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[Hurbster]

Could do with more music while just exploring. It's very sparse.

[Lianaar]

I am a total fan of the music played by the bards in the taverns. I actually go to the taverns to listen. I linger with my character and just enjoy it.
None of the other games ever managed to reach that with me yet. While I liked the theme song of DA:O better, generally the music in DA:I is more to my likings.

[Equalitas]

What are the op talking about. I will never forget the drums in Haven/Skyhold. I think i still hear them. Unforgettable piece of art. 

[lynroy]

The soundtrack is forgettable and unmemorable because it's written by a crap Zimmer clone who has written a soundtrack that sounds like the same stuff that has been heard in television and crap films for the last 20 years. I mean for crying out loud it sounds like the music you hear in reality shows like masterchef... I can't help but wonder how many who like it actually have studied music composition. I would have preferred a symphonic score for this game, which this is NOT - it's practically popsongs with some orchestral instruments.

Er....are you sh*tting me? I HAVE studied musical composition (I haven't wasted 17 years of my life doing that) and I thoroughly enjoy the soundtrack for DAI. This is a symphonic score, they used a real orchestra and everything! That or my ears have been expertly deceived by the strings that are in fact not strings, but the wailing of Beyonce. I'm listening to the soundtrack right now and dayum Beyonce is good.

You don't like, okay, I get it. It's too generic for your liking from a 'Zimmer clone'. I just can't believe you are implying that only those who like the soundtrack are those who have not studied music and therefore don't know what good music is or should be....

Good music to me is what my ears like to hear. The beauty part about music is you do not need to know its inner workings (Chord Progressions, Chord Structure, Melodies, Meter, Key Signature, Cadence, Transitions) to like it.

[Jaron Oberyn]

I completely disagree. "In Hushed Whispers?" "Call his wrath" "Tooth And Scale" "Lost Temple" "Guardians of The Past", and many more are highly memorable. This entire soundtrack was excellent, and this is coming from someone who was skeptical after they got rid of Inon Zur. I hope they continue to use Trevor Morris for future DA entries. 

[Lord of Mu]

I can't answer that for you, as I am currently listening to music found on the Dragon Age Inquisition soundtrack.

[zestalyn]

I'll have to actually give the soundtrack a listen but a good score stands out even when being heard over sound effects, voices, or other noise.

 

 

It sounds that simple, but sometimes some of the most beautiful instrumental pieces get overlooked because they are used in a movie's OST. It's when you listen to the individual tracks by themselves without the cinematic distraction that your jaw hangs open in awe of how powerful the score actually is. There are so many movies that are probably victim to this that I can't even begin to list the best examples, and I think video games like DA:I are just as vulnerable. 
 

You need to just sit, and listen to the main theme in its entirety and at full volume. Don't scroll through the internet or turn on the TV or play something while you listen, just listen.  I am a huge fan of classical music and orchestral/instrumental pieces in general and it has been a long time since I've heard a new piece that mixes so much drama, mystery, intensity, romance, and the feeling for larger-than-life-adventure in one concise, sweeping musical motion.

 

You can practically hear the horses, war banners, and raised swords flying across open meadows and hillsides, and at the same time see two lovers gaze into each others eyes. It's just so gorgeous and uplifting, that even my music nerd sister who doesn't game for squat loves it to pieces. 



Perhaps the game itself was so engaging that you did not realize the music was also acting in its moments. I did not bother actually listening to the OST tracks by themselves until I was more than half way through the game because I was just too invested in binging the gameplay, and it was only until then I fully appreciated how freaking on-point some of the tracks were, particularly the main theme itself. 

A piece that is probably the easiest to appreciate is Journey to Skyhold. Can you hear the music climax towards the moment the IQ first lays his eyes on the fortress? Can you hear that chorus escalate with the beating drums, sweeping strings, and heroic horns ? It is so perfectly cinematic! That crescendo is so umph! 



You don't give the Inquisitor Speech music enough credit IMO. Can you hear the music turn upward when Cassandra says "You", as if it was meant to signify the IQ's astonishment? Then the  main theme sweeps right in the moment she raises her sword to the cheering crowd and it's like f*** yes! And the way the doors to the main hall creaked open to a primal drum beat was bad*ss. 

http://youtu.be/9Pspkca_R7M?t=12m38s

And I have to mention the Inquisition marches... it is so chilling when the chorus comes in at the arrival of Cullen's forces. You feel the Inquisitions strength fully realized in an epic, carefully coordinated march towards the enemy. It's just really great. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX5jpod8KQk

Sorry for my gushing bloated post, but when it comes to music I truly love, I can't praise them enough  For the record, its only for a few of the tracks that I have these feelings for since as is expected in games, alot of the others are mostly violent grimdark pieces, but that doesn't matter. 

