exactly how I feel. Real life was so much simpler back then. Going to school by morning, sometimes even waking up a bit earlier to play before leaving, coming home and entering this amazing fantasy world, much like the real world as it was at that time: mystery and adventure ahead of me, and a feeling of looking at the start of a road that leads to new and beautiful things.
according to steamcharts, oblivion has 1000 concurrent players at any one time, this is a game that will never be lost even as the generations grow old, we will remember it, more than morrowind, more than skyrim I just wish in my heart of hearts that the elder scrolls 6 can throw off the shackles of corporate driven games and recapture some of the magic this game brought to us all.
I love all of Jeremy Soule's music. But something about this particular song just makes my heart and soul soar. It's almost like you can feel the breeze blow in your hair, hear the birds and smell the grass, flowers, trees and water in Heart of Nirn. Now I should go play Oblivion again 😊
Real life was so much simpler back then. Going to school by morning, sometimes even waking up a bit earlier to play before leaving, then coming home and entering this amazing fantasy world, much like the real world as it was at that time: mystery, adventure and all kinds of good things ahead of me. A feeling of looking at the start of a road that leads to new and beautiful things, both inside Cyrodiil and in the real world. I'll forever be grateful to this game, for being such an important part of my life as a 16/17 years old teenager. And thanks to Mr. Jeremy Soule, who created this amazing music which was so important in shaping our fantasy world, Cyrodiil.
I was playing Elder Scrolls IV from age 10 to 15 before Skyrim came out. Honestly this game was one of the only games I was actually focused on. I haven't played a game the great since.
Oblivion has the best soundtrack of any game. On my first serous playthrough, I used to let the game idle in the woods just to listen to the music and look at the scenery
Now here in Italy is 01:20 AM....in the night's hearth I'm listening this music and from my eyes flow so many tears, so many fuckin' tears...because now I'm 27 years old and this glorious music has accompanied me throughout my adolescence, when i was 16-17....fantastic period, when my family was unit, my thoughts were light as a feather and problems were easily accessible....and now work, love and family are so complicated, lack of money, lack of good emotions, lack of a stable tranquility....it would be wonderful to go back to those fantastic times and start all over again....Thank you Oblivion for having been part of my life
Was reading a fantasy book and thought that some fantasy music would be great while doing it. Then, after a few minutes, this song starts playing. I ended up finishing the book (870 pgs.) only with this melody. I can not describe how much I love it, like, it takes me to a magical and other-worldy place and makes me feel totally abstracted, in a good way.
I beat Oblivion for the first time maybe 2 weeks ago and this is already making me sentimental haha. Just goes to show when something is really great, whether a book or movie or album or game, you'll feel those good vibes, whether you started 2 hours ago or you're dusting it off after 10 years
I remember enter the shivering isles for the first time and just standing there looking at the night sky and letting this play. Such a great atmosphere, even as a kid in middle school I really loved this song.
I had just closed the Oblivion gate that opened on the Imperial City isle. It was dawn and I turned to look to the east, where the Sun was just rising. This began to play...and I just stood and watched the sunrise and feel the tranquility after an epic battle to grab the sigil stone. That was 13 years ago, and I'll never forget it. ❤️
"Kynareth, called Kyne by the Nords and Kin by the Kothringi, is a goddess of the Nine Divines. She is the strongest of the sky spirits and is the deity of the heavens, the winds, the elements, and the unseen spirits of the air. Patron of sailors and travelers, Kynareth is invoked for auspicious stars at birth and for good fortune in daily life. In some legends, she is the first to agree to Lorkhan's plan to invent the mortal plane, and provides the space for its creation in the void. She is also associated with rain, a phenomenon said not to occur before the removal of Lorkhan's divine spark. Kynareth is generally seen as the embodiment of nature, with the mysterious and deadly Spriggans representing her wrath."
I would always hate running into enemies when this song was playing. Definitely my favorite from the game. Especially the ending, that little pause, then the melody starts playing and that final chord just softly floats above the melody like a gentle breeze as the songs ends. Oooo this song is fucking great.
Yeah right, same. For such beautiful music they object it to some BRUTAL cutoffs when coming upon the most feeble threat (COUGH MUDCRABS) Yes. i've heard others same the same.... Bye! Stop talking!
But what if, as it happened to me a couple of month ago? I was exploring Cyrodiil and Wings of Kynareth was played as all of a sudden a damned Ogre interrupted the atmosphere by forcing me into a fight (on a level beyond 20 and medium difficulty - that takes quite a while to defeat an Ogre...) But once i´d beaten him, Wings of Kynareth started to play AGAIN! Guess what I did? I stood still at the place and listened just for the sake of it! Never has happended before and might never happen ever again...
