
Instead of recording live instruments Soule played digital instruments himself using a MIDI keyboard. However, though the choir is real, the orchestral instruments in the soundtrack were all recorded digitally by Soule. Skyrim soundtrack composer, Jeremy Soule, recorded a 30 piece male choir for the games epic main theme “Dragonborn”, and layered it three times to create the effect of a 90 person choir. Large orchestras and choirs are used in order to achieve a sense of epicness, and scale - it is a great example of immersive music, transporting you to a fantasy world.

Stylistically it is similar to the soundtracks of many other films, games and TV shows that fall into the fantasy genre.

The Skyrim soundtrack consists of predominantly orchestral music.
