Available Music

A list of music tracks written for the Battle for Wesnoth.

Core Music

These tracks are included in the official Battle for Wesnoth distribution, and are automatically available to any user-made scenario or campaign. To listen to them, find the data/core/music subfolder of your Wesnoth folder, and open the files with a player capable of decoding Ogg Vorbis files. For information on where to find your Wesnoth directory, see EditingWesnoth. For information on how to play .ogg files, visit http://www.vorbis.com/. The Wesnoth repository at GitHub also contains the latest version of these files.

Title	Length	Author	File	Description
Battle Epic	1:14	Doug Kaufman	battle-epic.ogg	For epic battles. Starts with a nice drumroll; mostly strings, with a few choir effects.
Battle Music	5:18	Aleksi Aubry-Carlson	battle.ogg	The classic battle theme. Wide variety of instruments used (the xylophone in particular is noticeable); pretty catchy. Should work in most scenarios.
Breaking the Chains	3:35	Mattias Westlund	breaking_the_chains.ogg	Written primarily for the first scenario of Northern Rebirth, but really could be used for any early scenario in a campaign. Another one of the classic Wesnoth themes. Starts off somewhat calm, but then builds to be more battle-like in the middle, before calming down again for a sad spell and then petering out.
Casualties of War	5:25	Tyler Johnson	casualties_of_war.ogg	Another classic battle theme. Starts out militaristic, and then slows down in the middle, before finally picking up again and finishing with a flourish and fade-out.
Defeat	0:08	Timothy Pinkham	defeat.ogg	Short defeat jingle.
Defeat	0:14	Ryan Reilly	defeat2.ogg	Longer defeat clip; has also occasionally been used for cues for scenes featuring temporary setbacks for the player in UMC.
Elf Land	0:26	Aleksi Aubry-Carlson	elf-land.ogg	Short little choir-synth ditty; appropriate for a "first discovery" of a wondrous secret elf city or some such similar setpiece.
Elvish Theme	3:25	Doug Kaufman	elvish-theme.ogg	Sad-sounding track. Rather wistful; gives the impression that the elves are a race in decline and that there might not be many of them left.
Frantic	2:42	Stephen Rozanc	frantic.ogg	Thunderous drums and deeper-sounding horns and strings. Probably makes sense for orcs attacking. Gives an impression of the situation being dire.
Frantic Old	1:24	Aleksi Aubry-Carlson	frantic-old.ogg	The previous version of "Frantic"; if you are porting older UMC to a newer version of Wesnoth and were expecting this to play but got the newer "Frantic" instead, try changing to this version. It was replaced because it's not as high-quality, though, so you may just be better staying off with the new version. This older version has a steady militaristic drumbeat and is reminiscent of trolls surrounding a group of heroes underground. Gives an impression of evil-sounding menace.
Heroes' Rite	3:39	Doug Kaufman	heroes_rite.ogg	A somewhat quiet and calmer track; probably appropriate for single-character scenarios where a character has to face a trial alone. Reminiscent of a hero being sad about a comrade dying, but then realizing that they have to summon their courage and see their quest through to the end.
Into the Shadows	3:25	Tyler Johnson	into_the_shadows.ogg	Nocturnal-sounding theme. A good one for scenarios featuring the undead. Has a vaguely threatening aura to it. A bit more mild/quiet and mysterious than the title might suggest; less fitting for action/events than it is for atmosphere.
Journey's End	3:44	Mattias Westlund	journeys_end.ogg	Somewhat subdued; appropriate for calm moments. Doesn't necessarily have to take place at a "Journey's End", but would certainly make sense for one. Appropriate both as credits music and for scenarios with elves.
Knalgan Theme	9:17	Ryan Reilly	knalgan_theme.ogg	Threatening underground-sounding music. Has background percussion that is reminiscent of dwarves hammering away at their forges. A bit more evil-sounding than dwarves are usually portrayed as, though, so if used in a scenario featuring dwarves, it should probably also feature an eviller-seeming faction such as the undead or trolls or something, too. Besides making sense underground, it could also make sense in a factory-type area, or the depths of a citadel of villains. Scary and somewhat anxiety-inducing.
The Knolls of Doldesh	6:49	Timothy Pinkham	knolls.ogg	Starts off slowly, then builds into one of the more-recognizable battle themes. Appropriate for exploration scenarios. Mostly calm, with a few moments of conflict, and a few moments of mystery.
Legends of the North	2:43	Mattias Westlund	legends_of_the_north.ogg	One of the more epic-sounding tracks. Appropriate for larger-scale battles.
Love Theme	1:35	Ryan Reilly	love_theme.ogg	A quieter woodwinds-based track. Doesn't necessarily have to be used for love scenes; could also just be used for calm moments of repose.
Loyalists	2:59	Joseph G. Toscano (Zhaytee)	loyalists.ogg	Human theme. Militaristic drumbeat. Appropriate for battles featuring Wesnothian armies marching and fighting in an organized fashion.
Main Theme	0:51	Aleksi Aubry-Carlson	main_menu.ogg	The classic main menu theme that many players have nostalgia for from previous versions of Wesnoth. Has now been replaced on the main menu by "Return to Wesnoth".