[Snook]

Really? I thought it was fantastic.

 

Wish there was more ambient music, though. Stuff that was there I liked. That vocal/humming track in the Storm Coast was pretty. 

 

Dragon fight music was also pretty goosebump worthy, IMO.

 

[GODzilla]

...music? Oh, you mean the track in the main menu? And during cutscenes. It's like watching TV. Music is the short part of  movie between the ads...

[lynroy]

 

 

 

It sounds that simple, but sometimes some of the most beautiful instrumental pieces get overlooked because they are used in a movie's OST. It's when you listen to the individual tracks by themselves without the cinematic distraction that your jaw hangs open in awe of how powerful the score actually is. There are so many movies that are probably victim to this that I can't even begin to list the best examples, and I think video games like DA:I are just as vulnerable. 
 

You need to just sit, and listen to the main theme in its entirety and at full volume. Don't scroll through the internet or turn on the TV or play something while you listen, just listen.  I am a huge fan of classical music and orchestral/instrumental pieces in general and it has been a long time since I've heard a new piece that mixes so much drama, mystery, intensity, romance, and the feeling for larger-than-life-adventure in one concise, sweeping musical motion.

 

You can practically hear the horses, war banners, and raised swords flying across open meadows and hillsides, and at the same time see two lovers gaze into each others eyes. It's just so gorgeous and uplifting, that even my music nerd sister who doesn't game for squat loves it to pieces. 



Perhaps the game itself was so engaging that you did not realize the music was also acting in its moments. I did not bother actually listening to the OST tracks by themselves until I was more than half way through the game because I was just too invested in binging the gameplay, and it was only until then I fully appreciated how freaking on-point some of the tracks were, particularly the main theme itself. 

A piece that is probably the easiest to appreciate is Journey to Skyhold. Can you hear the music climax towards the moment the IQ first lays his eyes on the fortress? Can you hear that chorus escalate with the beating drums, sweeping strings, and heroic horns ? It is so perfectly cinematic! That crescendo is so umph! 



You don't give the Inquisitor Speech music enough credit IMO. Can you hear the music turn upward when Cassandra says "You", as if it was meant to signify the IQ's astonishment? Then the  main theme sweeps right in the moment she raises her sword to the cheering crowd and it's like f*** yes! And the way the doors to the main hall creaked open to a primal drum beat was bad*ss. 

http://youtu.be/9Pspkca_R7M?t=12m38s

And I have to mention the Inquisition marches... it is so chilling when the chorus comes in at the arrival of Cullen's forces. You feel the Inquisitions strength fully realized in an epic, carefully coordinated march towards the enemy. It's just really great. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX5jpod8KQk

Sorry for my gushing bloated post, but when it comes to music I truly love, I can't praise them enough  For the record, its only for a few of the tracks that I have these feelings for since as is expected in games, alot of the others are mostly violent grimdark pieces, but that doesn't matter. 

 

I think...I love you.

[TehMonkeyMan]

What? This game probably has the best soundtrack in a game since ME2. Don't know what you're talking about OP

[SpiritMuse]

The only thing I dislike about this game's OST is the drum sounds from Skyhold. I was hoping for something a little more... upbeat, calming, etc. I don't know, I just don't like the drums, they make it sound like I can't relax at my own headquarters.

The drums aren't supposed to be playing throughout the whole of Skyhold though. That's a bug caused by fast travel through the war table. If you go to the war table and leave it normally the music should stop and Skyhold should be blissfully quiet.

[Selea]

I can't help but wonder how many who like it actually have studied music composition. 

And I can't but help wonder where you studied music composition. Please tell, let's have some fun in the following posts.

P.S: But I know perfectly that, luckily for you, in BSN realm you can fake to be the most astounding individual on the planet without having done anything all your life. You just google things and then you "know" (at last parroting) what you need to continue the farce. It would be hilarious to make this conversation in real life so you could not search the answers to the questions posed by and by.

[twizbuck]

Yeah i still hear music from Origins amd Skyrim in my head as I travel around.

[twizbuck]

Ill give credit for the cutscene music, but I dont like it as much just traveling around.

[Jeremiah12LGeek]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

That's positively ludicrous. 

 

For this situation, I dub the new word:

 

Absensicrous.

