Available Music

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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.