My mother was very sick when this first came out, suffering from some very bad effects of liver cirrhosis at the time, and she was in and out of the hospital and very hard to take care of. When I had some free time to myself, I would often just sit my character in some pretty area overlooking that main river running through the zone, over the waterfalls, and just listen to the music to unwind. Every now and then, I'll boot up that character just to fly back to that same spot and listen to this. To this day, hearing this music brings me to a peaceful place mentally that helps me unwind some, and I can see that serene river below me.
@@Moo.1336 Hey there my friend. Unfortunately she passed away a year and a half ago due to complications of liver disease. Was driving several states away to get there when it went downhill and missed her passing by two hours. She was fine and then everything just kinda failed within 48 hours. Was a rough time, but I still come back to this song to remember better times. C'est la vie, I suppose.
A friend of mine died a few months ago. We used to play wow alot together. Like only us two. I haven't played the game since he died. He looked forward to the new expansion Legion. Our prime time was when wotlk was the current expansion. This song reminds me so much of those days and him. I'd like to think that he is in Azeroth somewhere, waiting for me to join him. Miss you Daniel
I started playing WOW in 2019 (yesterday, basically) and I still enjoy the videogame (both Classic and retail). I came here just to listen this music that I found so melodic, beautiful and awesome. But after reading all the comments, I realize that WOW isn't "just a videogame". For a lot a people it meant friendships, youth, love, family, memories... So, even if you're still playing it or not, if this music reminds you of someone loved (who still may or not be with us), of more pleasent years or you just enjoy the tune... cheers, thank for the moments of joy that you share or shared in WOW. And I hope you are happy wherever you are, my fellow heroes...
My girlfriend started playing WoW with me while i was in college as a way to interact and hang out more. Come Wrath we were out of our noob stage and hitting our prime, spent many hours grinding alts and gearing them for raids throughout northrend. We would spend alot of time just hanging out in grizzly hills just for the music and scenery. 3 years ago this played during our wedding ceremony. I will never forget that day, this song, or even that place, even if one of them isn't real.
Listening to this piece now reminds me of my old friend and guildie. I knew her for years, but only knew her by her toon name. She liked to keep her online life separate from offline because of a bad experience in her past, but I considered her a real friend. Three years ago, a couple of other friends from the guild told me she had Stage 4 melanoma, detected purely by accident. I chatted with her on our forums for a while (during Mists of Pandaria; I stopped playing). The same friends told me that she'd been rushed to the hospital later that summer. No one has heard anything from her since. We are pretty certain she died. Her prognosis was not good, and it is just not like her to fail to be in touch or pop up in game. I wish I could contact her family to tell them how much we liked and respected her, how much her online friendship meant to us all. We raided all the way through this entire expansion together, from our first feeble attempts at Archavon to our Lich King kill. The game, and Northrend, will always make me think of her.
I've had so many friends like that over the years. Close connections, deep conversations, with that wall of unreality between us. Nevertheless, the fondness, the kinship, the real love for another, persists. Sometimes, they have been the one to mysteriously disappear. Other times, it was me. People can trash WoW for a thousand different mechanical reasons, but it's the humanity... toonanity? that keeps me interested. (The only thing keeping me out of the game right now is technology. Need a new PC.)
This song always reminds me of the good times in WoW, If I am ever in Northrend I always make the extra effort to visit Grizzly Hills on my Proto-drake, as sad as it may seem it always upsets me to think that this game may not be around for ever but... I am proud to have been part of the journey :)
When I started playing with my boyfriend five years ago I loved the music, but when I made it to Grizzly Hills this song ruined me. I knew right away if and when I get married I wanted to walk down the aisle to it. In three weeks I will be walking down the aisle toward my best friend, that same boyfriend, with this very song playing (at 1:52-ish). It is what I am looking forward to the most about the whole day. It will also be the nerdiest thing I have ever done, and I've done some rather nerdy things.
My brother passed away a few weeks ago, he was only 20. We both loved this game and while he wasn't a fan of the music THIS was the only song he truly liked. We both did and we would play it every time we quit and try to find that spark to get back into it. Needless to say it always worked. And now that he's gone, every time i hear this tune I think of him and know that he's doing just fine.
+Gage Drew dude I can't even imagine this. I play since vanilla with my two younger brothers (and more recently, my sister-in-law joined us). I honestly can't even think about one of them dying. I'm crying, man. I'm positively crying here. This song is already just too beautiful, but your story... Sorry for your loss, dude. I honestly am.
+Lopes Lopes thanks bud. Means a lot to me. It's kinda hard to explain the experiences of this game to people when they don't understand and haven't played it as long as I have. Glad to know someone understands though!