This game was/is a masterpiece. I literally replay this game all the time. And I get lost into it just as I did back in like 2008 back when I was in like 7th or 8th grade.
i've never played this game before, not even knew existed before i got TES3 morrowind due to prime gaming. But this song is nothing but goddam epic, emotional, intoxicating (in a good way), fantastic and otherworldly... it is definitely is a music that you feel, and feels like giving a great and stretch hug to all the good things in life, idk man just makes me feel like want to live more, i'd have loved to know this song in all those depresive episodes i had in my life (i'm not diagnosed with clinical depression just had really bad moments in my life) i would have helped me a lot. i hope the right people find this music masterpiece in the right moment.
The world we live in may not be as beautiful or as magical as the ones presented here. However, we all must realize that this was composed by a real person, a person who wanted to convey his love for life. We need to try to follow his example and love life, and the first step is to wake up from the dreams and realize how beautiful reality can be.
Wings of Kynareth - Jeremy Soule Thankful for the fact that life is a gift that keeps on giving. Every new beginning is a new adventure. I may as well make the best of it in a lifetime of experience.
Its 11:36 PM as I am writing this, and I would like to say that I am officially feeling a heavy thump in my chest and am actually crying over a video game instrumental. The memories I'll never get back, the people I won't see again, and the moments I cherished so much. It's as if I'm standing on a cliff and holding on to the farthest bounds of my strength, my hands are literally flexing to climb back up to the world above it, yet I can't. The moral of this comment is to never take moments for granted, when you feel the relaxation and inspiration from something, you must grasp it tightly and never let go. To this day I play at least 30 minutes of Oblivion everyday, usually more. Just to reignite my passions within, whether it be enjoying the quests or simply exploring the mystically unique landscape. In short; hold onto what ignites your passion, and never let that flame burn out
I was in Glendalough and the surrounding mountains in Ireland yesterday. And was immediately reminded of this music when I was standing by the iconic lake, the waterfall, and the mountain tops. Magical places deserve the most magical music.
This song is like cosin graph, positive sign represents depressing and the negative is hopefullness. Starts from being depressed and changes regularly until the end. And I like it very much
I actually have music like this on Spotify. I played this kind of music on a recent road trip to upstate New York. This song played on that road trip. It was just so neat. It was a rainy evening and the sense of adventure was real.
Soule created something unique with oblivion’s soundtrack. Something that cannot be repeated. A true masterpiece that everyone in the industry can be jealous of
This track is my favourite, the music to me captures how difficult life in cyrodil is, you could get killed at any second but the scenery is beautiful. I feel like this tune in aspects to real life somehow captures the essence of the uncertainty of life and future, surrounded by beautiful things and sad things, both parts to me have a massive tone shift from sad to wonderful like life honestly.
I remember a very hot summer morning long long time ago. I've played Oblivion (with this great music playing in the background) and walk away from the emperial city to Bravil. Oh, I love this game. I want a remake for PS5 and Switch.
i managed to completely fuck you up by using a despell on your invisibility and locking my room door so you headbutted it for half an hour while i laughed at you :) @lucien lachance
Hearing music like this when playing a video game makes you realise that half of the greatness of the experience is the soundtrack. God bless you, Jeremy.
My only regret is not being able to play oblivion again as if it were the first time... I am very sorry for those who have not been able to play this masterpiece when it been released: I realize that playing it now cannot give the same emotions as playing it in 2006
Same here, the game look so old to me now, but when i first played it on a shit pc at 800*600 and medium details, jaw breaking!!! The music just reminds me the sweet times of my teenage playing this gane, totally immerged in it, without any *concerns about life's real.problems. because i was only a teen, a life ahead....
I know people will get mad at me, but I miss Oblivion and I was so looking forward to Skyrim...Oblivion was my life when I was younger. And I feel they just handed me disappointment in a new, flashy box. I seriously have never gotten over that, and never will.
Calla Day Sometimes I'd just stand there on the game and drift off into a fantasy world, and actually believe I was there. Skyrim didn't feel like that to me, and I can't explain why.
+Calla Day skyrim was all full of brown washed out fields and snowy mountains. The icebergs and hot springs were memorable but otherwise it was such a boring and colorless world. There wasn't any memorable music, either. When I think of Oblivion there's so much variety. The gold coast, the west weald, blackwood, the great forest, heartlands and jerall mountains. Skyrim is basically all snow and woods. Cyrodiil had it all.
+Calla Day Don't worry, it's not because of our age. We don't exactly lose our capacity to be amazed. No, it's because Skyrim honestly wasn't that amazing. Its sidequests didn't pull you into the world as much, and they weren't as deep, varied or full of intrigue as Oblivion's. Just compare the Dark Brotherhood in Oblivion to that of Skyrim. Also, Skyrim was filled with cold environments that looked too barren. There weren't that many interesting NPCs in Skyrim, far fewer interesting places on the map, the world wasn't as vibrant, and there was a strange filter laid over the screen that made everything look a bit too silvery or washed out. I don't remember ever seeing a sunrise or sunset in Skyrim and being amazed at its beauty. The game disappointed me too, in many respects.
