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Echoes of War: The Music of Blizzard Entertainment (Standard Edition)

Catalog Number EMIN-00003 (reprint of EMIN-00001)
Barcode 9341723000016
Release Date 2009
Publish Format Commercial
Release Price Unknown (U.S.)
Media Format 2 CD
Classification Arrangement, Vocal, Original Work
PublisherEminence / /

Credits

Composer / Glenn Stafford, Tracy Bush, Jason Hayes, Russell Brower, Modest Mussorgsky, Derek Duke, Inon Zur, Chris Metzen, Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan, Matt Uelmen, Ladybird Maoi
Arranger / Natsumi Kameoka / , Hironori Osone / , Go Shiina / , William Motzing, Kow Otani /
Performer / Eminence Symphony Orchestra / (Carl Pini, Catalin Ungreanu, Julia Bloom, Lisa Stuart, Michele Jackson, Alastair Duff-Forbes, Kerry Martin, Franziska Hahn, Jennifer Taylor, Emily Long, Mirabai Peart, Petra Davis, Leo Kram, Gina Henery, Naomi Radom, Anna Okunev, Shuti Huang, Maggie Fergusen, Dominique Guerbois, Dimitri Calligeros, Alex Sun, Vanessa Park, Aeree Coward, Martyn Hentschel, Melody Jiajing Wang, Ji Hyun Kim, Andrea Ng, Veronique Serret, Victoria Jacono, Varsik Minasyan, James Eccles, Marianne Yeomans, Stefan Duwe, Jaquiline Cronin, Andrew Marciniak, Jo Tobins, Rosy Davidson, James Munro, Amy Stephens, Shelley Soerensen, Daniel Williams, Luke Spicer, Yulin Zhu, Tahlia Petrosian, Mee Na Lojewski, Kirsty Vickers, Janine Ryan, Anna Rex, James Yoo, Christina Christensen, Jonathan Barry, Oliver Miller, Mathisa Panagoda, Salang Kim, John Barry, Esley Hwang, Peter MacLean, Lauren Branden, Robin Brawley, Jenny Druey, Jessica Holmes, Hayley Clare, Jill Griffiths, Samantha Riches, Esther Stewart, Mardi Chillingworth, Natalie Wong, James Fortune, Lamorna Nightingale, Andrienne Byrne, Julia Sharrott, David Rowden, Hanae Seto, Richard Sholl, Huw Jones, Kristin Townsend, Ales Rajch, Liz Chee, Robert Llewellyn, Simone Walters, Tamasin Meller, Alison Evans, Stephen Alberti, Matt Dempsey, Melanie McLoughlin, Peter Gott, Nigel Crocker, Josh Davie, Todd Burke, Duncan Spry, Mark Schern, Robert Johnson, Frankie Lo Surdo, Alex Love, Heath Parkinson, Katie Hermann, Julia Zeltzer, Alexis Routley, Joshua Hill, Chiron Meller, John Dewhurst, Murray Parker, Tim Brigden, Anthony Brahe, Natsumi Kameoka / , Van-Anh Nguyen), Eminence Symphonic Choir / (Elizabeth Rosemary Saunders, Paul Anthony Sutton, Timothy Chung, Alexandra Coghlan, Amandine Petit, Andrew Willis Fysh, Ashley Giles, Brendan O'Mahony, Christopher Bradley, Daniel Beer, David James Hayton, Dominic Ng, Emma Zampieri, Eric Peterson, Huw Belling, Joel Roast, Judy Herskovits, Mark Nowicki, Mark Joseph Donnelly, Meinir Thomas, Nicholas Davison, Paul Morris, Phillip Butterworth, Sarah Elizabeth Jones, Valda Wilson, Kerry Ann Nicolson, Phillipa Moore, Joseph Toltz, Helen Sherman, Jane Sheldon, Samantha Maddison, Ruth Kilpatrick), Minah Choe, Hiroaki Yura / , Kumiko Ito, Silvia Entcheva, Mara Kiek, Philip Chu, Amanda Wagg, Nicole Elizabeth Thomson, Zane Banks, Aika Tsuneoka, Hiroshi Tsuneoka, Kow Otani / , Hiroshi Imaizumi /
Lyricist / Aika Tsuneoka
Recording Engineer / Daniel Brown
Mixing Engineer / Tim Ryan
Mastering Engineer / Tim Ryan
Conductor / Philip Chu

Tracklist

Disc 1 Arrangement, Original Work

01 Journey to Kalimdor 4:08
02 Eternity's End 2:43
03 A Tenuous Pact 7:43
04 Anar'alah Belore 5:16
05 The Betrayer and the Sun King 6:53
06 The Visions of the Lich King Overture 8:41
Disc length 35:24
Disc 2 Arrangement, Original Work

01 No Matter the Cost 5:44
02 En taro Adun 4:09
03 Eradicate and Evolve 6:35
04 Victorious but not unscarred 5:17
05 The Hyperion Overture 5:20
06 The Eternal Conflict 6:37
07 Legacy of Terror 5:28
08 Children of the Worldstone 7:56
09 Last Angel 7:42
Disc length 54:48

  Total tracks 15   Total length 1:30:12

Notes

The Legendary Edition includes the "Echoes of War" DVD, while the standard edition does not.


