The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Emotional and Relaxing Music

This video contains a 40 minutes selection of songs defined as emotional or relaxing from the game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and its two expansions (Knights of the Nine and The Shivering Isles).
All the songs appear in the game and are part of the official soundtrack.
The video includes pictures who illustrates: Cities, sceneries, memorable moments, and characters from the game. These pictures are also fitting to the music and can bring back your moments in Cyrodiil.
The music is composed by Jeremy Soule.
Song list
00:00 Auriel's Ascension
03:05 Minstrel's Lament
07:43 Peace of Akatosh
11:50 Watchman's Ease
13:55 King and Country
18:00 Harvest Dawn
20:51 Wings of Kynareth
24:20 Sunrise of Flutes
27:14 Alls Well
29:37 Through the Valleys
33:57 Dusk at the Market
36:00 Glory of Cyrodiil
Credits:
- Screenshot 0:30 - 0:59 iamjcat.deviantart.com/art/Out... (iamjcat)
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[@LoudSodaCaleb]

High Elf: "Hello there." Nord: "Hi" High Elf: "How are you?" Nord: "Goodbye"

[@autokrator_]

LoudSoda What do you want, Breton trash?

[@johnmanzuki8979]

Social phobia. A common occurrence within nords.

[@Rightfullsausage]

I felt that

[@supernaturalrealm7143]

😂😂😂

[@dysfunktional6537]

i wouldnt have my conversations any other way.

[@bcnicholas123]

You never recognize the good old days until they're behind you... take in every possible moment and enjoy it while it lasts.

[@MyIceman12345]

My heart breaks thinking of passed moments that will never return only in my memory do these times live on

[@mountainman4987]

I'm 45 and I totally agree with you. Seems like yesterday I was playing Pac Man on my Atari 2600 when I was 11 years old.

[@sebaalge6674]

Yeah. that's true. The music bring me back to when i was captured by the world of oblivion (same with morrowind) and i was curious about everything, i used to explore cities for hours, looking for secrets, for hidden quests, and it was amazing. But i know that is impossible to ever recreate those feelings, i would get bored easily if i pick up the game again. but man, what an amating time was.

[@fredericksaturnine4167]

It never ends. You simply become blind to it. Weakling.

[@frogman72davitto94]

Every inch of oblivion was savored for me. I was right into it and then did Morrowind's main quest as well as the dlc's and ranked all the way to the highest rank in house redoran. Then did it all again on another profile just so I could rank all the way up to the highest rank in the telvanni. What adventures

[@Fullmetal85]

There is something i felt playing Oblivion which i didn't feel playing Skyrim, i have no idea what it is though. Something very unique, maybe the experience because there was nothing like this game at the time. It's beautiful :)

[@michaelgalster3055]

HenKaya I get the exact same feeling just thinking about it and people say it's dumb that I feel like this about a game but it is indescribable and no one can k ow until they've played it

[@m1revan1k]

I got that feeling as well. With oblivion no matter how many times I played it i feel as if there is something I haven't discovered every time I picked up the game

[@mvpheat]

In Oblivion I felt like I was somebody appreciated by the npc's. For god sake's I was the fucking HERO OF KAVATCH. In Skyrim you do not feel like that, you can acclompish all kinds of stuff in skyrim and the npc's continue to give you know respect. Fuck Skyrim especially the stormclocks

[@Eshiay]

Oblivion was a lot more colorful and had a lighter tone for the most part. It felt more like you were put inside a fairytale than just a world with magic.

[@manwe5320]

Me too! It is nice to see i m not alone

[@devonoverbaugh7932]

man the first time coming out of those sewers was one of my happiest memories in gaming. Just the fact this beautiful world is waiting for you, the people, monsters, demons, cults, thieves, vampires, endless exploration.. I had this on 360 but didnt really dive into it until going into 9th grade... theres apart of me I think that will always be stuck in there. (kinda like the art mission if anyone remembers entering the painting lolol) love this masterpiece

[@SweetParadise68]

What you said at the end there was weirdly poetic. It's like, instead of Oblivion having a special place in my heart, my heart has a special place in Oblivion (or rather Cyrodil) itself. When you become so immersed in a world and find such comfort and sanctuary in that place, it starts to feel like home and a small part of you might just become stuck in there forever.

[@Thordin71]

Oh yes this mission was awesome 😂👍

[@kurtweeks6211]

I didn’t really get into it until 9th grade either, but it quickly became my favorite game of all time. So many good memories.

[@dramalexi]

Oblivion was the reason why I bought a 360 in the first place. After I left the sewers I was immediately slaughtered by the bandit with elven Armor, who occupies the ruins right in front of the sewer's exit :D

[@Mr.Weeast]

I hear you bro, some of us never really left Cyrodiil..

[@yeah4292]

I love you, Oblivion. Thanks for everything.

[@LuttiApce]

I love Oblivion too!! So much good memories. Like 9~10 years ago, playing everyday, a second life....a so unique game for that time. Each song has something important to say to me, every piece of my memory playing it.

[@mojojoji5493]

At the time despite glitches and shit this game was the best

[@dawn-blade]

This music is one of the only things keeping me sane in a time of my life when the foundations of everything I understood to be true have been shattered. It keeps me from falling too far into that pit of dark despair that is depression.

[@karamsalman1634]

I love this comment ❤️

[@SebastianB18]

I felt that

[@MCHammer79]

They should remaster this game

[@Sceptify]

oh yes. i would pay for it!!

