For anyone who's interested in the full breakdown of the various themes in this medley, this is it, as far as I can make it out: 0:00 - Custom orchestration of the War Soul Saga theme - Adam Burgess 0:15 - Custom orchestration of Legends of Azeroth (Vanilla) - Jason Hayes 0:38 - Custom orchestration of the Aegis Wall theme - Adam Burgess 1:16 - Xalatath H - Leo Kaliski (the mp3 tag incorrectly credits this one to Neal Acree, but Neal has confirmed that it's actually Leo's) 2:27 - Alleria H - Adam Burgess 3:15 - Dornogal H - Jake Lefkowitz 3:32 - Earthen Memorial H - Jake Lefkowitz 4:36 - Cinderworld E - Leo Kaliski 5:09 - Cinderworld H - Leo Kaliski 6:02 - Arachnophobia H - Jake Lefkowitz 6:37 - Earthern Works D - Jake Lefkowitz 7:17 - Taelloch E - Leo Kaliski 8:27 - Queen Ansurek H - Neal Acree 9:33 - Hallowfall H - Glenn Stafford 10:44 - Arathi Airships H - David Arkenstone 11:39 - Weaver's Lair H - Jake Lefkowitz 12:40 - Crawling Chasm H - Leo Kaliski 13:58 - Launch Cinematic - I assume this is Neal Acree (he's composed all the cinematics since TBC), incorporating Adam Burgess's War Soul Saga theme and Jason Hayes' Legends of Azeroth 14:45 - Arathi Memorial H - Leo Kaliski
my dad has played this game for almost 17 years now and I never understood how he loved this game so much and sunk so many hours into it (over a year of his life if I remember correctly), recently, with no games to play and his account with the membership to try i decided to make a character out of boredom, hearing 4:37 while making my character made me understand quickly where that love was found,
IM NOW 67 YEAR OLD BEEN PLAYING WOW SINCE 2005 NEVER STOP PLAYING I HAVE OVER 55 CHARACTOR ALLY AND HORDE EACH DAY IS DIFF . IT NOT A RAILED GAME LIKE MOST OUT THERE WHAT I LIKE MOST IS PVP , BUT RAID AND DUNGEON ARE GREAT IF YOU COULD FIND A GOOD GUILD FOR IT
This art looks like a Star Wars movie poster! Kudos to the artist. And also this music is top notch, wow! Not often I'd listen to an instrumental this long, but this is amazing.
The key art does not remind me Star Wars: Episode IV only, but also StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. If Midnight and The Last Titan will have the same concept as here, then I'm more than hyped for returning into World of Warcraft. Remember all - beware my Human/Undead Warlock. He's not taking prisoners.
I simply have NO words. This sounds INCREDIBLE NGL, kinda gives me Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts vibes at times but in general it just sounds "Larger Than Life, EPICNESS" which I feel perfectly captures this expansion
I love how contrasted Varian's and Anduin's struggles are. Varian faced many obstacles that needed battle prowess and strength to overcome. It was more often than not later in his life that way if problem-solving would become problematic, thus had to balance it with the lessons of his son. Anduin now faced many hardships of many psychological nature, now he needs to learn that sometimes a bit of strength and violence can sometimes be the only way to do what must be done. It's literally a reversal from Varians developement
I think Varian would've cringed seeing his own son growing to a promising almost-Arthas-like paladin, only to be later reduced into a whiny wimp that abandons his kingdom (and the whole Alliance too) for the sake of self-loathing for things he didn't even do willingly.
@@cflgt500 oh good to know i didnt know that about the dragonflight music bc i just didnt enjoyed it a lot and didnt afk in the select screen like i with this one
These 16 minutes of music are the most beautiful of all the main titles in WoW. Honestly, it's fantastic-epic when needed, very calm, and rich at other times. A happy Frenchman!
WoW player since the Vanilla closed beta. Putting nostalgia aside, this is by far the best WoW score for me as of 2024. I love all WoW scores, but to be honest, some parts are boring, and some have bad transitions, but I love every single part of this.
I haven't been playing this game for 10 years now. I follow its news from afar only. But the soundtracks (old and new ones) are always something I gladly come back to as the music department simply never miss. 👏
SAMEEEEEEEE😭😭😭😭😭 The drums, the galloping rhythm, its the one from the cinematic and I played the cinematic on repeat for 3 hours just to listen to that music! Omg are we finally getting that insane WoW quality music again,this is the first time I keep returning to yotube to listen to the new music since Legion! Bfa was good,Shadowlands meh,dragonlands god forbid. But thisssssss,is great!