[SofaJockey]

Yes, because clearly your own personal opinion and that of a handful of others constitutes a consensus of the entire fanbase.

 

No.

Because reading the reviews and assessing the reaction allows a consensus to be formed.

 

That is not a fact (unlike the thread title seeks to assert), it is simply a reasonable assessment.

 

Furthermore, the trend on this thread is clearly in favour of the soundtrack being outstanding,

but as music is a matter of taste, it really comes down to, 'do you like it or not, personally'.

 

Though very many do.

[Dahae]

I love the music! I listen to it even when I'm not playing the game. 

[Lundquist]

And I can't but help wonder where you studied music composition. Please tell, let's have some fun in the following posts.

P.S: But I know perfectly that, luckily for you, in BSN realm you can fake to be the most astounding individual on the planet without having done anything all your life. You just google things and then you "know" (at last parroting) what you need to continue the farce. It would be hilarious to make this conversation in real life so you could not search the answers to the questions posed by and by.

Jesus f'ing Christ, I can't believe such a small post I made got such a rise out of people   instead of personal attacks maybe you could argue why I'm wrong?

 

 

Er....are you sh*tting me? I HAVE studied musical composition (I haven't wasted 17 years of my life doing that) and I thoroughly enjoy the soundtrack for DAI. This is a symphonic score, they used a real orchestra and everything! That or my ears have been expertly deceived by the strings that are in fact not strings, but the wailing of Beyonce. I'm listening to the soundtrack right now and dayum Beyonce is good.

You don't like, okay, I get it. It's too generic for your liking from a 'Zimmer clone'. I just can't believe you are implying that only those who like the soundtrack are those who have not studied music and therefore don't know what good music is or should be....

Good music to me is what my ears like to hear. The beauty part about music is you do not need to know its inner workings (Chord Progressions, Chord Structure, Melodies, Meter, Key Signature, Cadence, Transitions) to like it.

I will concede that my post did come off as a bit high and mighty, and I know that taste in music is incredibly subjective. What I mean by popsong is that I find the harmonies and chord structure in much of the music to be much closer to modern pop music than classical symphonic music... Also I don't hear any woodwinds or trumpets. In english is symphonic and orchestral interchangeable? it's not where I'm from :/

I guess I'm just getting frustrated because soundtracks in both games and movies are all starting to sound the same to me, it seems there are so many composers out there that just opt to copy the Zimmer sound instead of trying to develop their own. You don't hear that full symphonic orchestral sound in the style of composers like John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith or Basil Poledouris (to name a few of my favorites) much anymore.

 

p.s. hope I didn't come off as high and mighty again, english is not my first language.

[lynroy]

I will concede that my post did come off as a bit high and mighty, and I know that taste in music is incredibly subjective. What I mean by popsong is that I find the harmonies and chord structure in much of the music to be much closer to modern pop music than classical symphonic music... Also I don't hear any woodwinds or trumpets. In english is symphonic and orchestral interchangeable? it's not where I'm from :/

I guess I'm just getting frustrated because soundtracks in both games and movies are all starting to sound the same to me, it seems there are so many composers out there that just opt to copy the Zimmer sound instead of trying to develop their own. You don't hear that full symphonic orchestral sound in the style of composers like John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith or Basil Poledouris (to name a few of my favorites) much anymore.

 

p.s. hope I didn't come off as high and mighty again, english is not my first language.

It really did come off as high and mighty and I will withdraw my own gnashing of teeth. I understand now what you mean. It does seem that we are entering an age in soundtracks where it's becoming hard to differentiate the unique sound of one composer from the next so I understand that sometimes you hear one, you hear them all. I listen to soundtracks from 20 years ago and think "Ah, these were the good ones". Even Hans Zimmer has evolved over those 20 years.

[Nefla]

It's the fact that music plays in occasional 10 second blips rather than continuously. The only music I recognize is the music from the start menu, and the music playing during the Haven battle (which was awesome).

[Nefla]

Really? I thought it was fantastic.

 

Wish there was more ambient music, though. Stuff that was there I liked. That vocal/humming track in the Storm Coast was pretty. 

 

Dragon fight music was also pretty goosebump worthy, IMO.

 

What the?! This never played for me!

[AllThatJazz]

I love the soundtrack, it's gorgeous! My only complaint is that it really doesn't fire often enough while exploring, same as party banter.

[Big Magnet]

DA:I , DA:O ... I still can't decide which one has the best soundtrack, but I'm certain of one thing: In my humble opinion, no game has ever matched Diablo 2 when it comes to creating an atmosphere through music