Skyrim has a lot of fetch/kill-quests, but those are not worth playing more than a few times. They are the epitome of repetitiveness. I feel that Skyrim replaced many meaningful quests with those 'radiant' ones, and well... I play RPGs for interesting, emotional storylines. I don't play them just to kill dragons over and over. I honestly don't know why anyone would prefer Skyrim over Oblivion considering the latter had more interesting quests. It's kind of like with Fallout 4 - I would never consider it better than FO3, and certainly not New Vegas.
TheGeorgee he's talking about the song, not the game itself. Also for the record how does Skyrim even compare to any of those other games, it doesn't deserve to be named among those legends...
First time i fired up the game and eventually got out of the dungeons... this song was playing. I looked to the forest to the left; straight ahead at the river and large pond. Then I looked right; over the river and saw an encampment. I went over to it; looted the camp then got attack by the two campers. Killing then looting them i started up the path north, looking at the forest around me. Then a cat-dude ran down the path towards me. He then said "Hi", then attempted to demand money and try to rob me. It was at this point i realized i was playing something special and magical
There's a lot of hidden fun things about Kynareth all over Skyrim, like the Voice of the Sky power you get from reading all the etched tablets on the 10,000 steps, the fact that the Thu'um is a gift straight from Kynareth to Mer, it's fun to read into it and listen to all the dialogue in the game and find out more about the lore. There's a lot of depth :). My main Skyrim character is a Paladin that I'm role playing as the son of Kynareth and so naturally I'm losing myself in the immersion. These games are awesome
Oblivion and Morrowind feel like oppsites Oblivion makes me feel, peaceful its the empire heart, an beautiful land Meanwhile Morrowind makes me feel depressed, and anxious
Its undertone is kind of different though, "fair resdaynia" was a shitehole from the start, but you kinda slowly fix it by becoming the hortator and killing dagoth ur, with it also deposing the tribunal, restoring the old velothi ways. Personally I feel oblivion is depressing as hell, you wouldn't feel it at the start, but slowly, everything just crumbled away, the oblivion crisis, the death/mantling of your best friend aka martin, the slow downfall of the cyrodiilic guilds. We see in skyrim the mages guild had a schism, the fighter's guild wasn't even mentioned, the dark brotherhood is a shade of its former self and the thieves guild is down on its luck, when you became the knight of the nine you also inherited the madness of pelinal, shivering isles is just the cherry on top, the hero of kvatch is slowly becoming insane until the graymarch sealed his fate as sheogorath, he's arguably the most tragic of heroes.
@@hihosilver1234I disagree, with just an MGE it is a spectacular experience, the worldbuilding is unmatched and combat system is olay if you create a character with 40 or 50 initial points of a combat skill.
Somebody from the Ori and the Blind Forest soundtrack recommended this song to me, and it makes me wish I never blew off skyrim as some combat game just from the gameplay I've seen by my friend, and he plays without sound. Thank you person who recommended me this. It's pure beauty. I think I found my second place soundtrack.
Jeremy Soule is just nuts man. I mean seriously. This music is so appropriate that I couldn't ask for more. I really hope that Elder Scrolls VI will have Jeremy on board. This man knows his business. I love this man so much.
I can bearly remember me and cousin wanted to play we takes turns and then couple years later Skyrim cames out man i swear i dont care what anyone says this bring tears to my eyes Alot of smiles TES TY very much❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I can remember being in 6th grade and hated school because I was shy and had no friends but couldn't wait to play TES4 when I got home. I would day dream all day long in class about building my own home in the forests of Cyrodiil and live in that world. The memories sting.
❤️
Same bro same, I was in class 5 and wanted to go back home as early as possible to play oblivion.
My people
same friend, I would go over to my friend cody's house and watch him shoot lightning at the sky, imagining the freedom One had to have in a world where anyone can shoot lightning.
To this day, Cyrodiil still is the place where i find myself home, even more than my actual home. I feel you, mate!
I remember hearing this song and playing this game and being completely lost in a fantasy world. It was magical... I love this game so much.
Robert Breeden yeah and how tough is to come out of that world and face the real life...
though what a nice position it is be to be free to play this freely and "face real life" at the same time.. freedom of choice, eh?
I mean you could do both
Same dude. Oblivion is possibly my favorite game of all time.
My wife bought for my birthday the Game of the Year Edition for PS2.
♥️
Nostalgia hurts so much.
SenselessDreamworld I'm only 14 and I feel that way as well...
I remember when I was 8 or 9 spending countless hours on Oblivion, and even though I still do, its nothing like back then.
In deed it hurts, but it reconnects me with my true expectations. Time to live Oblivion in real life :) Now that i'm old enough.
Yea really bad 😖
@@quakeIVreal I miss morrowind can't get it on gaystation 4 though
I think most people feel that way at various points in their lives. Some people even let it get in the way of enjoying the time they do have- I’ve been known to do that.
