The fully orchestrated music on the two CDs pay tribute to titles such as Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft, as well as music based on the new Starcraft II, WOW: Wrath of the Lich King and Diablo III. One of the new Diablo III tracks features a special composition by the critically acclaimed Kō Ōtani, who is most well known for his soundtrack to Shadow of the Colossus, as well as many anime series.
There will be two editions of the package. The standard edition, which will come with just the music CDs and will cost US $29.95 and a Legendary Edition for US $49.95. The Legendary edition will be a limited offer and will feature a making of DVD as well as 9 art cards based on the games as can be seen below.
The tracklist is as follows:
DISC ONE
From Warcraft III
The Third War Symphony
1. Journey to Kalimdor
2. Eternity’s End
From World of Warcraft and World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
The Shadow of the Legion Symphony
3. A Tenuous Pact
4. Anar’alah Belore
5. The Betrayer and The Sun King From World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King 6. The Visions of the Lich King Overture
DISK TWO
From StarCraft and StarCraft: Ghost
The Koprulu Symphony
7. No Matter the Cost
8. En Taro Adun
9. Eradicate and Evolve
10. Victorious but not unscarred From Starcraft II
11. The Hyperion Overture
From Diablo, Diablo II, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction and Diablo III
The Symphony of Sanctuary
12. The Eternal Conflict
13. Legacy of Terror
14. Children of the Worldstone
15: BONUS: Last Angel
The Legendary Edition will be released on the 1st of November, the Standard Edition on the 22nd of November, and both editions can be pre-ordered currently on the Eminence website.
Rock on, Diablo Fans! I just placed an order for the Legendary Edition, which will only have a single limited production run. FYI, I'm pretty hyped about this.
Well yea!! (Im not im goona listen to em on youtube) Aint I a cheapa
It wouldn't be so bad for 50% OFF!
Edit (906pm EDT):
Did Anybody see it Locally yet?
Who has this already?
Going by the responses in this thread, I assume NOT majority are going to buy this thing.
It's gotta have a way to cost cheaper someday!!!
Worry not, stag deflation is in the global economic pipe so the price will drop as that occurs but make sure you buy when it hit's bottom because hyperinflation will likely follow.
Who needs Diablo to scare you, we got our very own real life horror underway right now. Those game characters are smarter than you might think, they grab gold at every turn. We all might want to stock up on real the gold and silver now while it's still low.
Seriously
My order's supposedly 'complete' so I'm just waiting for it to arrive within 7-10 days.
Legendary
-Does it come in a box or hardcoverbook?
-Do the 2CDs/1DVD each have their own jewel case or paper-sleeves?
Standard
-Does it come in a cardboard digipack case or hardcover book?
-Or does it some kind of box with individual jewel-cases, a double jewel-case, or paper-sleeves inside box?
I can't tell from the pics.
This reminds me of the awesome Final Fantasy Distant Worlds orchestrated cd that came out this year. It has orchestrated music from FFI-XI that they played on the Distant Worlds concert tour which was awesome!!! With that said, I wish it was all Diablo!
- It comes with a hard case sleeve which is covers a unique 3 part Digipack
- The disks are protected in each slot within the digipack
Standard
- It's a Super Jewel Case. Much like a Playstation 3 case. Not very common.
Here are some IRL pic of the LE. It doesn't show the discs but I'm sure they will post it with discs soon.
Check out the Echoes of War blog - http://blog.eminenceonline.com/
Personally, I'd rather have a super-jewel case if that means the kind of case the Led Zeppelin's mother-ship comes in. I only want it for the Diablo music anyway.
I can't wait to get my hands on this!!! By the way I loved the 4 sample tracks on the web-site!
However the music is all the same =D
If you find any pics of the standard-edition case please post them.
I do like the Legendary version alot more now that I have seen what the case is like.
It should cost 50%, really.
15 songs, and just another DVD really is NOT worth $50, sad to say.
If you have ordered within the first week of anouncement, you should receive the product within 1~3 weeks from today. There's been a lot of orders so it's been hard to keep up >.<
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Hey SithDiablo,
Our music is not short. It's just over 90 minutes - spanning over 2 discs, with the arrangements by celebrity arrangers/composers the production have cost well over music production Playstation 3 game titles. Actually, the budget is roughly 10 times the amount in comparison to a project we did for Bandai Namco Games - Soul Calibur IV. The packaging is also quite sturdy and well built.
I guess you wont really know whether you think it's worth it till you see it and hear it. There is no way we could even hope to make the same product for half the price, we wish we could! =(
Thanks!
If anyone else is fine with that length ALL power to them.
So many people these days see $10 CD, they still download it online illegally. I mean, just $10!
Now with a $30 CD? You think ANYBODY actually going to PAY for it?
I guess the MOST crazy Diehard fans would (Who probably would line up 2 days to get Diablo 3 anyway), but don't expect other Big fans like myself who isn't that crazy to do stuff like that, or avid fans paying this much for this, sorry.
I really WANT to get this, but after some thinking, I concluded that despite I really want to get it, it's NOTHING special to warrant over $50, period.
I DON'T care this is orchestra music, it to me is no different than other Artists/Vocal albums I can get for just $10-15!
Yes, I am the director of Eminence Symphony Orchestra. This forum caught my attention so I decided to visit =D
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Hi Diabll Frog,
Standard Edition is not delivered yet, so I can't post pics yet =( I will once it's out!
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Hi SithDiablo,
I guess that's your value, I cannot argue with you there.
How about you download it on iTunes when it is out in December?