The Elder Scrolls: Arena - MIDI Game Soundtrack (Roland SC-55) - MS-DOS, 1994

MIDI Soundtrack from video game "The Elder Scrolls: Arena" recorded from a genuine Roland SC-55 mkII device set to General MIDI mode.
Midi files extracted/converted from the game data files (.BSA) with WinArena.
Musics written by Eric Heberling.
00:08 Introduction Part 1 (PercIntro)
01:05 Introduction Part 2 (EvilIntro)
02:10 Character Generation (Sheet)
05:14 Vision
06:16 Dungeon1
08:08 Sunny Day
08:56 Overcast
09:42 Snowing
11:04 OverSnow
12:23 Raining
13:36 Night
15:32 Dungeon2
17:24 Combat
18:23 Swimming
20:06 Sneaking
21:16 Dungeon3
23:11 Equipment Store
23:44 Tavern
24:14 Square
24:48 Mages Guild (Magic)
26:10 Temple
26:40 Palace
27:12 Evil
27:57 Dungeon4
30:10 WinGame
31:24 Credits
32:25 Dungeon5
34:16 Entering City (City)
34:23 Entering Town (Town)
34:31 Entering Village (Village)
34:35 Entering City - Arabic (ArabCity)
34:41 Entering Town - Arabic (ArabTown)
34:47 Entering Village - Arabic (ArabVillage)
34:51 Bonus : Arena Slideshow demo music.
Release :
Game developed and published by Bethesda Softworks in late 1994 for PC MS-DOS.
Note : Bonus 'demo' track is from the mid-1993 early slideshow demo and from the 1994 slideshow demo. It was not used in the retail game.

[@barbarianbros]

Tracklist : 00:08 Introduction Part 1 (PercIntro) 01:05 Introduction Part 2 (EvilIntro) 02:10 Character Generation (Sheet) 05:14 Vision 06:16 Dungeon1 08:08 Sunny Day 08:56 Overcast 09:42 Snowing 11:04 OverSnow 12:23 Raining 13:36 Night 15:32 Dungeon2 17:24 Combat 18:23 Swimming 20:06 Sneaking 21:16 Dungeon3 23:11 Equipment Store 23:44 Tavern 24:14 Square 24:48 Mages Guild (Magic) 26:10 Temple 26:40 Palace 27:12 Evil 27:57 Dungeon4 30:10 WinGame 31:24 Credits 32:25 Dungeon5 34:16 Entering City (City) 34:23 Entering Town (Town) 34:31 Entering Village (Village) 34:35 Entering City - Arabic (ArabCity) 34:41 Entering Town - Arabic (ArabTown) 34:47 Entering Village - Arabic (ArabVillage) 34:51 Bonus : Arena Slideshow demo music.

[@MalabarTheGreat]

I read the SC55 is what Heberling used when arranging the music. Quite impressive to hear it!

[@zodiacthundaga7264]

This dungeon theme is a lot more pleasant on the ears than the sound blaster one.

[@KainXVIII]

Thanks for recording of this OST! If you you accept some requests - can you record Might&Magic 4-5, Kyrandia 2 and Lands of Lore 1 on SC-55? :D

[@barbarianbros]

I record OSTs in two cases : -there is an official soundtest/jukebox (ingame or as an external program) -there are tools to extract/convert the music files from the game data files. I don't use music files found on the net. So I can't say yes or no for now.

[@KainXVIII]

Still, thanks for your work (again)!

[@waypastcute]

This might be a big ask, but could you please upload these somewhere as .mp3 or flac files? I'd love to be able to listen to an accurate version of the Arena soundtrack outside of KZbin! Thank you!

[@octocat592]

Is that me or it sounds a bit quicker than it should be?

[@lonewolfandcub668]

I feel we've lost the soul with games

[@snuggie1849]

They use these ones on the gog version of arena

[@barbarianbros]

I guess they uses 'General MIDI' settings in the game setup, so DOSBox uses the 'Microsoft Soft GS Synth'. MS Softsynth is based on the SC55 instruments set but with highly compressed samples and poorly emulated hardware effects (panning, chorus, reverb).

[@snuggie1849]

@@barbarianbros the gog version runs with dos box though. Im confused which version does what exactly? Btw thanks for the reply!

[@marquisor]

How did you extract the Midi Files from this?

[@ABCDEFGHdumbo]

a program called WinArena can do it here, the UESP has a download link for that under the Arena:Files page

[@koinpusher]

do you have mp3 downloads for these?

Thanks for the upload. As I was listening to this, noticed that parts of Dungeon4 (27:57) has similarities with Privateer's Mining Base theme (kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGK2kISkZ8x9ic0).