Oblivion’s was better Jeremy composed oblivion’s soundtrack after a near death experience. The track Aruriels Ascension always will remain my favourite it is like heaven
My father died in 2015, and this track basically played on a permanent loop in my headphones for many months afterwards. It's still the track I go to when everything in my life feels a little too overwhelming.
I'm sorry for your loss. There really is something magical about this music. And who knows, maybe he is taking a stroll through the beautiful dense forests of Skyrim in this moment, surrounded by sunshine and warmth.
I listen to this to get away from the real world and escape to the world of my fantasy. I wish I could wander the forests, mountains, and plains of Skyrim in real life, hearing the birds chirp, feeling the gentle drizzle on my face, and searching for adventure.
Makes you realize how penned in we really are. The whole frontier is fenced off. You just cannot wander around like that anymore, and video games are our substitute for our instinctual animal forms of movement.
You're only as penned in as you make yourself. If you want to feel more like you're there, in Skyrim, show it...if you're home alone, act some bits and bobs out, pretend you're a Mage or Nord, fighting off the creatures of the night...create characters, give them names, weapons, backstories, possibly even families...write stories about their voyages, or possibly your own...make their clothing or weapon props...draw your favorite landscapes, new ones, or existing ones...draw your Dragonborn, or maybe just some random race...you're only as immersed as you make yourself...yes, we all have to live with that haunt that we may never travel the lands of Tamriel...but as long as you try to place yourself in their spot, you can feel like you're in their shoes...convince your mind from time to time...it makes the escape so much more enjoyable...
There are plenty of places to wander in real life. I use to listen to Fable 1 music and walk around in the woods. A game is an idea. Your mind can be reality.
I love skyrim man, tried to 100% it but found such a task impossible. Just wondering, why the hell did 40-something people dislike this video? Seriously you thing this is bad or are you just trolling? Lol.
lucy elkins I think when i play this game i imagine my self out in the wilds of south wales roaming the beutiful land of the gower and being free. i only get to do it once a year on holiday camping in the gower!
Dank-Meme Enterprizes Same difference. We belong to it, even if we tried to extricate ourselves from it we are still a part of it. You were just splitting hairs.
Vioven "nature" is not a thing. its a ecosystem, which we are part of. if you dont include us, you might as well not include mammals, in that case you might as well as just not include animals, then you might as well just not include living things.
In 2016, at the age of 22, I was employed as a Chinese-Russian translator at a mobile gaming company in Guangzhou. During that time, I frequently played this masterpiece that never failed to soothe my soul. I rented an apartment with my gf in this big city Guangzhou, and this music became the soundtrack to those days. Fast forward to today, I am 29 years old, happily married to the love of my life (its not a gf that i mentioned above), and we welcomed our daughter into the world just last week. My life has taken a complete turn as I transitioned into a career in IT development. I decided to move back from China to my home country, Kyrgyzstan, where I now live a peaceful and beautiful life. Yet, this music its a nostalgic portal to the past, allowing me to vividly recall those cherished moments from my time in China...
Left everything a couple years ago to start a new life. Always wanted to visit the Rocky Mountains. I lived alone in a small house in the mountains. No internet or TV. Just books and an fm radio. Well I was up at around 3am one night, couldn’t sleep. Felt lonely. Something urged me to go for a walk. It was a quiet May morn, so I walked down to the field. What I saw was akin to some movie, some fantasy. The moonlight shined over the towering snow capped mountains, the wheatgrass gently swaying in the night breeze. I looked up and the entire sky was lit green with the Aurora Borealis and the white speckles of a billion stars. Not a soul for miles. No street lights, no cars, no people. In that moment I don’t think I’ve ever experienced more peace and awe in my entire life. I just sat there for hours, and although lonesome, for that whisper of time, it felt like what life should be. It felt perfect.
+Sha Dome It's all different atmospheres. So no, not an entire song. It's just serves like a buffer when some OST music does not do the trick, or when you are in a certain area.
