I’ll admit from the start that I’m moved by the game’s theme songs. The list of title screens that give me a watery eye is long, and Elden Ring’s horn and drum theme song is definitely on it. Producer, songwriter and video game fan Alex Moukala shares a love for a great theme song. He’s remixed Elden Ring’s in no less than 15 different styles, shown in a video that’s giving me happy shivers instead of maiden-free tears.
Listen below to Moukala covering the Elden Ring theme song in nu-disco, metal, jazz, Bloodborne-sounding baroque and reggae styles – complete with costume changes.
“What if Elden Ring took place in a multiverse that you can explore and where the game’s genre changes depending on which universe you’re in?” Moukala talks about the style mashup. Credit where it’s due for high concept, 2:00 thoughts, but I’m a simple woman and I think it’s radical to hear a musician with Moukala’s skill level riff on songs I know.
The Elden Ring theme song is particularly fun for exercise. The powerful melody of the main horn is recognizable in all styles, even if it took a moment to understand elevator jazz. I’m also happy to see that, in the tradition of YouTube remix digests, Moukala made a point of releasing a lo-fi version. Ten seconds of Elden Ring soundtrack to study, you know.
If I were to pick one of Moukala’s Elden Ring game-theoretic multiverses as my favorite, I’d have to go with the darksynth style. That backbone organ and beat sound like they’re straight out of some Castlevania-style Elden Ring demake – a genre I’m terrible at, but would definitely love to see someone else play.
If you haven’t had the pleasure of stopping at a Moukala video on your TikTok scroll or YouTube dips, he’s done a lot more video game song covers. Don’t miss Moukala and a few other musicians reimagining the Final Fantasy 14 Endwalker theme in the style of an anime pop rock overture.