@@Sturtime OK Honesty check: how many (of us) Shadow players could ever imagined out snarky companion coming back in 8 years to threaten everythign about our existence???
They've been focusing on the music being mostly live ever since Cataclysm, these are live, obviously very common though to mix in live performance and samples.
Wow, old memory is going to kill me! Nostalgia ftw and some variations is echoing past melodies so much yet conveying another meaning. Also, the background picture reminds me of the Star Wars somehow😂
Kudos to the composers of this medley! I personally think they explored some complex tunes that are unusual in videogames soundtracks, even less in WoW.
I love violin to death and the usage of it here is so good. I tie it to the void and Xal'atath as this sort of building force with the rest of the musics we're familiar with
People throw a lot of shade at Blizzard for a lot of (sometimes justified) reasons, but I don't think anyone would ever begrudge the WoW cinematics, art or music teams. Just absolutely amazing every single time.
@@Cylus024 yes the reasons a lot of the usual suspects are having are stupid but the fact remains that if there is not a launch cinematic this time, then this is the worst intro cinematic out of all the expansions.(they made the mistake calling it “official cinematic” it made people think that its the intro cinematic but I believe that there will be a launch cinematic as usual)
Can you see how Alleria and Jaina are shockingly staring ahead whereas Anduin and Thrall look aside or down? Something terrifying happened and Xal'atath is just smiling. I am hyped for next xpac but still cautious!
1:53 This is the first time i push fast forward into a WarCraft OST. I also noticed they used many TROTL sounds by, like already know this expansion needs the push by the nostalgia from other franchises.
While I like the full theme, I don't know why they got rid of the instrumental change of the main Aegis Wall theme at 1:15 - that was one of my favorite parts of the short theme. They could've just kept that part in and then done the Xal'atath H after that.
Kinda sad that we're still sticking with the Legion era theme transitions, but overall love this. I'm in love with the Queen Ansurek music and Arathi Airships in particular--those sound so exciting
Just when I thought Blizz couldn’t top MoP, they gave us Legion. Then when I thought they couldn’t top Legion, they gave us BFA. Then when I thought they couldn’t top BFA, they give us TWW. The music for this game is always INCREDIBLE. They never miss. But this is just on a whole other level
For anyone who's interested in the full breakdown of the various themes in this medley, this is it, as far as I can make it out:
0:00 - Custom orchestration of the War Soul Saga theme - Adam Burgess
0:15 - Custom orchestration of Legends of Azeroth (Vanilla) - Jason Hayes
0:38 - Custom orchestration of the Aegis Wall theme - Adam Burgess
1:16 - Xalatath H - Leo Kaliski (the mp3 tag incorrectly credits this one to Neal Acree, but Neal has confirmed that it's actually Leo's)
2:27 - Alleria H - Adam Burgess
3:15 - Dornogal H - Jake Lefkowitz
3:32 - Earthen Memorial H - Jake Lefkowitz
4:36 - Cinderworld E - Leo Kaliski
5:09 - Cinderworld H - Leo Kaliski
6:02 - Arachnophobia H - Jake Lefkowitz
6:37 - Earthern Works D - Jake Lefkowitz
7:17 - Taelloch E - Leo Kaliski
8:27 - Queen Ansurek H - Neal Acree
9:33 - Hallowfall H - Glenn Stafford
10:44 - Arathi Airships H - David Arkenstone
11:39 - Weaver's Lair H - Jake Lefkowitz
12:40 - Crawling Chasm H - Leo Kaliski
13:58 - Launch Cinematic - I assume this is Neal Acree (he's composed all the cinematics since TBC), incorporating Adam Burgess's War Soul Saga theme and Jason Hayes' Legends of Azeroth
14:45 - Arathi Memorial H - Leo Kaliski
Thank you for your research and time spent🎉
0:15 isnt the Vanilla one, they reforge it every time.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
@@roosin7900 Hopefully it'll be on the official soundtrack once it's released!
3:32 actually transitions into the "Earthen Memorial" track by Jake, there's only a few seconds of the Dornogal track.
