Music to Level Up Your Day: Bloodborne

I don't know much about musical theory, nor am I a musically inclined person. However, I do love to listen to video game soundtracks. They can be a powerful listening experiences in their own right, or be as evocative as the scores composed for film. Each of these posts will feature a sampling of music tracks from a single game title, or series/franchise in some rare cases. A complete list of these can be found on the Video Game Music page.

Composer: Ryan Amon, Tsukasa Saitoh, Yuka Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Cris Velasco, Michael Wandmacher

North American Release Date: March 2015

In the decrepit Victorian-era inspired city of Yharnam, a blood-borne disease is transforming the residents into literal beasts. A Hunter must slay the beasts to unravel the cities mysteries and end the plague.

The soundtrack was composed by a mix of Japanese and Western composers, using a 65-piece orchestra and a 32-member choir.

The Hunter | (Character Theme)

Cleric Beast | (Boss Theme)

Ludwig, the Holy Blade | (Boss Theme)

The First Hunter | (Boss Theme)

Bloodborne | (Main Theme)

Hunt You Down | (Trailer Theme)

"We are born of the blood. Made by the blood. Undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open. Fear the Old Blood. Let the good blood guide your way." - The Doll

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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Composer: Lorien Testard

Singer: Alice Duport-Percier, Ben Starr, Victor Borba

Choir: Marie-Cécile Henry Brossard, Céleste Lejeune, Annabelle Daguise, Axelle Verner, Gaël Lefevre, Fabrice Foison, Alexandre Artemenko, Maxime Saiu

North American Release Date: April 24, 2025

In a dark fantasy version of the Belle Époque era, those at or above an ever-decreasing age are erased in a yearly event called the "Gommage". Volunteers of Expedition 33 set out to destroy the cause of the Gommage, a being known as the Paintress.

Lorien had never worked on a video game before and was discovered by chance through an obscure web forum about indie games. The director liked Lorien's work on SoundCloud and so gave them free reign to produce whatever they liked. The only restrictions were that the tracks should contain an element of nostalgia, melancholy, and sadness to them. Some tracks were recorded at Lorien's home studio while others were recorded by the Curieux Orchestra at the Midilive Studios in Paris. A "dim dim dam dada" melody was created early on and used as a leitmotif throughout the soundtrack when everyone at the studio felt it best captured the tone of the game. "Alicia" was the most used melodic motif for battle themes.

Lumière | (Battle Theme)

Goblu | (Boss Theme)

Gestral Summer Party | (Beach Theme)

Une vie à t'aimer | (Boss Theme)

Poème d'Amour | (Boss Theme)

Lampmaster | (Boss Theme)

"Men trip not on mountains, but they stumble upon stones" - Esquie

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Wild Arms

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Composer: Michiko Naruke (Wild Arms 1, 2, 3 & 4)
Masato Kouda (Wild Arms 4, 5)
Nobuyuki Shimizu (Wild Arms 4)
Ryuta Suzuki (Wild Arms 4)
Noriyasu Agematsu (Wild Arms 5)

Singer: Machiko Watanabe (Wild Arms 1)
Naoki Takao (Wild Arms 1)
Shinichi Naruke (Wild Arms 1)
Kaori Asoh (Wild Arms 1, 2, 3, 4)
Nana Mizuki (Wild Arms 5)

Each story takes place on a planet called Filgaia, which contains deserts, plains, forests, mountains, and arctic tundras. The wilderness that encompasses most of the landscape is inhabited by dangerous beasts and ruins from an earlier era. Most of the games are centered around the restoration of the environment after it was tainted by warfare or natural phenomena, and feature technology-reliant villains that would destroy the world to suit their needs. Special firearms ("Arms") created with ancient technology can be used to protect or destroy life, and are used as a plot point within each game to establish a character's true nature and motives.

Because the Wild Arms setting is a mashup of classic western intermixed with fantasy the soundtracks drew heavy inspiration from spaghetti westerns. Synthesized instruments are featured alongside mandolins, acoustic and electric guitars, woodwind instruments, finger cymbals, and trumpets. The unusual inclusion of whistling in many of the game tracks has gone on to become an iconic part of the series' identity.