I listen to this since the game came out. I was studying in that time. My Girlfriend betrayed me, my grandpa died. I was absolutely lost and felt miserable. I listened to this in the train in a nonstop loop, looking out the rainy window, watching the forests and clouds go by. It brought me home to childhood memories with my grandpa, family, brother, etc. Pulled me back to good times and made me feel emotional, spiritual, melancholic, but happy and fulfilled at the same time. Since then this is my therapy whenever i feel bad about life, it always helps. This is music beyond art. It is like listening to inner peace. And the best thing about this is knowing that all of you may have similar experiences. May it be nostalgia, the game experience, just the music itself. May you all have a wonderful and fullfilled life! And an undeniable huge "thank you!" to Jeremy Soule.
OMG I hate getting "lost" or stuck in a long ruin or cave. It makes me feel like I will never get out and when I finally do I'm so glad to see the sunlight.
Skyrim is a game that has impacted me more than any game ever has. It doesn't need a gripping storyline, or really, one at all. No, it isn't the politics of the game, or even the dragons. No, it's knowing I can do whatever I want and go wherever I want, and traverse the wilderness of Skyrim for hours and never tire of it. The killing, the battles, the dragon fights with epic music, that's only the cherry on top. I feel a sense of belonging as I listen to this...wishing there was such a world as Skyrim. This strips me to my essence. Nothing describes my longing to live out with nature in a world of beauty such as this....maybe without killing various beasts, but that only adds that fantasy element, when we all wish we were powerful and can do anything. The music touches something in my heart, the subtleties of this game have affected me so emotionally. I think I'm the only one who has killed a frost dragon, while battling an ice troll and a pack of wolves while crying my eyes out at the beauty of this game.
In my opinion, Skyrim serves as a statement, telling us that video games aren't all about killing and violence and hilarity. It's about the joy brought out of a player, and the sense of freedom and satisfaction. Skyrim is NOT a linear game, and you can beat it in an hour or a year, your choice. If, like me, you do it for the freeroam and solitude rather than epic gameplay, then you'll find much more enjoyment. Yes, for the most part, killing is of the essence here. However, Skyrim has so much other stuff to do, that you can't help but go exploring the mountains and caves, without thinking about the epic combat in which most people play games for. Video games can be mindless killing engines, or works of art, and the latter category is what Skyrim falls into.
Amen to that. I like how you describe that the killing only represents reclaiming power and control over our lives and not bloodlust. I could play this game even if you would never get to kill anything.
I have the same feeling for Morrowind. Or Empire Total War when it came out, no matter how bugged it was. Jeremy Soule's music has that quality to penetrate deep into your soul, and good video games add that life passing existential melancholic quality to our lives. Especially when they themselves delve into the other worlds in which we start to believe. The beauty of it, sometimes, is breathtakingly painful, like forever unique and unrepeatable sunsets, that magical ''hour'' when the world seems transfigured and heavy with feelings. Our ancestors from ancient prehistoric times probably felt the same. And good video game and music transports us beyond, into the sweet forgiveness of everyday bounds and into the magical world beyond. Skyrim was magical for me too.
Just the ability to be able to walk through wilderness is wonderful, if you haven't, you should walk through a part of the world unexplored: it's like Skyrim but without this wonderful soundtrack. But a phone can remedy that.
January 2nd 2024, still here. It's been almost 11 years since I first played this game. It changed me forever. It's been 8 years since I finished college. I used to study in the faculty library with "Skyrim Atmospheres" as my background music. This sounds literaly helped me to pass my exams back then. I keep coming back whenever I have to study hard again, or when I need to reflect on things.
@@NkaraflckbNone of the songs here have names, the game itself actually doesn't consider these to be songs, but rather ambient sounds (like the bird chirping you occasionally hear)
Not gonna lie.. yesterday was the first time I listened to this while sleeping. I imagined myself standing on the banks of a beautiful river, my ideal places. Twice I experienced euphoria. I could feel like I was on drugs and happy. It was amazing. I literally got brain orgasm.
Char Bo I mean "am i" ? Sorry not my first language and even so i usually "puke" words on youtube instead of actually thinking through what i post HEHEhehEheHEehHSAjeaHE
This has medicinal/therapeutic properties; providing relief for anxiety, heartache and insomnia. I really love how the ending is a slow fade out to pure white, as if all problems are ebbing away.
28:35 is always so special to me, like, it always triggers at random places, and I have to freeze else it’ll stop playing... such an underrated part, why has no-one mentioned it?
