_"Nine of every ten of us. Slain by Arthas Menethil to raise that lich. Our noble kingdom, all but erased. You still bleed, do you not? Cut your flesh and count the drops of blood. Let nine fall and soak the earth for every one you save. Tell me what that does to your heart. For I can tell you precisely what it did to mine. Survival often felt more like a burden than a blessing. I did everything I could think of to keep our people strong. But perhaps the path I took was..."_ _- Kael'thas Sunstrider_
"what is freedom without the freedom to choose your own path in your own way, we are all prisoners in a dying world that is blinded by it's own fate, too much war, too much suffering, and what does it amount to other than a sealed fate of darkness of a never ending cycle of death that won't be stopped, we must heed our own wisdom of survival if we are to bare the clutches of our chains"
_This is where the end began._ _My company was patrolling the forests near Zul'Aman when we received word of the Scourge invasion. We were wholly unprepared for what we encountered. Quel'Thalas had enjoyed years of idyllic peace. And suddenly, we were facing death itself. I lost my eye in that battle... and would have lost my life were it not for Halduron._ _Words cannot describe the devastation our people suffered that day. That any of us survived to tell the tale is a miracle. One that we cannot afford to waste._ ... _The next memory..._ _Forgive me. For many of our people, it was when we realized death was coming for us._ ... _Sylvanas Windrunner was our kingdom's protector. Had she and her rangers not met Arthas with such fierce resistance, our people might no longer exist. She paid the ultimate price so that enough of us might escape to rebuild our fallen kingdom. When Arthas raised her as a banshee and turned her against Quel'Thalas, it broke all our hearts.._ _I've had my share of disagreements with Sylvanas... But I will never forget her sacrifice. She was the Ranger-General of Silvermoon. Nothing will ever change that._ ... _While the monument here was intended to honor the fallen members of the Shattered Sun, it quickly took on a second meaning for the sin'dorei. It was not far from here that we lost one of our greatest heroes: Anasterian Sunstrider, the last king of Quel'Thalas. [...]_ _For thousands of years, the Sunwell meant everything to our people. [...] My faith was shattered when Silvermoon fell. I lost sight of who I was. But by the grace of the Light, I found redemption [...]_ _No matter how much pain we endure, we will not lose hope. In the face of darkness, look always to the Eternal Sun._ ... _Remember the Sunwell. We ride into battle with those words for a reason. We lost so much that day... I lost so much that day._ ... _Always remember that our people are not defined by tragedy, but by our ability to overcome it. From the ashes of the past, we carry the flame of hope into the future._ ... *- The Heritage of the Sin'dorei quest line*
@@crimson6990 I think we can all agree...it's been what...13 years since BC released? And they never updated the Exodar or Silvermoon..heck, outland never got a visual update at all.
@@Dwayneff I don't think it needs to be said why it hasn't got an update, but even still, it really is a shame. I wish they'd just hire a couple people for the sole purpose of slowly but gradually updating and making changes to older content. The Exodar and Silvermoon deserve it, they could even throw in a couple portals just to give people reasons to be there.
@@Dwayneff I think the biggest reason for it was stated to be because of flying. Silvermoon is actually only partially done, and if we can fly above it it’s a lot easier to see just how hollow that city really is
@@Everness1 We really do miss you bro. Take as much time as you need, but there's a reason you have such loyal viewer counts. I've probably put more hours into experiencing your content than any other channel, not for your variety, but for your quality. You remain unsurpassed, and so if it takes you 5 months, so be it. Hope you're well though, in any case.
If WOW ever dies, Silvermoon is where I would be for the final moments of WOW. My first character was a blood elf and the music of Silvermoon will always have a special place in my heart. 2:20 with the deep melody, takes me back to my first time playing WOW and all of the fun experiences I've had playing WOW. Also I really love the happy feel good vibes that the music can give but if you take a deeper dive into it, it becomes a lot more dark, and sad.
In my teenage days, sometimes I even believed I was the blood elf hero I used to be, it was like real life for me, there were moments I really cound't tell the difference between my character and the "real me". The whole thing was so intense... Now I stick with the memories and I know they will be side by side with me forever. This was and is more than a game for me. It helped me to carry on strugles of the "real life". Listening to this wonderful tracks makes me feel I'm there again, the young boy that was a blood elf hero and dreamed to face the most threatening beings in Azeroth....
I was only 9 when I started playing WOW for the blood elf. I spent crazy amount of hours listening to all these songs while playing back to those days. Now I’m 20 and I’m so glad this game was in my life, I didn’t feel lonely thanks to it. Legendary game, legendary soundtracks, always in my heart❤️
As a 17 year Ally player, I recently started lvl'ing horde for completionism. After all the years I've played I'd never actually been inside the blood elf capital. Truly beautiful place, i really wish they would make it relevant. Honestly my favorite capital city.