Sorry for your loss Gage, I know this comment is 8 months old now and I hope time has some what helped you. My brother passed away coming up on 10 years now, certain parts of WoW also remind me of him so I know exactly how you feel.
It has. It's been a year ago and it still sucks but I'm doing better. Some days are better than others. My grandparents and parents have probably gotten the worst of it though. My parents have basically lost their minds and my grandmother has always grieved hard. This did not help. But I think they'll get better with time. I can only hope
Wotlk is the best expansion, no matter what people say... It's the final closure to the original Warcraft III storyline, and all the dungeons and scenarios have a magical, beautiful touch to it. Northrend is, at least for me, the best area, and the best experience in all of WoW.
I've just gone through the breakup of my little family. The absence of my twin 2 year old daughters is painful. I couldn't remember the melody, just the emotional impact of the music and flew to grizzlemaw and cried. I did the same thing many years ago when my friend died. There's something about this that connects with that part of us that copes with trauma that's too much. The box you put it in while you deal with your life while it's happening to you. It feels like in those moments when the battles are over, when there's nothing left to do, once all the words have been said, the music can open it up, and take just a little bit of the pain out. Bless you all, if you're still reading then you're likely feeling the same, let your pain go and fill the future with light.
Please, don't you ever worry. Don't you ever doubt that there are others who feel those feelings. Please, please don't ever doubt that there are those of us who feel the full brunt of that pain and anguish. The stories lived and told in these games help to qualify and quantify our lives, so much so that the effect they have on us is real and raw and visceral. Great music always shares the same burden; to beckon those that hear it to pause, and simply wait.
To the 13 peaople that have liked this comment at the time of writing, and the 4 people who have sent responses to this. 4 years later, I have kept the sentemant I felt, in that time of desperation when i wrote this, it was just a week after it all happened, and I have held on to it, in almost every moment of my life thats followed. I remember writing this. I've used the love and determination that i felt in that moment as a sword to fight back against all of the people who would have had us broken apart to solidify and strenthen our little family beyond any possible threats. We live a life now as secure, peaceful and beutiful as I had always hoped. And we're all happier than ever. It cost us so much money, and time, and my twin girls have paid more than I have, but we're together, theyre 6 now, and we could never have achieved it by fighting with hate or anger. We will never look back. This had a happy ending. Thanks guys.
How is a world where this exists a place where we cannot see eye to eye on our time here? This piece is a reenactment of what kind of serene beauty humans are able to reach. This is the very place we come from. This is the womb speaking directly to our hearts. This is home telling us it's always waiting deep within our chambers. It is my belief that no one is a stranger to it. Every single being here knows this place. Even if they don't. Even if they try to run as far away from it as they can muster, they will never be able to escape it, because it's always right where they are. Right here. Now. This musical endeavour yells that story from beyond the veil of my walls of thought doing their best to prevent me from going to where these melodies come from. The good news is, these melodies shatter those walls and remind me where I need to be... ...home.
For me this song is attached to two of my most happiest memories in my whole life, one was when I went to Yosemite for the first time, I had never been in a place like that before and it was also the first time I saw a snowfall, on the last day I was just walking back to the Cabin after a long hike and this song played in the perfect spot. Second, after a long story I ended up being alone in a beach in the Island of Providencia, watching the sunset in a one of the most beautiful white sand beaches and there was no one in that place, I just enjoyed it while the song again popped in the perfect moment. For me this song is far beyond just a nice piece on a game, it is forever the song that reminds me of very warm memories.
Beautiful scenery of Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjord. Now, like many of the veteran WoW players, I'm resting in my warm home and doing casual things, taking care of my beloved ones and listening to this piece... Cheers to you and it was an honor to play with you all.
Memories of my best gaming experience ever. It honestly doesn't feel like it's been so long ago. It's unreal how fast time has went by and how fast things can change. I started at the end of BC and played until mid Mists. Nothing ever compared to the experiences I had during WotLK. The Lich King was truly the end game boss.
Your comment is 2 years old but I want to say: I had exactly the same story. Started leveling in the end days of BC, reached the end game when the Colosseum was patched in and have so good memories about this time. Like it wasn't just a game, it was indeed like a long journey, or vacation. God I miss this time so much...
I always come back to hear this piece, it brings so many memories, I used to spend entire nights with my warrior tauren, discovering new places and trying to disconnect from reality, damn how I miss playing wow :(
I'm British, and I've been to Canada twice, once at ten and once at twelve years. Having grown up amongst constant rain and flat ground, I was amazed by and in awe of the beautiful scenery, towering mountains bordering the huge forests, and the feeling of warmth I got from the whole place despite the feet of wonderful snow. It was one of the best places I have ever, in my whole life, seen, and nothing invokes the memories of those wonderful holidays more than this music.
