History AwesomeMusic / AssassinsCreed

* The haunting [[https://youtu.be/e5KQ6VGP4v0 "Hrafnsmál" ("The Words of the Raven")]] by [[Music/{{Wardruna}} Einar Selvik]]. The lyrics are based on skáld poetry, and ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' fans will feel at home.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnoIcQp9j_8 "Moonlight on the Nile]] which plays generally at night when wandering Egypt is a great piece for evoking the mysticism and grandeur of Ancient Egypt.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTWvJfeMD0w Earth]], is great as well [[spoiler:especially as it plays when Ezio finds his father's iconic Assassin's robes and suits up for the first time]].

[[folder:''Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry'']]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sL3686bck4 Fight the Oppressions]], one of the battle songs.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmlCudR3JPk The main theme]], containing elements of Ezio's well-known Leitmotif, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EOW2A6z6I Ezio's Family]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6WjOKqnszo Bloodlines]], the main theme of the game.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTWvJfeMD0w Heart]], is great as well [[spoiler:especially as it plays when Ezio finds his father's iconic Assassin's robes and suits up for the first time]].

* The beautifully frenetic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9geXVAOFDg Venice Rooftops]], which plays during most race and courier sequences, both in the main story and in side missions. Later remixed for Ezio's crossover in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]''. A remix of "Ezio's Family" runs through this piece. It is particularly poignant that said remix can be taken as a reference to Ezio's own thoughts as he free-runs, remembering back in the carefree days when he used to do this with his brother, before the latter as well as his father and younger brother were hanged by conspirators.

* The beautifully frenetic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9geXVAOFDg Venice Rooftops]], which plays during most race and courier sequences, both in the main story and in side missions. Later remixed for Ezio's crossover in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]''.
** A remix of "Ezio's Family" runs through this piece. It is particularly poignant that said remix can be taken as a reference to Ezio's own thoughts as he free-runs, remembering back in the carefree days when he used to do this with his brother, before the latter as well as his father and younger brother were hanged by conspirators.

* Of particular note is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZt6gw_wZfM "Stealing A Brig"]], which is played when you first take the Jackdaw and [[spoiler: during the fight near the end with Bartholomew Roberts.]]

-->"Here's a health to the company, and one for my lass,\\

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9geXVAOFDg Venice Rooftops]], which plays during most race and courier sequences, both in the main story and in side missions. Later remixed for Ezio's crossover in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]''.
** Careful listeners will notice the remixes of "Ezio's Family" that run through this piece. It is particularly poignant that said remixes can be taken as a reference to Ezio's own thoughts as he free-runs, remembering back in the day when he used to do this with his brother and father. Before they [[spoiler: were hanged by conspirators.]]

* ''Brotherhood'' again with the [[OminousPipeOrgan organ]] and choir music used as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKsNepQ2DwE leitmotif for the Borgia]] is deliciously ominous. Not to mention the dramatic effect whenever Ezio destroys a Borgia tower.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9geXVAOFDg Venice Rooftops]], which plays during most race and courier sequences, both in the main story and in side missions. Later remixed for Ezio's crossover in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]''.

** The most distinctive score is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EOW2A6z6I Ezio's Family]] which is played in opening sequence of the game. [[spoiler:It may give you second thoughts after you discover the Auditore family's fate.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTWvJfeMD0w Heart]], is great as well [[spoiler:especially as it plays when Ezio finds his father's iconic Assassin's robes and suits up for the first time]].

*** Careful listeners will notice the remixes of "Ezio's Family" that run through this piece. It is particularly poignant that said remixes can be taken as a reference to Ezio's own thoughts as he free-runs, remembering back in the day when he used to do this with his brother and father. Before they [[spoiler: were hanged by conspirators.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-11s1rWrH9o End Fight]], which was inexplicably excluded from the official soundtrack.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCX84ZrXPU8 Sanctuary,]] a poignant and beautiful piece that plays through-out your time in Venice, that perfectly portrays the triumph and heartbreak Ezio must feel being an Assassin.
** Hell, let's just say EVERYTHING in Venice, including [[https://youtu.be/CGIDUbiDkkI Dream of Venice]]. Combined with the SceneryPorn, it makes it probably the most enjoyable city in the entire game.
** One piece of music which is truly lovely is "Peace at Forli" which first plays when Ezio and Leonardo sail from Forli for Venice and then memorably plays during Ezio's WorldOfCardboardSpeech in the ''Bonfire of Vanities'' DLC and then finally makes a stirring comeback in ''Assassin's Creed Embers'' playing [[spoiler: during Ezio's final moments and the letter he left behind.]] It's TearJerker music at its finest.