13:57 we need more of this in wow
The drums of War thunder once again
my dad has played this game for almost 17 years now and I never understood how he loved this game so much and sunk so many hours into it (over a year of his life if I remember correctly), recently, with no games to play and his account with the membership to try i decided to make a character out of boredom, hearing 4:37 while making my character made me understand quickly where that love was found,
IM NOW 67 YEAR OLD BEEN PLAYING WOW SINCE 2005 NEVER STOP PLAYING I HAVE OVER 55 CHARACTOR ALLY AND HORDE EACH DAY IS DIFF . IT NOT A RAILED GAME LIKE MOST OUT THERE WHAT I LIKE MOST IS PVP , BUT RAID AND DUNGEON ARE GREAT IF YOU COULD FIND A GOOD GUILD FOR IT
welcome to the party, then! lemme know if you need friends.
13:58 wooow I wasn’t expecting this, it sounds sooo goood
holy moly 14:00 onwards is just skin-tinglingly amazing. I need it on repeat. Music never misses in WoW.
Музыка WoW умерла с началом Shadowlands.
That's the WAR in WARCRAFT. What a BANGER!
Epic!!!
sounds ike Destiny 2 music
@@Agent_of_House_Thrune ok. bye bye
13:58 - 14:43 - Shadows Beneath Cinematic Music
That music is incredible,I listened it for 3 hrs straight when it came out lol,its actually the best out of all of this. Incredible.
@@sonia417 I need this bit extended for at least 1 hour xD its BADASS!!
This art looks like a Star Wars movie poster! Kudos to the artist. And also this music is top notch, wow! Not often I'd listen to an instrumental this long, but this is amazing.
Yes! I love this key art. It’s a clear inspiration from the Star Wars posters and it just works so well.
The key art does not remind me Star Wars: Episode IV only, but also StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. If Midnight and The Last Titan will have the same concept as here, then I'm more than hyped for returning into World of Warcraft. Remember all - beware my Human/Undead Warlock. He's not taking prisoners.
😊
Wow instrumentals are really worth to fully listen to. I highly recommend doing so.
That's not a good thing lmao. Warcraft had its own identity once. Now its corporate slop.
It's all good but 14:00 on is incredible! Chills!
I simply have NO words. This sounds INCREDIBLE
NGL, kinda gives me Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts vibes at times but in general it just sounds "Larger Than Life, EPICNESS" which I feel perfectly captures this expansion
That art of Anduin. He truly has become MANduin now. Scarred, but not truly broken.
Varian would be very, very proud.
WoW vanilla happens in Year 25, and Anduin is a little boy back then. War Within is in Year 40, so he's around what, 25?
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I love how contrasted Varian's and Anduin's struggles are.
Varian faced many obstacles that needed battle prowess and strength to overcome. It was more often than not later in his life that way if problem-solving would become problematic, thus had to balance it with the lessons of his son.
Anduin now faced many hardships of many psychological nature, now he needs to learn that sometimes a bit of strength and violence can sometimes be the only way to do what must be done.
It's literally a reversal from Varians developement
@@VDA19Now they just have to update his voice to not sound like a child.
I think Varian would've cringed seeing his own son growing to a promising almost-Arthas-like paladin, only to be later reduced into a whiny wimp that abandons his kingdom (and the whole Alliance too) for the sake of self-loathing for things he didn't even do willingly.
Blizzard: we created arachnophobia mode so you are not scared
Also Blizzard: 2:00
lmao true
Metro series was a game where people cured their arachnophobia. This game doesn't require this mode right now, heheh!
It’s such a weird section… I’m obsessed with it lol
This section went on for way too long.
@@Cyranu They need to make a "musicophobia" for people who are afraid of music 😣😓
the track at 4:36 is called "cinderwold" for those interested
Thank you! That’s my favourite part of this and I was trying to find the full thing ❤
reminds me of hobbit theme
@@Lorenzo0tokyowhen i was hearing it for the first time i was like, hey wait elder scrolls?? 😂
2:00 seems like they took inspiration from Night on Bald Mountain. Absolutely incredible composing!
I hear pure Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8 (II. Allegro molto)
They did that before, check out "The Betrayer and the Sun King"
oh good they updated it my brain just malfuctions everytime it looped after 2 min
They were always going to update it. When dragon flight music was released it was also only like 2 minutes and they updated it later
@@cflgt500 oh good to know i didnt know that about the dragonflight music bc i just didnt enjoyed it a lot and didnt afk in the select screen like i with this one
mine too. i completely forgot they did that before, but it still made me confused
Hearing Allerias theme start at 2:24 makes me so happy! Our queen will be leading this saga!! ❤❤
Once again the music team doing the Lord's work.