Into the Wilderness | (Main Theme - Wild Arms)

You'll Never Be Alone No Matter Where You Go | (Main Theme - Wild Arms 2)

Migratory Birds ~ Scoundrels | (Overworld Theme - Wild Arms 3)

I Look Up To The Sky Because You Are There | (Boss Theme - Wild Arms 4)

A Boy Meets A Girl And ARMS | (Battle Theme - Wild Arms 5)

The Vth Vanguard | (Main Theme - Wild Arms 5)

"A sword is made for cutting and a spear for stabbing. Mercy is precious, but mercy can also be an indulgence in a world like ours." -Jack Van Burace

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Baldur's Gate III

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Composer: Borislav Slavov

Singers: Sarah Baylus, Mariya Anastasova, Lawrence Schick

North American Release Date: August 3, 2023

After surviving the crash of a dimension-crossing ship, Tav (the protagonist), finds themselves infected with a tadpole from a race of monstrous cephalopod known as illithid. Alongside others similarly infected, they attempt to find a cure before the tadpole matures.

Main Theme, Pt. 1 | (Menu Theme)

Dream Walk (classical version) | (Character Theme)

Nine Blades | (Battle Theme)

Harpy Song | (Enemy Song)

Bard Dance | (Tavern Theme)

Gather Your Allies! | (Battle Theme)

"I like it when my clients put up a fight... only to realize victory was never an option. Try to cure yourself. Shop around - beg, borrow and steal. Exhaust every possibility until none are left. That's when you'll come knocking on my door. Hope... such a tease." -Raphael

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Fire Emblem Engage

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Composer: Yasuhisa Baba, Kazuki Komai, Hiroki Morishita, Takeru Kanazaki, Fumihiro Isobe, Takafumi Wada

Singer: Katharine Eames, Barry Bach,

North American Release Date: January 20, 2023

A human named Alear awakens with amnesia from a thousand year slumber. Through the years they were protected by their mother - a divine white dragon, who is embroiled in a conflict with the dark fell dragon Sombron. Twelve magical "Emblem Rings" can be "Engaged" with to gain power from phantom-like beings from other worlds (past Fire Emblem games), which Sombron plans to use to conquer the world. As Alear regains their memories, they recall being adopted by the white dragon after fleeing from their biological father - Sombron.

Both the opening theme, Emblem Engage!, and the ending theme, Fiery Bonds, make allusions to past Fire Emblem protagonists by incorporating their Emblem ring incantations into the lyrics. Emblem Engage! further references the nations of Elyos (Engages' world) and the respective rings they safeguard.

Bright Sandstorm | (Area Theme)

Emblem Engage! | (Main Theme) | Japanese Version

Falling Petals | (Boss Theme)

Goddess in Shadow | (Battle Theme)

Unshaken Royal Confidence | (Battle Theme)

Fiery Bonds | (Credits Theme) | Japanese Version

"I knew I would have to say goodbye someday, but I thought there was time." -Alear

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Hades

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Composer: Darren Korb

Singer: Ashley Barrett

North American Release Date: September 17, 2020

Zagreus, the son of Hades, attempts to escape from the Underworld to reach Mount Olympus, but Hades hinders him by unleashing monsters. Zagreus' adoptive mother Nyx puts him in contact with his relatives on Olympus in order to aid Zagreus in discovering the truth about his birth mother.

No Escape | (Main Theme)

Out of Tartarus | (Area Theme)

Lament of Orpheus | (Character Song)

God of the Dead | (Boss Theme)

In the Blood | (Credits Theme)

Good Riddance | (Character Song)

"You're nothing like your father. I mean that as a compliment. He cut himself off from the rest of us. Many times have we attempted peace, to no avail." - Athena

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Fire Emblem Three Houses

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Composer: Takeru Kanazaki, Hiroki Morishita, Rei Kondoh,

Singer: Caro, Buttercup, and Hyemi Kim

North American Release Date: July 26, 2019

Three ruling powers: an empire, a kingdom, and an alliance are at peace due to their connections to the Garreg Mach Monastery, which houses a church and a school for students from each nation. Byleth, a former mercenary turned professor aids their students through their studies and into an eventual war initiated by the empire.