Northerners	3:27	Stephen Rozanc	northerners.ogg	Orcish theme. Takes a bit longer to kick in than one might expect. Starts off with some ambience before moving into a more threatening-sounding orc-manuevering portion.
Nunc Dimittis	3:50	Jeremy Nicoll	nunc_dimittis.ogg	Title comes from Latin for "Now you let depart". Rather slow-paced; good for cutscenes. Ponderous and weighty.
Over the Northern Mountains	3:33	Mattias Westlund	northern_mountains.ogg	An underutilized track reported by many players as being one of their favorites. Meant to be used for scenarios involving travel over northern mountains, but not all scenarios taking place in that geography use it. To make up for it being underused in mainline, some UMC authors will overcompensate and use it a lot. Somewhat epic-sounding; works as a battle theme and exploration theme, too. Energetic minstrelsy.
Return to Wesnoth	3:56	Matthias Westlund (West)	return_to_wesnoth.ogg	The new main menu theme. Traces of the original main menu theme can still be heard in it, except now with more modern and elaborate instrumentation.
Revelation	1:17	Joseph G. Toscano (Zhaytee)	revelation.ogg	The default intro music for story parts.
Sad	0:28	Tyler Johnson	sad.ogg	As the title says, it's sad. And short. Could also be used as a defeat jingle.
Siege of Laurelmor	4:22	Doug Kaufman	siege_of_laurelmor.ogg	Epic-sounding battle music. Has some sad reflective moments interspersed between pounding city-destroying assaults. Probably makes the most sense when it's elves who are being besieged.
Silvan Sanctuary	3:36	Matthias Westlund (West)	silvan_sanctuary.ogg	Starts off with nature noises. A good forest-y sounding piece for cutscenes featuring elves. Relatively calm and happy.
Suspense	5:20	Ryan Reilly	suspense.ogg	As the name says, it's suspenseful. Good for cutscenes with revelations. Probably also makes sense for underground maps with shroud where the heroes must descend into darkness.
The City Falls	4:06	Doug Kaufman	the_city_falls.ogg	Epic-sounding battle music; pretty similar to "Battle Epic" (same composer and similar instrumentation)
The Dangerous Symphony	5:26	Gianmarco Leone	the_dangerous_symphony.ogg	Dangerous and symphonic; starts off kind of liltingly. Probably appropriate for scenarios where the heroes are trapped by enemies and need to follow a very narrow path to escape.
The Deep Path	3:37	Gianmarco Leone	the_deep_path.ogg	An underground-sounding theme. Probably appropriate for nighttime scenarios featuring undead. Also makes sense for Knalgans. There's a background noise that sounds like steam escaping from a piston for much of it. If used for caves, the caves probably have crystals in them.
The King is Dead	3:41	Mattias Westlund	the_king_is_dead.ogg	One of the few tracks with multiple versions of it out there; there's another version of it with vocals in Westlund's "The Wesnoth Years" album on the iTunes Store, but the vocals are removed in the version actually used in Wesnoth. In either case: a sad-sounding track appropriate for cutscenes where a party member has just experienced a plot-caused death. The character who has died doesn't necessarily have to have been a king; it could be any character deeply missed and grieved for by the remaining party members. Has a mix between sounding elvish-aligned and sounding loyalist-aligned.
Transience	0:48	Aleksi Aubry-Carlson	transience.ogg	A sad track that probably also works for character deaths, or as a defeat jingle.
Traveling Minstrels	3:35	Mattias Westlund	traveling_minstrels.ogg	Calm-sounding music appropriate for exploring elvish forests. Relatively peaceful. Builds to a triumphant climax before reprising the main calm melody one last time.
Underground	1:52	Aleksi Aubry-Carlson	underground.ogg	As the title says, it's music for underground scenarios. Slow and deliberate.
Vengeful Pursuit	6:00	Jeremy Nicoll	vengeful.ogg	An exciting battle track. Certainly vengeful-sounding, but doesn't necessarily have to be used for pursuit-based scenarios; also works for sieges or other large-scale confrontations. Could be considered to fit the idea of "The City Falls" more than the track actually called "The City Falls" does.
Victory	0:05	Timothy Pinkham	victory.ogg	Short victory jingle.
Victory	0:21	Ryan Reilly	victory2.ogg	Slightly longer victory jingle.
Still Another Wanderer	4:22	Timothy Pinkham	wanderer.ogg	Calm exploration music. Pairs well with "Traveling Minstrels", although this one is a bit more mysterious. Probably makes sense for scenarios with fog turned on.
Weight of Revenge	4:02	Doug Kaufman	weight_of_revenge.ogg	Weighty and vengeful. Gives the impression that "Revenge" is the name of an overly-large sword that an antihero is dragging behind them, with the intent of executing an enemy in one giant swing. Has some foreign-sounding female vocal effects.

Available Music for Add-on Authors

Any music that is licensed under the GPL or a Creative Commons license can be used by add-ons available on the official add-ons server. Additionally, the UMC Music Books and the West's Chronicles add-ons contain music that is suitable for use in add-ons.

See Also

• WML_Musical_Moods