Remember that it’s not important precisely how much time you have left. It’s important what you do with it, how you enjoy it, the bond’s you make- to people, things, or experiences, doesn’t matter- just live life for life. Don’t get stuck in the past too much, or worry too much about how much future is left.
Words can’t describe how music really makes a game complete
Words cannot describe what this music can ;)
@@Cyeoable You said that right ! x)
It's the soul of a game.
It's one of the reasons why I will always say that games are as valuable art made by people as movies and music albums are. We're moved by the emotions in the soundtrack and they stay in our hearts. The Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, Horizon Zero Dawn. Heck, even the old Settlers on Amiga. Music is art, games are art.
The composer who made this soundtrack had a near death experience almost dying in a car crash, and he put all of his love for life into this soundtrack, i think he succeeded
Indeed he expressed the majesty of life into this music
Jeremy Soule did the music, did an outstanding job
Cool, I didn't know that. It reminds me a bit of the OST for Angels in America by Thomas Newman, which deals with similar themes.
Venoxisguides - thanks for sharing, I had no idea...
And he named this particular piece after Tamriel's goddess of life.
"Soule stated that while composing the music he did not imagine any specific characters or events; rather, he wanted it "to comment on the human condition and the beauty of life". In a 2006 interview, he related that this desire came as a result of a car accident that occurred during his composition of the score. He said, "I ended up rolling in my car several times on an interstate while flying headlong into oncoming traffic ... I felt no fear ... I simply just acknowledged to myself that I've had a good life and I would soon have to say goodbye to all of it in a matter of seconds". Soule sustained only minor injuries, but commented that his feeling during the crash-"that life is indeed precious"-remained with him throughout the rest of the composition." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion#Audio
LucidJoe - I always thought he was such an incredible composer but this also shows he is an incredible human being too.
@@golz9785 not only that, but an insightful one as well. Very few people have the wisdom of Confucius or Lao Tzu.
@@golz9785 he's a bit of an asshole ngl
We need people like you on every comment section
@@krystof5271 how so?
When TES 6 comes out, I just hope that whatever province it is, that somewhere on the map, there would be a little cliff with a view of Cyrodiil, white gold tower and everything, with this playing...
That idea just gave me goosebumps. I mean, f*ck! I've always thought Dragonborn was a decent DLC even without the nostalgia, but things like running across the ash fields and seeing a Silt Strider for the first time (first time in Skyrim that is) while Blessings of Vivec comes on? You can't make those feels up. If TES 6 just gives me that little cliff moment you described I probably wouldn't care if the rest of the game was complete shit lol.
Lotsa Spaghetti - they REALLY need to incorporate this idea. I so hope they do that.
I’m pretty sure the guy who scored oblivion will not be scoring ES:6 unfortunately.. love the idea though. I agree with the neat cliff idea. Just something for the fans who have been there for years..
Dawson Nagel yeah. Just the little touches like that is what made Bethesda, Bethesda. I hope for the newest elder scrolls, that they focus on what we want not what they want to marketize.
@@dawsonnagel1606 elder scrolls 6 has only recently started production, the music for it hasn't even been written yet, they just got done with starfield so there's still time for ES6 to bring him back, though with the perpetually offended crowd getting their claws into him with accusations from years past.. it will entirely depend on how much bethesda buys into the social media narrative.
If you're thinking this track might only sound good to you because of nostalgia, don't. I never played Oblivion nor did I ever care for the game or its lore. This track carries itself with no need for any nostalgia to back it up.
It is brilliant on it's own. It just adds that extra Bittersweet feeling if you actually played the game.
That’s a fat L on your part oblivion is goated it’s second only to Morrowind
Nothing can describe the feelings i have when i listen to this. My life before shit hit the fan, exploring the forests with only the feelings of mystery, adventure, and total awe. The caves that scared me, the beautiful music that helped me defeat the demons within my heart, Nothing i can ever do will replace the treasures this game gave to me. Today, i am a better man because of it. Thank you oblivion, i only hope that your genius doesn't get lost to the sands of time.
And never, never ever will, friend, because you just expressed what I had in my soul. Thank you. Oblivion also shaped my inner world.
Ramiz S Let us never forget what oblivion gave to us, and move forward with our lives.
That's exactly how I feel.
Real life was so much simpler back then.
Going to school by morning, sometimes even waking up a bit earlier to play before leaving, coming home and entering this amazing fantasy world, much like the real world as it was at that time: mystery and adventure ahead of me, and a feeling of looking at the start of a road that leads to new and beautiful things.
Incredible how a videogame can change your life. I'm playing Oblivion and so far I love it...
according to steamcharts, oblivion has 1000 concurrent players at any one time, this is a game that will never be lost even as the generations grow old, we will remember it, more than morrowind, more than skyrim I just wish in my heart of hearts that the elder scrolls 6 can throw off the shackles of corporate driven games and recapture some of the magic this game brought to us all.
