A few people requested that I share this. You don't have to listen to this if you don't want to spoil the awesome background music that's going to be in Diablo III: Reaper of Souls.
Personally I can't get enough of this piece. I think the D3 music department really took a massive leap forward.
One of the things blizzard has done for WoW that i always considered awesome is some of it's soundtracks,
this one kinda reminds me that "epic" feeling of those but with the darker theme incorporated, really nice piece.
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Yeah i love this piece too. It was leaked a while back when the whole RoS soundtrack was.
Yeah, I heard a few tracks back then, but that was before the Beta was even released. I didn't feel like they were "complete." The one I uploaded is more or less the entire track from start to finish.
Yeah i love this piece too. It was leaked a while back when the whole RoS soundtrack was.
Yeah, I heard a few tracks back then, but that was before the Beta was even released. I didn't feel like they were "complete." The one I uploaded is more or less the entire track from start to finish.
To me the music in this game, and probably many others....but 3 in particular is absolutely stunning.
sure music is subjective....but you can really sense that this was created by a real orchestra in a professional setting.
when I hear this music I envision "rebellious" orchestra. in the same way that the lore in this game is really eclectic. angels and demons being artistically re-envisioned. elements of stale human lore being thrown in the blender....well so is the music!!! and my hat goes off to them for it!!!!
Ghom, Lord of Gluttony is one of my all time favorite songs ever.....i love it.
TBH I have never really been a fan of the WoW soundtracks. here are definitely some tracks I like, such as Nightsong and I forgot the name of the other but it was made by Matt Uelemen. I always feel as if they're too grandiose and epic. They work in WoW but I've never been much of a fan of WoW. TBH I also thought D3's soundtrack was lackluster and influenced too much by Browder's WoW sounding epicness. 'The End of Days' is too grandiose for Diablo. If you look back at all Diablo songs from 1 and 2 including Hellfire they're all very singular pieces. Not much is taking the stage besides very eerie sounds accompanied by a very small amount of instruments which are mostly string instruments which had a slight twang to them. The only part of Diablo to have broken that mold was D2 LoD those songs were slightly more orchestral and epic but they still retained the eerie sense and vibe that all previous Diablo songs had to them.
Diablo 3 had a few songs I thought fit the dark theme of Diablo well, one of them ironically was 'Whimseyshire', Leah is my favorite though, because it goes back to the simple eeriness present in the strings. From what I've heard so far with RoS most of the tracks sound similar to D2 and LoD. Which in my opinion is great because they're giving me a very dark brooding vibe again. Which let's be quite honest what Diablo is all about. The impending doom, never knowing what's coming next. That's what needs to be there in a Diablo soundtrack and I didn't find much of it if any at all in the original soundtrack.
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TBH I have never really been a fan of the WoW soundtracks. here are definitely some tracks I like, such as Nightsong and I forgot the name of the other but it was made by Matt Uelemen. I always feel as if they're too grandiose and epic. They work in WoW but I've never been much of a fan of WoW. TBH I also thought D3's soundtrack was lackluster and influenced too much by Browder's WoW sounding epicness. 'The End of Days' is too grandiose for Diablo. If you look back at all Diablo songs from 1 and 2 including Hellfire they're all very singular pieces. Not much is taking the stage besides very eerie sounds accompanied by a very small amount of instruments which are mostly string instruments which had a slight twang to them. The only part of Diablo to have broken that mold was D2 LoD those songs were slightly more orchestral and epic but they still retained the eerie sense and vibe that all previous Diablo songs had to them.Diablo 3 had a few songs I thought fit the dark theme of Diablo well, one of them ironically was 'Whimseyshire', Leah is my favorite though, because it goes back to the simple eeriness present in the strings. From what I've heard so far with RoS most of the tracks sound similar to D2 and LoD. Which in my opinion is great because they're giving me a very dark brooding vibe again. Which let's be quite honest what Diablo is all about. The impending doom, never knowing what's coming next. That's what needs to be there in a Diablo soundtrack and I didn't find much of it if any at all in the original soundtrack.
Yea "Leah" was definitely the standout track of the D3 soundtrack for me too. I also think there's a lot of potential for dark and goolmy music even of the grandiose nature, when done right. For instance, Titus's theme from Space Marineor Imperatix Mundi by Jo Blakenburg.
Diablo 3 had a few songs I thought fit the dark theme of Diablo well, one of them ironically was 'Whimseyshire', Leah is my favorite though, because it goes back to the simple eeriness present in the strings. From what I've heard so far with RoS most of the tracks sound similar to D2 and LoD. Which in my opinion is great because they're giving me a very dark brooding vibe again. Which let's be quite honest what Diablo is all about. The impending doom, never knowing what's coming next. That's what needs to be there in a Diablo soundtrack and I didn't find much of it if any at all in the original soundtrack.
Oh man you just read my mind. +1 (If the website let's me upvote this, seems to be broken right now.)
I think the WoW soundtrack was quite nice, and I'm not a fan of Whimseyshire, but I absolutely wholeheartedly to everything you said about D3. The OST is just too grandiose, too epic, too orchestral. I'm a lone soldier, but the music sometimes is a better fit for a huge army battle as in LotR. Some of the tunes in RoS are really nice, although some are again too epic.