[[folder:''Assassin's Creed Unity'']]

* From ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4fOIVlEOIY "The Main Theme"]] which incorporates tunes from other songs in the soundtrack and combines them into one song.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8eZ4-3Yg9c "Apep's Vengeance"]] serves as the background music for stealth in certain enemy camps, and transitions into a louder and faster version of itself if you get caught.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScCfdlJ1a3A "The Battle of Krokodilopolis"]] plays in the background of random fights, but will always play when doing the arena or getting in combat near the aforementioned city.
** The game's version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kM1Y5VLEd8 "Ezio's Family"]] which combines the feeling of the original song and the overall sound and theme of this game's soundtrack into one, and it sounds amazing.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMAIp99pbEc "Bayek of Siwa"]], Bayek's theme.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idq2GYJU3Zw "A Divided Land"]] which plays after activating a synch point or in certain parts of the campaign.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cFtBM7ZGws "I Walk on Your Water"]] which can play during investigations.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc7-oJ2LXkY "Return of the Medjai"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvIqT-5sWmA "Legions of Blood"]] which both randomly play when getting into combat.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LTs0PCJJRo "Dead Kings and Living Gods"]] which plays during investigations and when sneaking to assassinate one of the Order.

* From ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwGNPtBX7Nk Lorde's cover]] of Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (from ''The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'') set to the trailer, anachronistic as all get out, but awesome.
** After using Woodkid's "Iron" for the trailer of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', they use another track, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWMMdX6KYGM "The Golden Age"]] for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEVD31y8cME CGI trailer]] introducing Arno and Elise.
** And from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2-tacATViQ co-op trailer]], we have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8clUPBid0k Pistols at Dawn.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-5efgUncY This]] was chosen for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Y8t1IBTlA Launch Trailer]].
* From ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'':
** The Toydrum remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RHnhW3rt6Y "In the Heat of the Moment,"]] by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6WjOKqnszo Bloodlines]], the main theme of the game.
** [[http://youtu.be/F8p1hor857E Underground]], the song that plays during the final modern day sequence as well as over the credits. The lyrics are particularly haunting, especially if you think of the various Assassins we've known throughout the years [[spoiler: and in particular, Desmond]].

** This game also brings back Ezio's Family from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', which has now become the iconic theme of the entire ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' franchise, in the form of [[http://youtu.be/pj08BMBn_eE Family]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBjBRu82z4M "Jokes Jokes Jokes"]] is a manic, fast-paced tavern song that perfectly matches the mad theatricality of Maxwell Roth and [[TheVillainSucksSong ridicules him at the same time]].

* ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag IV]]'' gives us the delightfully ''Pirates of the Caribbean''-esque triumphant boarding themes among many others.
** Of particular note is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZt6gw_wZfM "Stealing A Brig"]], which is played when you first take the Jackdaw and [[spoiler: during the fight near the end with Bartholomew Roberts.]]

** The tavern songs that are played by a live crew with violins and old guitars are lovely. "The Trooper and the Maid" and "Blow the Candles Out" are both bawdy songs. Then there's "The Parting Glass", a traditional Scots-Irish folk song played at the end which sums up Edward's entire journey and the game.

** From the Freedom Cry DLC there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sL3686bck4 Fight the Oppressions]], one of the battle songs.
* From ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmlCudR3JPk The main theme]], containing elements of Ezio's well-known Leitmotif, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EOW2A6z6I Ezio's Family]].
** Forest Swords' original work, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na6pizsEhGc Hood]] was created for the announcement trailer, and sounds very foreboding.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4oWhjsogb0 Streets]], a motif that appears throughout the soundtrack to signify the wide-open winter-world that Shay explores, would not sound out of place in a game like ''Skyrim''.

