Emerald Dream - Music of WoW Dragonflight: Guardians of the Dream

The Emerald Dream... Like if Val'sharah and Ardenweald had a baby...

I mean, uh, this is the music that plays generally in the Emerald Dream, the new zone added in patch 10.2, Guardians of the Dream. The music that plays in the scorched areas of the zone, with the primalists and the druids of the flame, is going to be in its own video. That video will be for the new raid called Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope.


First off, I just gotta say how glad I am seeing Leo Kaliski and Russell Brower return. They haven't composed any WoW songs for quite a while and I really did miss the unique styles they brought to the game, especially Russell's style. Hopefully this means we'll get more WoW music from them in the future? Let a guy hope... or dream, even...

Speaking of Leo Kaliski, his themes are consistently my favorite ones from this patch. The melodies are incredibly beautiful and get me feeling quite emotional, he did such an incredible job. "Amirdrassil" and "Rootwoven Sanctuary" are definitely my two favorite themes in the entire patch, they're just so beautiful.

I also like how Jake Lefkowitz is using even more violin in his themes. You can mainly hear it in the "Ancient Bough" and "Viridescent Thicket" themes. Any themes with a big emphasis on violin or cello are pretty much guaranteed to win me over.


EDIT 1: I just read a tweet by Reidor (  / 1715175689651933556  ) that says the music by Russell Brower in this patch is actually old, unused music he composed in the past. In other words, it isn't anything new he composed for this patch, but rather something dug up from before.
To be honest, I did kind of find it odd that he would return to Blizzard so suddenly, especially after announcing that he would be working on the music for Tarisland, so this explanation does make sense. However, I don't really think there's a way to know for sure unless Russell or one of the composers verifies this. I mean, it's nice to think of Russell actually returning and I certainly would love it, but it is rather unlikely all things considered... I don't know, we'll see.

EDIT 2: Confirmed by Russell Brower, he is not back at Blizzard. This is from a tweet he made: https://x.com/Russell_Brower/status/1...
Somewhat sad, but hey, it's not all bad. Always good to hear more music from Russell, especially if it's previously unused stuff like this.


If you want to download all the new music from this patch, then you can find it here (in the Dragonflight zip):
https://mega.nz/folder/e55XAYLT#Jo7fv...



0:00 - Amirdrassil H
3:14 - Amirdrassil A
5:00 - Amirdrassil B
7:42 - Amirdrassil C
9:55 - Amirdrassil D
12:11 - Amirdrassil E
14:11 - Amirdrassil F
16:14 - Amirdrassil G
18:33 - Amirdrassil I
19:54 - Amirdrassil J
20:56 - Amirdrassil K

22:56 - Eye of Ysera H
26:19 - Eye of Ysera A
28:20 - Eye of Ysera B
30:47 - Eye of Ysera C
32:56 - Eye of Ysera D
35:21 - Eye of Ysera E
37:59 - Eye of Ysera F
41:23 - Eye of Ysera G

44:48 - Rootwoven Sanctuary H
48:11 - Rootwoven Sanctuary A
51:34 - Rootwoven Sanctuary B
54:58 - Rootwoven Sanctuary C
58:21 - Rootwoven Sanctuary D
1:00:27 - Rootwoven Sanctuary E
1:03:23 - Rootwoven Sanctuary F
1:05:35 - Rootwoven Sanctuary G
1:07:36 - Rootwoven Sanctuary I


1:09:33 - Emerald Dream H
1:13:21 - Emerald Dream A
1:15:04 - Emerald Dream B
1:16:08 - Emerald Dream C
1:16:44 - Emerald Dream D
1:17:24 - Emerald Dream E
1:19:08 - Emerald Dream F
1:20:11 - Emerald Dream G
1:20:47 - Emerald Dream I
1:21:24 - Emerald Dream J
1:23:37 - Emerald Dream K
1:25:01 - Emerald Dream L
1:25:48 - Emerald Dream M


1:26:40 - Ancient Bough H
1:30:25 - Ancient Bough A
1:32:21 - Ancient Bough B
1:34:52 - Ancient Bough C

1:36:55 - Viridescent Thicket H
1:39:48 - Viridescent Thicket A
1:42:04 - Viridescent Thicket B
1:44:10 - Viridescent Thicket C
1:46:24 - Viridescent Thicket D

1:48:38 - Haven Cascades H
1:50:59 - Haven Cascades A
1:53:05 - Haven Cascades B
1:55:23 - Haven Cascades C


1:57:02 - Barrows of Reverie H
1:58:27 - Barrows of Reverie A
2:00:04 - Barrows of Reverie B
2:01:48 - Barrows of Reverie C