Nice, think I just got the jukebox quest availability. Picked up a boom box off some ogres and wondered what it was for! Thanks for the tip, I will head out to grizzly after the quest. Mokra!
We played this at my nephew Kyles funeral Dec 2020, every time I listen to it, my heart breaks as the memories of years adventuring together come flooding back, miss you buddy!
I haven't even played the game since the realse of BC. This played via Spotify, and I was enchanted. I especially love when the string sounding instruments come in after a fuller orchestra does its thing at the start. Absolutely beautiful.
Sometimes, I'd fly up to Gjalerhorn and just sit at the summit, doing nothing but listen to the music. I wouldn't do anything. I'd just sit there in my chair, eyes closed, the sense of peace and wonder the only things I felt.
Listening to this brings back the memories of playing WoTLK, perhaps the era of the game where I had the most fun.....memories of friends long since gone from the game who I would look forward to logging on and playing with. Grizzly Hills will be where I log for the final time when they time comes to retire from WoW finally.
The fucking best. This was THE PINNACLE of everything WoW could be. What an amazing time to play the game. I played since Beta and this expansion was better than Vanilla. They really nailed it. Then they rested on their laurels and let it all slip away in a shocking wave of complacency.
Yes so much to do like farm artifact power for centuries by running nonstop mythic+ dungeons doing a grind of the same tired boring world quests over and over and over until you want to die. Yes come join the fun.
Wow I had this video buried in my UA-cam playlists and am coming back here for the fir time in 14 years. @1:56 is the theme that first introduced me to the beautiful instrument that is the Nykkelharpa. Thanks WoW!
This song takes me back to the best and worst experiences in WoW. Wrath was where I joined a guild with my RL friends and raided from a internet cafe. Was one of the founding members and sadly one of the last. The guild died slowly as everyone just drifted away, I was one of the last to quit. Me and my friends "officially" disbanded the guild in howling fjord while listening to this music the day after cata came out. Saddest moment in WoW i have ever had.
That's tough man. Do you still play? I remember playing with all of my IRL friends in Wrath and we would just have fun doing anything no matter what it was. We still played through Cata and MoP, but after MoP everyone just died out of it. I still play to this day. Being a loner rogue :P
I love leveling through wotlk again and again, no matte what happens in life, it helps bring my mind back to a simplistic state like it was when I first experienced wow
Starcraft 2, Cataclysms revamped zones (like Elwynn, Plaguelands, etc.), and MoP all have great tracks. Diablo 3 I'm disappointed with compared to Diablo 2 and WoD is yet to be determined.
Writer Shard I didn't really enjoy most of Draenors tracks. Some were good, but compared to previous expansions they all were better in my opinion. WOTLK still tears me up.
***** Eh. In the end it really depends on perspective. I love Talador's music, as well as Nagrand's music, especially the night ones. Shadowmoon valley and Frostfire Ridge has some pretty sweet music too. And also the music of the seas. The rest are either too loud, or okay. In WotLK, the best music really is from Howling Fjord and Grizzly Hills (And Storm Peaks, Dalaran and maybe Crystalsong). Icecrown had some good tracks, but the rest are really pretty normal.
+Writer Shard I really like WoD's music, even if many tracks get reused in some places, and stuff from HFP was used in HFC, which was actually a nice touch.
It is thoroughly Celtic. Good ear. They are called Uilleann Pipes. They are mentioned in the liner notes of the CD as well. The soundtrack to Riverdance is loaded with them if you want to hear more (And UA-cam, of course).
Around 2 mins in, so iconic. I remember hanging out at Amberpine Lodge fighting horde that liked to caused trouble, but other times just sitting in there watching the river and looking at the trees.
First time I played Wrath of the Lich King I took the Borean Tundra-Route and thought "Man this new continent is boring. Didn't the designers put any effort into it?" But then I took my follow up twink to Howling Fjord and it was aaaawwwwsome
Never knew the name of this song, gave up looking for it for a while. I remember camping the translucent bear pet for my hunter. I actually love this song. Anytime I had a free moment to fly to Grizzly Hills I would go just to listen to my favorite song in WoW. Still gives me a sense of peace after just listening to it for the 1st time in a couple of years! WOTLK was the best! Great times and memories with that expansion!
This is what WoW is all about, this entire zone. This entire feeling. No matter what games I play, my favorite fantasy land will always be Grizzly Hills and the memories I made there.
Back in wotlk, when Dalaran was too noisy, i simply flew there to relax. it worked, in-game and IRL aswell. Now i keep it in favorites and get back to it, when I need to take down the boiling blood :)
This was my favourite area to level ever as well. The perfect harmony of the world. It gives me goosebumps. :) I can't wait to get my alt there! :) Thank you so much for sharing it! Much appreciated!