The WoW community is srsly spoiled AF with a seemingly endless tap of insane art and music
These 16 minutes of music are the most beautiful of all the main titles in WoW. Honestly, it's fantastic-epic when needed, very calm, and rich at other times. A happy Frenchman!
00:49 so beautiful chords progression!
My favourite part, espically where it starts escalating.
Holy 14:00 IS INSANE !! ! ! !
As techno and Wow music fan, I have no words... 🤯
@@15lunaleslie same!!
Oh my god. I'm obsessed.
Obsessed!!!!!!!!!!
Love the soundtrack as usual, the artists behind the music of World of Warcraft are amongst the very best! Thank you once again.
WoW player since the Vanilla closed beta. Putting nostalgia aside, this is by far the best WoW score for me as of 2024. I love all WoW scores, but to be honest, some parts are boring, and some have bad transitions, but I love every single part of this.
Perhaps the most mysterious one of all the main titles. I love it
You can always trust on the music and artwork Team at wow. Peakperformance like always!
I haven't been playing this game for 10 years now. I follow its news from afar only.
But the soundtracks (old and new ones) are always something I gladly come back to as the music department simply never miss. 👏
Same here.
This series has always had incredible music
Time to develop some pre-emptive nostalgia.
No please no I don't want to be nostalgic with this like with BfA
5:30 gives so shire vibes
exactly
yes second i heard it also reminded me Shire OST, maybe little bit too much.
14:00 mark it GETS AMAZING !!! Love this bit from the newest trailer
SAMEEEEEEEE😭😭😭😭😭
The drums, the galloping rhythm, its the one from the cinematic and I played the cinematic on repeat for 3 hours just to listen to that music!
Omg are we finally getting that insane WoW quality music again,this is the first time I keep returning to yotube to listen to the new music since Legion! Bfa was good,Shadowlands meh,dragonlands god forbid. But thisssssss,is great!
Name of track?
this must have been the music login screen 13:58
14:00 absolutely incredible!
Absolutely savage!!!! Best one in years
I really like this theme, it gives that WoW feeling of coziness (despite the grand orchestra), but the orchestra IS still very awe inspiring
1:57 Violin with Old God enivorn, that’s perfect.
Best full version ever! This track is amazing!
14 minutes mark is the theme from the recent trailer
it's also similar to "that every expansion theme" leitmotiv, but faster
@@doctorwratch and actually in 4/4 instead of the usual 7/4 time signature
finally the full version
How dare the composer go this hard
God that first track after the beginning portion 1:16 is EVIL, I love it. It’s like if a swarm of violins with legs started crawling all over you.
That's gotta be the Nerubians
@@JeffSturgesit’s part of Xal'atath's theme
@@Sturtime OK Honesty check: how many (of us) Shadow players could ever imagined out snarky companion coming back in 8 years to threaten everythign about our existence???
By far the best since WoD and MoP, love the return to these lengthly, melodic menu tracks.
god going from the joy and wonder of DF to this.....O_O wow
Absolutely loved all of this
The breadth of the orchestra is quite awesomely used. Let's hoped they used live musicians.
They've been focusing on the music being mostly live ever since Cataclysm, these are live, obviously very common though to mix in live performance and samples.
Wow, old memory is going to kill me! Nostalgia ftw and some variations is echoing past melodies so much yet conveying another meaning. Also, the background picture reminds me of the Star Wars somehow😂
Kudos to the composers of this medley! I personally think they explored some complex tunes that are unusual in videogames soundtracks, even less in WoW.
Goosebumps at 14:00 😍
I love violin to death and the usage of it here is so good. I tie it to the void and Xal'atath as this sort of building force with the rest of the musics we're familiar with
Very dark compared to the DF's one. I love it. A lot of sinister and vicious violins themes. Very pleasant !
I think the violins (the ones at the beginning.) is a part of Xal’atath’s theme! Very sinister stuff, go give it a listen if you haven’t already.
1:52 Your world is only going to keep spinning faster! 😁
The music slaps so hard
2:14 Damn that moment is amazing
oh... they cooked with this one. this is the best one we've had since WoD.
I agree with that
Easily
It's *really* good, yes.
But for me, nothing tops Decadence from Revendreth.
nonsense
Bfa
is there separate track starting from 14:00 ?
5:10 is called Skolzgal mill if you want those Shire vibes in your life
The soundtrack carrying the entire expansion like always
How do you know? You have not played it yet.... Bot ? xD. Stop hating and start playing!!!