It’s not finished, that’s the reason you can’t fly on azuremyst isle or eversong woods /: the buildings in silver moon look like pieces of paper from the top and I think that’s a big reason why it’s dead
I played ally for 8yrs... Quit 3yrs ago for a blood elf. Best decision ever. Eversong woods is stunning. Silvermoon is gorgeous. My fav zone ever. I could totally live there IRL
Blood elves were also my reason for switching to the Horde back in the day. What I love about them is that (in pre-cata at least, don't know about the next extensions) they feel like their own faction. They're not in the Alliance, but they're not accepted in the Horde neither, and they only got in because Sylvanas used to be a blood elf and she's the faction leader. The other horde races are waiting for us to prove we're not weaklings by overcoming our current crisis. The Alliance rejected us, but while we joined the Horde, they won't help us, so we resent them just as well. This is so refreshing in a two-faction game!
@@lycorisdev yes!! And honestly I love that they had built their own little empire and were always minding their own business. They had everything they could ever need. They weren't out spying, stealing, waging war. They just wanted to live their little life in Eversong Forest. Tbh that and the whole "rising from the ashes" thing hits home IRL a lot.
Sure. At this point it's practically free money for the company. Now _when_ will they stop is another question entirely, since you can make a compelling enough argument for Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria re-release, but after those two people's anticipation goes down _real_ fast. (Shadowlands Classic 2034 🤞)
WoW Soundtracks have never quite been the same since WOTLK. Whilst Cataclysm's music is objectively 'good', the music for the old world zones was too dramatic and orchestrial at times. This trend continued. MOP was a bit of a tangent as it was very Asian infused, but throughout WOD, Legion and so on soundtracks have got more and more busier. It is not as pleasant to listen to. Vanilla-WOTLK had this style of soundtrack that just got lost after Wrath, maybe they changed composer. But the early WoW music feels really unique and has its own style, whereas BFA's soundtrack could be lost amongst the plethora of other fantasy game soundtracks that have come out in the past decade.
@@tonythesopranos5310 Many of the old composers are still very much involved in the soundtracks, as they've been since the beginning, though some to a lesser extent, with the exception of Glenn Stafford and Russel Brower who've remained mainstays across the breadth of releases. You're right about a change in composers, however, in that there have been many different composers involved throughout the various expansions, especially since MoP, with the additional touches of David Arkenstone across many tracks since Wrath. What you heard in WoD was largely the influence of Clint Bajakian's direction, wanting to encapsulate that almost urgent, boisterous, adventurous sound that permeates the entirety of WoD's atmosphere and music which I personally think is excellent all around, one of the game's strongest soundtracks by far, followed closely by Legion and Mists. WoD seems to have been a one-off kind of deal, much like the entire expansion itself, never to be done like that again. You're definitely right that the sound changed after Wrath. I would disagree somewhat about BfA, however, as I'm not sure it would be entirely lost. Their weakest soundtrack so far, it still had some distinct gems in the jumble of themes and motifs that stand out against a lot of the usual fantasy soundscapes of other IPs. Anyway, I enjoyed this ramble but I'll end it here.
@@tonythesopranos5310 Yes I have been saying this for years, and I don't understand why many of the composers felt the need to make WoW's music so intense and in the foreground instead of a soundtrack that helps you immerse into a zone. I turn up the music in early WoW, I lower it in retail because it's so "in-your-face" I might as well just be focusing on the music alone.
I'll never forget seeing Eversong for the first time when BC came out. There hadn't really ever been an environment like that in Classic and it was shockingly beautiful.
It's still beautiful even today, which is surprising considering how it's still stuck in the past with some ancient textures. The colors and architecture are fantastic.
it's been 7 years since i stopped playing, my main and first character was a blood elf sub rogue, even if i was at 75-90, i'd be visiting silvermoon from time to time, just to relax and sit down.
Hey Everness, I read in a comment from a few months ago that things have been rough on you and I hope you're doing better now! I just wanted to leave a comment to let you know that I still come here regularly to listen to your uploads and appreciate the work that goes into making them :)
@@stefanoandrianopoulos9071 Turns me about, hm, 13 or 14. I started when I was 12 in Nov 2006. Growing up playing WoW makes it a very formative experience. Played the game since 2017 and dipped into Classic when that came out. It's a part of me. I don't even play games anymore, but I'm still going to watch Blizzconline.
I love that one of the first games I remember playing was Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, and here I am, more years later than I care to admit, still enjoying Warcraft.
From the Journal of Azetus, Master Mage of the Sin'dorei: "I was just a boy when the Scourge attacked our homeland. My father, Ceverine, was one of the few warriors who survived that awful battle that lost us the Sunwell. His bravery in the face of that awful man clad in black armor is something I will always be proud of. When I finally became a man, I joined the Silvermoon armies as a proud Battlemage of the Horde, following in my father's footsteps to defend my home from the Alliance that abandoned us. I never could have imagined that as soon as my three months of training had ended, the Legion would invade the Broken Isles. I fought beside my father throughout their invasion... ...until he lost his life on Argus. For my efforts in the war, the Horde called me as a hero. My Regent Lord presented me with fabulous raiments to honor my newfound reputation, and even the Kirin Tor saw fit to make me a new Archmage. But while Silvermoon celebrates my victories, all I can think of is how my father deserved the honors I received far more than I did, and yet he will only be remembered as a warrior who died defending his home. He deserves far more than that."
The adventurer pass the bridge at a perfect point of the soundtrack: 7:13 Just beautiful... Can he imagine the grandeur of the adventure that awaits him?
