Summary
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s soundtrack was handled by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe, as opposed to Trevor Morris from Dragon Age: Inquisition.
- This gives the soundtrack a very different feel – and one that players don’t seem to be a fan of.
- More specifically, they feel that the soundtrack fails to capture the game’s tone, as say it’s much more Mass Effect than Dragon Age.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has divided longtime fans of the series in many areas. While many love the combat and are relieved to finally have Solas’ story wrapped up after a ten-year wait, some have taken issue with the game’s tone, writing, and how it’s seemingly retconned parts of the lore.
Now, another part of the game that’s come under fire is its soundtrack. This was an issue before launch, with some labelling Veilguard’s main theme as “generic”. And now that we’ve had hours and hours to hear the full score, many are comparing it unfavourably to that of Dragon Age: Inquisition, which most fans appear to prefer.
Dragon Age Fans Aren’t Big On The Veilguard’s Score
Players wish BioWare brought Trevor Morris back after his Inquisition’s soundtrack
“Inquisition has some genuinely good music in the game that I love hearing when exploring the areas and they really elevate the cutscenes,” says Reddit user Wire74. “Whereas, Veilguards music is entirely forgetful and I can’t even remember one basic tune. Large amounts of time, I genuinely don’t even notice the music.”
Many in the replies agree, finding this to be a pretty glaring issue. “The lack of… really powerful set piece music is what really stood out to me the most,” says Darazelly. “Most emotional bit was hearing Trespasser music again.”
A common complaint is that the soundtrack feels like it would be more at home in a Mass Effect game than a Dragon Age title. True enough, it can often sound much more modern than what we’re used to in Dragon Age games, perhaps purposely to differentiate Veilguard’s Northern Thedas setting from the South.
“When I was in the Ossuary, I thought the theme (with synths and all) sounded so fitting for Mass Effect,” says loosersugar. “Like they wrote it for ME and recycled it for DAV.”
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So, while it seems like many appreciate Veilguard’s soundtrack in isolation, it just isn’t what they were expecting from a Dragon Age game. It wouldn’t be the first time the tone of the music has changed, with Inon Zur composing Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2 before Trevor Morris took over for Inquisition. Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe handled The Veilguard’s score, explaining the shift from Inquisition.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is out now, available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the long-awaited fourth game in the fantasy RPG series from BioWare formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. A direct sequel to Inquisition, it focuses on red lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned Dread Wolf.