<p>Well as you know, last week the darling of video games, the Mario franchise, landed in at number four in our countdown and I have to say, I&#8217;m quite happy with it&#8217;s spot on this list. Not too high, but not too low. A solid spot for the best selling video game franchise of all time. But enough about that old Italian plumber, it&#8217;s time for number three on our countdown of the best video game soundtracks of all time. Let it begin!!!</p>
<h1>3) <a class="zem_slink" title="The Elder Scrolls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia noopener noreferrer">The Elder Scrolls&#8217;</a>: Morrowind and Skyrim</h1>
<figure style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MorrowindCOVER.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" title="Game front cover" alt="Game front cover" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/MorrowindCOVER.jpg/300px-MorrowindCOVER.jpg" width="300" height="400" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">(Photo credit: Wikipedia)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Okay so it&#8217;s really two games, I know, but they&#8217;re part of a franchise so no harm done, right? So why choose these two games? After all there is Oblivion. Well the bottom line is that Oblivion&#8217;s soundtrack was sorta bland and a bit too colonial, been there done that. The same however, cannot be said of the soundtracks in these two games. Let me show you what I mean, starting with Morrowind, a game widely considered among the greatest adventure RPG&#8217;s ever created.</p>
<p>So what made Morrowind such a great game? Well for starters I think part of what made Morrowind so great, is the fact that there&#8217;s no one factor responsible for its success. In other words, there&#8217;s tons to love. But if I had to focus on one aspect, it&#8217;s gotta be the seemingly limitless exploring you can do. I can honestly say I have probably clocked 500 hours on Morrowind, and most of that has been spent exploring simply for exploration&#8217;s sake. So why is exploring the continent of <a class="zem_slink" title="The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_III%3A_Morrowind" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia noopener noreferrer">Vvardenfell</a> (where Morrowind is played) so much fun? There are plenty of open world games that have never experienced a modicum of the success Morrowind had. Personally, for me it comes down to the wonderful blend of music and game-play Bethesda created. How do I better illustrate my point? Okay so take for example a horror film, and then go ahead and mute it. Not so scary is it? The music sets the mood, helps build suspense, and conveys emotion in a way that visuals alone cannot. The same thing is true for Morrowind. It&#8217;s not simply the game-play or environment that make the game so good. It&#8217;s also the music, and that is why Morrowind comes in at number three on our countdown.</p>
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<figure style="width: 250px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_cover.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" title="The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" alt="The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_cover.png" width="250" height="315" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">(Photo credit: Wikipedia)</figcaption></figure>
<p>On to Skyrim. A lot of what makes Skyrim&#8217;s soundtrack so good is that it&#8217;s very similar to that of Morrowind&#8217;s, both musically and in what it accomplishes. For starters, they took the iconic Elder Scrolls intro song found in Morrowind and paired it with Viking-style chanting, spoken in a language that Bethesda created, forming one of the cooler intro pieces in video games. Then, as I stated earlier while referencing Morrowind&#8217;s soundtrack, they used the music in Skyrim to set the mood, build suspense, and convey emotion. Trust me, those dark, dank, Drauger tombs are a lot less ominous with the music off. So for making us feel like bad@#$ vikings, and for continuing the Elder Scrolls&#8217; legacy of having great soundtracks, (we&#8217;ll forgive you for Oblivion&#8217;s being boring) Skyrim comes in at number three in our countdown.</p>
<p>Next up is number two as our countdown comes to it&#8217;s scintillating climax. Until then enjoy the soundtracks of Morrowind and Skyrim!</p>
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Top Five Video Game Soundtracks Part 3
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By Rob Swanson
- Categories: Opinion
- Tags: The Elder ScrollsTop Series
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