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Skyrim features a fully orchestrated, original score, similar to Oblivion. The soundtrack has strong similarities with previous games in the series, including the main theme. The Skyrim theme has been released and its lyrics are written in the language of the dragons.

Composition and background

The four CD set (autographed by the composer) was released the week after the game's North American release date and is available exclusively from Directsong. Like Morrowind and Oblivion, the soundtrack is composed by Jeremy Soule and sells for $29.99 USD.

Cover images

Front cover.

Back cover.

Track List CD 1

1. Dragonborn
2. Awake
3. From Past to Present
4. Unbroken Road
5. Ancient Stones
6. The City Gates
7. Silent Footsteps
8. Dragonsreach
9. Tooth and Claw
10. Under an Ancient Sun
11. Death or Sovngarde
12. Masser
13. Distant Horizons
14. Dawn
15. The Jerall Mountains
16. Steel on Steel
17. Secunda
18. Imperial Throne

Track List CD 2

1. Frostfall
2. Night without Stars
3. Into Darkness
4. Kyne's Peace
5. Unbound
6. Far Horizons
7. A Winter's Tale
8. The Bannered Mare
9. The Streets of Whiterun
10. One They Fear
11. The White River
12. Silence Unbroken
13. Standing Stones
14. Beneath the Ice
15. Tundra
16. Journey's End

Track List CD 3

1. Before the Storm.
2. A Chance Meeting
3. Out of the Cold
4. Around the Fire
5. Shadows and Echoes
6. Caught off Guard
7. Aurora
8. Blood and Steel
9. Towers and Shadows
10. Seven Thousand Steps
11. Solitude
12. Watch the Skies
13. The Gathering Storm
14. Sky Above, Voice Within
15. Death in the Darkness
16. Shattered Shields
17. Sovngarde
18. Wind Guide You

Track List CD 4

1. Skyrim Atmospheres

Lyrics

In the dragon language

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	Description:	Skyrim's theme song 'Dragonborn' by Jeremy Soule, from 2:06 to 2:35

The lyrics to Dragonborn are as follows

In English

This, translated into English, comes out as

Trivia

• The verse "Ahrk fin kel lost prodah, Do ved viing ko fin krah, Tol fod zeymah win kein meyz fundein! Alduin, feyn do jun, kruziik vokun staadnau, voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin lein!" Is featured in its translated form in an in-game loading screen.
• The song is sung by 30 people 3 times, so that 90 voices are heard on the final track.
• Upon the soundtrack's release, all copies ordered before December 23, 2011 would be signed by Jeremy Soule himself. Due to unexpectedly high demand however, personally signed soundtracks have been on sale as late as April 2012.
• The verse "Nuz aan sul, fent alok, 'fod fin vul dovah nok, 'fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz! Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin jot!" is sung to a very similar tune to that of Morrowind's theme.
• The Tracks, One They Fear and Watch The Skies, are both used as combat music for Dragons. One or the other will begin playing whenever a you enter combat with one, this tends to serve as an early warning system as one may not be aware of a Dragon's presence until the songs play, giving you a second or two to prepare.

See also

• List of songs