Damn, that comment hit me right in the nostalgia. If I could 'favourte' epic UA-cam comments in some folder on YT, I would favorite yours. I miss WotLK so much. I'm a Wrath Baby :) ...Well, 3 months before the launch of Wrath, but whatever.
I simply love this track.. Could also be because i hear the inspiration from my countrys folk music and especially my part of Sweden(Dalarna county). I simply adore the sound of a Nyckelharpa (literal translation would be Key Harp)
I remember those days back during WotLk when I did /sleep in Grizzlemaw with my orc just to hear 0:00 not only with my ears but also with my whole soul.
I've been playing WoW since May of 2005, and Wrath is still my favorite expansion music and leveling-wise. It ruined PvP but it made leveling so amazing :*-)
0:33 A couple of seconds here reminds me sooo much of another piece but I can't for the life of me figure out what! I think it might be from a musical and there's a man that starts to sing, but nothing more than that. Anyone else also feeling the same?
I might be completely off but is that musical you mentioned, where a man starts singing a song maybe called Edelweiss, Bless my Homeland forever which is part of the "The Sound of Music"?
also a little technicality, "Totems of the Grizzlemaw" is only up until 1:55, where "GH_Harpa" starts. I have the piano sheet book for this song and it unfortunately doesn't contain the last part.
The most beautiful music ever made. 15 years later I'm still overwhelmed.
My mother was very sick when this first came out, suffering from some very bad effects of liver cirrhosis at the time, and she was in and out of the hospital and very hard to take care of. When I had some free time to myself, I would often just sit my character in some pretty area overlooking that main river running through the zone, over the waterfalls, and just listen to the music to unwind. Every now and then, I'll boot up that character just to fly back to that same spot and listen to this. To this day, hearing this music brings me to a peaceful place mentally that helps me unwind some, and I can see that serene river below me.
Man.... Could you stop cutting onions... :(
I remember this music in full flow as my character watched wild mustang's roam the area.
Peace be with you.
Good stuff. Peace be with you my friend.
@@Moo.1336 Hey there my friend. Unfortunately she passed away a year and a half ago due to complications of liver disease. Was driving several states away to get there when it went downhill and missed her passing by two hours. She was fine and then everything just kinda failed within 48 hours. Was a rough time, but I still come back to this song to remember better times. C'est la vie, I suppose.
this is the reaseon why one of my alts still is lvl 73
This brings SO MANY Great memories of me and GF playing for hours on end. She passed away a year ago, and glad to hear this for a great memory. ❤
A friend of mine died a few months ago. We used to play wow alot together. Like only us two. I haven't played the game since he died. He looked forward to the new expansion Legion. Our prime time was when wotlk was the current expansion. This song reminds me so much of those days and him. I'd like to think that he is in Azeroth somewhere, waiting for me to join him. Miss you Daniel
I feel you man. I'm sorry for your loss. My brother passed away a few weeks ago as well
+Nixas I'm sorry for you lose. May he rest in peace.
jeez that got me nearly to tears
He is fishing the great waters of Azeroth now waiting for you
You are not alone...
I started playing WOW in 2019 (yesterday, basically) and I still enjoy the videogame (both Classic and retail). I came here just to listen this music that I found so melodic, beautiful and awesome. But after reading all the comments, I realize that WOW isn't "just a videogame". For a lot a people it meant friendships, youth, love, family, memories...
So, even if you're still playing it or not, if this music reminds you of someone loved (who still may or not be with us), of more pleasent years or you just enjoy the tune... cheers, thank for the moments of joy that you share or shared in WOW. And I hope you are happy wherever you are, my fellow heroes...
My girlfriend started playing WoW with me while i was in college as a way to interact and hang out more. Come Wrath we were out of our noob stage and hitting our prime, spent many hours grinding alts and gearing them for raids throughout northrend. We would spend alot of time just hanging out in grizzly hills just for the music and scenery.
3 years ago this played during our wedding ceremony. I will never forget that day, this song, or even that place, even if one of them isn't real.
We r getting marry this September I'm going to use this song when I walk down the aisle
feelings are real, so the place is in a way real as well :)
One of the few pieces of music that makes me cry every single time I listen to it. Thank you Russell.
Still one of the most beautiful tracks for a game ever made.
Listening to this piece now reminds me of my old friend and guildie. I knew her for years, but only knew her by her toon name. She liked to keep her online life separate from offline because of a bad experience in her past, but I considered her a real friend. Three years ago, a couple of other friends from the guild told me she had Stage 4 melanoma, detected purely by accident. I chatted with her on our forums for a while (during Mists of Pandaria; I stopped playing). The same friends told me that she'd been rushed to the hospital later that summer. No one has heard anything from her since. We are pretty certain she died. Her prognosis was not good, and it is just not like her to fail to be in touch or pop up in game. I wish I could contact her family to tell them how much we liked and respected her, how much her online friendship meant to us all. We raided all the way through this entire expansion together, from our first feeble attempts at Archavon to our Lich King kill. The game, and Northrend, will always make me think of her.
