Ultima V Soundtrack: Song #01 Ultima Theme

[hambone1138]

Ultimas III and IV had great music for the time, but when this came out, I remember being blown away by this theme. It took the Ultima mythology to a whole 'nother level of epic.

[IOLO1984]

The C64 versions are better!!! It had a better sound chip..Go to lemon64.com to look up and listen to old games like this.They also review the games to.

[Evilmonkey66699]

@IOLO1984 For U3 and 4 I agree but the c64 version of Ultima 5 has no music the 128 version yes but not the c64.

[zoperzap]

i wonder what that 1 person that thumbed down is doing right now

[Douglas128]

If it is not too late, I had the Apple ][+ and with dual mockingboard it produces 12 stereo sound channels.

This piece sounds very close to it. BTW, Ultima III was one of the first to use the mockingboard.

[scmhwo]

sound like sega master system hahahaha

[ivanatwork1]

Epic soundtrack!

I barely remember the C=64 and that strange red cartridge ... I was young and curious ... and I found the mantras! Sweet memories never die !

[UdallIn72]

Hmmm... I thought this was the Ultima VI theme. I didn't know it was in any of the other games (other than UO).

[dauntlessmath]

I think Ultima VI re-used the battle theme and hornpipe song from Ultime V as well (also on my channel if you wanna check 'em out).

[chanchi789]

@dauntlessmath They re-used this many times, and in many other forms for the boot, character creation I think too.

[plasmavox]

One of the greatest soundtracks ever

[saintfu2009]

I got a type of the U5 soundtrack 20 years ago, at that time, I listened to this soundtrack every day. So classic.

[Nocturgeist]

Hmmm...never heard the Apple version (especially in STEREO). Wow, this is actually pretty damn cool. I'm used to my Commodore 128's monitor speaker and it sounds like crap compared to this (but it's still cool!)

[m4dp4rrot]

@Nocturgeist This isn't the native Apple sound BTW - description says it's being run off of two Mockingboards, which were very early add-on soundcards for the Apple. About $600 in additional hardware back in the day, that's $2000 worth of hardware in today's dollars!