Ahh, this was my RP -jam-! 17 again, still learning English, making a blood elf mage. Swaggering through the streets of Silvermoon, wearing a new ostentatious robe every time ... Yup, defo a favourite area. Blood elven conduct taught me the meaning of suave even before I knew the word
It is weird but just going through the comment section I feel like I have so much in common with you guys. We shared this game, although I have never met you. This makes me feel profound solidarity. You hang in there guys.
The day before my sisters death she was still playing wow. We played it since 2004… I remember when the blood elves arrived.. it was such a big event for us. It became our favorite race… we had so many characters. I still love the game but my sister played way more than I so it reminds me too much of her. Idk if I can still play it now that she’s gone
I’m so so sorry to hear this. I can’t even comprehend what it’s like to lose a sibling. I understand it’s painful to do anything that makes you think of her so much. I wish you the best Marie, I’m so sorry for your loss 🙏🏻❤️
@@kellim307 oh whoa I’m really touched by your comment. I even forgot I wrote all this (sorry for the trauma dumping) Anyway you’re so kind thank you!! It’s really nice of you to say all that.. God bless you. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it
I know normally we'd be glad for a new video, but this time, I just want to say that seeing this in my Subs meant that you were still alive and kicking man. Thanks for the amazing content and stay safe >:D
@@Everness1 As I've been working the past week and on a listening spree, I noticed almost all of the Ambience-only compilations have disappeared (there are still some from Skyrim posted on the channel). Was this because of that stupid TH-cam thing where it Disabled comments and videos because they were not child-safe or something? Apologies for asking, it's just that, thanks to those helping myself and my GF with sleeping, she actually picked up WoW and we now play together. They were very soothing, in particular the winter ones like Dun Morogh or Storm Peaks, or the Jade Forest and Stranglethorn, and most of all the one with rain, in Gilneas.
Blood elf and draenei zone are in the outland 'world box', making it obvious for flying player that it just a floating island in the end. Thats the main reason why we cant fly in these zone. Sadly.
@@Quaarlos I don't think copying it to mainland Eastern kingdoms would be that hard. Main reason actually is that they would have to rebuild it because it is build like the old world was. If you manage to get on the walls you see that it's basically a cardboard cutout. Everything that isn't visible while walking through the city is just empty with no texture.
I've been listening to the Barrens track a lot lately, warcraft really had some amazing soundtracks. Thank you so much, you're the best as always, Everness!
my first ever character in 2011 im so cry UGH I've mained a Draenei Frost DK for almost forever but this capital will literally ALWAYS have a huge place in my heart. Love the nostalgia
This whole soundtrack will always have a place in my heart, i don't miss TBC and WOTLK just for the quests, raids or PvP, but for THAT inexplicable feeling that gets you while you are doing a low level quest with some random people you just met ingame. That's something else man...
It's great to listen to these pieces of music come alive again and revivify so many great memories for us all to share. Thank you Everness for compiling these together. Considering it seems more worth your time to put Skyrim music together, you're still putting together World of Warcraft videos too. Thank you!
I rememeber the very first time I played WoW (around the time 'Wrath of the Lich King' released) and I was very enchanted by the colour palette (orange being my favourite colour) and soothing yet somewhat brooding soundtrack of the Blood Elves. Love these type of video's, thanks for the work done!
Eversong will always be my favorite of the starting locations. So beautiful, peaceful, and fun. It feels so thematic with the trolls and undead leftovers. The blood elf history was so cool and I never even played Frozen Throne.
This is amazing. You keep on doing your magic. Your vids help me when I'm down or depressed. They just take me to another plane and help me heal Thank you so much
Thank you so much!! I was making a half elf last night for dnd and using the limited album music as inspiration this is way better with all the different variants!
will never forget playing a belf pally for the first time in Wrath back in the day, levelling for maybe 25 levels or so. was such a magical time. I played again when BC classic released, and it just wasnt quite the same, although I do still have fond memories. amazing race and music, and zone and everything. Some of the best lore in the game with Kael'thas. My belf's name was Kelthael. Legendary.
Omg I was so happy to see you post this and I’m hoping this means more ambient videos in the future? Just the other day I was wishing you would make an Ardenweald ambient video 🌙✨
Oh lord i love playing Bloodelf. Their history, the scar by Arthas, Sylvannas, Kael'Thas, their comeback after almost being cleansed from Azeroth. All the lore this region has its epic, sad and emotional. I always look in your videos if there is players running arround still, but i dont see none :(, like i wish they were there so it means WoW isnt near-death. I would live on Eversong woods for eternity. Remembering killing the Wretched on the port, seeing how my homeland started changing from beatiful and charming.. to this undead Ghostland, i was terrified the first time i get to Ghostlands, remembering the terror that happened on Warcraft 3, but then i got to Tranquilillien and cooled off, helping with the quests on the east (Farstrider Enclave), killing the nerubians at the Suncrown Village, then getting the necklace of Sylvannas. Thanks for the video Everness
I wonder if Everness is ok, hasn't posted here or on Twitter for over a year. Wherever he is, I hope he knows how many of us appreciate the work he's done. I often listen to videos here when I code and need to stay focused. Thanks man.
Since '96 when WC2 came out I have loved the elves of Quel'Thalas. It's still a shame we cannot fly here. The FP from Quel'danas is the closest thing we have to seeing the city from the air.