I love all of Jeremy Soule's music. But something about this particular song just makes my heart and soul soar. It's almost like you can feel the breeze blow in your hair, hear the birds and smell the grass, flowers, trees and water in Heart of Nirn.
Now I should go play Oblivion again 😊
I think it was meant to do that. I love it!!
Real life was so much simpler back then.
Going to school by morning, sometimes even waking up a bit earlier to play before leaving, then coming home and entering this amazing fantasy world, much like the real world as it was at that time: mystery, adventure and all kinds of good things ahead of me.
A feeling of looking at the start of a road that leads to new and beautiful things, both inside Cyrodiil and in the real world.
I'll forever be grateful to this game, for being such an important part of my life as a 16/17 years old teenager.
And thanks to Mr. Jeremy Soule, who created this amazing music which was so important in shaping our fantasy world, Cyrodiil.
I was playing Elder Scrolls IV from age 10 to 15 before Skyrim came out. Honestly this game was one of the only games I was actually focused on. I haven't played a game the great since.
Oblivion has the best soundtrack of any game. On my first serous playthrough, I used to let the game idle in the woods just to listen to the music and look at the scenery
Now here in Italy is 01:20 AM....in the night's hearth I'm listening this music and from my eyes flow so many tears, so many fuckin' tears...because now I'm 27 years old and this glorious music has accompanied me throughout my adolescence, when i was 16-17....fantastic period, when my family was unit, my thoughts were light as a feather and problems were easily accessible....and now work, love and family are so complicated, lack of money, lack of good emotions, lack of a stable tranquility....it would be wonderful to go back to those fantastic times and start all over again....Thank you Oblivion for having been part of my life
The Wings of Kynareth will carry you back to peaceful times.
Hope youre doing well
Was reading a fantasy book and thought that some fantasy music would be great while doing it. Then, after a few minutes, this song starts playing. I ended up finishing the book (870 pgs.) only with this melody. I can not describe how much I love it, like, it takes me to a magical and other-worldy place and makes me feel totally abstracted, in a good way.
I played oblivion for the first time last year yet I still feel like I have nostalgia for it as if I had played in 2006.
Awesome
I beat Oblivion for the first time maybe 2 weeks ago and this is already making me sentimental haha. Just goes to show when something is really great, whether a book or movie or album or game, you'll feel those good vibes, whether you started 2 hours ago or you're dusting it off after 10 years
Still a masterpiece
This hits me in my soul.
Thor's hammare Mjölner It hits me hard at 1:55
This speaks to the very core of soul...
does it hit you in your soul? or your Soule? :))
I remember enter the shivering isles for the first time and just standing there looking at the night sky and letting this play. Such a great atmosphere, even as a kid in middle school I really loved this song.
Shivering isles was incredible. Definitely my favourite dlc
Shivering Isles is what made to turn my initial hate into love for Oblivion. And by the way, the whole OST fits SI more than the original game!
One the best dlc's of all time
I had just closed the Oblivion gate that opened on the Imperial City isle. It was dawn and I turned to look to the east, where the Sun was just rising.
This began to play...and I just stood and watched the sunrise and feel the tranquility after an epic battle to grab the sigil stone.
That was 13 years ago, and I'll never forget it. ❤️
Oblivion has the most relaxing music
S O V L E
"Kynareth, called Kyne by the Nords and Kin by the Kothringi, is a goddess of the Nine Divines. She is the strongest of the sky spirits and is the deity of the heavens, the winds, the elements, and the unseen spirits of the air. Patron of sailors and travelers, Kynareth is invoked for auspicious stars at birth and for good fortune in daily life. In some legends, she is the first to agree to Lorkhan's plan to invent the mortal plane, and provides the space for its creation in the void. She is also associated with rain, a phenomenon said not to occur before the removal of Lorkhan's divine spark. Kynareth is generally seen as the embodiment of nature, with the mysterious and deadly Spriggans representing her wrath."
where did you get this info from? thanks for sharing it
From the Elder Scrolls wiki, a gold mine for TES lore.
Welcome again to the alter of kynareth
I hate spriggans
this. this right here is my favorite piece in all TES.
I would always hate running into enemies when this song was playing. Definitely my favorite from the game. Especially the ending, that little pause, then the melody starts playing and that final chord just softly floats above the melody like a gentle breeze as the songs ends. Oooo this song is fucking great.
Same with me. I used to use invisibilitythough so that the theme wouldn't be interrupted by any hostile npc.
Yeah right, same. For such beautiful music they object it to some BRUTAL cutoffs when coming upon the most feeble threat (COUGH MUDCRABS)
Yes. i've heard others same the same....
Bye!
Stop talking!
