Online:Music

The music of The Elder Scrolls Online was composed by Brad Derrick and Rik Schaffer. Jeremy Soule, a long-time composer on Elder Scrolls games, worked on the original title theme.   (Wikipedia), a Youtube musician who came to prominence with her rendition of Skyrim's "The Dragonborn Comes", was invited to write the music for (and perform some of) the bardic songs in the game, as well as the credits song.

The music of the game is themed, with particular pieces being tied to biome types, locations (both large and small), and moods. Zenimax wanted the music to be integral to the game environment, blending seamlessly with the other sounds around the player. Some songs from previous titles make a reappearance. Some have been reworked while others are only sampled. 

The soundtrack is available as the Original Game Soundtrack, which contains all 47 tracks from the base game, and tracks from the DLC are released as volumes in a separate series of albums titled Music of Tamriel.

Original Game Soundtrack

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The Original Game Soundtrack is available on iTunes for $15.99 USD and Amazon for $8.99 USD.



Beauty of Dawn lyrics

 A serpent lights the ancient sky 
A threat of tainted stars 
Evil stirs and in its wake 
The souls of mortals sway

Sorrow reigns 
Over fields of red 
Spirits pace 
Through the shadows cast by their graves

These are days and nights of venom and blood 
Heroes will rise as the anchors fall 
Brave the strife, reclaim every soul 
That belongs to the Beauty of Dawn

Darkness strikes to blind the strong 
But Faith will guide our swords 
Loyal hearts we'll stand as one 
And fight with shields of Hope

Pride fuels the deadly fire 
That devours our tower of gold 
The drums of war will rage and roar 
'Til the sun burns bright once more

These are days and nights of venom and blood 
Heroes will rise as the anchors fall 
Brave the strife, reclaim every soul 

Music of Tamriel, Vol. 1

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Music of Tamriel, Vol. 1 contains tracks from the Imperial City and Orsinium DLC.  It is available on iTunes for $9.99 USD and Amazon for $8.99 USD.



ESO: Morrowind Original Game Soundtrack

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The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind (Original Game Soundtrack) is an album containing new musical arrangements that were created for The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind. A Land of War and Poetry was made available on Spotify on June 7, 2017. The full album was released on June 22, and is available on Spotify, on iTunes for $9.99, on Google Play for $9.49, and on Amazon for $8.99.



A Land of War and Poetry lyrics

The lyrics to A Land of War and Poetry were published on the official forums  as follows:

:Lyrics, in Ald Chimeris..."Ald Chimeris" being the Elvish precursor tongue of the Dark Elves that's similar to Ayleidoon and descended from Ehlnofex. (Thanks to LoreMaster Lawrence Schick for that LoreMorsel.)

:Resdayniil kan tarcel
:Ghardooni ye fevel
:Arcta nu malatanya
:Vengha ehlnada-dra
:Nu nu vane metanane

:Lyrics, in English

:Resdayn folk, dare resist
:Invaders and weakness
:We must face the truth of life
:Venerate the god-ancestors
:We chose for ourselves

Music of Tamriel, Vol. 2

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Music of Tamriel, Vol. 2 was released on January 12, 2018. It contains tracks from the Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood, and Clockwork City DLC, as well as additional tracks such as new boss music.  It is available on Spotify, on iTunes for $9.99 USD, Google Play for $9.49 USD, and Amazon for $8.99 USD.



ESO: Summerset Original Game Soundtrack

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The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset (Original Game Soundtrack) is an album containing new musical arrangements that were created for The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset, as well as the track used in the E3 2018 trailer. The album was released on August 11, 2018, and is available on Spotify, on iTunes for $9.99, on Google Play for $9.49, and on Amazon for $8.99.



ESO: Elsweyr Original Game Soundtrack

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The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr (Original Game Soundtrack) is an album containing new musical arrangements that were created for The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr. The album was released on July 26, 2019, and is available on Spotify, on iTunes , on Google Play, and on Amazon.



ESO: Greymoor Original Game Soundtrack

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The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor (Original Game Soundtrack) is an album containing new musical arrangements that were created for The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor. The album was released on August 19, 2020, and is available on Spotify, on iTunes , on Google Play, and on Amazon.



ESO: Blackwood Original Game Soundtrack

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The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood (Original Game Soundtrack) is an album containing new musical arrangements that were created for The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood. The album was released on July 1, 2021, and is available on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube Music, and Amazon.



Miscellaneous music

A number of songs that play in-game are not otherwise included in any released music to date. As such, they for the most part have no official names.


New Arrangements

Similarly to previous games, while most of the soundtrack is new, a few of the tracks contain motifs that have appeared in the earlier games.

"For Blood, for Glory, for Honor" is the newest version of the Elder Scrolls theme, which appeared as "Call of Magic"/"Nerevar Rising" in Morrowind, "Reign of the Septims" in Oblivion, and "Dragonborn" in Skyrim. Soule referred to this version of it as "part theme, part atmosphere".  
Much of the first half of "Omens in the Clouds" - such as the melody right at the start of the song - features a slowed-down version of the melody in Arena's theme.
"Moth, Butterfly, and Torchbug" contains a motif from the beginning of "King and Country" from Oblivion. It appears at 4:26 in "Moth, Butterfly, and Torchbug".
"Greenheart" has a section with the tune from the beginning of "Watchman's Ease" from Oblivion, starting at 3:26 in "Greenheart".
"Tides of the Abecean Sea" has a motif that originally appeared in Oblivion's "Reign of the Septims" (at 0:26), and then in Skyrim's "Unbroken Road" (at 0:58). It can be heard in "Tides of the Abecean Sea" at 4:03.
"The Legacy of Lorkhan" contains a motif which originally appeared in Morrowind's "Separation/Blessing of Vivec". It can be heard in "The Legacy of Lorkhan" around 0:40.
Although "(feat. Jeremy Soule)" is not present in the title of the "Azura's Coast" Morrowind chapter track, it does contain a motif from Morrowind's "Peace At Last/Peaceful Waters" at 1:59.
"Grazelands Dawn" contains a motif from Morrowind's Main Theme/The Road Most Travelled

Downloads

Zenimax has made two of Malukah's songs available for free download on the Elder Scrolls Online official site:

:Three Hearts As One, a bardic performance (download)
:Beauty of Dawn (download)

Notes

The "(feat. Jeremy Soule)" notes in the titles of some of the Morrowind tracks refers to the fact that they contain strong motifs from the original TESIII: Morrowind soundtrack; Soule did not work on them.  

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