The main theme, "Edge of Dawn", was given different names in different regions. The Japanese and Korean titles, "Seasons of Warfare" or "Girl of Hresvelg ~Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon~" make reference to Japanese and Chinese poems about the passage of time, and the inclusion of "Hresvelg" indicates that the song is either about or from the point of view of the empire's leader, Edelgard.

Between Heaven and Earth | (Battle Theme)

The Edge of Dawn | (Main Theme) | "Seasons of Warfare" Version | "Color of Sunrise" Version

God Shattering Star | (Golden Deer Boss Theme)

The Apex of the World | (Blue Lions Boss Theme)

A World for Humanity | (Black Eagles Boss Theme)

Chasing Daybreak | (Credits Theme)

"Killing is part of the job, but even so... There are times when I am chilled to the bone by the depravity of my own actions." - Dimitri Alexandre Bladud

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Music to Level Up Your Day: MHW Iceborne

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Composer: Akihiko Narita, Akiyuki Morimoto, and Zhenlan Kang

Singer: Ikuko

North American Release Date: September 6, 2019

The Research Commission follows wyvern-like Legiana migrating beyond the sea to the frigid Hoarfrost Reach. Evidence of unusual seismic activity in the area eventually leads to the discovery of a lost expedition and a new, powerful elder dragon.

Succession of Light | (Main Theme)

Theme of Seliana | (Base Theme)

Splendiferous Silver Sovereign | (Monster Theme)

A Single Bloom in an Eternity | (Final Boss Theme)

Nay! The Honor is All Ours | (Arena Theme)

Tales Spun through Song | (Credits Theme)

"Friends, you go finish this. I want to stay here a little while longer. See what death has to give, and life has to bring." - The Tracker

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Baldur's Gate III (Songs)

I don't know much about musical theory, nor am I a musically inclined person. However, I do love to listen to video game soundtracks. They can be a powerful listening experiences in their own right, or be as evocative as the scores composed for film. Each of these posts will feature a sampling of music tracks from a single game title, or series/franchise in some rare cases. A complete list of these can be found on the Video Game Music page.

Composer: Borislav Slavov

Singers: Sarah Baylus, Mariya Anastasova, Lawrence Schick

North American Release Date: August 3, 2023

After surviving the crash of a dimension-crossing ship, Tav (the protagonist), finds themselves infected with a tadpole from a race of monstrous cephalopod known as illithid. Alongside others similarly infected, they attempt to find a cure before the tadpole matures.

Song of Balduran | (Character Theme)

Weeping Dawn | (Bard Song)

Down by the River | (Character Creation Theme)

I Want To Live | (Character Theme)

Raphael's Final Act | (Boss Theme)

The Power | (Credits Theme)

"You have exceeded my every expectation. Even if I had made it this far without you, I don't think I'd have wanted to." - Shadowheart

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Tales of Berseria / Zestiria

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Composer: Motoi Sakuraba (Berseria/Zestiria) and Go Shiina (Zestiria)

Singer: Flow (Berseria), Superfly (Zestiria)

North American Release Date: January 2015 (Zestiria) / January 2017 (Berseria)

Berseria follows the Lord of Calamity - a demon named Velvet, and her attempts to destroy her brother-in-law, Artorius - the Shepard. The Shepard is a holy figure of sorts able to communicate with the spirits of the land. Zestiria is set one thousand years later and follows a new Shepard in his attempts to cleanse the land of demons, including a new Lord of Calamity.

Sakuraba was involved in the composition of over one hundred tracks for Zestiria and Shiina worked on thirty. Shiina focused on the themes for the characters and included choral work in some of the tracks in reference to the Seraphim spirits.