I've had so many friends like that over the years. Close connections, deep conversations, with that wall of unreality between us. Nevertheless, the fondness, the kinship, the real love for another, persists. Sometimes, they have been the one to mysteriously disappear. Other times, it was me. People can trash WoW for a thousand different mechanical reasons, but it's the humanity... toonanity? that keeps me interested. (The only thing keeping me out of the game right now is technology. Need a new PC.)
This song always reminds me of the good times in WoW, If I am ever in Northrend I always make the extra effort to visit Grizzly Hills on my Proto-drake, as sad as it may seem it always upsets me to think that this game may not be around for ever but... I am proud to have been part of the journey :)
Well said, sir.
Yes, very well said, and I agree. Also makes me think back to the time when wotlk was out... I wish I could just replay those years.
Jake Stillwell. The thing that scares me the most is that this game may not be around forever, I hope it will though and I will always support it
Best music in any expansion in WoW. Period.
best expansion in any expansion period.
When I started playing with my boyfriend five years ago I loved the music, but when I made it to Grizzly Hills this song ruined me.
I knew right away if and when I get married I wanted to walk down the aisle to it.
In three weeks I will be walking down the aisle toward my best friend, that same boyfriend, with this very song playing (at 1:52-ish). It is what I am looking forward to the most about the whole day. It will also be the nerdiest thing I have ever done, and I've done some rather nerdy things.
Have a nice wedding :)
(also that's pretty damn beautifull)
Lucky you! :)
omg
That,, is absolutely lovely!
😍
As I understand it, the composer was in the full throws of romantic bliss when he wrote this: you can tell.
The song was originally written for a wedding so that makes loads of sense!
Huh, guess that explains why it never quite fit in with the theme & feeling of WoW & 'War'craft in particular.
It was written from Love 🥰.
My brother passed away a few weeks ago, he was only 20. We both loved this game and while he wasn't a fan of the music THIS was the only song he truly liked. We both did and we would play it every time we quit and try to find that spark to get back into it. Needless to say it always worked. And now that he's gone, every time i hear this tune I think of him and know that he's doing just fine.
+Gage Drew dude I can't even imagine this. I play since vanilla with my two younger brothers (and more recently, my sister-in-law joined us). I honestly can't even think about one of them dying. I'm crying, man. I'm positively crying here. This song is already just too beautiful, but your story...
Sorry for your loss, dude. I honestly am.
+Lopes Lopes thanks bud. Means a lot to me. It's kinda hard to explain the experiences of this game to people when they don't understand and haven't played it as long as I have. Glad to know someone understands though!
Sorry for your loss Gage, I know this comment is 8 months old now and I hope time has some what helped you. My brother passed away coming up on 10 years now, certain parts of WoW also remind me of him so I know exactly how you feel.
It has. It's been a year ago and it still sucks but I'm doing better. Some days are better than others. My grandparents and parents have probably gotten the worst of it though. My parents have basically lost their minds and my grandmother has always grieved hard. This did not help. But I think they'll get better with time. I can only hope
Hang in there -- very sorry about your loss. He must have been an amazing brother
don't read the comments.. they got the saddest stories ever.. which can make you cry
Holy shit I came to enjoy the music not to get kidnapped on a feel train.
I'm cryin' like a newborn woman, lol
i read this too late
Wotlk is the best expansion, no matter what people say... It's the final closure to the original Warcraft III storyline, and all the dungeons and scenarios have a magical, beautiful touch to it. Northrend is, at least for me, the best area, and the best experience in all of WoW.
CrisPuga good news pretty much return of the lich king is the next expansion
@@RWds24 Not even close.
@@RWds24 The exact opposite is in the next expansion.
I agree
It was perfect. All of it. Lightning in a bottle. Classic is not the same.
I've just gone through the breakup of my little family. The absence of my twin 2 year old daughters is painful. I couldn't remember the melody, just the emotional impact of the music and flew to grizzlemaw and cried.
I did the same thing many years ago when my friend died. There's something about this that connects with that part of us that copes with trauma that's too much. The box you put it in while you deal with your life while it's happening to you.
It feels like in those moments when the battles are over, when there's nothing left to do, once all the words have been said, the music can open it up, and take just a little bit of the pain out.
Bless you all, if you're still reading then you're likely feeling the same, let your pain go and fill the future with light.
