Ultima Online Complete Original MIDI Soundtrack
58This video presents the original MIDI soundtrack of Ultima Online, recorded from a Roland SC-55mkII (emulated by NukedSC55). The additional MIDI tracks from Ultima Online: Third Dawn are included as well.
The MUSIC directory on the CD-ROM contains most of the MIDI files three times: once in the MUSIC root folder, once in a subfolder for use with a 4 MB soundfont file, and once in another subfolder for use with a 512 KB soundfont file. Similarly-named files in the three directories sometimes contain entirely different compositions. Additionally, the Public Beta version of the original game adds a fourth variant for some files. This recording uses the 4 MB variant unless another variant uniquely provides an original composition.
Several pieces used in the game are not original, but have been re-used from previous Ultima games. In particular:
pieces from Ultima III, originally composed for the Mockingboard sound cards for the Apple II, were arranged and enhanced;
the piece from Ultima VI, originally composed for the Adlib sound card, was arranged and enhanced;
pieces from Ultima VII, originally composed for Roland MT-32, were (badly) converted to use General MIDI instruments;
pieces from Ultima VIII were included unaltered;
the beta version included an edited version of one piece from Wing Commander: Privateer (Steltek Derelict Base, used for Swamps).
Our recording replaces the General MIDI conversions of Ultima VI and VII pieces with their original MT-32 versions, and omits the Ultima VIII pieces entirely, as they do not fit in with the rest of the music at all, and more importantly, because an alternative original piece is always available among the four described variants. We have included below time-stamped links to our Ultima VIII soundtrack video for those pieces.
0:00:00 - Login Screen (Stones, from Ultima VII)
0:02:14 - Character Creation (Can't Remove the Pain, from Ultima VI)
0:04:25 - Britain #1 (Towne, from Ultima III)
0:05:32 - Britain #2 (Fellowship Theme, from Ultima VII)
0:06:32 - Lord British's Castle (Rule Britannia, from Ultima VII)
0:07:51 - Lord Blackthorn's Castle (Castle Death, from Ultima III)
0:09:48 - Trinsic
0:11:22 - Jhelom
0:13:22 - Moonglow
0:15:21 - Yew
0:17:20 - Minoc
0:19:09 - Magincia
0:21:07 - Skara Brae
0:23:10 - Vesper
0:25:11 - Cove
0:26:55 - Serpent's Hold
0:28:37 - Occlo
0:30:30 - Nujelm
0:32:44 - Buccaneer's Den
0:34:38 - Forest of Samlethe
0:36:51 - City of Wind
0:38:59 - Inside Taverns #1
0:39:58 - Inside Taverns #2
0:40:37 - Inside Taverns #3
0:41:44 - Inside Taverns #4
0:42:26 - Inside Towns and Shops (Heroes' Camp, from Ultima VII)
0:43:26 - Inside Shops (Shopping, from Ultima III)
0:44:48 - Approach During Combat
0:45:25 - Combat #1
0:46:35 - Combat #2 (from Ultima VII)
0:47:43 - Combat Victory
0:47:44 - Death (Beta)
0:48:01 - Dragon's Flight (from Ultima VII)
0:49:26 - Wilderness
0:51:05 - Plains of Linelle
0:53:18 - Shrine in the Mountains
0:55:01 - Jungles
0:58:41 - Sailing
1:00:13 - Swamps
1:03:44 - Caves
1:04:36 - Dungeons
1:05:26 - Demon Temple, Destard
1:07:12 - Approach During Combat (Beta)
1:07:47 - Inside Taverns (Beta)
Pieces from Ultima Online: Third Dawn:
1:08:13 - Britain #3 (Towne, from Ultima III)
1:09:20 - The Line
1:10:27 - Township Lake
1:11:36 - Township Venice
1:12:45 - Township Volcano
1:13:49 - Combat #1
1:14:50 - Combat #2
1:15:49 - Combat #3
1:16:42 - Combat Victory
Links to pieces reused from Ultima VIII: Pagan:
Forest of Samlethe (Stratos: the Titan of Air, from Ultima VIII): • Ultima VIII: Pagan MS-DOS Soundtrack
Inside Towns (Tenebrae: City of Eternal Twilight, from Ultima VIII): • Ultima VIII: Pagan MS-DOS Soundtrack
Combat #3 (Running Away, from Ultima VIII): • Ultima VIII: Pagan MS-DOS Soundtrack
Death (The Execution on the Bridge, from Ultima VIII): • Ultima VIII: Pagan MS-DOS Soundtrack
Swamps (The Hall of the Mountain King, from Ultima VIII): • Ultima VIII: Pagan MS-DOS Soundtrack
Original Ultima Online music composed by Kirk Winterrowd, Joe Basquez, Hal Milton, and Laura Barratt.
Ultima Online: Third Dawn music composed by Jeremiah Clifton, Clark Crawford, Darryl S. Duncan, Zafer Hamza, or Aaron Thibault.
Ultima III music originally composed by Kenneth W. Arnold.
"Can't Remove the Pain" originally composed by Todd Porter.
"Stones" originally composed by David Watson and Kathleen Jones, arranged for Roland MT-32 by Dana Glover.
Ultima VII music originally composed by Dana Glover.