Am I right by saying that I can hear some theme sounds from Skyrim in there?

[Cockroach]

In the background music.

[Axebiter]

You mean like... musical notes that sound the same? Or you're saying they ripped off Skyrims soundtrack?

[talgaby]

I can't say about Skyrim, but many if not most/all of the tracks are from other games. Mainly Baldur's Gate. One battle music is almost a straight rip-off.

[Cluas]

It's the same composer afaik :)

[Rifleman71 -V-]

Originally posted by molokoww:

In the background music.

Check out Jeremy's resume of games he has work on. You probaly do hear a lot of his work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Soule

[Rifleman71 -V-]

Originally posted by Cluascorp:

It's the same composer afaik :)

Same composer as in ? Justin Bell worked on Pillars...

[Cluas]

As in afaik wrong lol

[Undead Rufus]

With ambient background music, there are significant similarities across many games, even when a dev uses all "original" material. You probably heard something that sounds similar to something in Skyrim, and I can guarantee that some Skyrim music sounds like something that came out before it. Not surprising at all. I sincerely doubt that Obsidian ripped audio wholesale from a Skyrim *.bsa file, if that's what you're implying.

[Vita, Mortis, Careo]

Nah, doesn't sound like Jeremey Soule. That's a good thing in my book.

[probe]

Well some of it might be stock music (I wouldn't think so though) but it is not uncommon. I have a game that has a track also used in Star Trek Online. But the devs had bought the rights to use it in their game from the composer.

And with a budget like Pillars had who's to say they haven't bought the rights to use some tracks that might be in other games as well.

I can't say I heard anything resembling any music I heard in any other game though.

[Raphael Müller]

The composer on PoE is not Jeremy Soule. And yes, there are loads of tracks in the game that are so clearly ripping off Skyrim, Morrowind, Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, that it gets unbearable, when you realize it. The main theme itself has the Elder Scrolls melody copied almost note by note, with the same chord progression and similar orchestration. If you like other artists, let them inspire you, don't steal their work.

[Glemt]

Originally posted by smornik:

The composer on PoE is not Jeremy Soule. And yes, there are loads of tracks in the game that are so clearly ripping off Skyrim, Morrowind, Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, that it gets unbearable, when you realize it.

I felt the same. One song I heard quite early on in the game immediately threw me back to BGII, but not in a good way. It felt like someone took that music and reproduced it badly. I also felt a heavy influence from the LOTR soundtrack.
I loved the scores of BGII, IWD and other such games, but this is a slight disappointment. Other than that, the game appears to be mind-boggingly great so far : )

[Iberian]

I bring here searching on google "skyrim sound in pillars of eternity?" So i think you are rigth xD Im in Eothas Temple and some ambiental sounds are similars (and many equals...!)

[Glemt]

Originally posted by Iberian:

I bring here searching on google "skyrim sound in pillars of eternity?" So i think you are rigth xD Im in Eothas Temple and some ambiental sounds are similars (and many equals...!)

Ambient sounds are often taken from sound libraries. One of the most famous one is a gate opening. You hear that in a lot of games, and even more films and tv shows.

[Neon Driver]

Originally posted by Di Purple Monkey:

In the background music.

I know which one you mean, it does sound similar. But it's just those initial two sounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axGPHOGxVCA&

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWApMqk4CMo&

And of course this combat song sounds pretty familiar because it kind of sounds like the beginning of Baldur's Gate 2 theme and this battle theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mrq6gg3nMM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i38_6oNPE24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNMZCUp-8nY&

Originally posted by probe:

And with a budget like Pillars had who's to say they haven't bought the rights to use some tracks that might be in other games as well.

I can't say I heard anything resembling any music I heard in any other game though.

I've watched the Dev Diary and from what I remember they had their own composer but couldn't really afford to get a real orchestra to play it so they just made up their own from their employees, played in the lobby of their office building and added some stuff in post.

[RobinOttens]

There's also a few tracks that seem to come straight out of the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. Bits of the Caed Nua music and the track that plays in the intro as your party flees from the biawic into the Glanfathan ruins.

It's fine though, some of the most iconic soundtracks in history are straight rips of existing music so I'm not bothered by a few familiar melodies in this game. As long as it fits the mood and setting, which it does.