[@halifax_googan2227]

Matthew McGrory with Mod support

[@ondrejkarol]

If they would actually remaster it, oblivion would loose all the atmosphere that had, even skyoblivion cant really make the atmosphere same again :/

[@COctagons]

Better than the 5000 remasters of Skyrim we've been getting. Needs to be the same EXACT game, though, with only a few minor bug fixes, and a huge graphical overhaul.

[@iangookin1880]

That atmosphere is nostalgia

[@Ezio9791]

Jeremy Soule is a legend

[@steampunknoodles]

I watch Rick&Morty, ergo I'm smarter than you nice username

[@philippplein4974]

too bad he's a complete asshole, he makes amazing music tho

[@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad]

How very Soule-ful

[@Scion3881]

@@philippplein4974 how is he an asshole?

[@fhf794]

@@Scion3881 He's very egotistical, and protective of his works, at one point telling fans not to attend a Skyrim concert because he wasn't invited there to perfect the music. He's also against piracy, at one point comparing it to the Holocaust. The GW2 Soundtrack had a DRM, and some who bought it never received it, getting the run around. He also made a Kickstarter for an album that took years to make. Oh, and he compared himself to Beethoven... Shitty person, amazing composer.

[@blevcj]

Who still plays oblivion?? ✋😀

[@jorgeb_96]

6/11/2018 Here!

[@isaacheldt]

Yep

[@7hew0lv3r1ne]

After I finish the FO:NV DLCs & FO4, Oblivion & Morrowind are next on my gaming bucketlist.

[@bamboli9]

12/12/2018 and wants to start playing again.

[@samuelheim586]

12/27/18 right here

[@ELdASenSei]

this game was like reading a good book...even better actually

[@coyotelong4349]

+ELdASenSei You could actually read good books IN the game 😂

[@paulonetto9652]

Funny thing is that the stories of the in game books are very good indeed. Oblivion offers a very deep level of immersion, even with it's flaws. Some of it was lost in Skyrim, and the books in TES V aren't near as good as the stories inside oblivion's books.

[@F3EDER]

Most of the books in Oblivion were in fact books from Morrowind. :) A few additions here and there of course but most of them from TES3

[@najib9093]

Or like playing a good game...

[@Haunuva]

@This is the best name I could come up with xD hahahahaha

[@EasifyGames]

"What is it, citizen?"

[@Avinator5712]

I saw a mudcrab the other day.

[@roanfarrell9828]

‘Why won’t... You... DIE!!’ 😂❤️

[@L0rdR3van]

speak

[@random_me666]

Pickpocket Well LOL! "Pickpoket! Guard your purses!"

[@lukejohnson1079]

Trouble?

[@tristanhrominchuk8126]

Oblivion had an atmosphere simply no other game could ever re-create.

[@PolishGod1234]

It has unique atmosphere, but there are newer games with better one.

[@tristanhrominchuk8126]

@@PolishGod1234 the new games are good but oblivion atmosphere is unmatched

[@PolishGod1234]

@@tristanhrominchuk8126 Witcher 3 begs to disagree

[@tristanhrominchuk8126]

@@PolishGod1234 Aye

[@Gnevnyj]

@@PolishGod1234 Witcher 3 is a masterpiece of an open world aRPG, but its atmosphere is much more dark and realistic. Tissie is right, the atmosphere of a dream-like, high fantasy adventure of Oblivion is unmatched to this day.

[@insanecuckooman8342]

oblivion has the most beautiful ambient music of all time. nostalgia overload. thank you! subscribed.

[@prestigious_gaming1868]

Thank you, I have also a lot of memories when hearing this music. Oblivion will always keep a special place because of it's atmosphere and harmony.

[@talvarjitaahan3743]

@Socucius Ergalla fits perfectly in my opinion. Giving it that calm, deep emotional touch

[@realgangsta7978]

True

[@dunmerontheinternet9595]

jeremy soule is the besttttt

[@PartyQuest]

try gothic 3 also.

[@thorshammaremjolner5632]

Oblivion had strong colors and elements.

[@glacialextract6666]

Love the way Oblivion looks

[@sofakingonmynuts1438]

I always felt like i was in a watercolored world

[@polarisationsfilterlambda6291]

@@sofakingonmynuts1438 like in this side quest where you had to save this painter out of his enchanted painting

[@sofakingonmynuts1438]

@@polarisationsfilterlambda6291 I would say that world looked like paintbrush strokes and was very fun the first time, but the colors they allow in the over world, every color in the sunset and the nights are lit up by those two giant moons, beautiful stars and galaxy stretched across the night skys, if you hang out around Leyawiin its a swampy area and has all of the swamp sounds with a morrowind vibe.

[@blueberry.milkshakequeen6946]

@@sofakingonmynuts1438 That's why I always found Oblivion's graphics so beautiful actually. They have a different, distant but also a warm and dreamy feeling like if they came out of one of Tolkien's books. Kind of looks like a fairy tale too.

[@Binkpang34]

I remmeber playing this as an early teen, spending countless friday night hours roaming through this fantastic world. At that time my life was a mess, I had problems at school and with my family, so I was always angry. This game made me forget all that for a moment, I could scape to a world where I could be a hero and kill my monsters for real....and hear this music. This music has a special place in my heart, and depending of the day I still shead tears hearing its acords... I supose taking into account my situation at that time and the fact that I was a teenager the notion I have of TESO is a bit overrated, but the reality is no game has ever accomplished to make me feel like this one did...Maybe Mass effect 2, but on another level. Thank you for uploading this, now I use it to get my way through college exams!