Funny you mention that. I have been into Alan Watts for a about a decade. I am very comfortable with happiness and depression in my life now. Just a funny coincidence because my YT history is this video + a lot of Alan Watts. Right on :)
it's still my favorite track the very 1st one. everything is blended so well from 1 song to the next though. It's a shame your average Joe will never appreciate how beautiful this soundtrack is.
Man.... honestly it's just really come to a point, even 11 years later, that I still come back to the Skyrim Atmospheres track *specifically*, particularly when I can't sleep and my mind is racing, or I'm sick with a cold, or my anxiety is at an all-time-high, or I just want to sit down and focus on my writing.... which can be difficult because this track REALLY helps me with sleep. And when I want to sit down and write with this in the background, I end up really sleepy 🤣😂 ... Anyway, I guess that goes to show how effective it is, though, tbh. I swear this track is all you need when you want a restful sleep. If you're reading this, I hope you have a fantastic week and end to your 2022. And may the next year be amazing for you!😊
I still yet to play and experience Skyrim. I'm so glad I can experience first time Skyrim still. However I've decided to go through all the scrolls games and currently still on arena ;)
i really miss this game. i have some sort of nostalgic depression where i think things will never be as good as they were. i know i should just get over it and its just a stupid video game but i was happy back in 2012 when i played it. good times :/
I have the same feeling for Morrowind. Or Empire Total War when it came out, no matter how bugged it was. Jeremy Soule's music has that quality to penetrate deep into your soul, and good video games add that life passing existential melancholic quality to our lives. Especially when they themselves delve into the other worlds in which we start to believe. The beauty of it, sometimes, is breathtakingly painful, like forever unique and unrepeatable sunsets, that magical ''hour'' when the world seems transfigured and heavy with feelings. Our ancestors from ancient prehistoric times probably felt the same. And good video game and music transports us beyond, into the sweet forgiveness of everyday bounds and into the magical world beyond. Skyrim was magical for me too.
Same with me... i just can't really forget about this game and how amazing it was to play. And for some reasons i can't seems to go and play it again after plying it for like over 500hours and pretty much doing everything on the PS3
I got more than 2000 Playhours on my old Xbox and this was only 1 Character. The special feeling by playing the game the first time is very special and just one time in you´re whole life :D :/ I wish Icould delete my memories of skyrim and play it again and again :D
You can tell how passionate everyone is about Skyrim by thumbing through these comments. This game also left a major impression on me and I must say there’s never been anything like it before or since. I remember playing this in the winter of 2011, with the snow falling outside of my window as I explored this massive world. As I was trapped inside of my home, I felt like I was discovering a second home in Skyrim. Escapism at its finest. This soundtrack is gorgeous and extremely well balanced too. Visions of the wide open tundra with mammoths and giants, the crashing waves of the icy oceans, and the dark labyrinths of Skyrim transition seamlessly through the song...
thanks for this video. I recently lost my oldest and best friend Philip. he was 24 when he took his own life. he played the elder scrolls a lot and also modded. this really reminds me of him.. if you read this. call an old friend of yours..
+Joseph Agnetti That is what Oculus rift is for, haha. I REALLY want to play skyrim with the Oculus. Would be an awesome experience. Perfect atmosphere for immersion.
I used to listen to this in 2013-2014 all the time when studying for my computer science courses.... can't believe its been 10 years already. Time flies...
First semester of the PhD: last paper is due in three days, I'm holed up in the corner booth of a Denny's, it'll be 3 AM in two minutes, I've got about 12 tabs of research open in my browser, and Skyrim's on the headphones. What a life!
Lol hell yeah it actually kinda makes time feel like its passing quicker and helps me focus, it also keeps me relaxed and helps me think. This and oblivion music.
That moment when you're a Nord and you're standing on the edge of a cliff at dusk and enjoying the view along with your khajiit, orc, Argonian, Mer and fellow Nord companions after a gorgeous exploration of a Dwarven ruin, sharing the spoils of the loot run and thinking about what people could accomplish in real life if they worked together with passion towards achieving their goals, if only they were willing to look past their differences for a change.
+Morgan Wolfskin And then you thought in real life is like playing in legendary mode without healing and no load/save game,and you became severio pelagia.
