BioWare has released the main theme for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, produced by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe. While fans had high hopes for the theme, especially with Zimmer's name attached, reactions on social media suggest the piece hasn't been as well-received as BioWare probably hoped.
"It has its moments, I like the part around 4 minutes with the hectic violins, but to be fully honest I think it's disappointingly mediocre and generic," reads a comment by gorogys on a Reddit thread about the newly-released main theme. This comment echoes the popular sentiment in the thread, which can be distilled down to 'It's not bad, but it isn't very memorable.'
"I like it but as a main theme compared to anything else before? I feel like it's still lacking the memorability or whatever the term is to describe the ability to hum it easily and immediately upon first listen. My favourite is still Inon Zur's main theme [Dragon Age: Origins]," writes WangJian221.
The Veilguard is supposed to be a darker, more consequential story than the rest of the series, so a more brooding theme than what we're used to is to be expected. However, the lack of...