I used to literally sign in and leave my belf standing there just for the ambience and music. Then after making multiple alts and having to level through this area over and over I got so tired of it I would mute and listen to pretty much any other music. Now hearing it again I feel the weirdest mix of annoyance and nostalgia.
My bloodelf paladin back in BC was my favorite character and one of my first i played quite seriously. I always went so Silvermoon to craft jewelry but which was only taught there. But also I went there to get to my class teacher. Just because I loved the city so much. Also the leveling in that area was great. That music brings back the good old days.
I was wondering if I was the only one getting TLOTR vibes during some passages? Like at 3:27. Either way, Blood Elves ambience music and Suramar's soundtrack are so magical, enigmatic and yet slightly creepy... my favourite.
The bombing run was definitely one of my favorite Sunwell moment, as a Blood Elf Pally too. I fumbled the run the first and second time because I got distracted by the heroic brass segment to actually do the bombing! Flying on the backs of beautiful dragonhawks, taking vengence for all the sufferings and injustices my people have endured...Damn, making me feel so badass, and so sad, but also cathartic. What a national tragedy does to a people! I'll forever love the Blood elves. Glory to the Sin'dorei!
i miss your uploads everness, you truly are my favourtie wow music channel! i hope you are okay... i would love a 1hr vid of just the undead tavern music.. maybe one day i'll get my wish, but in the meantime i thank you for everything here, i fall asleep to your playlists almost every night! ♥
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_"Nine of every ten of us. Slain by Arthas Menethil to raise that lich. Our noble kingdom, all but erased. You still bleed, do you not? Cut your flesh and count the drops of blood. Let nine fall and soak the earth for every one you save. Tell me what that does to your heart. For I can tell you precisely what it did to mine. Survival often felt more like a burden than a blessing. I did everything I could think of to keep our people strong. But perhaps the path I took was..."_ _- Kael'thas Sunstrider_
"what is freedom without the freedom to choose your own path in your own way, we are all prisoners in a dying world that is blinded by it's own fate, too much war, too much suffering, and what does it amount to other than a sealed fate of darkness of a never ending cycle of death that won't be stopped, we must heed our own wisdom of survival if we are to bare the clutches of our chains"
_This is where the end began._
_My company was patrolling the forests near Zul'Aman when we received word of the Scourge invasion. We were wholly unprepared for what we encountered. Quel'Thalas had enjoyed years of idyllic peace. And suddenly, we were facing death itself. I lost my eye in that battle... and would have lost my life were it not for Halduron._
_Words cannot describe the devastation our people suffered that day. That any of us survived to tell the tale is a miracle. One that we cannot afford to waste._
...
_The next memory..._
_Forgive me. For many of our people, it was when we realized death was coming for us._
...
_Sylvanas Windrunner was our kingdom's protector. Had she and her rangers not met Arthas with such fierce resistance, our people might no longer exist. She paid the ultimate price so that enough of us might escape to rebuild our fallen kingdom. When Arthas raised her as a banshee and turned her against Quel'Thalas, it broke all our hearts.._
_I've had my share of disagreements with Sylvanas... But I will never forget her sacrifice. She was the Ranger-General of Silvermoon. Nothing will ever change that._
...
_While the monument here was intended to honor the fallen members of the Shattered Sun, it quickly took on a second meaning for the sin'dorei. It was not far from here that we lost one of our greatest heroes: Anasterian Sunstrider, the last king of Quel'Thalas. [...]_
_For thousands of years, the Sunwell meant everything to our people. [...] My faith was shattered when Silvermoon fell. I lost sight of who I was. But by the grace of the Light, I found redemption [...]_
_No matter how much pain we endure, we will not lose hope. In the face of darkness, look always to the Eternal Sun._
...
_Remember the Sunwell. We ride into battle with those words for a reason. We lost so much that day... I lost so much that day._
...
_Always remember that our people are not defined by tragedy, but by our ability to overcome it. From the ashes of the past, we carry the flame of hope into the future._
...
*- The Heritage of the Sin'dorei quest line*
Everyone calls attention to Arthas and Illidan's tragedies, but not many talk of Kael's. Beyond heartbreaking.
@Milo Xander you really don't want to say that out loud dude, good way to get a knock at your front door
This channel is a masterpiece
God think how even more gorgeous this city would be if it was redone to the detail of Suramar
Despite how I wish it would happen - night elves deserve it more with their cardboard Darnassus houses.
Cardboard houses are better then literal props that don't even exist
@@crimson6990 I think we can all agree...it's been what...13 years since BC released? And they never updated the Exodar or Silvermoon..heck, outland never got a visual update at all.
@@Dwayneff I don't think it needs to be said why it hasn't got an update, but even still, it really is a shame. I wish they'd just hire a couple people for the sole purpose of slowly but gradually updating and making changes to older content. The Exodar and Silvermoon deserve it, they could even throw in a couple portals just to give people reasons to be there.
@@Dwayneff I think the biggest reason for it was stated to be because of flying. Silvermoon is actually only partially done, and if we can fly above it it’s a lot easier to see just how hollow that city really is
"When the world needed him most, he came back"
Who? Kael'Thas? Or TBC? :)
@@bebra_shelby lmfao. Kael ofc.
we need another returning of Everness
I need it even more than you, I can assure you...