[@prestigious_gaming1868]

You're welcome, Oblivion was indeed jaw-dropping and you could really escape into the world it felt so alive and harmonious. Those were the charms of Oblivion never to be repeated by any other TES game (Skyrim was still very good in my opinion but not the same as Oblivion). It's nice to hear we experienced this game in kind of the same way, I'm also glad it supports you while studying. I wish you good luck with your exams. Kind regards,

[@BottleCapGuy101]

Binkpang34 i share a story similar to yours

[@orgnolfhairy-legs3812]

Binkpang34 same here

[@m1revan1k]

I had the same experience, I had a troubling childhood as I was always struggling in middle school and could never feel I could fit in but with this game I felt I could escape with my brothers or by myself and feel as if I belonged here

[@c00pst3r13]

Don't usually comment on youtube but wow that touched a nerve!

[@moddingspree]

14 years later, Oblivion is still my favorite game of all time. No other title has given me the countless hours of pure entertainment that TES IV has. Matter of fact, whenever I listen to the OST, I feel like I am at home, I feel comfortable. No other game gives me this feeling.

[@DontStopCornPop]

Same. If I had to pick one video game world to live in, it would be this game without question or hesitation.

[@opalaa5874]

man, same

[@commissarkordoshky219]

@@DontStopCornPop *Oblivion gates open* I REGRET EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!

[@TheReneg4de]

The only other game that instantly relaxes me when I hear the soundtrack is Fallout New Vegas, but this sends me back to Tamriel and I'm not even on Earth anymore.

[@shyvanalincurve]

Exactly oblivion feel like comfy

[@Hououin_Kyoma]

Skyrim is excellent and all, but MY GOD 22:50

[@F3EDER]

I like that both Oblivion and Morrowind has a more toned down soundtrack. Skyrim went all in with epic. Which was amazing in it's own way.

[@ThingsStuffington]

To be fair, Skyrim does have it's own great little toned down pieces, but they're nothing compared to Auriel's Ascension and the Road Most Traveled.

[@TinyWorlds]

Morrowind, Skyrim and Oblivion actually all have the same composer. Check out Jeremy Soule, his work is excellent :) He also did the music for Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights and many more awesome titles.

[@michaelrosenstock9187]

Ggggurrrrrhurrllrrhuhssrr

[@Thordin71]

Beautiful

[@KidsWreckMovies]

The only game I can keep playing forever

[@EUROCORP2027]

@@Maarij.no xbox peasant

[@itchylungs8345]

​@@Maarij.Starfield is rubbish 😂 oblivion all day

[@theethanator9000]

my dad used to play oblivion when i was really little. now i'm in highschool and i'm playing it for myself. time really does fly.

[@thegreenmage6956]

@@Maarij. Sadly, yes.

[@loowisk1113]

Hope you savoured every moment of it

[@oblivionfan345Tony]

Don't remind me I'm 30 lol

[@GeorgeArrancar]

2:00 This part is the most Nostgalgic for me.

[@RomanusVII]

Auriel’s Ascension, by Jeremy Soule, just in case you wanted to know the name of the song

[@Wodro]

@@RomanusVII Mine is Harvest Dawn hands down

[@guzzlingbleach5977]

It reminds me of riding on Shadowmere, Lucien Lachance’s horse, after murdering all the characters that I grew so attached to, and to bring it up a notch, my friends. My heart dropped to my stomach when I received the Purification task. That’s the part of the music it reminds me of the most.

[@-umbra-1590]

That is my second favorite song. 29:37 is the most nostalgic for me. First song I heard when leaving the sewers and it has that feeling that an adventure is starting

[@kimmykimko]

Composers don't get enough credit! They literally MAKE the mood. Bravo to all you musicians and esp the composers.

[@fridgeking6014]

That second screenshot made me extremely nostalgic

[@prestigious_gaming1868]

Peter Tel Indeed, that moment wen you left the Sewers. And for the first time enter the open world, so overwhelming..... :)

[@Jovahkiin]

That's actually my screenshot btw thanks for using it :) iamjcat.deviantart.com/art/Out-of-the-Sewers-618788846

[@Artalus94]

I remember having a pirated version of the game with subtitles translated by something like Google Translate or PROMT back in... what it was, 2006? I was laughing my ass off in the sewers, but then you get out, and there is THESE VAST LANDSCAPES all around, with this calm music instead of eerie underground OST... You put that screenshot with that music at exactly that moment in video on purpose, to bring tears of joy to our eyes, did you?

[@Jovahkiin]

well its intended yeah, to evoke nostalgia

[@fridgeking6014]

@@Artalus94 I remember playing this game on an absolute potato. Couldn't have been more than 15 fps in the Imperial City, but I still loved it to death.

[@packeropie]

When you listen to this soundtrack, every time it switches songs, you think "oh this is the song that plays when you're in a tavern" or "this plays when you're in the woods and it's nighttime" or "this is what plays when you're in the streets in the Imperial City." Makes me wanna replay this game.

[@JonnyBoi12]

All the comments on this video are amazing and I feel like I connected with each and every one of you. I’m going to replay this ASAP

[@JasonNoDistractions.]

My Favorite Game of All Time This game means so much to me as I was able to escape into this world as a child I will meditate to this music Thx for the upload

[@prestigious_gaming1868]

Jason ChaterBox Thanks, you're welcome. :)

[@up8805]

yeah me too

[@natureboi-aintnobetacuck404]

Dude same.

[@pavledragicevic8376]

You look like an Oblivion NPC

[@JasonNoDistractions.]

