Ep. 41: Game Play (Disk 2): Music in The Elder Scrolls with Andrew Shaw
Description
The music of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, IV: Oblivion, and V: Skyrim turned the tides of video game music composing. Their music sets the tone for the magical worlds that the heroes of Tamriel explore in these vast fantasy games, and musicologist Andrew Shaw has been able to draw narrative connections between the three games with just the music alone.
Theme music is by Daryl Banner: https://darylbanner.bandcamp.com/
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