But what if, as it happened to me a couple of month ago? I was exploring Cyrodiil and Wings of Kynareth was played as all of a sudden a damned Ogre interrupted the atmosphere by forcing me into a fight (on a level beyond 20 and medium difficulty - that takes quite a while to defeat an Ogre...) But once i´d beaten him, Wings of Kynareth started to play AGAIN! Guess what I did? I stood still at the place and listened just for the sake of it! Never has happended before and might never happen ever again...
That's why I usually use invisibility or get the boots of the apostle soon so music will stop less often and travelling will be great
Most medieval sounding soundtrack in all of the elder acrolls
There's something so heartbreakingly beautiful about this song. It always wets my eyes with tears of happiness.
This game was/is a masterpiece. I literally replay this game all the time. And I get lost into it just as I did back in like 2008 back when I was in like 7th or 8th grade.
This masterpiece helps me to forget the ugliness of this world and remind the beauty of the beyond.
amazing music, one of the best games ever
Still puts modern games to shame for me
Books make you read a story, movies make you watch one. A game makes you experience one & Jeremy Soules music is the single most important part it
This song will always be the best song in The Elder Scrolls series, and this game will always be the best Elder Scrolls game.
The road most travelled is the best, this comes close.
I could cry listening to this! So many great memories exploring cyrodil! FOR THE EMPEROR!!!
This songs makes me beg for my childhood back🖤💯
Try to enjoy the present as much as you loved your past. Hope you will
I swear this sent me to another world whilist reading about rome and the ancient world 😢❤
I don't think i'll ever get over how gorgeous oblivion's grass looks.
i've never played this game before, not even knew existed before i got TES3 morrowind due to prime gaming. But this song is nothing but goddam epic, emotional, intoxicating (in a good way), fantastic and otherworldly... it is definitely is a music that you feel, and feels like giving a great and stretch hug to all the good things in life, idk man just makes me feel like want to live more, i'd have loved to know this song in all those depresive episodes i had in my life (i'm not diagnosed with clinical depression just had really bad moments in my life) i would have helped me a lot. i hope the right people find this music masterpiece in the right moment.
this piece could stand on its own, but its amplified by the memories from a simpler time. Doesn't get any better
So much nostalgia
And to think you made this post 5 years ago, have the nostalgia once again friend.
The world we live in may not be as beautiful or as magical as the ones presented here. However, we all must realize that this was composed by a real person, a person who wanted to convey his love for life. We need to try to follow his example and love life, and the first step is to wake up from the dreams and realize how beautiful reality can be.
Wings of Kynareth - Jeremy Soule
Thankful for the fact that life is a gift that keeps on giving.
Every new beginning is a new adventure.
I may as well make the best of it in a lifetime of experience.
I will miss Jeremy Soule dearly. Inon Zur is good and all but it's not an TES without Jeremy.
Its 11:36 PM as I am writing this, and I would like to say that I am officially feeling a heavy thump in my chest and am actually crying over a video game instrumental.
The memories I'll never get back, the people I won't see again, and the moments I cherished so much. It's as if I'm standing on a cliff and holding on to the farthest bounds of my strength, my hands are literally flexing to climb back up to the world above it, yet I can't.
The moral of this comment is to never take moments for granted, when you feel the relaxation and inspiration from something, you must grasp it tightly and never let go.
To this day I play at least 30 minutes of Oblivion everyday, usually more. Just to reignite my passions within, whether it be enjoying the quests or simply exploring the mystically unique landscape.
In short; hold onto what ignites your passion, and never let that flame burn out
I still prefer Oblivion over Skyrim
I was in Glendalough and the surrounding mountains in Ireland yesterday. And was immediately reminded of this music when I was standing by the iconic lake, the waterfall, and the mountain tops.
Magical places deserve the most magical music.
This song is like cosin graph, positive sign represents depressing and the negative is hopefullness. Starts from being depressed and changes regularly until the end. And I like it very much
I actually have music like this on Spotify. I played this kind of music on a recent road trip to upstate New York. This song played on that road trip. It was just so neat. It was a rainy evening and the sense of adventure was real.
Soule created something unique with oblivion’s soundtrack. Something that cannot be repeated. A true masterpiece that everyone in the industry can be jealous of
@GreenTea Same. -_-
This sound track gives me mayor nausea induced by nostalgia, but I yearn for it.
This track is my favourite, the music to me captures how difficult life in cyrodil is, you could get killed at any second but the scenery is beautiful.
I feel like this tune in aspects to real life somehow captures the essence of the uncertainty of life and future, surrounded by beautiful things and sad things, both parts to me have a massive tone shift from sad to wonderful like life honestly.