@@Maarij. I can't wait to play it! I may be a gaming PC just so I can play Starfield!

[@sqadwirdmebob1237]

I'm kind of crying with nostalgia but also with happiness knowing I was born in the age where this game exists. It shaped my childhood, as a kid I was bad at morrowind because of the combat but Oblivion improved on that. This game truly is the apex of gaming history. It taught me imagination, creativity, it inspired many months of writing my own fan fiction in my notebook as a kid. It allowed me to be whoever I wanted in an amazing world, it took me away from the problems life gave me. It may sound silly to some, that it's just a game but the thing is it's not just a game, it's the best goddamn game in the universe and it was my escape from the real world. Oblivion is, like a home to me, and nothing could ever compare to it. No matter what games come out, they'll never be able to have this effect because oblivion was there at the right place and right time. I hope when I die that the afterlife is this game. Thank you for uploading this. The music will help me to sleep tonight.

[@jordangentsch9868]

I promise you that when you die you don't want to be in the OBLIVION CRISIS, the game tones it down due to lack of processing power but a lot of the place was over run by daedra and many died every day so it kinda would suck tbh

[@SweetParadise68]

This is beautiful. I will never fail to be amazed by the impact that good art can have on people's lives. From how it can make us feel, to how it can change us, to how big a role it can play in saving us during our darkest moments. Cyrodil is also one of my happy places for the very same reason. Thank you for sharing!

[@obsessedwithmissdior6076]

Memetron 5000 I was born in 2007, now I‘m 12 and I miss this game💕😭. I know when I played it with my grandpa when I was 4-8. Gosh I want this Time back, when Games were wonderfull, and not like Fortnite

[@guzzlingbleach5977]

I’m a kid myself, I’m only 11 years old, but Oblivion is those types of games that bring such a big smile to my face whenever I boot it up. I’ve written stories about my in-game adventures, and dreamed about being in Cyrodill.

[@6-.-6-.-6]

I couldn't of said that any better 👌 this game was my escape as a child, my happy place I guess..and it still makes for the perfect escape, especially this year, during the pandemic. Peace be with you 🙏❤️

[@Warbooze]

The hell with Skyrim. This was my number game of my childhood. Over 1000 hours logged over six years. I will never forget it.

[@celphalonred1999]

This game is shit this in comparison lol

[@DragonGuard-CelticHeroes-]

all the games are great , just depends on what magic you want to feel at that very moment you turn on the console .........

[@robdebrouwer2230]

One does not simply forget....a thousand hours of his life...

[@antonkaiser3556]

I wouldn't say that skyrim is that bad because in my opionion. I feel the same when i play skyrim like i feel as if i havent discoverd all yet.or the relaxing feeling walking through the night. Oblivion and skyrim are both good games and to say the one is bad and the other is good is not relevant its the setting that matters lad

[@andreicalegari1837]

@@celphalonred1999 yeah, Skyrim is shit in comparison

[@jorislemoine1488]

All of these songs immediately hit me when I heard them again: "Oh, this song! Yeah, I loved that song!" I had forgotten what an amazing soundtrack Oblivion had.

[@toby7442]

Joris Lemoine XD wow, that is soooo true, seriously. Honestly, even after Mass effect, Witcher 3, Skyrim, KOTOR, and other games with phenomenal soundtracks, I still believe Oblivion tops it for me.

[@sofakingonmynuts1438]

@@toby7442 Its definitely some of the best instrumental music

[@lawdmcchicken5635]

My only wish is to experience this game for the first time again. To once again get lost in the forests and shiver as i trekked the jerrel mountains. To relax listening to the music as i swam in the rivers And lakes. To be mesmerized by the lore as i spent hours Just reading. Working hard to get enough money to eat every day and sleep in a bed i owned. Truth be told, i got that same feeling in skyrim, But like a long lost love from years gone by, i found myself wanting to go back. I remember sitting at the border of the jerrel mountains in skyrim wondering what cyrodil would look like now. Would the people still know who i am? Funny, never had a series do that to me before. A genuine sympathy for characters. There's something special about oblivion, skyrim the elder scrolls in general. Thank you Bethesda, i never would of got into gaming, made the friends i did without you. One day, when you decide to stop milking skyrim, i will still be here, waiting to lose myself in the fantastic world of tamriel yet again.

[@KillerKikyo5]

Working hard to get enough money to eat every day? Lol thats a bit pushing it.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

I have an Oblivion save over 1000 hours where I have deliberately never been to Kvatch. No Oblivion gates. Love it.

[@user-hg1oj4op3z]

This and pool chlorine give me the greatest senses of my childhood.

[@nickgaetano3510]

Ethan O'Sullivan omg yeeeeeesssss I dont know why this comment resonates with me so well Lol I know exactly what you mean , that summery / pool chlorine feeling after you get out of the pool

[@user-hg1oj4op3z]

Nick Gaetano Absolutely. Good to know someone else feels it too. We had a neighborhood pool so after I was done in the evenings I'd come home and just play it with my brother for hours on end. I lived life in a different key in those days.

[@ifuckingdespisethis]

The first song brought memories back that no other game brings back. This game has a magic that Skyrim lacked. Skyrim was more down to earth and beautiful in its own way while this game was far more mystical. I remember everything about it, but time has passed. Oblivion was my childhood and will always be special to me.

[@lilidane8975]

You are right, Oblivion is like a dream, taking us away from the reality...