James Hindley i really hope that this gives you a notification, and that any troubles you have will unwind with this music
Thank you for the kind words, James. All the best brother, keep your head up
Please, don't you ever worry. Don't you ever doubt that there are others who feel those feelings. Please, please don't ever doubt that there are those of us who feel the full brunt of that pain and anguish. The stories lived and told in these games help to qualify and quantify our lives, so much so that the effect they have on us is real and raw and visceral. Great music always shares the same burden; to beckon those that hear it to pause, and simply wait.
I hope that things are going better for you now.
To the 13 peaople that have liked this comment at the time of writing, and the 4 people who have sent responses to this.
4 years later, I have kept the sentemant I felt, in that time of desperation when i wrote this, it was just a week after it all happened, and I have held on to it, in almost every moment of my life thats followed. I remember writing this. I've used the love and determination that i felt in that moment as a sword to fight back against all of the people who would have had us broken apart to solidify and strenthen our little family beyond any possible threats.
We live a life now as secure, peaceful and beutiful as I had always hoped. And we're all happier than ever. It cost us so much money, and time, and my twin girls have paid more than I have, but we're together, theyre 6 now, and we could never have achieved it by fighting with hate or anger. We will never look back. This had a happy ending. Thanks guys.
How is a world where this exists a place where we cannot see eye to eye on our time here?
This piece is a reenactment of what kind of serene beauty humans are able to reach. This is the very place we come from. This is the womb speaking directly to our hearts. This is home telling us it's always waiting deep within our chambers. It is my belief that no one is a stranger to it. Every single being here knows this place. Even if they don't. Even if they try to run as far away from it as they can muster, they will never be able to escape it, because it's always right where they are. Right here. Now.
This musical endeavour yells that story from beyond the veil of my walls of thought doing their best to prevent me from going to where these melodies come from.
The good news is, these melodies shatter those walls and remind me where I need to be...
...home.
For me this song is attached to two of my most happiest memories in my whole life, one was when I went to Yosemite for the first time, I had never been in a place like that before and it was also the first time I saw a snowfall, on the last day I was just walking back to the Cabin after a long hike and this song played in the perfect spot.
Second, after a long story I ended up being alone in a beach in the Island of Providencia, watching the sunset in a one of the most beautiful white sand beaches and there was no one in that place, I just enjoyed it while the song again popped in the perfect moment.
For me this song is far beyond just a nice piece on a game, it is forever the song that reminds me of very warm memories.
Ah takes me back to sophomore year in high school. 71 talent points, boys.
Beautiful scenery of Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjord. Now, like many of the veteran WoW players, I'm resting in my warm home and doing casual things, taking care of my beloved ones and listening to this piece... Cheers to you and it was an honor to play with you all.
Memories of my best gaming experience ever. It honestly doesn't feel like it's been so long ago. It's unreal how fast time has went by and how fast things can change. I started at the end of BC and played until mid Mists. Nothing ever compared to the experiences I had during WotLK. The Lich King was truly the end game boss.
Your comment is 2 years old but I want to say: I had exactly the same story. Started leveling in the end days of BC, reached the end game when the Colosseum was patched in and have so good memories about this time. Like it wasn't just a game, it was indeed like a long journey, or vacation. God I miss this time so much...
I always come back to hear this piece, it brings so many memories, I used to spend entire nights with my warrior tauren, discovering new places and trying to disconnect from reality, damn how I miss playing wow :(
come back to legion, it launches tomorrow :D
Bought this on iTunes to remind me of leveling in Northrend - so worth it. I'll always cherish this song.
another masterpiece from the great Russell Brower
My first playthrough of WotLK, coming through this zone, I legit cried.
Yesterday I walked down the aisle to this soundtrack, it was incredible. Thanks Russell and Blizzard.
I'm British, and I've been to Canada twice, once at ten and once at twelve years. Having grown up amongst constant rain and flat ground, I was amazed by and in awe of the beautiful scenery, towering mountains bordering the huge forests, and the feeling of warmth I got from the whole place despite the feet of wonderful snow.
It was one of the best places I have ever, in my whole life, seen, and nothing invokes the memories of those wonderful holidays more than this music.
Where in Canada?
@@vidstige7516 Bold move replying to a nine year old comment. I don't remember, I was ten. Near Mt Johnson?
This plays in my garrison now.
how do you do that?
todd tietsort the garrison jukebox, then I went and found Benjamin wandering the roads in Grizzly hills and answered his questions in specific orders.
Nice, think I just got the jukebox quest availability. Picked up a boom box off some ogres and wondered what it was for! Thanks for the tip, I will head out to grizzly after the quest. Mokra!
WoD was 8 years ago apparently....
The oboe, from 1:10 to 1:30... very subtle... a touch of something... behind the voices...
We played this at my nephew Kyles funeral Dec 2020, every time I listen to it, my heart breaks as the memories of years adventuring together come flooding back, miss you buddy!
