Both of those are a blatant ripoff of Edvard Grieg's "Morning". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya5ICVKUERg See? They both have similar instruments, and a somewhat similar mood at some points, like 0:50 in the Halo one, and yeah.

Of course. How could I have been so blind?

I can see it now. Morning is also a ripoff of Rebecca Black's "Friday" because they both have a note in the key of A somewhere. We should do something about this!

Sounds nothing alike.


Im a whale biologist. I know these things.

They are clearly both using instruments, plagiarism!

If you listen closely, the ugly fact that they both are conveyed in sound, will also reveal itself.

tsk. tsk. Jeremy.

"They thought rock-n-roll was the latest and greatest but all along they just been playin ripped off blues chords." BB King

It's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw. :thumbsup:

Futurama joke muh boy.

Nice piece by Grieg. The "plagiarism territory" insinuation is laughable.

why bring up plagiarism. do you realize how stupid that sounds?
a simple "no" in the poll would have been better.

Jesus, I expected something more similar after reading the poll options, this is far, far away.

I don't think Mr. Soule's music is specifically derivative... I think it's more generally derivative; you know, trite.

No, don't try to make up for your false hearing through unnecessary insults, grow up a bit.

Oh, and plagiarism and copyright are pretty big deals here, your just ignorant.

Oh, don't be silly. Plagiarism is frowned upon even more in a capitalistic society because it cuts into profits. Therefore the one losing profits goes after the one stealing profits to not only shut down the plagiarist, but also get even more profit at the same time!

As I am now convinced this thread is all about the troll, I would just like to point out something which you might find interesting Darkest -

"For the Hall of the Mountain King I have written something that so reeks of cowpats, ultra-Norwegianism, and 'to-thyself-be-enough-ness' that I can't bear to hear it, though I hope that the irony will make itself felt." (Edvard Grieg)
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If this was still a real discussion about the music I would like to point out that you have overlooked the 'organic' development of the theme over the last three games. It has been adapted to more suitably fit the ethos of the current episode in the series, whilst still remaining true to the thematic melody. Oblivion's Reign of the Septims brought a more imperialistc feel to the music, and now Skyrim brings some earthy Norse power to the composition. In this regard, I can see a stylistic similarity which I was not prepared to acknowlege last night when I read this thread (with maybe a couple too many G&T's inside me lol).

However, the suggestion of plagiarism is frankly absurd when considering a stylistic influence on a composition. Look to the origins of Jeremy Soule's theme itself to hear the basic melody most clearly.
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Finally, just because I enjoy baiting Mitheledh -

This is my theory--he won't back his argument because he can't. I am well-tuned to music and I can find similarities in scores of musical compositions--but apart from there being a male choir singing over classical music, there is nothing even remotely similar between these two pieces of music. It's like trying to say that a cat is the same as a donkey just because they both walk on four legs....This thread is a joke. :facepalm:

It seems like this has run it's course.