[@matt82403]

I think it depends on what you played first and at what point in your life you had it, I get the exact feeling with Skyrim! I always thought Oblivion’s landscape was a bit samey

[@lilidane8975]

I played skyrim first but for most of the cases you are right

[@MyIceman12345]

@@matt82403 Oblivion for me is the better game overall though and I love the music and tranquility so much it's almost a religious experience. So beautiful ❤

[@skywalkercherri2346]

Played Skyrim first but obliv is way nicer and everyday i just wanna hop on it lol

[@sneakybeaky2877]

Is it weird that this game feels very nostalgic, despite the fact that I played Skyrim first?

[@xodyssy]

I only played skyrim up until yesterday when my friend lent his oblivion to me, and having only played oblivion for about an hour and a half, this still makes me nostalgic

[@adamroberts2228]

Emo Edgelord Kylo Ren same, I played Skyrim for 5 years before oblivion found its way to being my all time favourite game

[@psycodelicrelic1906]

It don't count if you didn't play oblivion in 2007

[@Eshiay]

Psycodelicrelic This was probably the first game that I REALLY enjoyed. It was the first RPG I had ever seen, and being a kid who hadn't seen much of the world loved the idea of exploring another. I've played the game 3 times. I'm studying game design and I now know many of its design flaws, but I hold it as something that has defined me in my love of games.

[@miniuzi10]

Cyrodil made me feel a lot when I first explored that map

[@marcomasala6254]

Listening "Peace of Akatosh" (at 7:42) in the middle of the night, when everyone is asleep, is undescribably relaxing..

[@kanedamikami7771]

Glad I'm not the only one :)

[@michaelrosenstock9187]

Can mentally hear the footsteps on the grassy hills in the forest ,and the clicking of the steel armor boots ,right when I see an atronach ,I sneak and hear the sound of drawing my bow and tensing it ,fire, and then the theme changes to battle theme ohhh the days of this magical game

[@Thordin71]

Its so magical

[@tyler-gr5mt]

So is heroin

[@theoryrhino]

perfect to chill at christmas day

[@sofakingonmynuts1438]

Little past new years 2021 😄

[@enlightenedterrestrial]

I remember when I first discovered this game in the computer pubs 10 years ago. Those were these public places that do not exist in this decade anymore, where you could pay 1 hour for using a computer there. Few of them had Oblivion installed on them. I was absolutely stunned by the beauty of that game and the complete freedom unlike I've ever seen before in a game. I could discover the whole Cyrodil on my own. I could be a warrior, a thief, a mage! Choose all these attributes, skills and even birthsign. It seemed so amazing. And I could go everywhere I want and interact with all the NPCs. Wear the same clothes they are wearing. It was funny as I desperately tried to get into Mage University but didn't know you first have to complete all the tasks in the other cities. :D I remember when I saw the posters of the Gray Fox and he seemed so impressive with that mask and all! I joined the thieves guild, finished the first quest and felt like I accomplished something great! :D Oh... this game will always have a special place in my heart. It's like a good book you return to from time to time in few years.

[@emarskineel]

ᚲᚨᚢᛚᛞᚱᛟᚾ ᛃᛟᛏᛁ great comment, I share the sentiment :)

[@alexmurphy5289]

I got this at release and I’m now 31. Time flies faster than I ever could have imagined

[@soletmegetthisstraight2099]

I never played the game, but I feel there is something magical about the music. Like it speaks of so many memories and of a time gone, a time that people like you remember and people like me only hear about. Idk, but it feels really special.

[@xaby996]

This crashed so many times on my red ring 360 😭 had to restart so many times . Made the game feel more like a hidden treasure and mysterious to me

[@JIMedia]

Sad but Trueaughhh

[@karthiktirumala1773]

PLAY IT, trust me it's 100% worth it. Better than Skyrim imo@@soletmegetthisstraight2099

[@joshbeecher3064]

looks like ill be playing oblivion tonight

[@kychanstudios2031]

I want to so bad but my x box isnt with me 😭

[@iplyrunescape305]

18:00 *Radiant Oblivion NPC dialogue intesifies*

[@philippplein4974]

every shitty ''oblivion dialogue.avi'' video

[@mrsupremegascon]

What is it citizen ???

[@HeyItzHydra]

I clicked out of curiosity and had a brain aneurysm

[@sebastianjames7423]

"Hello" "How are you?" "*cough*" "NOOOO" "Goodbye" "I'm done talking to you"

[@Pur3knight56]

You too.

[@lannyv4936]

I love the soundtrack of Oblivion. imo its my favorite out of all the Elder Scrolsl games

[@YoDzOnHalo]

Fuck this music is just so comforting. It’s insane how music can bring your mind back to when you first experienced it.

[@prod_yasha]

i appreciate you making this i remember my first playthrough i had exited the sewer cave at the start of the game and killed the bandits near that aylied ruin i took there loot but i saw a message pop up saying i was over encumbered which at the time my young mind did not understand so i obviously thought the game was broke i called out for my mom and she had to look the word up so i dropped my stuff and headed into the deep forest i love this game

[@prestigious_gaming1868]

Hey there, you're welcome. Haha amazing, I also played the game as a young fellow, so many good memories. I remember myself walking for hours in the mountains and woods, once I did a trip from Cheydinhal to Leyawin through the Nibenay basin/valley and Blackwood. It took me three hours, amazing memories!

[@prod_yasha]

Prestigious_Gaming wow 3 hours the game kinda just sucks you in and you don't even know

[@amandac967]

2023 and I still pull this up to relax and focus on the task Infront of me

[@DrBlackApple]

You're 50 years old, living with your wife and kids. Through fate, or some other means, you come across this soundtrack once again, and you remember the days of your youth, but you don't sorrow, you just smile as a tear falls from your eye.