Disc 1:

01-02: The Third War Symphony (Warcraft III)
03-05: The Shadow of the Legion Symphony (World of Warcraft and World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade)
06: The Visions of the Lich King (World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King)

Disc 2:

01-04: The Koprulu Symphony (StarCraft and StarCraft: Ghost)
05: The Hyperion Overture (StarCraft II)
06-08: The Symphony of Sanctuary (Diablo, Diablo II, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction and Diablo III)
09: Last Angel (Bonus Track)


Composer and arranger credits:

1-01 Journey to Kalimdor
Source compositions: "Blackrock and Roll," "Doomhammer's Legacy"
Composed by: Glenn Stafford, Tracy Bush
Arranged by: Natsumi Kameoka

1-02 Eternity's End
Source compositions: "Lordaeron Fall," "Eternity's End"
Composed by: Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes
Arranged by: Natsumi Kameoka

1-03 A Tenuous Pact
Source compositions: "The Shaping of the World," "A Call to Arms," "Seasons of War Legacy," "Echoes of the Past War"
Composed by: Jason Hayes, Glenn Stafford
Arranged by: Hironori Osone

1-04 Anar'alah Belore
Source compositions: "The Sin'dorel," "Silvermoon City"
Composed by: Russell Brower
Arranged by: Natsumi Kameoka
Featured performance: Minah Choe (Violencello)

1-05 The Betrayer and the Sun King
Source compositions: "Gates_9," "Storm_2," "Arrival_2," "The Sundering," "Flyby," "Sunwell Bombing Run v2"
Composed by: Russell Brower, Modest Mussorgsky
Arranged by: Natsumi Kameoka

1-06 The Visions of the Lich King Overture
Source compositions: "Wrath of the Lich King ~ Main Title," "Northrend Trailer Music 2"
Composed by: Russell Brower, Jason Hayes
Arranged by: Natsumi Kameoka
Featured performance: Hiroaki Yura (Violin)

2-01 No Matter the Cost
Source compositions: "Terran ~ Main Theme," "First Contact," "Terran 1," "Terran 2," "Terran 3," "Terran Ready Room," "Terran Defeat," "Terran Victory," "The Death of the Overmind," "Funeral for a Hero," "Dearest Helena"
Composed by: Glenn Stafford
Arranged by: Natsumi Kameoka
Featured performance: Kumiko Ito (Piano)

2-02 En taro Adun
Source compositions: "Protoss 1," "Protoss 2," "Protoss 3," "Protoss Ready Room," "Protoss Defeat," "Protoss Victory," "The Ascension"
Composed by: Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes
Arranged by: Natsumi Kameoka

2-03 Eradicate and Evolve
Source compositions: "Zerg 1," "Zerg 2," "Zerg 3," "Zerg Ready Room," "Zerg Defeat," "Zerg Victory"
Composed by: Derek Duke
Arranged by: Go Shiina
Featured performance (Bulgarian vocal): Silvia Entcheva (Soprano), Mara Kiek (Soprano), Philip Chu (Tenor)

2-04 Victorious but not unscarred
Source compositions: "Brood War Aria," "StarCraft Ghost Intro"
Composed by: Glenn Stafford, Inon Zur
Arranged by: Natsumi Kameoka
Featured performance (vocal): Amanda Wagg (Soprano), Nicole Elizabeth Thomson (Soprano)

2-05 The Hyperion Overture
Source compositions: "SC2 Overture v1," "SC2 Teaser Music"
Composed by: Russell Brower, Chris Metzen, Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan
Arranged by: William Motzing

2-06 The Eternal Conflict
Source compositions: "Tristram," "Rogue," "Baal," "Halls," "Ancients," "Siege," "Ice," "Fortress"
Composed by: Matt Uelmen
Arranged by: Hironori Osone, Natsumi Kameoka
Featured performance: Zane Banks (12 stringed Guitar)

2-07 Legacy of Terror
Source composition: "Diablo III Overture"
Composed by: Russell Brower, Matt Uelmen
Arranged by: Hironori Osone

2-08 Children of the Worldstone
"Dark Diablo Fantastique"
Source compositions: "Diablo III Overture," "Tristram"
Composed by: Russell Brower, Matt Uelmen
Arranged by: Kow Otani
Featured performance: Aika Tsuneoka (Vocal), Hiroshi Tsuneoka (Electric Guitar)

2-09 Last Angel
Original Composition / Bonus Track
Composed by: Ladybird Maoi (Kow Otani + Aika Tsuneoka)
Lyrics by: Aika Tsuneoka
Featured performance: Aika Tsuneoka (Vocal), Kow Otani (Piano, Percussion), Hiroaki Yura (Violin)

