"Oversnow" from The Elder Scrolls: Arena on MS-DOS (1994)
Composer: Eric Heberling
Album: No Official Release
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Developer: Bethesda Softworks
If you're thinking that we've accidentally reused a song for MIDI Week Singles, you'd be excused in your assumption. Except that was "Snow" from The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, we used, and that was six years ago. Most of what I had to say about "Snow" also applies to "Oversnow," which plays not just when it's snowing, but when it's overcast as well, hence the title. What I like about "Oversnow" is the suddenness of the choir that comes in at 0:14, and you could say it's a bit overdramatic. I don't know if I'd categorize overcast skies as warranting a choir compared to snow on a clear day, but then I've never been hiking in the snow in Skyrim or High Rock, so what do I know?
The song does cut off abruptly, but that's just a result of the game looping the song on its own once it's over, and I probably could've done the same, considering that there's no official soundtrack. That's really all I've got to say about "Oversnow." Just a really good track that evokes that (overdramatic) feeling of tromping through snow while it's snowing. Overcast or not.
~JWfW/JDub/The Faceplantman/Jaconian
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