I haven't even played the game since the realse of BC. This played via Spotify, and I was enchanted. I especially love when the string sounding instruments come in after a fuller orchestra does its thing at the start. Absolutely beautiful.
Sometimes, I'd fly up to Gjalerhorn and just sit at the summit, doing nothing but listen to the music. I wouldn't do anything. I'd just sit there in my chair, eyes closed, the sense of peace and wonder the only things I felt.
Listening to this brings back the memories of playing WoTLK, perhaps the era of the game where I had the most fun.....memories of friends long since gone from the game who I would look forward to logging on and playing with. Grizzly Hills will be where I log for the final time when they time comes to retire from WoW finally.
I missed those days
This song is the feeling of a home you can never truly go back to again.
We are home again. Missed you, Northrend!
Whoever Blizzard have employed to do their music scores must be a huge fan/follower/student of classical music.
I can't stop listening to this!
The fucking best. This was THE PINNACLE of everything WoW could be. What an amazing time to play the game. I played since Beta and this expansion was better than Vanilla. They really nailed it. Then they rested on their laurels and let it all slip away in a shocking wave of complacency.
Come back to Legion! They're working pretty hard on it and there's so much to do!
Yes so much to do like farm artifact power for centuries by running nonstop mythic+ dungeons doing a grind of the same tired boring world quests over and over and over until you want to die. Yes come join the fun.
Xillaw hey man... classic is coming if you ever decide to come back. It’ll be here soon we can hope
my pleasure to share it with others that enjoy the music
Wow I had this video buried in my UA-cam playlists and am coming back here for the fir time in 14 years. @1:56 is the theme that first introduced me to the beautiful instrument that is the Nykkelharpa. Thanks WoW!
come here again and again just for this beautiful piece of music, hopefully I will have time to return to Azeroth some day.
Still listening in 2019 Dec
This song takes me back to the best and worst experiences in WoW. Wrath was where I joined a guild with my RL friends and raided from a internet cafe. Was one of the founding members and sadly one of the last. The guild died slowly as everyone just drifted away, I was one of the last to quit. Me and my friends "officially" disbanded the guild in howling fjord while listening to this music the day after cata came out. Saddest moment in WoW i have ever had.
That's tough man. Do you still play? I remember playing with all of my IRL friends in Wrath and we would just have fun doing anything no matter what it was. We still played through Cata and MoP, but after MoP everyone just died out of it. I still play to this day. Being a loner rogue :P
I think we have all had the same story. Randomly walking into Grizzly hills for the first time and suddenly hearing this amazing piece ❤
I love leveling through wotlk again and again, no matte what happens in life, it helps bring my mind back to a simplistic state like it was when I first experienced wow
Absolutely brilliant - up there with the all time greatest video game scores.
This is what kept me sane when I was camping 12 hours for Arcturis.
Now if only blizzard's new games had this much quality put into them...
Starcraft 2, Cataclysms revamped zones (like Elwynn, Plaguelands, etc.), and MoP all have great tracks. Diablo 3 I'm disappointed with compared to Diablo 2 and WoD is yet to be determined.
***** WoD has some great tracks, some ridiculously loud tracks and some tracks that just feel like noise after a while. So not too bad.
Writer Shard I didn't really enjoy most of Draenors tracks. Some were good, but compared to previous expansions they all were better in my opinion. WOTLK still tears me up.
***** Eh. In the end it really depends on perspective. I love Talador's music, as well as Nagrand's music, especially the night ones. Shadowmoon valley and Frostfire Ridge has some pretty sweet music too. And also the music of the seas. The rest are either too loud, or okay.
In WotLK, the best music really is from Howling Fjord and Grizzly Hills (And Storm Peaks, Dalaran and maybe Crystalsong). Icecrown had some good tracks, but the rest are really pretty normal.
+Writer Shard I really like WoD's music, even if many tracks get reused in some places, and stuff from HFP was used in HFC, which was actually a nice touch.
I love the part that kicks in around 1:56 --- it sounds so...I dunno...celtic?
It's actually an old Swedish instrument called a my nyckelharpa. Really cool instrument
+Gage Drew a*
It is thoroughly Celtic. Good ear. They are called Uilleann Pipes. They are mentioned in the liner notes of the CD as well. The soundtrack to Riverdance is loaded with them if you want to hear more (And UA-cam, of course).
Xillaw Interesting. Thanks for the information.
Gage Drew is right. you can easily hear that its a stringed instrument. the clacking sounds is unique to the swedish key harp
Breathtakingly beautiful. How could this possibly get any thumbs down reactions...
Around 2 mins in, so iconic. I remember hanging out at Amberpine Lodge fighting horde that liked to caused trouble, but other times just sitting in there watching the river and looking at the trees.