@@Everness1 We really do miss you bro. Take as much time as you need, but there's a reason you have such loyal viewer counts. I've probably put more hours into experiencing your content than any other channel, not for your variety, but for your quality. You remain unsurpassed, and so if it takes you 5 months, so be it. Hope you're well though, in any case.
If WOW ever dies, Silvermoon is where I would be for the final moments of WOW. My first character was a blood elf and the music of Silvermoon will always have a special place in my heart. 2:20 with the deep melody, takes me back to my first time playing WOW and all of the fun experiences I've had playing WOW. Also I really love the happy feel good vibes that the music can give but if you take a deeper dive into it, it becomes a lot more dark, and sad.
Well said.
same bro. such a good memories, will never back again.
It will die soon if the developers keep this crap content coming.
i still get chills! that melody strikes deep for me as well
Anyone who doesn't call Pandaria his home is bereft of his soul.
I don’t need this nostalgia dagger stuck in my back, but I can’t help but be grateful for it.
i feel you too
In my teenage days, sometimes I even believed I was the blood elf hero I used to be, it was like real life for me, there were moments I really cound't tell the difference between my character and the "real me". The whole thing was so intense... Now I stick with the memories and I know they will be side by side with me forever. This was and is more than a game for me. It helped me to carry on strugles of the "real life".
Listening to this wonderful tracks makes me feel I'm there again, the young boy that was a blood elf hero and dreamed to face the most threatening beings in Azeroth....
I was only 9 when I started playing WOW for the blood elf. I spent crazy amount of hours listening to all these songs while playing back to those days. Now I’m 20 and I’m so glad this game was in my life, I didn’t feel lonely thanks to it. Legendary game, legendary soundtracks, always in my heart❤️
SAME omg
first character blood elf...started with 7 now i'm 22..these emotions in that nostalgic soundtrack
Every day in my life and in my heart
same... i was 8 or 9 and now i'm almost 22
this game will be a part of my heart forever
@@maknae_ontopdang I'm old. I was 22 when Burning Crusade came out! Nostalgia!
As a 17 year Ally player, I recently started lvl'ing horde for completionism. After all the years I've played I'd never actually been inside the blood elf capital. Truly beautiful place, i really wish they would make it relevant. Honestly my favorite capital city.
It’s not finished, that’s the reason you can’t fly on azuremyst isle or eversong woods /: the buildings in silver moon look like pieces of paper from the top and I think that’s a big reason why it’s dead
I played ally for 8yrs... Quit 3yrs ago for a blood elf. Best decision ever. Eversong woods is stunning. Silvermoon is gorgeous. My fav zone ever. I could totally live there IRL
Blood elves were also my reason for switching to the Horde back in the day. What I love about them is that (in pre-cata at least, don't know about the next extensions) they feel like their own faction. They're not in the Alliance, but they're not accepted in the Horde neither, and they only got in because Sylvanas used to be a blood elf and she's the faction leader. The other horde races are waiting for us to prove we're not weaklings by overcoming our current crisis. The Alliance rejected us, but while we joined the Horde, they won't help us, so we resent them just as well. This is so refreshing in a two-faction game!
@@lycorisdev yes!! And honestly I love that they had built their own little empire and were always minding their own business. They had everything they could ever need. They weren't out spying, stealing, waging war. They just wanted to live their little life in Eversong Forest.
Tbh that and the whole "rising from the ashes" thing hits home IRL a lot.
@@Macabre.Marionette friend
Just in time for the Burning Crusade Classic announcement, I see.
I’ve been tinkering with this video for a year, so that’s honestly just another coincidence. 🙂
Oh really 🤩! Thanks for that!
@@Everness1 will they be going through all the old wows including Wrath classic?
Sure. At this point it's practically free money for the company. Now _when_ will they stop is another question entirely, since you can make a compelling enough argument for Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria re-release, but after those two people's anticipation goes down _real_ fast. (Shadowlands Classic 2034 🤞)
Blood elves have an amazing soundtrack. All thanks to Russell Brower.
Absolutely. Russell Brower is responsible for every single tune you hear in this mix.
Best game/WoW ever released.
WoW Soundtracks have never quite been the same since WOTLK. Whilst Cataclysm's music is objectively 'good', the music for the old world zones was too dramatic and orchestrial at times. This trend continued. MOP was a bit of a tangent as it was very Asian infused, but throughout WOD, Legion and so on soundtracks have got more and more busier. It is not as pleasant to listen to. Vanilla-WOTLK had this style of soundtrack that just got lost after Wrath, maybe they changed composer. But the early WoW music feels really unique and has its own style, whereas BFA's soundtrack could be lost amongst the plethora of other fantasy game soundtracks that have come out in the past decade.
@@tonythesopranos5310 Many of the old composers are still very much involved in the soundtracks, as they've been since the beginning, though some to a lesser extent, with the exception of Glenn Stafford and Russel Brower who've remained mainstays across the breadth of releases. You're right about a change in composers, however, in that there have been many different composers involved throughout the various expansions, especially since MoP, with the additional touches of David Arkenstone across many tracks since Wrath. What you heard in WoD was largely the influence of Clint Bajakian's direction, wanting to encapsulate that almost urgent, boisterous, adventurous sound that permeates the entirety of WoD's atmosphere and music which I personally think is excellent all around, one of the game's strongest soundtracks by far, followed closely by Legion and Mists. WoD seems to have been a one-off kind of deal, much like the entire expansion itself, never to be done like that again.