[@lilidane8975]

You download Oblivion again using your mind-futuristic computer and play it all the night

[@uxtalzon]

You show it to your kids and that feeling of pride when they close their first Oblivion gate. ;_;

[@Slashco]

I'm 50 years old with no wife or kids. I come across this soundtrack and install the game again. :P

[@Shiggityshiggtyschwa]

haha yeah... wife and kids...

[@Chrisbelec]

20:51 Wings of Kynareth is just so damn good.

[@saulgood2892]

Takes me back to the most peaceful time of childhood.

[@BRONZALiVE]

I remember playing this game on my sick days from school and just roaming the land on a horse and exploring, those were the days, where the hell did they go!

[@bobo7918]

Fuck yeah, I remember the same thing.

[@atomicbombshell7644]

The nostalgia hurts and comforts at the same time :') .. i wanna rediscover this game all over again and go back to when times were simpler..

[@vincentm.7462]

King and country and peace of akatosh still give me chills 16 years later

[@absoluteasmr8591]

Jeremy Soule is in a league of his own. Masterpieces everywhere.

[@BRONZALiVE]

back in the day staying home from school playing this as a kid, house all to myself, great times

[@samsonic44844]

This game was my first ever RPG and will forever be my favorite. It's bringing me so many happy memories and an overwhelming sense of nostalgia that brings me to tears each time. I remember all this time playing around with the character creator and creating the most unique, powerfull, goofiest and funniest characters. Spending most of my nights roaming around Cyrodiil taking in all the scenery and and beautiful abiance in a world rich with lore, landmarks and some of our favorite npcs of all time were the best gaming moment I've ever had. This game was like a second life altogether to me. Thank you for being a part of me Oblivion ❤ May the nine divines keep you safe on your journey.

[@walterclements3164]

I'm convinced that Jeremy Soule is one of the greatest composers of ALL time. I'd say he was even better than some of those renaissance guys.

[@cozygamecorner]

I owe this game so much, back in the day I had quite a hard time coping with all the crap that was going on, Oblivion helped ne to find peace in a world I could do whatever I wanted, to be whoever I wanted. I remember wandering in the grass around Skingrad listening to this music, doing housing, enjoying every quest.. thank you

[@mistasugafree]

If you didnt play this game when i came out as a teenager you really dont know the feeling you get after you spend hundreds of hours in this game, and dozens of characters. The music in this hits me harder then skyrim ever will. Just something so epic about it

[@Bigjimi6was9]

cool english nigguhh sampson

[@bushman4571]

@@Maarij. Starfield will never have oblivions magic.

[@bushman4571]

@@Maarij. Let me also mention that Skyrim is so successful, its still selling out with loads of remade copies. Starfield wont do that.

[@Federicocx192]

I'll tell you a personal thing: I played this game when I was just 17 years old, in the open countryside, at my paternal grandmother's house. With me were my best childhood friends, we played together and we finished it. During the day, of course, we went out to do some outdoor activities. We used to play in the summer season campaigns. When we left the house, we couldn't wait to get back inside, turn on the PlayStation three with the Sony TV and start the game. When we loaded the save, the soundtrack played and you were excited. It was like this all summer of 2009. An emotion that I will never forget and that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. Now when I hear the soundtrack, I close my eyes. And the imagination takes me back to many years ago when I was a happy and carefree kid and ran around the countryside looking for an Oblivion gate to close it; with my friends we used to play swords imagining that we are fighting the evil forces of Oblivion. Best summer of my life I think. I love this game.

[@chillemdafoe1738]

Everything about this game had a HUUUUUUUUUGE impact on my appreciation for the fantasy genre

[@TheLordSheogorath]

This game got me though the worst years of my life. Thank you, Oblivion. I hadn't ended it back then and sadness is not as strong now. Still holding up and fighting my own main quest! ❤️

[@Kazamezo1]

I have a feeling you're here for this 18:00

[@joaobottazzini9111]

Kazamezo thank you so much dude

[@faris7480]

Indeed :))

[@randomico7632]

Thanks

[@BB-hx5de]

No, for 07:43 and 36:00

[@DarkUnicornStudios]

Oboy the nostalgia is strong in this one. I never really appreciated the music when I was younger but damn if this isent one of the better soundtracks in elder scrolls. Auriel's Ascension brings a tear to my eye :')

[@prestigious_gaming1868]

MacAndrews Yeah nostalgia pure, only when I was older I realised how this soundtrack impacted the game. My personal favorite is Harvest Dawn, it's so relaxing. :)

[@toby7442]

There's something about that first song that just... captures the sanctity and beauty of life. It's a thing of beauty to be sure, we are of a wonderful Creator and life is an amazing thing. Anyone else get this from that song?

[@theartofpeace1992]

Henrik Vander the second song truly captured the sound the nature or your path in life for me lol but the first one is something I can't explain.

[@Keklapis78]

Sometimes music speaks. The instruments have their own languages and the way to understand the language they speak is by feeling the melody and fuse it with yoir thoughts. I can type more, but it'll be too dragging. Haha

[@batman6621]

Vanderhooven when I first played when I was around 8/9/10 can’t remember exactly but at that age it made me think about the afterlife like ghosts and how those people in the past have lived and died in real medieval times. I got it when inside old taverns looking at those blue windows and Ecpecially when near old ruins and that shipwreck ‘the mouth of the panther’ just omg I want to experience that same feeling again.