BURN | (Opening Theme) | Berseria

Vagrant Zaveid | (Character Theme) | Berseria / Zestiria

True Will | (Story Theme) | Berseria

White Light | (Opening Theme) | Zestiria

Rising Up | (Battle Theme) | Zestiria

New Power Awakens | (Battle Theme) | Zestiria

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Echo Night: Beyond

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Composer: Tsukasa Saitoh and Koichi Suenaga

North American Release Date: July 2004

The vessel of a newlywed, off for a honeymoon on the Moon, crashes before reaching the lunar resort destination. Now stranded at a (haunted) abandoned research base, they go in search of their significant other.

Track 01 | (Intro Alt Theme)

Track 03 | (Intro Theme)

Track 04 | (Main Theme)

Track 09 | (Story Theme)

Track 16 | (Theme)

Track 19 | (Theme)

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Undertale

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Composer: Toby Fox

North American Release Date: September 2015

A child tumbles into an underground kingdom full of monsters and fights or befriends them over the course of their journey to reach the surface.

Toby Fox is a self-taught musician and composed most of the tracks with little iteration; the exception being the game's main theme, "Undertale". The music was composed before programming because it helped "decide how the scene should go". Various leitmotifs are used in many of the tracks, in particular, "Hopes and Dreams" (final boss theme) brings back most of the main character themes.

Metal Crusher | (Character Theme)

Spider Dance | (Boss Theme)

Hopes and Dreams | (Boss Theme)

Battle Against a True Hero | (Boss Theme)

Megalovania | ("Boss Theme)

Undertale | (Ending Theme)

"I'm not ready for this to end. I'm not ready for you to leave. I'm not ready to say goodbye to someone like you again..." - Asriel Dreemurr

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Chrono Cross

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Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda

North American Release Date: August 2000

A teenage boy named Serge discovers an alternate reality in which he died as a child and endeavors to discover the truth of the two worlds divergence.

Scars of Time | (Main Theme)

On the Beach of Dreams | (Theme)

Prisoners of Fate | (Theme)

The Girl Who stole The Stars | (Theme)

Life ~Distant Promise~ | (Theme)

RADICAL DREAMERS | (Theme)

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Metro

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Composer: Alexei Omelchuk (2033, LL, Exodus), Georgiy Beloglazov (2033)

North American Release Date: March 2010 (2033), May 2013 (LL), February 2019 (Exodus)

Set in Russia 20 years after a global nuclear holocaust, the games follow Artyom, a man who must save his home station from the dangers lurking within the Metro. These dangers range from surviving human groups (including Nazis) to mutated wildlife and supernatural phenomena.

One Step To The Horizon | (Mission Theme) | Metro 2033

Main Theme | (Main Theme) | Metro 2033

Vessel of Sin | (Mission Theme) | Metro: Last Light

Mobius | (Menu Theme) | Metro: Last Light

Race Against Fate | (Mission Theme) | Metro Exodus

Roads Ahead | (Credits Theme) | Metro Exodus

"Humans had always been better at killing than any other living thing. Lord, what a splendid world we ruined." ― Dmitry Glukhovsky

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Deus Ex: Human Revolution

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Composer: Michael McCann

Singer: Andrea Revel and Courtney Wing

North American Release Date: August 2011

Set in the year 2027, the story follows Adam Jensen, a security officer for Sarif Industries, a company that develops controversial artificial "augmentations". After an attack on Sarif, Jensen undergoes extensive augmentation and investigates the shadowy organization behind the attack.

McCann handled production, performance, mixing, and arranging of the soundtrack. The non-linear nature of the gameplay and story made the composition more challenging, so McCann chose to focus on themes of "technology/nature, past/future, wealth/poverty". A musical structure defined by the thematic use of triangles was also incorporated into the soundtrack: acoustics representing the past, electronic music representing the future, and a mixture of the two for the present. Vocals were used to evoke religious overtones, which connected to the use of the number three in multiple religious associations. McCann claims to have been strongly influenced by electronic bands and musicians.

Icarus | (Opening Theme)

Sarif Industries | (Area Theme)

Opening Credits | (Opening Credits Theme)

Everybody Lies | (Betrayal Theme)

The HIVE | (Area Theme)

Home | (Apartment Theme)

"The World doesn't care about right or wrong. It's all about power. And right now, none of us have it." -Adam Jensen

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Music to Level Up Your Day: The Last Guardian

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Composer: Takeshi Furukawa

North American Release Date: December 2016

Players control a boy who befriends a giant griffon named Trico. Together they attempt to escape their prison, dodging stone guardians and crumbling architecture.

