Oblivion:Music

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Oblivion's soundtrack was created by Jeremy Soule. It is available at Directsong. If you have the PC version of the game, you can find the music files in your Oblivion\Data\Music folder, divided into 5 sub-folders depending on where they're used. They do not have the descriptive track-names and ID3-tags you'd get by purchasing them from Directsong, but they are otherwise identical.

The music is varied, ranging from a slow theme to faster, "battle themes." All music in Oblivion is instrumental. It is often easy to tell if an enemy sees the player character because the music will sharply change.

There are 28 tracks in total but only 26 are included in the soundtrack. The game divides the tracks into five categories:

Special

These tracks are played at special times during the game. See notes for more information.

Explore

All of these tracks are randomly played one after another while the player is in the countryside (outside cities and dungeons).

Public

All of these tracks are randomly played one after another while the player is in a city/inn/house/chapel.

Dungeon

All of these tracks are randomly played one after another while the player is in a dungeon (Ayleid ruins, caves, forts, mines etc).

Battle

All of these tracks are randomly played one after another while the player is under attack.

[edit] Playlist

Track number	Title	File Name	Length	Type
01	Reign of the Septims	tes4title.mp3	01:51	Special
02	Through the Valleys	atmosphere_03.mp3	04:19	Explore
03	Death Knell	battle_07.mp3	01:12	Battle
04	Harvest Dawn	town_01.mp3	02:51	Public
05	Wind from the Depths	Dungeon_01_v2.mp3	01:42	Dungeon
06	King and Country	atmosphere_08.mp3	04:05	Explore
07	Fall of the Hammer	battle_04.mp3	01:16	Battle
08	Wings of Kynareth	atmosphere_07.mp3	03:30	Explore
09	All's Well	town_02.mp3	02:26	Public
10	Tension	dungeon_02.mp3	02:32	Dungeon
11	March of the Marauders	battle_01.mp3	02:08	Battle
12	Watchman's Ease	town_04.mp3	02:05	Public
13	Glory of Cyrodiil	atmosphere_01.mp3	02:28	Explore
14	Defending the Gate	battle_06.mp3	01:26	Battle
15	Bloody Blades	battle_05.mp3	01:14	Battle
16	Minstrel's Lament	atmosphere_04.mp3	04:42	Explore
17	Ancient Sorrow	dungeon_03.mp3	01:05	Dungeon
18	Auriel's Ascension	atmosphere_06.mp3	03:05	Explore
19	Daedra in Flight	battle_03.mp3	01:02	Battle
20	Unmarked Stone	dungeon_05.mp3	01:06	Dungeon
21	Bloodlust	battle_02.mp3	01:07	Battle
22	Sunrise of Flutes	town_03.mp3	02:56	Public
23	Churl's Revenge	battle_08.mp3	01:08	Battle
24	Deep Waters	dungeon_04.mp3	01:11	Dungeon
25	Dusk at the Market	town_05.mp3	02:11	Public
26	Peace of Akatosh	atmosphere_09.mp3	04:11	Explore
n/a	Success	success.mp3	00:17	Special
n/a	Death	death.mp3	00:13	Special

[edit] Notes

• Not all places follow the usual music pattern. For example, an "Explore" tune is played in the Cheydinhal Fighters Guild Hall even though it's in a city. A "Dungeon" tune is played in the basement of The Oak and Crosier even though it's in a city and not really a dungeon.
• All tracks have significantly shorter playtimes than the ones listed above. The last few seconds are blank. This is probably done so that tracks don't continuously keep playing without a break, which would sound weird in-game.
• A slightly different version of the title theme is used for the game's introductory cutscene.
• The title music "Reign of the Septims" can be found at [1] - the official site's music download section.
• The tracks "Success" and "Death" are not included in the soundtrack and are played when the player levels up and dies, respectively.
• The track "Auriel's Ascension" is not included on the Xbox 360 version of the game. However, it is included on the PC and PS3 versions.
• Find a review of Soule's score at: http://www.gsoundtracks.com/reviews/oblivion.htm

[edit] Bugs

• Macintosh and Linux users beware. Since the files are DRM protected, some users may have technical issues. The music works only under specific conditions on Windows. For more info on the bug, see Talk.