First time I played Wrath of the Lich King I took the Borean Tundra-Route and thought "Man this new continent is boring. Didn't the designers put any effort into it?" But then I took my follow up twink to Howling Fjord and it was aaaawwwwsome
This music is beautiful. Simply beautiful and I don't even play World of Warcraft.
How people could say anything other about it is beyond me.
Never knew the name of this song, gave up looking for it for a while. I remember camping the translucent bear pet for my hunter. I actually love this song. Anytime I had a free moment to fly to Grizzly Hills I would go just to listen to my favorite song in WoW. Still gives me a sense of peace after just listening to it for the 1st time in a couple of years! WOTLK was the best! Great times and memories with that expansion!
This soundtrack reminds me SO much of Norwegian folk music...
well no shit
Somehow, this music makes me realize that everything is going to be alright.
This is what WoW is all about, this entire zone. This entire feeling. No matter what games I play, my favorite fantasy land will always be Grizzly Hills and the memories I made there.
最好听的背景音乐啊，当年在这张图做任务，听着音乐，真是享受
This song at 1:56, absolute and pure serendipity
The nostalgia is so real. RIP in peace old wow...
Back in wotlk, when Dalaran was too noisy, i simply flew there to relax. it worked, in-game and IRL aswell. Now i keep it in favorites and get back to it, when I need to take down the boiling blood :)
This was my favourite area to level ever as well. The perfect harmony of the world. It gives me goosebumps. :) I can't wait to get my alt there! :) Thank you so much for sharing it! Much appreciated!
I loved leveling up in that zone because of this track :)
thanks for uploading all these tracks
I absolutely love this piece of music from Grizzly Hills....I just sit there because I like listening to it...It definitely stirs up some emotions
This really did set some tears to my eyes. Great stuff!
Damn, that comment hit me right in the nostalgia. If I could 'favourte' epic UA-cam comments in some folder on YT, I would favorite yours.
I miss WotLK so much. I'm a Wrath Baby :) ...Well, 3 months before the launch of Wrath, but whatever.
Best song ever....
Blizzard still hasn't topped Grizzly Hills as far as soundtrack goes.
Can't wait to hear this masterpiece in a few weeks again
I love this one. I sometimes stay a bit longer there just to listen to the music. Thanks for sharing this. :)
Why can't we go back in time :(
Music is our only time machine
Because we haven't figured out gravity in quantum physics
"Life is not worth living without ham."
Incredible.
1:56.... Oh my f*cking GOD!!!!!!!!!
+Manuel J. DROP THE BASS
I simply love this track.. Could also be because i hear the inspiration from my countrys folk music and especially my part of Sweden(Dalarna county). I simply adore the sound of a Nyckelharpa (literal translation would be Key Harp)
Damn i love the sound of a "Keyed fiddle"
This is beautiful. /bow Russel Brower and team.
My favorite of all WoW music
The music is part of the reason why Grizzly Hills is one of my all time favorite zones.
Oh I loved calling Blizzard's 40+ minute wait Customer Support...
@TheRaevbur Totally agree. A good example is a song such as Den Borkomne Sauen. You can really hear the similarities.
bro i would just go to grizzly hills and chill and listen to this music i can do this all day
I remember those days back during WotLk when I did /sleep in Grizzlemaw with my orc just to hear 0:00 not only with my ears but also with my whole soul.
I've been playing WoW since May of 2005, and Wrath is still my favorite expansion music and leveling-wise.
It ruined PvP but it made leveling so amazing :*-)
1:55 nyckleharp! So sweet !
This is my characters theme.
She is a human hunter and she loves the great outdoors!
Cool! My main's a human hunter too!
Stunningly brilliant. Absolutely beautiful. ^.^
thanks =)
i love the viking look to it and the music in the zones, makes it fuckin epic
The grandfather to the main theme in Azure Span
simply wonderfull !! =) thank you for uploading
man this song is so haunting and beautiful, of course it seems appropriate the region of grizzlemaw reminds me of the pacific northwest : )
3:36 hits me in the feels. Nostalgic af
0:33 A couple of seconds here reminds me sooo much of another piece but I can't for the life of me figure out what! I think it might be from a musical and there's a man that starts to sing, but nothing more than that. Anyone else also feeling the same?
I might be completely off but is that musical you mentioned, where a man starts singing a song maybe called Edelweiss, Bless my Homeland forever which is part of the "The Sound of Music"?
Enchanting soundtrack...
Howling Fjord is Norway methinks, Icecrown is more like Canada, I live here lol, wonderful winters we have!
I stayed much longer there just for the music.
also a little technicality, "Totems of the Grizzlemaw" is only up until 1:55, where "GH_Harpa" starts. I have the piano sheet book for this song and it unfortunately doesn't contain the last part.
I want to go back to 2008.