[@Torinna_]

As much as I love Skyrim, Oblivion will forever be my favourite ES game. The quests were so damn good

[@danielhersic6315]

Are older games rly better than present games? i don't think so, but... Only The best games after many years show us, how nostalgic our childhood rly was. And this is reason why is the Oblivion one of the best game ever.

[@truthseek3017]

Older games are way better.

[@Sooni98]

I think older rpgs compensated the lack of great graphics with detailed storytelling and music and now it's obviously better looking but sometimes lack that "soul" element

[@ogierthedane6025]

Way better, not only do we have to deal with a high focus on graphics over content, but in games like Starfield etc. they now saturate it with identity politics.

[@matsui90]

It's funny looking at these images now and noticing the game, graphically, is very similar to Morrowind. Yet at the time it felt so much more advanced. Maybe Skyrim will look like Oblivion once we've seen the TES6 engine in full.

[@lilchad-ig1oj]

redwest Skyrims details are too good for its time for it to look like oblivion vs skyrim Seriously the one thing i hate about oblivion is the graphical details just haven’t aged well while skyrim despite on the same hardware as oblivion aged much better

[@RL-fr4hf]

@@lilchad-ig1oj eh, character models are the ones that haven't aged very well in oblivion, but the cities and outside looks incredible in my opinion. The colors are so alive. And you don't need a lot of graphics mods to make it look super crisp, just a tiny file and the difference is massive

[@Methylene.]

I get this feeling in my heart. and in the core of who i am i dont get this feeling with any other game besides the Original Fable these games shaped who i am. ill never let them go

[@psychic_wolf]

This feeling...this is why we're here.

[@johnfartenhiemer4134]

this music reminds me of when i would play this game when i was younger. waking up on a cold saturday morning in the winter after going to school all week knowing i had the weekend ahead of me to play this. no other game made me feel like this one has i wish i could go back to those times

[@Oniromanciee]

I remember these days when I would play Oblivion while my big brother was on his computer... I miss my innocence and the thrill I had wandering in Cyrodill...

[@possibleninja]

Lots of great times playing this game and hanging out with my best friend. We'd play this game for hours until our eyes and fingers felt like they'd explode. This music reminds me of that time; when we were young and had an entire world ahead of us. Now, looking back I think so fondly of all of those adventures in Cyrodil. This game needs an update on a prettier engine. I just want to delve those gates and beat back the Daedric princes just one more time.

[@lordmaximus5]

Thank ye kind sir

[@johnhamill8197]

Blessings of the shadow upon ye

[@Haunuva]

omg haha

[@husky3g]

The score of this game is just incredible. Skyrim's score is very "grandeous" but Oblivions is more grounded and emotional in my opinion. Morrowind's is also very "reminiscent" and emotional. Morrowind and Oblivion both had good music. Skyrim had good music as well but the nostalgia for both Oblivion and Morrowind is unmatched. Oblivion's score is the most memorable to me because every song is unique. Morrowind was the first TES game I played but Oblivion was the first TES game I finished. I've spent thousands of hours playing and listening to these songs. After Starfield and Bethesda's checkered past in the last decade for underwhelming and same-y releases, I am scared for TES VI. I hope that I'm just being paranoid and they deliver something incredible to appease us long-time fans. Never did I think Elder Scrolls VI would take 15 years to play after getting Skyrim. I had hoped at the most, maybe 5 years but it took them 6 years to release a teaser at E3 and it's been 5 more years since they released that teaser. It really sucks having to wait so long. I've lost family and friends during the wait for TES VI. I'm just hoping I, myself, make it to see TES VI. It's the only truly immersive medieval franchise that has that feeling of being completely enveloped by the game world for me.

[@chanelhp2889]

Playing Starfield now and getting those same chills like the first time I played Oblivion... made me come back to this playlist.

[@Project308]

It kind of surprised me how I played this game AFTER Skyrim and I still prefer this game :'). The final heist of the Thieves Guild was beyond awesome for me

[@sarahandersen5091]

i remember playing this as a kid, where i had a huge imagination and all the time on my hands. my parents were going through a divorce, and this game (along with many others) were the reason for why i was able to cope. i just wish i can go back and experience it again for the very first time: my dad helping me run through the game and allowing me to choose whichever option i wanted, allowing me free reign to the characters i wanted to make and go through whatever quest i wanted to do. he let me do it and would watch me play, even if i got sidetracked and went swimming everywhere because i was an argonian and could breathe underwater, or if i wanted to replay the same quest of me pushing hirrus clutumnus off of the stairs in the shivering isles. regardless, it was really amazing for me to be able to have a *choice* in what i did, rather than listen to what i was told. this was the opening for my writing and creativity, and a reminder of a time when things were much easier. now, as an adult, i'm reminiscing on the childhood i had and wishing for nothing more than to be able to relive it... and ultimately coming to the heart-wrenching conclusion that they are only, and forever will be, memories. here's to you, bethesda, for making a game unlike any other i've ever experienced. nothing will ever compare to the nostalgia and amazing questlines of oblivion. this was the game of a lifetime.

[@theydontlikeitupem.4725]

Your a good soul. You will relive your fond memory's in a way when you raise your own children one day. 🙂👍

[@jloae820]

In 2006 I went to my friends house to play on his many PC games, when I spotted Oblivion hiding amongst them all. I started playing and I couldn't believe how good it was, that moment when you escape the prison and you're in the beautiful, sprawling land of Cyrodiil is something I'll never forget.

[@jessejagg3d]

My roommate and I used to play Oblivion almost every night after work. Falling asleep to this soundtrack was the best sleep ever

[@mgsphilly6630]

Auriel's Ascension ...beyond beautiful, heart-wrenching and uplifting.