You're definitely right that the sound changed after Wrath. I would disagree somewhat about BfA, however, as I'm not sure it would be entirely lost. Their weakest soundtrack so far, it still had some distinct gems in the jumble of themes and motifs that stand out against a lot of the usual fantasy soundscapes of other IPs.
Anyway, I enjoyed this ramble but I'll end it here.
@@tonythesopranos5310 Yes I have been saying this for years, and I don't understand why many of the composers felt the need to make WoW's music so intense and in the foreground instead of a soundtrack that helps you immerse into a zone.
I turn up the music in early WoW, I lower it in retail because it's so "in-your-face" I might as well just be focusing on the music alone.
I'll never forget seeing Eversong for the first time when BC came out. There hadn't really ever been an environment like that in Classic and it was shockingly beautiful.
It's still beautiful even today, which is surprising considering how it's still stuck in the past with some ancient textures. The colors and architecture are fantastic.
Understand your comment completely but we had as much, I am not afraid saying more stunning and beautiful Teldrasil and Ashenvale zones. 😊
My soul is forever there, bathing in tender light of Sun shining through Eversong woods.
Iconic music!! Pretty on the surface but swimming with something sad and sinister. I love the story of the blood elves.
Everness come back, your work is yet not over.....
it's been 7 years since i stopped playing, my main and first character was a blood elf sub rogue, even if i was at 75-90, i'd be visiting silvermoon from time to time, just to relax and sit down.
Hey Everness, I read in a comment from a few months ago that things have been rough on you and I hope you're doing better now!
I just wanted to leave a comment to let you know that I still come here regularly to listen to your uploads and appreciate the work that goes into making them :)
hope all is better now!
The long-awaited legend has come back to us.
I've been playing this on loud speaker at home so much, it's like the soundtrack to my life 🌙🌞
Mine as well❤
Damn, right in the feels. Suddenly i'm 25 again.
Damn. Turns me 16
How old are you now?
@@bitterleafcastle1552 39 bro. TBC was released 14 years ago.
@@ArrozMisto me too. lol
@@stefanoandrianopoulos9071 Turns me about, hm, 13 or 14. I started when I was 12 in Nov 2006. Growing up playing WoW makes it a very formative experience. Played the game since 2017 and dipped into Classic when that came out. It's a part of me. I don't even play games anymore, but I'm still going to watch Blizzconline.
Thank you so much for making these. I truly appreciate the work that goes into these.
I love that one of the first games I remember playing was Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, and here I am, more years later than I care to admit, still enjoying Warcraft.
From the Journal of Azetus, Master Mage of the Sin'dorei:
"I was just a boy when the Scourge attacked our homeland. My father, Ceverine, was one of the few warriors who survived that awful battle that lost us the Sunwell. His bravery in the face of that awful man clad in black armor is something I will always be proud of.
When I finally became a man, I joined the Silvermoon armies as a proud Battlemage of the Horde, following in my father's footsteps to defend my home from the Alliance that abandoned us. I never could have imagined that as soon as my three months of training had ended, the Legion would invade the Broken Isles. I fought beside my father throughout their invasion...
...until he lost his life on Argus.
For my efforts in the war, the Horde called me as a hero. My Regent Lord presented me with fabulous raiments to honor my newfound reputation, and even the Kirin Tor saw fit to make me a new Archmage. But while Silvermoon celebrates my victories, all I can think of is how my father deserved the honors I received far more than I did, and yet he will only be remembered as a warrior who died defending his home.
He deserves far more than that."
Your backstory is awesome. Rock on :D
@@calebmcmorris5956 Thank you so much!
The adventurer pass the bridge at a perfect point of the soundtrack: 7:13
Just beautiful... Can he imagine the grandeur of the adventure that awaits him?
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Ahh, this was my RP -jam-! 17 again, still learning English, making a blood elf mage. Swaggering through the streets of Silvermoon, wearing a new ostentatious robe every time ... Yup, defo a favourite area. Blood elven conduct taught me the meaning of suave even before I knew the word
The blood elf starting areas are some of my favorites. 💕
Hey, I hope you're doing well. Thanks for all the compilations, they really take me back to my early days in WoW.
Come back you make my days easier
It is weird but just going through the comment section I feel like I have so much in common with you guys. We shared this game, although I have never met you.
This makes me feel profound solidarity. You hang in there guys.
Love your work
@@TrolladinPlays Thanks
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Camaraderie it is called.
If I could like this over and over again, I would. Thank you Everness for rekindling these fond memories (:
Love these eternal Autumn afternoon landscapes,it’s rendered so beautifully.Thanks for posting Evernes.
This is magical. Music truly has a power like nothing else. May peace be with you all!
Just wanted to thank you for all the work you do of bringing these soundstracks back to life.
