Available Music
From The Battle for Wesnoth Wiki
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; 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 | 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. |
| 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 | |
| The Knolls of Doldesh | 6:49 | Timothy Pinkham | knolls.ogg | |
| Legends of the North | 2:43 | Mattias Westlund | legends_of_the_north.ogg | |
| Love Theme | 1:35 | Ryan Reilly | love_theme.ogg | |
| Loyalists | 2:59 | Joseph G. Toscano (Zhaytee) | loyalists.ogg | |
| Main Theme | 0:51 | Aleksi Aubry-Carlson | main_menu.ogg | |
| Northerners | 3:27 | Stephen Rozanc | northerners.ogg | |
| Nunc Dimittis | 3:50 | Jeremy Nicoll | nunc_dimittis.ogg | |
| Over the Northern Mountains | 3:33 | Mattias Westlund | northern_mountains.ogg | |
| Revelation | 1:17 | Joseph G. Toscano (Zhaytee) | revelation.ogg | |
| Return to Wesnoth | 3:56 | Matthias Westlund (West) | return_to_wesnoth.ogg | |
| Sad | 0:28 | Tyler Johnson | sad.ogg | |
| Siege of Laurelmor | 4:22 | Doug Kaufman | siege_of_laurelmor.ogg | |
| Still Another Wanderer | 4:22 | Timothy Pinkham | wanderer.ogg | |
| Silvan Sanctuary | 3:36 | Matthias Westlund (West) | silvan_sanctuary.ogg | |
| Suspense | 5:20 | Ryan Reilly | suspense.ogg | |
| The City Falls | 4:06 | Doug Kaufman | the_city_falls.ogg | |
| The Dangerous Symphony | 5:26 | Gianmarco Leone | the_dangerous_symphony.ogg | |
| The Deep Path | 3:37 | Gianmarco Leone | the_deep_path.ogg | |
| The King is Dead | 3:41 | Mattias Westlund | the_king_is_dead.ogg | |
| The Knolls of Doldesh | 6:49 | Timothy Pinkham | knolls.ogg | |
| Transience | 0:48 | Aleksi Aubry-Carlson | transience.ogg | |
| Traveling Minstrels | 3:35 | Mattias Westlund | traveling_minstrels.ogg | |
| Underground | 1:52 | Aleksi Aubry-Carlson | underground.ogg | |
| Vengeful Pursuit | 6:00 | Jeremy Nicoll | vengeful.ogg | |
| Victory | 0:05 | Timothy Pinkham | victory.ogg | |
| Victory | 0:21 | Ryan Reilly | victory2.ogg | |
| Weight of Revenge | 4:02 | Doug Kaufman | weight_of_revenge.ogg |
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.