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by ByteMixer » Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:22 am
It's an idea, however, a bit more tricky on a couple levels:
1) Bethesda (namely Jeremy Soule) has already re-orchestrated that particular track a few times between Morrowind and Skyrim. ESO also uses a loose interpretation of the theme, though I don't know if Soule had a hand in it or not. And since it's a recurring and more recent theme between more recent games (doubtless TES VI will also reuse the theme), it might be more heavily subjected to copyright law, since Bethesda definitely still owns the licenses to that music. I'm not sure I could get a mechanical license to allow redistribution of an arrangement or cover, either.
2) I'd have to write my own arrangement of the theme, and that would take me quite some time. I'm not against it, but it is well beyond the scope of the current work I'm doing. I may attempt it some day, but not soon.
3)Also, currently it would likely be a cheaper imitation or mockup compared to the actual themes since A) I'm pretty sure the later themes are recorded by actual orchestra, and at least the Morrowind theme done by Soule uses far more extensive sample libraries than I have access to. Back in the days of Dungeon Siege and Guild Wars 1, I think even back then Soule had something like 6 networked servers full of sample libraries for his work, and that was in 2001!!!!
In short, I may attempt it, or I may not. It won't be anytime soon since I don't think I could do it justice with my current setup. In my mind, I'd have to get the orchestral arrangement up to Overclocked Remixes quality standards before I'd consider it worth doing, and I'm not sure I'm there yet. I was close once around 2004, but the bar has been raised several times since then.
"Whatever you do, make good art." - Neil Gaiman