Northern Diary - Skyrim and Solstheim

Add some tracks from Jeremy Soule's Northern Diaries to your Skyrim and Solstheim exploration playlists.

Northern Diary - Skyrim and Solsheim

All credit goes to Jeremy Soule. Find the Northern Diary here:

After finding the early Northern Diaries mod unsatisfactory, I set out to make my own version. This mod adds many songs from Jeremy Soule's The Northerner Diaries as exploration tracks for Skyrim and Solstheim. We've put some thought into selecting tracks and playlists to ensure your immersion isn't ruined by inappropriate music.

What you'll find:

Only 7 tracks were selected from the album. The remaining 5 didn't make it for a variety of reasons, mainly because I felt they weren't suitable as Skyrim's full-bodied exploration tracks. Take Bifrost, for example, which sounds like the opening track from a '90s Christmas movie.

One of them (Jafnan) was edited to remove the open drum riff because roaring drums are the last thing you want to hear while sneaking through Skyrim's shadowy forests.

Tracks have been categorized into day, night and general. This day's track is slightly more upbeat and will take place in towns, forests, coasts and tundra. The night track is so exciting that it's played everywhere except in towns. General tracks can be played at any time and scattered across different playlists.

These files run at 192kbps, not 48kbps, which is the maximum bitrate allowed for .wxm files.

I used Yakitori Audio Converter to convert the original bandcamp.flac file to .wxm.

In a future update, I can improve the track ordering if I feel that certain tracks are better served in another category. Some of the night tracks may also play during the day, but I'll put that to the test. Also, I might add one of the tracks that doesn't have a cut. Ginnung has some great moments that are perfect for Skyrim, but the track is very long and contains some "flexy" parts that don't work on an exploration track. This is the future.

This mod is not compatible with any other mod that edits vanilla Skyrim music types. This includes my other music mod, Solstheim Soundtracks for Skyrim. Choose one or the other (I prefer Northern Diaries), use patches with negatives, or spend 5 minutes making manual patches in SSEdit.

As always, please let me know any questions, such as number of post sections, frequency, etc.

My other mods:

Solitude Rectory  -  Tiny Imperial Temple Home

Mhulchazn  -  Morrowind Dwemer Home

Nordic Legend Fusion - Snow Throat Stone

Dol Khazun  -  Orc Stronghold Player Home

Skyrim's Solstheim Soundtracks

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The Northerner Diaries - Skyrim & Solstheim

All credit goes to Jeremy Soule. Find the Northerner Diaries here:

Having found the earlier Northerner Diaries mod unsatisfactory, I set out to make my own version. This mod adds a number of songs from Jeremy Soule's The Northerner Diaries as exploration tracks in Skyrim and Solstheim. Thought has been put into the choice of tracks and playlists to ensure your immersion is never ruined by inappropriately-placed music.

What you will find:

Only 7 tracks have been chosen from the album. The remaining 5 did not make the cut for a number of reasons, mostly because I felt they didn't fit as mellow exploration tracks for Skyrim. Take Bifrost, which sounds like the opening track for a 90s Christmas movie.

Of these, one (Jafnan) was edited to remove the opening drum riff, because blaring drums are the last thing you want to hear while sneaking through Skyrim's shadowed forests.

The tracks have been sorted as Day, Night, and General. The Day tracks are slightly more upbeat, and will play in towns, forests, coasts, and the tundra. The Night tracks are truly fantastic and will play everywhere except towns. The General tracks can play at any time, and are scattered around different playlists.

Rather than being a measly 48kbps, these files run at 192kbps, the maximum allowed bitrate for.wxm files.

I used the Yakitori Audio Converter to convert …