The day before my sisters death she was still playing wow. We played it since 2004… I remember when the blood elves arrived.. it was such a big event for us. It became our favorite race… we had so many characters. I still love the game but my sister played way more than I so it reminds me too much of her. Idk if I can still play it now that she’s gone
I’m so so sorry to hear this. I can’t even comprehend what it’s like to lose a sibling. I understand it’s painful to do anything that makes you think of her so much. I wish you the best Marie, I’m so sorry for your loss 🙏🏻❤️
@@kellim307 oh whoa I’m really touched by your comment. I even forgot I wrote all this (sorry for the trauma dumping)
Anyway you’re so kind thank you!! It’s really nice of you to say all that.. God bless you. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it
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I know normally we'd be glad for a new video, but this time, I just want to say that seeing this in my Subs meant that you were still alive and kicking man.
Thanks for the amazing content and stay safe >:D
Trying my best, one day at a time. :)
@@Everness1 As I've been working the past week and on a listening spree, I noticed almost all of the Ambience-only compilations have disappeared (there are still some from Skyrim posted on the channel).
Was this because of that stupid TH-cam thing where it Disabled comments and videos because they were not child-safe or something?
Apologies for asking, it's just that, thanks to those helping myself and my GF with sleeping, she actually picked up WoW and we now play together. They were very soothing, in particular the winter ones like Dun Morogh or Storm Peaks, or the Jade Forest and Stranglethorn, and most of all the one with rain, in Gilneas.
Time goes on but you still cant fly in silvermoon :DD
Blood elf and draenei zone are in the outland 'world box', making it obvious for flying player that it just a floating island in the end. Thats the main reason why we cant fly in these zone. Sadly.
@@Quaarlos I don't think copying it to mainland Eastern kingdoms would be that hard. Main reason actually is that they would have to rebuild it because it is build like the old world was. If you manage to get on the walls you see that it's basically a cardboard cutout. Everything that isn't visible while walking through the city is just empty with no texture.
Especially in Quel'Thalas I wish it was a thing.
I've been listening to the Barrens track a lot lately, warcraft really had some amazing soundtracks. Thank you so much, you're the best as always, Everness!
Rest in peace Anasterian
Rest in peace Dath’Remar
The last kings of Quel'Thalas.
Thank you for making this video! I have been searching for a video with all Blood elven soundtracks in it. Truely a nostalgi trip
I honestly just wanna say I adore this channel so much, helped me through stressful times!
”Anu belore dela'na” n shiet
I'm so glad you uploaded! Thank you for another stellar WoW mix!! 💜
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Still listen to your channel everyday my brother.
Your videos are accompanying me during these hard times. They bring me peace. I really hope you're well
My absolute favorite and best music and locations from the game. The eternal sun guides us.
My favorite mix you've done. Blood elves have been my favorite ever since Warcraft III. Thank you for this!
Definitely the best starting zones and quests through the next few zones.
2007...... 14 years ago. Wow!!!
Thank you for this. The Sin'dorei will always hold a special place in my heart as a WoW player. Especially as a Death Knight raised by Arthas himself.
I LOVE Blood Elves. Thank you for this so much!! I love you!!!
I love you too!
When you're overwhelmed by nostalgia you almost throw up.
On a dark and cold Wednesday morning nothing is more awesome than to wake up for one of your new videos. :) Thanks Everness, you are great!
Take me down to the Silvermoon City
Where their eyes glow green
And the Elves are pretty
This channel is a blessing
my first ever character in 2011 im so cry UGH
I've mained a Draenei Frost DK for almost forever but this capital will literally ALWAYS have a huge place in my heart. Love the nostalgia
This whole soundtrack will always have a place in my heart, i don't miss TBC and WOTLK just for the quests, raids or PvP, but for THAT inexplicable feeling that gets you while you are doing a low level quest with some random people you just met ingame. That's something else man...
This is a beautiful tribute to my people, thank you. So cant wait for Burning Crusade Classic! Take me back to the good old days!
fantastic work as always Everness. Beautiful arrangement and great visuals, thanks!
It's great to listen to these pieces of music come alive again and revivify so many great memories for us all to share.
Thank you Everness for compiling these together. Considering it seems more worth your time to put Skyrim music together, you're still putting together World of Warcraft videos too. Thank you!
I have been listening everyday to the Eversong and Silvermoon videos you uplaoded before. So glad you made a new video. Thank you
I rememeber the very first time I played WoW (around the time 'Wrath of the Lich King' released) and I was very enchanted by the colour palette (orange being my favourite colour) and soothing yet somewhat brooding soundtrack of the Blood Elves. Love these type of video's, thanks for the work done!
Eversong will always be my favorite of the starting locations. So beautiful, peaceful, and fun. It feels so thematic with the trolls and undead leftovers. The blood elf history was so cool and I never even played Frozen Throne.
Oh man I love your stuff! Awesome work
This is amazing. You keep on doing your magic.
Your vids help me when I'm down or depressed. They just take me to another plane and help me heal
Thank you so much
Thank you so much!! I was making a half elf last night for dnd and using the limited album music as inspiration this is way better with all the different variants!
will never forget playing a belf pally for the first time in Wrath back in the day, levelling for maybe 25 levels or so. was such a magical time. I played again when BC classic released, and it just wasnt quite the same, although I do still have fond memories. amazing race and music, and zone and everything. Some of the best lore in the game with Kael'thas. My belf's name was Kelthael. Legendary.