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[[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 The film]] has [[AwesomeMusic/AssassinsCreed2016 its own page]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOqXY4dWNqk "Enough For One Life"]], which plays when Ezio [[spoiler: "speaks" to Desmond through the Animus.]] A beautiful and haunting rendition of the game's main theme.
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* ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations Revelations]]'' gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lDwicLKiu0 "The Forum of the Ox"]], which plays while you're jumping across ruined ledges to chase a boat over deadly rapids. Truly an Assassin's Creed moment.
** Although only an advert, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSkb0kDacjs music]] to the ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo6Q14vBB1c trailer]] was just brilliant.
** ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations Revelations]]'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Q6PZibPlk "Laboured and Lost"]], which plays during the game's ending, [[spoiler:showing the end of the First Civilisation]]. It's truly a powerful moment and the music just heightens that. Its awesomeness must be seen to be believed.
** The main [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scp0Y58ka88 "Welcome to Constantinople" music]] is incredibly melodious and light, a sense of serenity, hope and new horizons all at once, which captures Ezio's feelings in Istanbul and his late age.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxXdzXlu7H8 "The Revelations theme"]] is worth a mention. Soft, sombre, and haunting for the main part; turned dramatic and powerful by the end!
* ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII III]]'' gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juv5sfc-HrQ "Trouble in Town",]] the angsty, turbulent music which plays during the Boston Tea Party, and when you are chasing Charles Lee. The mission is ThatOneLevel at Full Synchronization but if you time it right, its the ultimate chase music for the ultimate chase sequence. It also plays during the credits.
** There's also this unreleased track that plays when Connor travels [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Po_dmTXB4 through the forests and the frontier.]]
** The unreleased track called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b0oF6ovmrU Homestead theme]] from ''III'' captures the solitude, peace and beauty of the settlement in the forest and also sounding like a mix of Native American and European themes, without being either, symbolizing the harmony which sadly never happened.
** Though its part is unfortunately short, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HE4OFoezVg Fight Club theme]] is a fantastically fast-paced piece both catchy and fun.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfoqwWdHY-E "Connor's Life"]] perfectly captures just how painful Connor's story is.
** The main theme, which comes in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_If2liR7wQ three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EevWu6A1LPM different]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WNi7k1vLd8 flavors]].

*** While not playing simultaneously, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqctftxbS3c end credits]] of ''Videogame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' combines both songs into one, and they flow surprisingly well into each other.

** Hell, let's just say EVERYTHING in Venice, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvZHAT7xHO4 Dream of Venice]]. Combined with the SceneryPorn, it makes it probably the most enjoyable city in the entire game.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRkQyuzPv4 "Access the Animus"]]. Nine minutes of exactly why ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' wins so very, very hard. A steady progression from quiet and deadly atmospheric ambience to stealthy evasion to outright incredible action music.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-D-Kx4WpxE "Red in the Face"]]. Just the action music part. It's almost worth getting detected just to listen to this while freerunning.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZg0l6GHEg "Spirit of Damascus"]] sounds like it could be just slightly out of place (it would be ''very'' fitting for an Ancient Egyptian city) but this track and the scene accompanying it the first time you hear it give a taste of what's to come in terms of SceneryPorn, not just in this game, but in the entire series following it.
* [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Both]] [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood sequels]] have so much awesome music.
** There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0L4gvq-8f0 "Flight Over Venice"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhjyS_tgB7A Part 2]], along with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLgKHMfQ0OQ "Back in Venice"]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruklS-gdPNE "City Of Rome"]] from ''Brotherhood'', while similar to "Flight Over Venice", has a haunting depth to it.

** These New Puritans "We Want War", for the first multiplayer trailer of ''Brotherhood'' released at E3 2010.
** ''Brotherhood'' again with the [[OminousPipeOrgan organ]] and choir music used as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKsNepQ2DwE leitmotif for the Borgia]] is deliciously ominous. Not to mention the dramatic effect whenever Ezio destroys a Borgia tower.

*** Careful listeners will notice the remixes of "Ezio's Family" that run through this peace. It is particularly poignant that said remixes can be taken as a reference to Ezio's own thoughts as he free-runs, remembering back in the day when he used to do this with his brother and father. Before they [[spoiler: were hanged by conspirators trying to take over Florence and removing the problem of the Auditore Assassino that kept spoiling their plans.]]

** The most fitting tavern song for the game, for its theme and setting is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-lBydebg6w "Here's a Health to the Company".]]

** [[http://youtu.be/F8p1hor857E Underground]], the song that plays during the final modern day sequence as well as over the credits. The lyrics are particularly haunting, especially if you think of the various Assassin's we've known throughout the years [[spoiler: and in particular, Desmond]].

** [[http://youtu.be/F8p1hor857E Underground]], the song that plays during the final modern day sequence. The lyrics are particularly haunting, especially if you think of the various Assassin's we've known throughout the years [[spoiler: and in particular, Desmond]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMAIp99pbEc "Bayek of Siwa"]], Bayek's theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idq2GYJU3Zw "A Divided Land"]] which plays after activating a synch point or in certain parts of the campaign.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cFtBM7ZGws "I Walk on Your Water"]] which can play during investigations

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc7-oJ2LXkY "Return of the Medjai"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvIqT-5sWmA "Legions of Blood"]] which both randomly play when getting into combat.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LTs0PCJJRo "Dead Kings and Living Gods"]] which plays during investigations and when sneaking to assassinate one of the Order.
** The game's version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kM1Y5VLEd8 "Ezio's Family"]] which combines the feeling of the original song and the overall sound and theme of this games soundtrack into one, and it sounds amazing.