They were defined in Update.esm to make them available as a modding resource. The Special Edition added several tracks from the Oblivion soundtrack for use in various in various Creations. The new music has never been officially released. Most of the music for exploring Solstheim has been taken directly from Morrowind's soundtrack. File Nameĭragonborn adds several tracks for exploring Solstheim and Apocrypha, the latter of which are reused from Dawnguard's Volkihar ambience tracks. None of these tracks have ever been officially released. The song mus_eclipse, an edited variant of Seven Thousand Steps, plays when firing a Bloodcursed Elven Arrow and causing a solar eclipse. Discĭawnguard adds several more unnamed tracks as background music when exploring Castle Volkihar, the Soul Cairn, and the Forgotten Vale. Most of the shorter tracks have also been excluded. Two extended pieces of music are missing from the original soundtrack release: mus_combat_boss and mus_dungeon_cave_02. The fourth disc contains 'Skyrim Atmospheres' which consists of various pieces of ambiance, sound effects, and music from the game, notably the mus_palette tracks.
The physical release is split over 4 CDs. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Original Game Soundtrack could previously be purchased from DirectSong and is still available on iTunes.