+Evil Minion You failed to notice that your battle is taking place on Red Mountain and that one of your companions had discovered the ancient tools of Kagrenac. When the tools were jarred from your companion's knapsack by his violent impact, they landed on a long-forgotten piece of the Heart of Lorkhan. As soon as they struck the shard the Dwemer suddenly re-appeared--this time much stronger than when they left and with weapons far more advanced than anything yet discovered in Skyrim by Mer or Aedra/Daedra. The newly-returned Dwemer immediately render the whole of Tamriel into a virtual wasteland and enslave all--feeding them nothing but the mushrooms eaten by the Falmer.
I feel like I’ve forgotten to thank you for uploading this. I listen to this every single night to get to sleep, I’ve done so for years. I really appreciate this video, it means a lot to me. So thank-you.
Truly, same. For every time I happen to find myself revisiting this masterpiece of sound, I always wonder if the Shaman fellow who uploaded this is doing okay. I’m incredibly thankful, too, and hope all is well in this person’s life. As do I wish you well, too. 🍻
Your comment made me laugh; so true. Sometimes I wish I could just run around and explore with this music without having to worry about enemies, dragons, and hostile animals interrupting the music
Got done training in the military not too long ago. On the days I could actually use my phone or had reception, I relied heavily on this music when the days were long and I was feeling mentally/physically exhausted. Still, after all these years, Skyrim seems to have an almost larger than life feel to it. It takes you away from whatever may be going on in life and takes you to a much happier place. This game will forever be special to me.
I heal to this. Others study or relax to this, I have chronic spinal pain, so I heal to this. Thank you for creating this and blessings of peace that transcends all understanding to everyone & Happy Thanksgiving from Las Vegas
I bought this game almost a year ago, and I still haven't beaten it. My friends think I just don't play it. I do, the week is just always packed full. But every Friday night, when I finally get a breather, I stay up extremely late and lose myself in Tamriel. I love to wander and embrace the atmosphere, taking mainly sidequests and just exploring. I love all of the random adventures and stories I'd get from just playing and not following some scripted events! The Companions and the College are the only guilds I've completed, I haven't touched the DLC, nor gotten halfway through the main story. I have hardly used forging, enchanting or alchemy. It may seem strange to my friends that I don't binge it. But I love looking back at all I've done in a year, and looking at how much more I still have left to do.
Tell you what, going out into a field with minimal to no light pollution, laying down looking at the stars, and wearing headphones listening to this is so perfect.
@@stofer_rose I think some music in general can offer praise and a relationship with God. Jeremy soules music is unique and profound in this sense, at least for me.
Skyrim made me realize how much I actually love epic soundtracks like these. Almost 10 years after the release I still come back to the Skyrim-OST to find some peace of mind. I listen to radio-music for at least 8 hours a day (at work) and I feel so bored and annoyed by it, that I really need some nice Soundtracks to clear my mind. Nowadays the music without lyrics gives me the most goosebumps. Back when I was still at school I always made my homework with these Skyrim-Atmospheres playing in the background, now I really love to read some nice fantasy-novels when it is playing. And also it feels a bit like coming home.
When hearing this, it makes me reminisce of early childhood. Bounding through dew kissed fields in early morning light and dancing to the song of the finches. Mindlessly romping around and enjoying the only place I had ever known. Summer would soon bring on fall, and the northern winds. The cool, but divine caress of a winterly draft was such a delight. I'd remember them being subtile reminders of late winter's snow laced hills, and the happiness it'd bring me to feel the touch of winter.
2018. still using the track.it rests my mind! thankyou Jeremy. I also just found out im the same age as him and he has created the skyrim soundtrack and i have done nothing! i also loved his work on Giants citizen kabuto
Getting into a steamy hot bath, light some scented candles, lean back and relax...have this music on my Bluetooth speaker, I imagine I'm some kind of beautiful woodland elf, bathing in the hot springs of some mystical mountain in some fantasy world and forget about all my woes for about an hour. The nature/wind/bird ambience helps a lot too. I completely lose myself in this gorgeous, soothing music! :)
14:37 I just thought I had to point this out. It is a heavily underrated part, but I think it really brings out the aspect of Skyrim and the soundtrack, and this little bit right here is why I love absolutely Jeremy Soules work. Its like he's got a routine you got the angelic voice that is pure and lifts off to greatness and happiness showcasing all the good in the world.. but then it always slowly spirals down into darkness with a deeper tone and voice also letting you know that the world is dangerous and there are evils that will await you. Finally you got a touch of that deep Nordic feel which is absolutely mesmerizing and showcases the natural environment and nature of Skyrim. Kind of making you wonder about all your ancestors in real time, and what was out there. Absolutely beautiful and perfect. Jeremy really did it with this OST project. He really gives you room to let your imagination flow and mind drift.
