Can someone identify this instrumental song?
Solved thanks to our reader K. Asay!
The song is Forever and Ever by famous composer Jeremy Soule from the obscure XBox game Azurik: Rise of Perathia.
Can someone identify this lovely instrumental piano piece?
I’ve always wanted to know its source.
It was almost certainly contained in a music package for Neverwinter Nights 1 mods once hosted on nwvault.ign.com and released before 2004. There’s now an archive website that hosts most of the original content, e.g. this music pack. Many music packages didn’t contain a detailed description of their content. The song could also have come from a Neverwinter Nights 1 mod.
The file has the name:
mus_js_1.mp3
Using the prefix mus_* was common for all files in such music packages, e.g. I have one file named mus_mw_title.mp3 which is the Morrowind title track. The “js” from mus_js_1.mp3 could therefore be an abbreviation. But I’m not aware of any pre-2004 RPG with such initials.
If I remember correctly, I had files from mus_js_1.mp3 to mus_js_5.mp3, but I probably deleted the other four because I didn’t like them that much. I’m pretty sure that I never knew the source of this song so the original music package also didn’t contain any identifying information.
jeremy soule – forever and ever, from the game Azurik – Rise of Perathia
@ K. Asay:
I love that this was solved so quickly
K. Asay wrote:
That’s it! Thank you very much!
Now that’s an obscure game. I’ve never heard of it before.
It’s a very beautiful piece. I love it. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Woah, Azurik?! I loved that game as a kid! I always thought it deserved more attention.
@ Novil:
@ 4orks:
I feel like it can’t be that obscure- from what I know it was one of, if not the first 3D game to feature antialiasing!
I’m right there with you, 4orks, on it getting more recognition. It was a lovely blend of beat-em-up and platformer (the Fire Realm generator drove me CRAZY!)- I kinda wish it would get a remaster some day. We can dream, we can dream…