Now you might want to say that TES:B is just a spinoff mobile game, maybe BGS didn't give Inon enough budget, maybe he simply just didn't care about a mobile game. So if he is going to compose TES6's music, there is very great possibility that this game is going to suck. They are bland, tedious and forgettable, just like the game itself unsurprisingly. The songs of this game show that Inon Zur doesn’t care about TES at all. This main theme sounded like Inon Zur didn’t give a damn about the lore, settings and atmosphere of TES until the last night before the deadline he decided to revamp the Fallout 4 main theme with the TES motifs, and handed it to Todd next day. Flashbacks of “Shaaaaaauuuuunnnn, wheres muh SHAAAAAUUUUUUUN” and “a settlement needs your help” came to my mind right after. Speaking of Blades music, the first time I heard its main theme in E3 2018, I could immediately tell that it’s composed by the same guy from Fallout 4. Blades story/art design is pretty much downgraded Skyrim storytelling, minus the epicness and immersion. But at least in these games, there is a sense of epicness and immersion in them. I know a lot of people say Skyrim was poorly written, some Morrowind veterans even say Oblivion’s story is generic too. The storytelling of this game is nothing memorable.
So I think it’s highly possible if TES6 soundtrack is going to be bad, the game will be just as bad.įirst let’s look at Inon Zur’s performance in TES: Blades. This corresponds to what Jeremy Soule said about how he wrote songs in the early production stages of Skyrim to inspire the other developers.
In this interview at 8:40, Todd confirms that BGS start making a game with its music, then they design the game based upon the music. I know Inon Zur vs Jeremy Soule is a stale topic, but after reading through many old Reddit posts, I realized most people didn’t really care about if Inon Zur will be the lead composer for TES6. However, with the recent IGN interview with Todd Howard (link ), you should start to be concerned about TES6’s overall quality if you’re a fan of Morrowind, Oblivion or Skyrim. I, as many people thought, “soundtrack is but one minor aspect of a game, as long as the game itself is good, then I’m fine with it”.