I remember a very hot summer morning long long time ago. I've played Oblivion (with this great music playing in the background) and walk away from the emperial city to Bravil. Oh, I love this game. I want a remake for PS5 and Switch.
this is the best game i've ever played
you speak rather truthful for a space bounty hunter
i managed to completely fuck you up by using a despell on your invisibility and locking my room door so you headbutted it for half an hour while i laughed at you :) @lucien lachance
Louthinator To do so is to invoke the Wrath of Sithis
+TheFableGamer my life for Anu
TALOS
Hearing music like this when playing a video game makes you realise that half of the greatness of the experience is the soundtrack. God bless you, Jeremy.
this piece lets me see the stars and the universe with clarity
Love Oblivion Love Skyrim ,Love Fallout ,Love Wiedzimn 3 .Dzisiaj juz takich gier sie nie robi .
If any piece of music deserved to be looped in a 24 hour long video.
Nostalgia never should hurt it should burn brightly it is better to have been than to never be 🙏
Running across the plains of Cyrodiil in the middle of the night as the grass blows in the soft wind.
この曲を聴くと、切ない気持ちになる。あの幻想的な世界で、訳もわからないまま、たったひとりでさまよった時のことを思い出す。素晴らしい旅の思い出、懐かしい記憶、愛おしい日々。きっと二度と味わえないだろう。
曲だけではなく、この曲に寄せられたコメントまで素晴らしかった。
極上の創造物は人生を彩ってくれる。素晴らしい人生にしてくれる。ああ、ありがとう。感謝せずにはいられない。
The day when i closed the great oblivion gate and i heard this song it was so fantastical
I wonder.. is this what it sounds like in heaven? Jeremy Soule has tapped into something beyond this world..
Oblivion is my favourite game, nothing else can beat it
My only regret is not being able to play oblivion again as if it were the first time...
I am very sorry for those who have not been able to play this masterpiece when it been released: I realize that playing it now cannot give the same emotions as playing it in 2006
Same here, the game look so old to me now, but when i first played it on a shit pc at 800*600 and medium details, jaw breaking!!! The music just reminds me the sweet times of my teenage playing this gane, totally immerged in it, without any *concerns about life's real.problems. because i was only a teen, a life ahead....
@GreenTea that too is a masterpiece, but unlike oblivion, the witcher 3 compares very well with the latest games
It always feels like home hearing this.
I know people will get mad at me, but I miss Oblivion and I was so looking forward to Skyrim...Oblivion was my life when I was younger. And I feel they just handed me disappointment in a new, flashy box. I seriously have never gotten over that, and never will.
Calla Day Sometimes I'd just stand there on the game and drift off into a fantasy world, and actually believe I was there. Skyrim didn't feel like that to me, and I can't explain why.
+Calla Day skyrim was all full of brown washed out fields and snowy mountains. The icebergs and hot springs were memorable but otherwise it was such a boring and colorless world. There wasn't any memorable music, either.
When I think of Oblivion there's so much variety. The gold coast, the west weald, blackwood, the great forest, heartlands and jerall mountains. Skyrim is basically all snow and woods. Cyrodiil had it all.
+Calla Day Don't worry, it's not because of our age. We don't exactly lose our capacity to be amazed. No, it's because Skyrim honestly wasn't that amazing. Its sidequests didn't pull you into the world as much, and they weren't as deep, varied or full of intrigue as Oblivion's. Just compare the Dark Brotherhood in Oblivion to that of Skyrim.
Also, Skyrim was filled with cold environments that looked too barren. There weren't that many interesting NPCs in Skyrim, far fewer interesting places on the map, the world wasn't as vibrant, and there was a strange filter laid over the screen that made everything look a bit too silvery or washed out. I don't remember ever seeing a sunrise or sunset in Skyrim and being amazed at its beauty. The game disappointed me too, in many respects.
Oblivion might have the better world, but I found it boring as fuck
Skyrim has a lot of fetch/kill-quests, but those are not worth playing more than a few times. They are the epitome of repetitiveness. I feel that Skyrim replaced many meaningful quests with those 'radiant' ones, and well... I play RPGs for interesting, emotional storylines. I don't play them just to kill dragons over and over.
I honestly don't know why anyone would prefer Skyrim over Oblivion considering the latter had more interesting quests. It's kind of like with Fallout 4 - I would never consider it better than FO3, and certainly not New Vegas.
I don't think there's much out there that can compete with this score,
if it's not the best fantasy CRPG track, I don't know what is.
Balgur's gate, Icewind dale, Planescape torment.... Gothic, Risen, Morrowind and Skyrim if by CRPG you mean computer rpg, not classic.
Those are all brilliant soundtracks and even better games, but this here is Jeremy`s magnum opus for me..
tatuira93 you should check out Dawn Gleams on Cyrodill from the ESO soundtrack. Its a tribute to this.
TheGeorgee he's talking about the song, not the game itself. Also for the record how does Skyrim even compare to any of those other games, it doesn't deserve to be named among those legends...
LordMO0 holyshit! You're right mate. "Wings of kynareth" @1:58 and "Dawn gleams on cyrodiil" @1:05 pretty much sounds the same!
Thanks for posting this gorgeous track, and a reminder of how beautiful Oblivion could look.