Liked and added to my Playlist asap. I spent so much time in these areas - its not even a joke
And we will live this master pieces again in TBC Classic i can't believe 😍
I was 7 years old when i heard it. More than a cartoon music is now into my mind. And i'm proud of that.
Great memories in Silvermoon :P These areas were absolutely mindblowing when TBC released, so beautiful and colorful work.
The quality is so good! Keep it up! Thank you for your amazing work :)
Hell yes, I absolutely love the magical sound the blood elf music has. Thank you!
Omg I was so happy to see you post this and I’m hoping this means more ambient videos in the future? Just the other day I was wishing you would make an Ardenweald ambient video 🌙✨
I tend to overpromise and underdeliver, at least it terms of quantity of these videos. All I can say is I’ll try my best. 😌
Beautiful, this'll put me to sleep easy, i've been listening to the Eversong video for so long I didn't even imagine how many other tracks there were
Oh lord i love playing Bloodelf.
Their history, the scar by Arthas, Sylvannas, Kael'Thas, their comeback after almost being cleansed from Azeroth. All the lore this region has its epic, sad and emotional.
I always look in your videos if there is players running arround still, but i dont see none :(, like i wish they were there so it means WoW isnt near-death.
I would live on Eversong woods for eternity.
Remembering killing the Wretched on the port, seeing how my homeland started changing from beatiful and charming.. to this undead Ghostland, i was terrified the first time i get to Ghostlands, remembering the terror that happened on Warcraft 3, but then i got to Tranquilillien and cooled off, helping with the quests on the east (Farstrider Enclave), killing the nerubians at the Suncrown Village, then getting the necklace of Sylvannas.
Thanks for the video Everness
Thanks to these videos I got my university degree. Great work!
I get chills listening to this
Me too!
Good work dude, thank you for all of this videos!
Hoping to get new music that lives up to this in the Midnight Expansion. I love Quel'thalas 🧝♂️
I wonder if Everness is ok, hasn't posted here or on Twitter for over a year.
Wherever he is, I hope he knows how many of us appreciate the work he's done.
I often listen to videos here when I code and need to stay focused.
Thanks man.
I've just noticed that, it's strange how he stop posting on both TH-cam & Twitter at the same time.
For me, this game will forever live on through its music.
Since '96 when WC2 came out I have loved the elves of Quel'Thalas. It's still a shame we cannot fly here. The FP from Quel'danas is the closest thing we have to seeing the city from the air.
It's stupid to associate it with this, but it reminds me of when my dog was still alive. I miss the old days of my life.
it doesnt seem to matter how much i tell myself the days of playing wow are over, i hear this music and i want to come back
Guild Wars 2 mix next please! Awesome channel!
I've been waiting for so long king! Now waiting for the Shadowlands ones 😁
I used to literally sign in and leave my belf standing there just for the ambience and music. Then after making multiple alts and having to level through this area over and over I got so tired of it I would mute and listen to pretty much any other music. Now hearing it again I feel the weirdest mix of annoyance and nostalgia.
My bloodelf paladin back in BC was my favorite character and one of my first i played quite seriously. I always went so Silvermoon to craft jewelry but which was only taught there. But also I went there to get to my class teacher. Just because I loved the city so much.
Also the leveling in that area was great. That music brings back the good old days.
I was wondering if I was the only one getting TLOTR vibes during some passages? Like at 3:27. Either way, Blood Elves ambience music and Suramar's soundtrack are so magical, enigmatic and yet slightly creepy... my favourite.
I can’t wait for Midnight
The bombing run was definitely one of my favorite Sunwell moment, as a Blood Elf Pally too. I fumbled the run the first and second time because I got distracted by the heroic brass segment to actually do the bombing! Flying on the backs of beautiful dragonhawks, taking vengence for all the sufferings and injustices my people have endured...Damn, making me feel so badass, and so sad, but also cathartic. What a national tragedy does to a people! I'll forever love the Blood elves. Glory to the Sin'dorei!
i miss your uploads everness, you truly are my favourtie wow music channel! i hope you are okay... i would love a 1hr vid of just the undead tavern music.. maybe one day i'll get my wish, but in the meantime i thank you for everything here, i fall asleep to your playlists almost every night! ♥
You’re back! Thanks for this!
Love this. So many memories. Eversong Woods, forever..
The Return of the King. ❤️
I've been working from home and listening to your soundtrack and ambience videos are making my days. :) Thank you very much.
You are very welcome! 🤗
@@Everness1 are you dead man?
Great job out there, boys. Floryn is proud of you. Stay flying. -Army Brat
Oh, hey, does anyone see the footage of my drunk Blood Elf? You should it's pretty funny.
Oh btw HeavenlyDragon, your second in command is not AT ALL pleased with this pve session. We'll be having a pvp later about this.
Welcome back, thank you for your amazing job ✨
Thank you for posting this. This is most excellent music for me to work on my writing.
I'd love to step back in again and listen to 34:40 in person but it just won't be the same carefree 2AM adventure with friends on vent :)
HELL YEAH! I've been waiting for this one for months. Thanks
Blood elves, the only reason I ever doubt my commitment to the Alliance