Two Steps From Hell - Victory

One of my favourite in their album. Battlecry is perhaps their best one yet! :)

Two Steps from Hell - Flight of the Silverbird

Love this!!! :)

Two Steps From Hell - Rise Above

Breathtaking stuff :D

Two Steps From Hell - Cannon in D Minor

This is seriously one of the most energetic epic music that I've heard that has some dubstep/techno stuff in it. AWESOME!

Two Steps From Hell - Star Sky

Lyrics:

Here we are
Riding the sky
Painting the night with sun
You and I, Mirrors of light
Twin flames of fire
Lit in another time and place

I knew your name
I knew your face
Your love and grace
Past and present now embrace
Worlds collide in inner space
Unstoppable, the song we play

Burn the page for me
I cannot erase the time of sleep
I cannot be loved so set me free
I cannot deliver your love
Or caress your soul so
turn that page for me
I cannot embrace the touch that you give
I cannot find solice in your words
I cannot deliver you your love
or caress your soul

Age to age
I feel the call
Memory of future dreams
You and I, riding the sky
Keeping the fire bright
From another time and place

I know your name
I know your face
Your touch and grace
All of time can not erase
What our hearts remember stays
Forever on a song we play

Burn the page for me
I cannot erase the time of sleep
I cannot be loved so set me free
I cannot deliver your love
Or caress your soul so
turn that page for me
I cannot embrace the touch that you give
I cannot find solice in your words
I cannot deliver you your love
or caress your soul

The best epic scores in games

Music is very important in a game. Without the right sound, you will not get the right feels...

Imagine hearing the sounds of a idyllic countryside, with birds chirping happily in the background and river waters lapping against the shores, while furiously battling other players on a blood-spattered battleground.... you get my drift? That's why most people like to listen to some upbeat (metal or hard rock) music for battlegrounds/ arenas. :P

Some tunes are so awesome that it can let someone go 'Ah, hah! I know that music! It's from *insert name of a game*' A excellent example is the theme song of Halo - who could ever forget such a hauntingly beautiful score? Even it was years since I last played the game (I, unfortunately, do not own an Xbox), I can recognise the music in a heartbeat. The same could be said for Pokemon's battle music... But then Pokemon battle music is recognisable, but is not really my sort of music to be listened on repeat :P

Here are some of the best epic scores that can be found in games - doesn't matter which kind of game it is (it can even be a casual game... why the hell not, right? :P). 

If you think I've missed out on a few of them, please feel free to share down in the comments. Enjoy! :)

*In no particular order

World of Warcraft

Almost all of the game's soundtrack are excellent. If you're a hardcore WoW gamer, you won't even need me to tell you this. I can't even remember how many times I just parked my character in a zone just so I can listen to the music on repeat... until I found out that the music is available for free streaming on YouTube, of course :P

I can still recall that when I had 'withdrawal symptoms' from voluntarily quitting the game more than 2 years ago, I like to listen to the music of the game. Still brings back the good memories :)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

A very haunting soundtrack that could not be better to fit to the serious theme of the game. It's on par with Halo's music!

To listen to the other music in this playlist, just click on the play button again for the next track.

- The storyline resonates deeply with me. The moral dilemma between unhindered technological/ biological advancement vs retaining humanity can be a really difficult subject to tackle - there is no good answer. But this game has really nice insight into this dilemma and I love the game for it! The gameplay is brilliant as well :)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms

The part that I like starts in around 7:30, but I assure you the music gets better after 1:30 into the video :P

Halo

The old PC version of Halo has one of the most haunting main theme music ever (the choir part at least and also the ending part in Halo 2 where everything is like exploding and you had to run to the extraction point). The first time I heard it, I was an impressionable young teen and it chilled me to the bones! Seriously. But of course, if you want to compare it with music from games from the horror genre, it will not be as 'haunting'... and I don't like playing horror games. There, I've said it! lol...

Halo's main theme

Other Halo music 

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim 

Unfortunately, I only played this version in the Elder Scroll franchise. So, yeah, I've heard good things about Morrowind's music too. I'll go check it out before I'll decide to add it here. :)

Civilization

Although I love the Peter Hollens/ Malukah version better, this is the original music and it deserves the credit too :)

The cover version :)

Lord of the Rings Online

Who can say no to the music in Lord of the Rings, right? :) It's as good as the movie, seriously!