You're very welcome. Lol, yes, a lot of screenshots of heavily modded Oblivion.
Love the song and I keep coming back to listen to it, but your profile pic always makes me smile.... "Arrrghh, you bastards! Give this people air!..."
First time i fired up the game and eventually got out of the dungeons... this song was playing. I looked to the forest to the left; straight ahead at the river and large pond. Then I looked right; over the river and saw an encampment. I went over to it; looted the camp then got attack by the two campers. Killing then looting them i started up the path north, looking at the forest around me. Then a cat-dude ran down the path towards me. He then said "Hi", then attempted to demand money and try to rob me. It was at this point i realized i was playing something special and magical
So soothing & peaceful
Stunning screenshots, games in 2005 never looked like this
Utterly amazing, soothing, calming✨✨
This song is so incredible, peaceful, and it flows through my soul. Thank you oblivion for the great nostalgic memories.
Oh shit, now I have to play it again
maan the colors 😢 oblivion was perfect
This is why Elder Scrolls need Jeremy Soule
Cant say how many nights i’ve spent playing this masterpiece !
Please let me lost in Oblivion's world forever!!
I cry
Same
Oblivion dropped on the 360 when I was 15, and Morrowind was already one of my favorite games. What a time to be alive.
I like the style of this game, that's beautiful soundtrack, it's just awesome 👐✨
Best game ever made even to this day
I dont even play Oblivion that much, but this song is a masterpiece.
I'm moving to Cyrodiil.
Of all the Nine Divines, Kynareth is probably my Favorite :3 even though I have only played Skyrim.
There's a lot of hidden fun things about Kynareth all over Skyrim, like the Voice of the Sky power you get from reading all the etched tablets on the 10,000 steps, the fact that the Thu'um is a gift straight from Kynareth to Mer, it's fun to read into it and listen to all the dialogue in the game and find out more about the lore. There's a lot of depth :). My main Skyrim character is a Paladin that I'm role playing as the son of Kynareth and so naturally I'm losing myself in the immersion. These games are awesome
The best Oblivion song, by far :)
Just gorgeous
Yes? What is it citizen?
If you get into trouble, *come find me*.
likes grunge and soule's music huh ? nice
You have my ear, citizen.
We're always on duty
Oblivion and Morrowind feel like oppsites
Oblivion makes me feel, peaceful its the empire heart, an beautiful land
Meanwhile Morrowind makes me feel depressed, and anxious
Its undertone is kind of different though, "fair resdaynia" was a shitehole from the start, but you kinda slowly fix it by becoming the hortator and killing dagoth ur, with it also deposing the tribunal, restoring the old velothi ways.
Personally I feel oblivion is depressing as hell, you wouldn't feel it at the start, but slowly, everything just crumbled away, the oblivion crisis, the death/mantling of your best friend aka martin, the slow downfall of the cyrodiilic guilds.
We see in skyrim the mages guild had a schism, the fighter's guild wasn't even mentioned, the dark brotherhood is a shade of its former self and the thieves guild is down on its luck, when you became the knight of the nine you also inherited the madness of pelinal, shivering isles is just the cherry on top, the hero of kvatch is slowly becoming insane until the graymarch sealed his fate as sheogorath, he's arguably the most tragic of heroes.
Did anybody ever see a sunny weather in Leyawiin for more than 2 hours? It‘s so rare there! ARGH…
Oblivion was a better game than Skyrim. There, I said it.
Oblivion and Morrowind are unmatched
Nah but there are others who agree with you.
@@HolyChadMorrowind is unplayable now.
@@hihosilver1234I disagree, with just an MGE it is a spectacular experience, the worldbuilding is unmatched and combat system is olay if you create a character with 40 or 50 initial points of a combat skill.
I really like how you synced up the pictures with the timpani, chimes and other musical cues. Thumbs up!
Somebody from the Ori and the Blind Forest soundtrack recommended this song to me, and it makes me wish I never blew off skyrim as some combat game just from the gameplay I've seen by my friend, and he plays without sound. Thank you person who recommended me this. It's pure beauty. I think I found my second place soundtrack.
Does this bring an extreme calm feeling to anyone else?
That's so breathtaking
Soule shared this link today!
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. You were so nice to me when everything else was not.
Oblivion is the Elder Scrolls game that most closely resembles a dream...
3:05 Nirnroot! Go pick it up!
Game blew my mind when i was a kid. Was the first game i got after moving on from ps2
Jeremy Soule is just nuts man. I mean seriously. This music is so appropriate that I couldn't ask for more. I really hope that Elder Scrolls VI will have Jeremy on board. This man knows his business. I love this man so much.
I can bearly remember me and cousin wanted to play we takes turns and then couple years later Skyrim cames out man i swear i dont care what anyone says this bring tears to my eyes
Alot of smiles TES TY very much❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Favorite track in my favorite video game of all time.