It seems fitting, on the day that the first four Ultima games are released for sale on Good Old Games, to take a particular look at the Ultima 3 soundtrack, which is rightly praisworthy for its haunting and evocative nature.

Here, for example, are two separate renditions of Wandering, the background piece that played during exploratory sequences in the game:

And here is another, this time created using the Mario Paint music composition feature:

Of course, the actual theme for Exodus itself (the machine, not the game) is perhaps the most stirring piece in the game:

And here is soemthing rather interesting that Sergorn Dragon found. Japanese artist Hatsune Miku sings the Ultima 3 soundtrack in this video, although you wouldn’t necessarily recognize the music as originating from human vocal chords:

Now doesn’t that just make you want to rush on over to Good Old Games and grab yourself a copy of Ultima 3?