Bastion

A tinge of world/ wild west (the guitars!) music :) The talking in front of the music is intended to be there by the way... just so you know

Dragon Nest

The only 2 soundtrack that I particularly like from the soundtrack in Dragon Nest :)

P/S: I had the idea to write this piece since last year, however, today I read about a similar article done by PC Gamer and I was like 'duh!' I should have just finished this article last year and not let it gather dust in my drafts folder. :\ Anyway, here it (finally) is! So, do enjoy! :)

If you like talking about any epic music in general (I'm a huge fan of epic music!), feel free to drop me a message or something on my blog's Facebook page. :) I'm almost always up for a good chat (unless my introversion kicks in and I get superbly tired lol)!


Oh and I'll link to the PC Gamer article here too: http://www.pcgamer.com/good-pc-game-soundtracks/


SEO tags: Dragon Nest OST, Halo OST, WoW OST, Skyrim OST, Civilization OST, 

(Yiruma) River Flow in You - Sungha Jung

Seriously! Is this music even possible to be played on the guitar?! Wow!~

This dude is extremely talented indeed! Do check him out if you've got the time for some very nice instrumentals :)

Enjoy!




P/S: I've listed this post as being an 'epic music' because it certainly deserves that credit :)

Dragon Nest SEA - Village theme song

Lyrics:

Ontas kritela nosontilis
Virtili valetzuri
Kiyetu sanala hala'hui
Leilian vo elus virras

(hayayaya)

[Chorus]
Vira notu sotiso
Wori melivra o
Hui'sas sanaa'ela hala
Rekriato me
Kaya naiatolus
Werihi kala'us
Le'a le'u teras
Rekriato me...
Rekriato me...

(ahhhh)

Honya valelus sonavelis
Viri as'ana dore
Ashai valerias solathelas
Resha uro huitusviratus

(repeat cho)

Vesasarem
Vitoris analesa litus
Visasarem
Kaya noseras sai'us
Visasarem
Vitolis analesasa litus
Visasarem
Kaya noseras sai'us

(Repeat cho)

Credits to Tori Camilion (You can sub to her channel by clicking on the video - that's her video by the way :) ).

Peter Crowley - Elven Dreams (Piano cover)

Post by Arn Andersson.

The cover is brilliant! :)

Peter Crowley - Conqueror of the Sky

Despite being a huge fan of his epic music, I still think the music made for Avatar's flight scenes (where Jake was flying on his... uh pterodactyl-bird thingy) is the best flight music ever lol. This is still pretty good - Peter Crowley never disappoint ;) Enjoy!

Epic music again! Peter Crowley - Medieval Anthem

Love this! :) I'm having plenty of epic music on repeat this week - gotta finish editing that review paper that I'm writing lol :P

Peter Crowley - Escaping the Kraken

Love this! :) Epic as always!

Is there a level higher than epic? ;) Peter Crowley - The Last Hero

This is beyond epic... seriously, just listen to it. You will feel like you can practically do anything and everything. You will feel... ... empowered to the point of almost being a god (of the ancient times) haha ;)

Seriously though, he can go compose some epic piece for a big league fantasy movie. When listening to this music, I can practically imagine a band of heroes, braving the highest mountains and the deepest caves; traversing across vast green lands and snow-covered ice; riding on dragons and feeling the rise and fall motion of the dragon's wings... all these journeying just to get to a final, epic battle of their lives.

Enjoy!

Epic music :) Peter Crowley - A Celtic Journey compilation

There are plenty of great composers (on YouTube) that I know of but this one is beyond that :P

Not only the composer, Peter Crowley, made this album available for free... it's one of the best celtic pieces that I've heard :) Trust me, I've listened to Adrian Von Ziegler and Brunuhville and am a fan of both as well, but this one is pretty top-notch.

Link to his bandcamp to get this album for free (and other albums for a price): http://petercrowley.bandcamp.com/album/score-to-a-new-beginning