Weāve seen more than our fair share of covers of Skyrimās bombastic theme music over the past six months. Now itās time for a little something different: an original song pieced together using sounds recorded from the Xbox 360 version of the game.
Through creative use of audio layering and filters, Peter āFlash! Bang!ā Sneddon transformed the incidental sounds and music of The Elder Scrolls V into āSounds of Skyrim (Flash! Bang! Dubstep Remix)ā. In the YouTube description for the song, Sneddon explains some of his techniques.
For example the kick was made by layering a punch, the bassy part of firing a bow, and pressing B in the save menu, compressing and EQāing them all individually.
The snare was comprised of chopping wood, jumping in a puddle and eating an ingredient then leaving the menu. These were again all compressed and EQāed individually then put in a sampler and bussed reverb was added.
The white noise build up is a wind noise that has a filter sweep on it with a high res peak.
The result speaks for itself. Quite impressive, really. Makes me wonder if people like Sneddon just hear things differently.
Check out Flash! Bang!ās Soundcloud page for a crisper, cleaner version.
