What music do you listen to while playing Skyrim? : V - Skyrim

» Wed May 02, 2012 6:26 pm

I play the game using the PS3 headphones and I listen to the in-game music. When the battle music starts or a wolf attacks suddenly I just about jump out of my socks!

» Wed May 02, 2012 12:47 pm

In game music, nothing else really fits Skyrim, but I definitely see the allure of turning it off. Frankly though, I've never had an issue with the battle music giving away an enemy. It seems like it's scripted to play only if you have an enemy that is aggressive to you in your field of view. I guess the one exception may be Dragons, but they aren't exactly subtle, I can usually hear their distinct "Long range" echo a few minutes before they come within full LOD range. (The point when they change from low-texture dragon "Slug", to whatever they're supposed to be)

That's pretty much me. Metal suits TES about as well as hip hop. I prefer subtlety in game soundtracks. I think I'm going to try it without the music for a bit.

» Wed May 02, 2012 4:41 pm

I dont, i even turn the in game music down, it feels like this band is following me all over Skyrim preventing me from hearing what's coming to kill me :biggrin:

http://youtu.be/lBjXXzqXjIQ

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:25 am

http://youtu.be/lBjXXzqXjIQ

LOL! Funny!! :biggrin:

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:26 am

Hahahaha I just imagined this. What a funny scenario it would be to have these guys just totally chill, playing their instruments while your [censored]ting blood trying to fend off draugur.

That's what i was Imagining lol

» Wed May 02, 2012 9:36 am

Johann Sebastian Bach

» Wed May 02, 2012 7:50 pm

I have the game music turned off and I listen to my iTunes.

Rolling Stones, the Misfits, the Animals, the D.O.C, Wu-Tang, Calabrese, etc.

» Wed May 02, 2012 1:35 pm

I have the Lord Of The Rings Complete Recordings on my xbox, so i play one of the many songs from that depending on the situation, i ussually play The Shire or Bag End when walking around Whiterun or Falkreath.. or one of the Rohan themed songs when ridiing around Whiterun hold..

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:07 am

The game's music is enough for me. However, I instantly think of "post-rock" and "ambient" type bands when I play Skyrim or watch an epic like Lord of the Rings.
Here are the bands I would put on my hypothetical Skyrim soundtrack:

1. Explosions in the Sky
2. Sigur Ros
3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
4. Mogwai
5. Mono

I would also thrown in some downtempo electronic music such as Four Tet and Bonobo.

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:43 pm

well i dont listen often to music while playing skyrim but,when i do,the songs on my sig

» Wed May 02, 2012 6:38 pm

The in-game music.

With video games, the only time I listen to outside music is when I'm doing some MMO-style long-term repetitive type stuff. (Farming items/gold/whatever in an MMO, leveling a character on random battles in a JRPG, playing a long tower defense game.... :tongue:

)

This is the same with me. I haven't played an MMO for a very long time though.

I am thinking about turning the music off now as I think it will add a slight extra challenge and I'm also finding that the music is becoming a little repetitve.

» Wed May 02, 2012 9:41 am

The game music. I find no music better to listen to than the game's default music - its beautiful, truly amazing music. It moves me more than Vivaldi or anyone else ever did.
I do, however, sometimes have the soundtrack from The Sims (aka the Sims 1) playing on YouTube. That's also very beautiful music.
And occasionally I put on a bit of Titanium by Sia and David Guetta, because it's a good song

» Wed May 02, 2012 9:20 am

The actual music.

I do, however, sometimes have the soundtrack from The Sims (aka the Sims 1) playing on YouTube. That's also very beautiful music.

This is bizarre, though - I can't imagine the Latin radio station playing during a fight

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:45 pm

The actual music.

This is bizarre, though - I can't imagine the Latin radio station playing during a fight

I meant the more 'serious' build and buy mode songs! Although it's pretty rare for me to do this.

» Wed May 02, 2012 7:09 pm

I'm listening to the vanilla music too since for some reason Bethesda decided that gamers should not be able to add their own music

Well, at least the soundtrack is better than Oblivion's. Hopefully some witty fella will be able to create a 3rd party tool to add music to the game.
EDIT: Nevermind, I found this godsend: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=13286#content

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:03 am

Usually the default game music, but I just got Asylum by disturbed so I've been listening to it while traveling/dungeon crawling. Sometimes I listen to Slipknot, or Dethklok though. Really what ever I'm in the mood for.

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:55 pm

The in-game music. I don't see a reason to listen to something else when the default music is already pretty immersive.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:00 am

it doesn't play until you are openly in combat

Battle music begins the instant any actor currently in the same cell as the player toggles into combat mode. This can happen before the player even knows there is an enemy nearby (think Cliffracers in Morrowind). Worse yet, it doesn't even have to be combat with the player. If two animals fight each other somewhere in the same cell as the player you will hear combat music.

» Wed May 02, 2012 5:57 pm

I turn off the in game music but I dont just put on my ipod while playing ... I need to hear everything else. I cant see why you would play skyrim with your own music on instead ... some games are OK for this but I dont see skyrim as one of them.

» Wed May 02, 2012 8:49 pm

Nothing, Just whats in the game.

» Wed May 02, 2012 6:48 pm

I meant the more 'serious' build and buy mode songs! Although it's pretty rare for me to do this.

I do agree with you that it's very, very good. I get shivers when I hear it, which is definitely strange. Never thought that the computer game music that made me shiver would be the opening theme to Morrowind and the menu music from...The Sims.

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:05 pm

I like to listen to Phon/AntiPhon - whose EPs are available at all good online stockists, like here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr_seeall_1?rh=k%3Aphon%2Fantiphon%2Ci%3Adigital-music&keywords=phon%2Fantiphon&ie=UTF8&qid=1335639204 for instance!

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:57 am

I usually leave media player playing when i start the game, meaning whatever i have playing will play to the end while playing the game. Lately that has been the new faction themes of Sins Rebellion. Now that is some great music :wub:

» Wed May 02, 2012 9:29 am

Nothing but pure instrumental folk metal.

» Wed May 02, 2012 1:39 pm

i usually turn off music but if i have anything playing it will be some sort of rock or metal (hail the villain, amon amarth, dragonforce [a lot of their songs are tailor made for skyrim lol], tyr, three days grace, anything rock or better really)