What is your favorite x-pac soundtrack wise?

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Warlords of Draenor had an amazing OST. BfA is actually a pretty close second.

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WoD, Vanilla and WotLK. But to be fair, I always liked the in game mysic, even in expansions I didn’t like.

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Warlords of Draenor hands down

The frostfire ridge music is in my opinion, the best zone theme in the game bar none and i doubt a better one will ever be written. It gives me the perfect RPG Lord of the Rings epic adventure feel.

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Yeah, I’m glad they came up with this new theme that you can hear in the Motherlode or whenever Gallywix is involved.

The fact it’s playing in Gadgetzan makes it a little worse as it really doesn’t fit the Tanaris desert theme - where the music is otherwise great and imo surpasses the original.

The other “meh” music is imo Uldum. Not exactly bad, but compared to other scores, it just isn’t that appealing. But hey, it fits the zone, great potential, ruined by that unfunny Indiana Jones parody that overshadowed the actual lore.

That said, I really love WoW music across the expansions.

I also love how they started toying with the idea of changing music during the boss encounters, be it dungeons or raids, really adds up on the experience :+1:

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Wotlk overall best soundtrack, sometimes I go hang out in vrykul villages to hear the theme.

Special mention to whatever music is playing in the suramar quest hub/portal room, can’t remember the name right now.

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Probably WotLK but also Cata, it’s a tie.

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Wrath an TBC. The music really captures the zones well. My favorite zone music is Azuremyst Island and Howling Fjord.

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I have a soft spot for the Cata soundtrack.
But generally speaking it’s hard to pick a favourite soundtrack or expac soundtrack as they’re all great.

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Agreed. I have a ‘relax’ playlist on spotify where that soundtrack is part of it.

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Legion has, in my opinion, the best soundtrack so far. Pure art and awesomeness! Huge shout-out to the people involved in making it.
BfA is a close second, followed by the amazing soundtrack of Wrath. That’s my top 3.

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Nothing beats WoD soundtracks.

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MoP’s music felt good, I still listen to a lot of its music today when I want to feel serene.

Wotlk’s music gave me goosebumps, some tracks were chilling and epic. Just had that good old fashioned fanstasy feel.

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Total agree. I just had the music turned up loud for the first time in op: mechagon. And actually listened. Music is generally good there, but holy hell Sparkfluxs battle music is truly epic. It manages to make a Gnome boss seem formidable. Shame he’s such a chump boss.

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There are a few pieces I love to just straight up listen to - but none of them as much as the Warcraft 3 pieces.

Nevertheless, here are some of my favourites in no particular order:

  • Nightsong (Cataclysm)
  • Guardians of Nordrassil (Cataclysm)
  • Family (Warlords of Draenor)
  • The Shado-pan (Mists of Pandaria)
  • The Wandering Isle (Mists of Pandaria)
  • The Golden Lotus (Mists of Pandaria)
  • Everything that comes past the singing in The Traveler’s Path. (Mists of Pandaria)
  • Invincible (Wrath of the Lich King)
  • Dalaran (Wrath of the Lich King)
  • Legends of Azeroth (Classic)
  • The Shaping of the World (Classic)
  • Call to Arms (Classic)
  • Seasons of War (Classic)
  • Thunder Bluff (Classic)
  • Strangethorn Vale (Classic)
  • Teldrassil (Classic)
  • Hellfire (The Burning Crusade)
  • Might of Zandalar, second half (Battle for Azeroth)
  • The Grand Bazaar - last 1½ minutes (Battle for Azeroth)
  • Return to Arms (Battle for Azeroth)
  • Highmountain, second half (Legion)

Now, it’s very important for me to get one point across here: World of Warcraft’s soundtrack should never mean to be impressive in its own right as a CD. It can be, but it shouldn’t strive for it. That’s not the point of it. The purpose if it is to pop up, faded way into the background, once every 5-10 minutes or so. Its purpose is to do just enough to underscore the immersion and beauty of Azeroth as we explore it, and no more. It shouldn’t go bombastic in our face and fill up the entire scene, and as a matter of fact some of the above pieces do, which is actually a problem. Nevertheless, when listening to them on a CD, they are very good.

The older soundtracks embraced their place as background pieces far more than newer tracks do, and you can even tell on the CD. The old CD’s are full of ambience playing over the track. Not a decision I agree with, but you can definitely tell where they came from when you hear that.

As an example of this I love the inn music when I enter one, but ask me to listen to the inn music of Warcraft as an album, and I will bloody loathe it. Trust me, I know. I own the Taverns of Azeroth CD…

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