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Presented by EMINENCE
Directed and Produced by Hiroaki Yura

Performed by The Eminence Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Philip Chu
Concertmaster: Carl Pini

--Violin I--
Catalin Ungreanu, Julia Bloom, Lisa Stuart, Michele Jackson, Alastair Duff-Forbes, Kerry Martin, Franziska Hahn, Jennifer Taylor, Emily Long, Mirabai Peart, Petra Davis, Leo Kram, Gina Henery, Naomi Radom, Anna Okunev

--Violin II--
Shuti Huang, Maggie Fergusen, Dominique Guerbois, Dimitri Calligeros, Alex Sun, Vanessa Park, Aeree Coward, Martyn Hentschel, Melody Jiajing Wang, Ji Hyun Kim, Andrea Ng, Veronique Serret, Victoria Jacono, Varsik Minasyan

--Viola--
James Eccles, Marianne Yeomans, Stefan Duwe, Jaquiline Cronin, Andrew Marciniak, Jo Tobins, Rosy Davidson, James Munro, Amy Stephens, Shelley Soerensen, Daniel Williams, Luke Spicer, Yulin Zhu, Tahlia Petrosian

--Violoncello--
Minah Choe, Mee Na Lojewski, Kirsty Vickers, Janine Ryan, Anna Rex, James Yoo, Christina Christensen, Jonathan Barry, Oliver Miller, Mathisa Panagoda, Salang Kim, John Barry, Esley Hwang

--Double Bass--
Peter MacLean, Lauren Branden, Robin Brawley, Jenny Druey, Jessica Holmes, Hayley Clare, Jill Griffiths, Samantha Riches, Esther Stewart, Mardi Chillingworth

--Harp--
Natalie Wong

--Flute/Piccolo--
James Fortune, Lamorna Nightingale, Andrienne Byrne, Julia Sharrott

--Clarinet/Bass Clarinet--
David Rowden, Hanae Seto, Richard Sholl

--Oboe/Cor anglais--
Huw Jones, Kristin Townsend, Ales Rajch, Liz Chee

--Bassoon--
Robert Llewellyn, Simone Walters, Tamasin Meller, Alison Evans, Stephen Alberti

--Trumpet--
Matt Dempsey, Melanie McLoughlin, Peter Gott

--Trombone--
Nigel Crocker, Josh Davie

--Bass Trombone--
Todd Burke

--Tuba--
Duncan Spry, Mark Schern

--French Horn--
Robert Johnson, Frankie Lo Surdo, Alex Love, Heath Parkinson, Katie Hermann, Julia Zeltzer, Alexis Routley

--Timpani--
Joshua Hill

--Percussion--
Chiron Meller, John Dewhurst, Murray Parker, Tim Brigden, Anthony Brahe

--Drum Kit--
Joshua Hill

--Piano--
Kumiko Ito, Natsumi Kameoka, Van-Anh Nguyen


[The Eminence Symphonic Choir]
Conducted and Directed by Philip Chu
Elizabeth Rosemary Saunders, Mara Kiek, Paul Anthony Sutton, Timothy Chung, Alexandra Coghlan, Amanda Wagg, Amandine Petit, Andrew Willis Fysh, Ashley Giles, Brendan O'Mahony, Christopher Bradley, Daniel Beer, David James Hayton, Dominic Ng, Emma Zampieri, Eric Peterson, Huw Belling, Joel Roast, Judy Herskovits, Mark Nowicki, Mark Joseph Donnelly, Meinir Thomas, Nicholas Davison, Nicole Elizabeth Thomson, Paul Morris, Phillip Butterworth, Sarah Elizabeth Jones, Silvia Entcheva-Nicolas, Valda Wilson, Kerry Ann Nicolson, Phillipa Moore, Joseph Toltz, Helen Sherman, Jane Sheldon, Samantha Maddison, Ruth Kilpatrick


Additional Performance by Eminence Artists
- Solo Violin: Hiroaki Yura
- Solo Violoncello: Minah Choe
- Solo Soprano: Nicole Elizabeth Thomson
- Tenor: Philip Chu
- 12 Stringed Guitar: Zane Banks
- Bulgarian Soprano: Silvia Entcheva (Mara Music)
- Bulgarian Alto: Mara Kiek (Mara Music)
- Electric Guitar: Hiroshi Imaizumi (IMAGINE)
- Voice: AIKA (Ladybird Moai)
- Piano/Pecussion: Kow Otani (IMAGINE / Ladybird Moai)

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Senior Producer: Michael Camilleri
Executive Advisor: David Taylor <SonArt Media>
Orchestral Manager: Travis McEwan
Session Advisor: Nicole Brady
Copyist: Stephen Bydder <Carlisle Print>

All recordings, mixing and mastering at Trackdown Scoring Stage, Fox Studios EQ, Sydney, Australia
Senior Recording Engineer: Daniel Brown
Editing Engineer: Daniel Brown
Mixing and Mastering: Tim Ryan
Pro Tools Operator: Craig Beckett

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