Let these video game soundtracks convince you that you can take anything on!

Music is powerful. Depending on the lilt of the voices, the abrasiveness of the guitars, or the swell of the violins, music can make you feel a gamut of emotions from joy to rage, from solitude to despair.

Video game soundtracks exist to reinforce such emotions. And it just so happens that some of them are extremely good at making you feel like you can take on anything the cosmos throws at you. In other words, they are the 15 Best Video Game Soundtracks That Will Make You Feel Awesome.

15. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls has always had an awesome theme, but it didn’t rise to the realms of epicness until Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Pounding drums like the footsteps of giants? Check. Blasting horns that you can imagine fortresses crumbling to? Check. And how about the manliest choir in existence to convince you that your blood is made entirely of testosterone? Not to mention there’s that enchanting voice solo that lends an aura of magic and mystery to the entire, splendid thing.

But Skyrim’s soundtrack is chockfull of other such goodness, including the Sovngarde theme – which is probably what dying and going to Viking heaven sounds like.

Man or woman, nothing succeeds at making you feel like a total badass quite like the Skyrim soundtrack. No mammoths, liches, or dragons are safe once it’s entered your system!