The full Additional Music Project is available on bandcamp and the composer is now working on an unannounced project from new indie developer Rusty Bolt.
SKYRIM CELTIC MUSIC MOD
This is a mod I will be using permanently! While using this mod I often found myself unable to distinguish between the original and modded tracks due to its spot on tone, instrumentation and occasional use of motifs borrowed from the original soundtrack. “True Nords Never Back Down” sounds very similar to the choir used in the original soundtrack, something of an achievement as I'm sure the composer did not have access to the kind of equipment or manpower that Jeremy Soule has. The composer has used a great choir sound in a lot of the tracks. The track “It Crawls” creeps me out brilliantly when I'm sneaking through the dungeons of Skyrim and the ethereal “Midnight Walk” is as good an excuse as any to go searching for shooting stars at night. The mod has been updated regularly and currently includes nearly 4 hours of music, all of which is really good quality.
The composer goes by the stage name Evil Blue Koala and started the project to try to get more work as a composer. This is probably the music mod I have gotten the most out of, because more than any other mod I found these compositions would start to feel as if they had always been a part of Skyrim. It's the same reason heavy genres like black metal are so popular in places like Norway and that is the (perhaps overly in-depth) explanation of why I would not recommend this mod over: This juxtaposes the cheery Celtic melodies often accompanied by dance. It's the often sombre tone of Nordic music that is intrinsically linked with its harsh climate and periods of total darkness. There are similarities of course mainly the focus on oral tradition and storytelling, however, the same can be said of all folk music. This, along with the track ' I Riden Så' from Finnish band Gjallarhorn whose style echoes the medieval folk music of Scandinavia, can give you a pretty good idea where the major differences lie. From Iceland, we have 'Rimur' chanting, this example is a collaboration between Steindór Andersen and Sigur Rós. Take these examples: a 'Puirt à beul' song native to Scotland and Ireland and 'Kan Ha Diskan' from Brittany both of which can be described as 'Celtic' music. Whilst Celtic music itself can cover a broad range of traditional styles, I feel that Nordic folk music is far more distinct.
While these medieval cultures were close to each other on the map, they were largely different in their traditions and more to the point, their music. Skyrim is clearly inspired by the Nordic countries of Northern Europe, the Celts on the other hand, were situated in central to Western Europe. Whilst Adrian Von Ziegler is not by any means a bad composer, I found the use of his tracks for this mod very jarring and un-immersive. Compositions by Adrian Von Ziegler have been placed methodically throughout the differing areas of Skyrim and the mod author has done a good job of matching the feel of each track to an area or situation within the game. Providing 4 hours of new compositions, this mod essentially doubles the amount of music in the game.
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