[@marcfaur]

I'm currently playing this game again... for the 5'th time, I think. But who's counting?

[@Caillouteletub123]

Marc Faur john cena

[@fdesb2]

I am currently playing this game for the first time, by Talos! After playing only Skyrim in the last year and a half. Yesterday evening I was just wandering around in the Jerald mountains, trying to spot Skyrim places in the distance :)

[@toby7442]

Marc Faur Niiiice, a game worthy of that number of play throughs. Lol my khajiit martial artists/mage got corrupted DX guess that calls for a new playthrough :D

[@jesseg.3371]

5? oh please that's rookie numbers! I must have played it 100 times over!

[@yuri-ub8kk]

Peace sells...but who's buying..?!

[@liamdrinkswater5334]

This came out when I was one, and had been formative for my tastes in music, nature, and many other things. Thank you Bethesda.

[@liamdrinkswater5334]

I still play the game to this day

[@achillgamer9254]

Nord : " Hello there." High elf : "Hi." Nord : "Have you heard about the high elves?" High elf : "Disgusting creatures."

[@scumbaag]

Nothing will ever match the feeling of seeing White Gold Tower as I stepped out of the dungeon.. The thousand lives Ive lived in this game, it never got old.

[@zhatar4214]

I will never forget the first time I exit the sewers, to behold a endless magical world ready to explore. Doesen't matter what is happening in my life, this soundtrack always gives me peace

[@PaulojnPereira]

I love the scene where you go into the kingdom of madness and after agreeing entering Sheogorath, the entire dark dungeon room walls suddenly turn into butterflies revealing a beautiful garden like landscape. I remember thinking that was so totally unexpected and original...AWE moment FTW, probably one of the best moments i had playing games.

[@callehaha_]

Damn... the feeling of sitting in your own house youve been saving up for and finally bought. Hearing the rain outside. Knowing the sheer amount of mystery and adventure existing behind your door. Just waiting for you.

[@spellrush2097]

My childhood.. So many adventures.. So much magic in these notes..

[@kevinamaral5816]

Like that I am back in Bruma, stepping out of a shop and pausing for a moment to watch the snow fall.

[@Slashco]

It's... it's you! The hero of Kvatch! This is truly an honor!

[@manufacturedbagel6424]

Best soundtrack outta all of them in my opinion.

[@magiccat3772]

that moment when you look up how many spell casts it takes to get master restoration skill...... R2 trigger... how are you still alive then i relies three things. I have maxed 6 different characters in all skills with the same controller, Sony made some good controllers, and i love this game.

[@hypernovahearts]

There's genuinely only one thing that bugs me about this video. The map of Tamriel at the beginning. In Cyrodiil, Bruma is on there twice. It says Bruma where Bruma actually is but then it says Bruma where Bravil should be. Other than that, flawless.

[@mmmmmmmk]

glad someone else noticed it

[@Redguard677]

are you talking about you when you refer to "someone else"?

[@Eshiay]

2 Things. 27:12

[@esotericbrain2689]

@@Eshiay yeah

[@sjaakspetterkaak5121]

Peace of akatosh & almighty wings of kynareth

[@peasantarcher2486]

Sweet childhood nostalgia...

[@james87367]

Playing this game in my teens was like a beautiful dream. I'll never forget it.

[@jamesmedina3297]

when i was young, probably less than 10 years old, i was using my 16 year old uncles ps3. i saw a a cool looking game "OBLIVION" from there, so many timeless memories were created. traveling the vast rolling hills of cyrodiil, seeing so many interesting people and places, and even that first time seeing the oblivion gate and witnessing the plains of oblivion for myself. this game accomplished something special and rarely seen in any other form of media for that matter. i wish i could go back sometimes, such a blissful time

[@Nightshde524]

Did you complete the guilds quest or did you just finish the main quest line?

[@jamesmedina3297]

@@Nightshde524 I actually never even beat the main story until years later when I came back to the game

[@Nightshde524]

@@jamesmedina3297 I finished main story then two months later just finished the entire questline

[@jamesmedina3297]

@@Nightshde524 I was only like 8 or 9 so I was happy just running around being a dumbass lol

[@jakehartman9024]

I remember getting this game for my birthday back in 2009. Left the pool party early just to go back and play it for the rest of the day. One of the best RPG games of all time! Thanks for the epic mix

[@SulleyG]

This game was legendary, gives me nostalgia when I see all of these photos

[@Grachtnakk]

~ 7:00 - 7:40 That fade out... Incredible.

[@dn7059]

34:00 I cant...So whimsical, beautiful, majestic, soothing and powerful at the same time. That climax at 35:04...

[@du4lstrik3]

I miss being a kid and playing this game with no worries. Now it's constant stress and annoyance over working, taking care of financial obligations, drama with the woman, family members getting sick and/or dying, falling out of touch with old friends, and watching the days slip by and the years pass. We are all excited to grow up when we are kids. But only when we grow up do we realize that being kids is the best part about life. Nostalgia makes you realize just how good those days were.

[@Chillemdafoe]

Skyrim may have been the first ES game i dove into but oblivion was my first exposure to the universe in general ill never forget renting it from blockbuster and being utterly overwhelmed by how open ended the game was compared to what i was used to. It was almost like being born again because I could hardly decide what to do after the realization i was left to my own choices

[@Okan195]

Wow, this made me cry thinking about the countless of hours I spent on this game, and god I love returning to this beautiful art of music!