The art in WoW has always been top class. Hallowfall is one of the best zones they've ever made, both music and visuals.
@@larsjensen693 Modern Western games devs are untalented, it will be bad as any Western game made after 2018.
I love the musical references to old xpacs in this while still making it feel like its own thing. Kind of a theme of the whole expansion
Front to back banger.
1:33 2:23 is amazing,I felt like a villain ready to murder or a survivor about to be killed.
God why is this music so damn good
14:00 reminds me a fighting Father Gascoigne in his second phase for the first time, magnificent
14:47 woah
Reminds me of the Invincible music where he is mourning Invincible, so I hope we don't have a major death this expansion 😣
Hallowfall cathedral
is beautiful ...
@@Maurice1765-u1kI’m going to stick there for a long time
People throw a lot of shade at Blizzard for a lot of (sometimes justified) reasons, but I don't think anyone would ever begrudge the WoW cinematics, art or music teams. Just absolutely amazing every single time.
Have you seen the comments on the newest cinematic? There are some very angry people down there...for really stupid reasons....
@@Cylus024 yes the reasons a lot of the usual suspects are having are stupid but the fact remains that if there is not a launch cinematic this time, then this is the worst intro cinematic out of all the expansions.(they made the mistake calling it “official cinematic” it made people think that its the intro cinematic but I believe that there will be a launch cinematic as usual)
@@MrWinnfieldshadows beneath is the launch cinematic, it clearly has the same style as beyond the veil and the Dragonflight one…
Amazing log in theme
I need the 14:00 extended or full
Im so happy Metzen is back thw story feels like theyre setting it up to actually have direction now
Can you see how Alleria and Jaina are shockingly staring ahead whereas Anduin and Thrall look aside or down? Something terrifying happened and Xal'atath is just smiling. I am hyped for next xpac but still cautious!
13:18 is beautiful
13:58 so good
sounds like SC2 and drumbs of war
Blizzard Cinematics team and the music team are always top notch no matter how the bad their games turn to be.
That is why game is still alive since 2004
If it is over, I would miss Azeroth a lot
11:54 - Ah, gotta love those Revendreth violins. I take it Jake Lefkowitz is back?
Yes, that is Jake's piece, it's called "Weaver's Lair".
I just paused at that exact moment to check if it was him haha. Great part,absolutely love it!!
1:53 This is the first time i push fast forward into a WarCraft OST. I also noticed they used many TROTL sounds by, like already know this expansion needs the push by the nostalgia from other franchises.
14:00 Need a release of this track !
It sounds even better with the cinematic!!!
Best expansion theme song since Cata
So they’ve caught on….. we’re here for THE TUNES!
Well, I can definitely hear the Warcraft in that. Well done, Blizzard.
14:00 pls track name
Yes please
Shadows Beneath - it's the cinematic trailer music. I did an extended cover of it on my channel if you're interested.
Absolute banger!
(Crying)
While I like the full theme, I don't know why they got rid of the instrumental change of the main Aegis Wall theme at 1:15 - that was one of my favorite parts of the short theme. They could've just kept that part in and then done the Xal'atath H after that.
They were cooking
1:15 sadly they cut the part from the first version. I wish they kept it but overall i think its in my top 3 of main titles
i love this bro ;-;
Blizzard never misses with music and art. I dare someone to try and find a bad music piece and bad art direction and zone
5:10 gives LOTR shire music
1:16 that's Xal’atath music
This is awesome.
The Art and Music Team of WoW never disappoints!
True but this login screen music isn’t it
Kinda sad that we're still sticking with the Legion era theme transitions, but overall love this. I'm in love with the Queen Ansurek music and Arathi Airships in particular--those sound so exciting
solid af
5:10 is this Shire?
Maybe a bit of a stretch for people to relate to but this reminds me SO MUCH of Epica's Orchestral music
FINALLY!
14:00
2:00 is very Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto core
I need 13:18 it's so good!
What a perfection.
14:44 hallowfall cathedral theme
LoTR vibes 5:10
Just when I thought Blizz couldn’t top MoP, they gave us Legion. Then when I thought they couldn’t top Legion, they gave us BFA. Then when I thought they couldn’t top BFA, they give us TWW. The music for this game is always INCREDIBLE. They never miss. But this is just on a whole other level
This title screen looks like Star Wars.
2:00 goes hard 🔥🔥