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My Modifications to Oblivion

Current Music (with explanations): I didn't care for Oblivion's far-too-brief soundtrack, so I replaced it with my own music.

• Battle Music--These are pieces that I find dramatic or intense enough to accompany combat.

• Movement III of Lynn Glassock's "Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra"--I play percussion myself, and Glassock is my percussion instructor here at UNC-Chapel Hill. I played timpani in the UNC Symphony Orchestra when this piece was premiered last year. This piece also provided me with one of my favorite moments from Oblivion. My first run through the Main Quest was before I discovered UESP, so I didn't know about the Mythic Dawn's sleeper agents. I was in Castle Bravil's throne room for some reason when I suddenly heard Hans Black-Nail shout "For Lord Dagon!" and the dramatic opening bars of this piece. The surprise of being attacked when I least expected it coupled with the excitement of this piece made for a moment that, obviously, I haven't forgotten.
• "Jango's Escape" from the Attack of the Clones soundtrack--I was surprised when I first heard this piece on the AotC soundtrack. I had been lulled into relaxing with three relatively soft pieces in a row and then this piece jumped out at me with its ferocity. And I always have liked the brass part.
• "Play With Me" by Extreme--Some of you may know this from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure as the Beethoven piece, even though it technically quotes Mozart in the guitar solos. And the the chorus "Do you wanna play with me?" can be taken as sort of challenge to one's opponents.
• "Battle of Endor III" from the Return of the Jedi soundtrack--John William's last use of the "Rebel Fanfare" in the Star Wars saga, besides the credits. The brass and percussion of this piece, not to mention the building suspense, go well with any fight.
• "The Bridge of Khazad Dum" from The Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack--One of my favorite pieces from the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack, and one of the most dramatic moments in the movie, as the Fellowship rush to escape the mines of Moria, its Orc inhabitants and the Balrog.
• "Helm's Deep" from The Two Towers soundtrack--This is the best track from The Two Towers," in my opinion. The battle music in the beginning of this track seem to me to fit well with the idea of glorious, sublime combat.
• "Escape from Naboo" from The Phantom Menace soundtrack--I always really liked the brass phrase in the beginning. With its suspense, rhythmic nature and use of xylophone, it works nicely as battle music.

• Dungeon Music--To make a confession, the original dungeon music scared the heck out of me, and dungeons still make me a little uneasy to this day (and you should already know I won't fight undead =D). I replaced the original music with music that either made me feel better or made dungeon-crawling seem less like an exercise in fighting fear and more like a challenge to be overcome, or even a walk in the park.

• "Omphalo Centric Lecture" by Nigel Westlake--A very nice rhythmic piece for four marimbas, with assorted percussion. It draws heavily on African influences and has an upbeat tempo that puts me in a "I'm gonna kick some randomly-generated-opponent's butt" mood.
• "Poinciana" by Michel Camilo--A jazz piece with a easy-going string bass & drumset groove and a smooth piano part. Makes dungeon-crawling feel more like a walk in the park, as I mentioned above.
• "Valse Brillante" by George Hamilton Green--A gentle ragtime piece for xylophone and marimbas. It's hard to feel scared or unhappy when somebody's playing ragtime xylophone.
• "Ave Maria" by Franz Biebl--An absolutely sublime piece of music, performed by the Chanticleer choral ensemble. Its only drawback is that it's really freakin' quiet.
• "Stille Nacht" as performed by the King's Singers--I didn't think this would work but, after I beat down some Knights of Order in Xedilian and this started playing afterward, I got such a laugh out of the juxtaposition of death, destruction and peaceful Christmas carol that I left it in.

• Exploration Music--This is music that either conveys a sense of nature's beauty and wonder or provides an impetus to go out and do something epic.

• "Anakin's Theme" from The Phantom Menace soundtrack--I had never really paid attention to this piece until I went back through my music library rating as many songs as I felt like. This is one of John William's most beautiful pieces, in my opinion.
• "The Swan from the Carnival of the Animals" as performed by Yo-Yo Ma--This is duet for cello and piano and is very pretty. It's good for the pretty days out on the West Weald or the Gold Coast, assuming the bears and wolves will leave you alone.
• "Many Meetings" from The Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack--The swells in the strings and the chorus make the environments seem much prettier than they do already. Bethesda did make a very pretty world.
• "The Great River" from The Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack--A unique piece that combines some pretty choral music with strong brass and drums.
• "Departing Coruscant" from the Attack of the Clones soundtrack--Nice swell in the horns in the beginning of this one and the piece is altogether pretty; it seems to fit Cyrodiil nicely.
• "Yoda and the Younglings" from the Attack of the Clones soundtrack--A playful and quiet piece that's good for wandering around streams in the wilderness and wandering in the Great Forest.
• "The Raiders March" from the Raiders of the Lost Ark soundtrack--This piece makes me feel like doing something epic every time I hear it.

• Town Music

• To be honest, I don't know the name of two of these pieces as they both came as part of the soundtrack for a relatively obscure real-time strategy game called Europa Universalis II. One I have named "Elegance and Grace" and the only information I have on it is that its home album was named "Bis;" it is a gentle classical piece for strings and piano The second is a piece for solo flute either performed or written by someone named Sharon Bezaly, coming from an album called "From A to Z."
• "Melody in E-flat" from the album "Perpetual Motion" performed by Bela Fleck, Evelyn Glennie and others--Baroque piece for mandolin (maybe banjo?) and piano. It goes well with the towns of Cyrodiil.
• "Prelude and Fugue in B-flat" by J.S. Bach, as performed by Leigh Howard Stevens--One of Bach's preludes and fugues, played on marimba. I like baroque music and marimba so this works well.
• "Jabba's Baroque Recital" from the Return of the Jedi soundtrack--A neat little piece John Williams wrote for atmosphere Jabba's palace in RotJ. It goes well with the towns.