To be honest, this is epic and emotional. I’ll put this on my speaker and lay in bed at night thinking about life, all my regrets, and my drama im going through. It lets me relax, and just lay there. Thinking into another world almost. Let it take your mind. You'll be in a world where everything is beautiful and its just a woods or lake or stream, and its peaceful and your off doing your thing.
Run a warm bath, light a few candles, and relax to the sounds that Jeremy Soule has created. All your worries will disappear as you transcend; through the water, to Skyrim. Whether it be the lush Evergreen Grove or the hot pools that are overlooked by the Atronach Stone. The music will aide you in your spiritual journey across this vast landscape. The subtle sounds of birds infused with the fresh gusts of wind will take you to different locations until you reach a sense of true tranquility.
Since 2021 I did not count, this song is just on loop my phone, PC and laptop. It will stay there ... Love this chirping, winds howling and so on... LONG live SKYRIM !
Three years ago today on the 11/11/11 my gaming world changed forever. Still evokes the same emotions, the memories of hour upon hour exploring this beautiful world. Still listen to this while working and every now and again pause to remember how I felt when playing this for the first time. Jeremy Soule and Betheseda, your passion becomes our joy.
I've been putting this track on every night whenever I go to bed for 2 years straight. Can't go to sleep without it, and there's nothing quite like this. Jeremy Soul has got to be my favorite artist of all time.
its not actually VI mate, its just like elder scrolls travels, just a side-game, so the next game will be VI, and the online is quite good in my option
oh yeh i could amagine playing this game forever.i normaly finish a game like gta and think well theirs loads of side missions that you can do and carry it on for a bit longer. but you know tou done it all! with skyrim you know thiers moore! its your world!it belongs to you !
I always put this on whenever I'm having an anxiety/panic attack. It helps a lot. The soundwork and the calm instruments with the gentle breeze helps immerse myself in a world I can escape to in my mind. I love how Soule incorporates all these sounds of nature into this track. I'm not sure what I would do without this song. Thank you Skyrim and Jeremy Soule for helping me get through life.
I use to instruct a geriatric yoga class for cardiac patients and included this track for our classes. They were baffled when, upon asking for who the artist was, I informed them it was a video game soundtrack.
+sinfoodo3 Hey dude, may I ask why you stopped posting videos on your channel? Was just wondering because you seem to have been starting to grow into a decent channel with over 1500 subs, why did you just give up on it?
Serjo777 that requires certain resources that i don't have at the moment. i want to start it up again if i can my hands on the equipment. but that channel is done i won't be using it anymore.
omg.. I lost it at 4:51 the most beautiful piece I have ever heard in existence.. Jeremy has the most precious soul, I cannot thank him enough for composing this
Man I miss sitting in front of a heater with a warm blanket wrapped around me delving into some skyrim on a weekend or holiday I hope this elder scrolls coming up is good
Can I just note that I found this while listening through classical artists like Chopin and Beethoven. Doesn't that just say more than words ever could?
After a long day, when I can go though the worst possibilities and situations, I will never not come back and listen to this. I think Skyrim has been one of the most emotionally provoking games for me. I've played several games, but for some reason Skyrim is the only one which truly grips me and takes me away from my current obvious reality. Yes, I understand it's just a game, but when you create a character and develop that character and continue with the story but are also given opportune moments to just go and do as you please in the world of Skyrim, you kind of get lost in it...you slowly become your character. Getting lost never felt so real, so desirable, I only learned this from this game. I don't know what it is...but every detail in Skyrim, the music, the subtleties of the sharp and precise details of say the trees or the flowers or the rivers or even the facial features of every new character you meet, every companion. It's thrilling. You get sucked into this world that you slowly start to believe as your alternate universe, and that is why I am so connected with this game...it has granted me the ability to escape from my current and obviously idiotically dramatic life and I appreciate Bethesda for that. Thanks for the upload, really...this is absolutely breathtakingly peaceful.