Sometimes less is more. Anyone played Fallout? The music was absolutely minimal and almost non-existent, but that was the point - the emptiness and tension it was creating is much more powerful than having to listen to 5 hours of drums (some D3V tunes).
Diablo 3 had a few songs I thought fit the dark theme of Diablo well, one of them ironically was 'Whimseyshire', Leah is my favorite though, because it goes back to the simple eeriness present in the strings. From what I've heard so far with RoS most of the tracks sound similar to D2 and LoD. Which in my opinion is great because they're giving me a very dark brooding vibe again. Which let's be quite honest what Diablo is all about. The impending doom, never knowing what's coming next. That's what needs to be there in a Diablo soundtrack and I didn't find much of it if any at all in the original soundtrack.
Oh man you just read my mind. +1 (If the website let's me upvote this, seems to be broken right now.)I think the WoW soundtrack was quite nice, and I'm not a fan of Whimseyshire, but I absolutely wholeheartedly to everything you said about D3. The OST is just too grandiose, too epic, too orchestral. I'm a lone soldier, but the music sometimes is a better fit for a huge army battle as in LotR. Some of the tunes in RoS are really nice, although some are again too epic.Sometimes less is more. Anyone played Fallout? The music was absolutely minimal and almost non-existent, but that was the point - the emptiness and tension it was creating is much more powerful than having to listen to 5 hours of drums (some D3V tunes).
I loved whimseyshire not for its musicality, but rather for it fitting so well with the theme. I mean think of it. You have this game set in a pretty grim dark fantasy with an amazing painted, almost watercolor-like, art style that you fight demons in, and in an instant you're transported to this new world where it looks as though possessed mythical creatures and things generally good are stuck in a child's fantasy land with all of its pretty colors and handrawn map. Which the music contrasts immeasurably, It's odd offkey, played backwards I'm pretty sure, and is generally very creepy when thought of in such a colorful setting. It really is a complete 180 of the real world that our heroes fight in, and it just made that level that much more awesome to me.
And To everyone saying 'Leah' was the best track on D3V soundtrack I think it's because it's a very simple and melodic piece. There's not 50 drums a winds and a strings section all competing for attention. It's a piano + a few violins and It's extremely foreboding and odd in the sense that you feel down but as the song progresses you see the change in it's tone to more of a "FUCK THESE DEMONS LET'S MURDER THEM ALL". It also fits extremely well the first time you hear it during the Act 2 cinematic, where Leah goes from being down and pitiful to wanting revenge and bringing the hatred inside of her out. Overall from RoS's soundtrack I feel like this will be a pretty decent outing for Blizzard I think Dustin Browder finally caught on that epic isn't always what's needed in Diablo it's more about making you feel alone in a very big world and you are never goign to know what pop's out at you next.
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Personally I can't get enough of this piece. I think the D3 music department really took a massive leap forward.
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this one kinda reminds me that "epic" feeling of those but with the darker theme incorporated, really nice piece.
Those Who Do Not Know True Pain Cannot Possibly Understand True Peace...
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sure music is subjective....but you can really sense that this was created by a real orchestra in a professional setting.
when I hear this music I envision "rebellious" orchestra. in the same way that the lore in this game is really eclectic. angels and demons being artistically re-envisioned. elements of stale human lore being thrown in the blender....well so is the music!!! and my hat goes off to them for it!!!!
Ghom, Lord of Gluttony is one of my all time favorite songs ever.....i love it.
Diablo 3 had a few songs I thought fit the dark theme of Diablo well, one of them ironically was 'Whimseyshire', Leah is my favorite though, because it goes back to the simple eeriness present in the strings. From what I've heard so far with RoS most of the tracks sound similar to D2 and LoD. Which in my opinion is great because they're giving me a very dark brooding vibe again. Which let's be quite honest what Diablo is all about. The impending doom, never knowing what's coming next. That's what needs to be there in a Diablo soundtrack and I didn't find much of it if any at all in the original soundtrack.
Yea "Leah" was definitely the standout track of the D3 soundtrack for me too. I also think there's a lot of potential for dark and goolmy music even of the grandiose nature, when done right. For instance, Titus's theme from Space Marineor Imperatix Mundi by Jo Blakenburg.
I think the WoW soundtrack was quite nice, and I'm not a fan of Whimseyshire, but I absolutely wholeheartedly to everything you said about D3. The OST is just too grandiose, too epic, too orchestral. I'm a lone soldier, but the music sometimes is a better fit for a huge army battle as in LotR. Some of the tunes in RoS are really nice, although some are again too epic.
Sometimes less is more. Anyone played Fallout? The music was absolutely minimal and almost non-existent, but that was the point - the emptiness and tension it was creating is much more powerful than having to listen to 5 hours of drums (some D3V tunes).
RoS has quite a few that give the somber, eerie tone. You'll find most of them in Act V.
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However......the last like two or three seconds.......WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?!
To go from intense, dramatic, battle like sounding music to a soft riff on a piano? I want my Collectors Edition NOAW!!!!
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Yeah definitely an awesome soundtrack from what i've heard so far. Thanks for sharing Jaetch.