Furakawa stated that Ueda trusted him to compose the music and provided only a broad direction of a cinematic soundtrack and some specific directorial notes. Furakawa wanted to avoid overstating the emotional aspect of the game, which he felt was already sufficiently conveyed through the gameplay and animation, and instead kept the music restrained except during key narrative elements or in specific locales of the game.

Forest | (Opening Cinematic Theme)

Flashback | (Story Theme)

Finale 1 - Apex | (Area Theme)

Finale 2 - Escape | (Area Theme)

The Last Guardian Suite | (Credits Theme)

Epilogue | (Credits Theme)

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Dark Souls III

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Composer: Yuka Kitamura and Motoi Sakuraba

North American Release Date: April 2016

A bell has rung to signal that the First Flame, responsible for maintaining the Age of Fire, is dying out. As has happened many times before, the cursed undead rise after death. The Ashen One, an Undead who failed to become a Lord of Cinder, rises and must return Prince Lothric and the defiant Lords of Cinder to their thrones in the Firelink Shrine.

Sister Friede | (Boss Theme)

Soul of Cinder | (Boss Theme)

Abyss Watchers | (Boss Theme)

Iudex Gundyr | (Boss Theme)

For The Dark Soul | (Credits Theme)

Darkeater Midir | (Boss Theme)

"I may be but small, but I will die a colossus." -Ludleth of Courland

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Dark Souls II

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Composer: Motoi Sakuraba and Yuka Kitamura

North American Release Date: March 2014

Taking place in the kingdom of Drangleic, the game follows the Bearer of the Curse, a zombie-like being with no memories or purpose.

Aldia, Scholar of the First Sin | (Boss Theme)

Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon | (Boss Theme)

Nashandra | (Boss Theme)

Sir Alonne | (Boss Theme)

Darklurker | (Boss Theme)

Longing | (Credits Theme)

"Those who live by the sword will die by it, and I won't go down without drawing mine!" –Captain Drummond

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Demon's Souls

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Composer: Shunsuke Kida

Singer: Kokia

North American Release Date: November 2020

Set in the kingdom of Boletaria, a place attacked by a being known as the "Old One". The world was nearly consumed by a magical "Deep Fog" and the demons it created. The Old One was eventually lulled to slumber and some survivors became long-lived Monumentals to warn future generations. However, the present ruler King Allant restored magic, awakening the Old One and its demon army once more.

Demon's Souls | (Main Theme) | Remastered Version

Maiden Astraea | (Boss Theme) | Remastered Version

One Who Craves Souls | (Credits Theme) | Remastered Version

Tower Knight | (Boss Theme) | Remastered Version

Return to Slumber | (Narrative Theme) | Remastered Version

Maiden in Black | (NPC Theme) | Original Version

"You have a heart of gold. Don't let them take it from you." -Stockpile Thomas

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Music to Level Up Your Day: Dark Souls

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Composer: Motoi Sakuraba

North American Release Date: September 2011

Dragons ruled the world during the "Age of Ancients", until three of Four Lords: Gwyn (Lord of Sunlight), Nito (First of the Dead), and the Witch of Izalith used their power to destroy the dragons and take control over the world. Meanwhile the Furtive Pygmy was forgotten, thus beginning the "Age of Fire." Humanity, having been created from the Furtive Pygmy's Dark Soul, is left afflicted with an undead curse, perpetually resurrecting after death until they eventually lose their minds in a process referred to as "hollowing".

Firelink Shrine | (Area Theme)

The Ancient Dragon | (Boss Theme)

Great Grey Wolf Sif | (Boss Theme)

Gwyn, Lord of Cinder | (Boss Theme)

Dark Sun Gwyndolin | (Boss Theme)

Nameless Song | (Credits Theme)

"Good bye then. Be safe, friend. Don't you dare go hollow." -Laurentius

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