Nazjatar and Zin-Azshari - Music & Ambience (1 hour, 4K, World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth)

[@Meisio]

With the upcoming release of the 8.2 BfA Rise of Azshara I thought it is a good idea to show you around Nazjatar. The zone is stunning and some of the music just breathtaking (Glenn Stafford did it again! See 53:26 ) but I fail to see how this patch will save Battle for Azeroth since the casual gameplay is somehow the same. Anyway, looking forward to see what you think. Please, do not hate because it's not WoW Classic! Just apreciate the artistic team, as they deserve all our gratitude. All music names are generic (created by me, they are not yet datamined). Open Subtitles / CC to see them. If you like what I do, please support the channel with any means possible: like, share, subscribe and watch more videos from me. If you want to do even more, please become Member of the channel (click the _Join_ button) or support me with Patreon. *Related videos:* My 24/7 livestream with music & ambience: kzbin.infolive Dazar'alor (BfA) music & ambience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmXdhImKrMyYgLs Boralus (BfA) music & ambience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYu2l3iKa9ljbLs Battle for Azeroth music & ambience playlist: tiny.cc/7p3sxy Vashj'ir Kelp Forest (Cataclysm) music & ambience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXOoZ41-mLGVhLM With love, Meisio

[@Deweiler]

Only Keanu Reeves is breathtaking :-D

[@MoonPoxX]

I honestly love BfA so far, ye it has a fair share of problems, but it's still a pretty good expansion. 8.2 is awesome, finally it feels like there is actually fun stuff to do. Mechagon is awesome, especially with WM turned on. Couldn't do quests for the first few days 'cause i was always engaged in world pvp. Nazjatar is breath taking music & art wise. The quests are okay but overall a 7/10. Don't know why people would judge 8.2 by the first week so negatively, when neither raid, the new dungeon or the new pvp season is available yet. I also don't get the "casual gameplay" part. World of Warcraft's whole deisgns philosophie was to be casual. :D WoW was fucking casual since vanilla. I'd argue that BfA 8.2 is way harder than vanilla was in any stage. Sure if you only scrap the surface and just do dailies and maybe a dungeon or two, then yeah it's probably easier than classic. But most people don't even get to mythic raid, run high m+ or do high rated pvp which is all way more complex than anything in classic.

[@Anudorini-Talah]

Whenever sad music is playing, now in Zin-Azshari or in other older zones, there is a double sadness. The sadness of the lore itself and of the good old times where the game had an untouchable value.

[@balazskozma6773]

The Drowned Market is the saddest place on Azeroth :(

[@adamwarlock3530]

This music gives me a headache. Not as good as earlier WoW music.

[@kiritobi]

There is one thing that blizzard consistently makes top tier and it's the music without a doubt

[@gabbonoo]

it's pretty hard to get wrong. just gotta hire someone who makes consistently good stuff. no risking it by hiring someone who makes generic stuff if they cant find inspiration or saving money by getting a newbie and hoping they aim to prove successfully. getting someone who makes AMAZING stuff is a risk since they tend to be eccentrics who might sabotage their own work if working conditions are bad or dawdle till the work is perfect, making it incomplete at deadline (eccentric eg: Mick Gordon, wasnt given enough time and he was angry cos he didnt get to perfect Doom)

[@danieldaniel-ol6dz]

@@gabbonoo Your comment reads similarly to what I produce when on kratom, lol.

[@gabbonoo]

@@danieldaniel-ol6dz is that good?

[@danieldaniel-ol6dz]

@@gabbonoo its a lot of thoughts, and going to loooong tangents. I am not disputing your opinion or take, I just find it funny how a short comment spawns a megacomment like that :D

[@gabbonoo]

@@danieldaniel-ol6dz :3 megacomment! ...usually goes unread unless with fanatics

[@SensationalBanana]

53:30 = that music damned near makes me cry whenever I enter the coral forest/ruins. Remember, an unfathomable tragedy took place, so many lives died in a horrid way.

[@Ybw420]

Theyre not dead, they are naga.

[@archdruidbookwalter951]

@@Ybw420 some became naga, but most are dead. look at all the ghosts everywhere

[@SensationalBanana]

@@Ybw420 the ruins are haunted by the souls of elves that wouldn't serve Azshara. Naga = elves that joined her in her bargain with N'zoth.

[@jasoncarter4122]

it does the same to me as well i visit that place often to pay my respects.....

[@Astares9]

really that's weird 7:30 does that for me instead

[@user-kp6uz4ry2e]

7:27 My love 👍👍

[@mattkingsbury9459]

53:30 is easily my favorite part to hear in the game...yet also the most haunting. You have to imagine what a city like Zin-Azshari would have been like in its time--this was literally a global empire founded on the practice of Arcane magic. Now all that remains are these ruins, along with Suramar and the Nightborne.

[@katm8128]

39:21 is so chilling, it really sounds as if you're submerged underneath the sea and there's some dark presence looming over you

[@loiuhuiygny7guyguiygk]

and i love it. one of my favourite zones of all time, + i got the sweet crab mount there too :D

[@seramop]

53:30 is everything, even if you hate what this game has become, you can't deny this. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

[@Hayaros]

It doesn't matter how many nagas are hitting me, once the Zin-Azshari music starts playing, I stop to fully focus on it. It's so beautiful and haunting, it really makes you think about the majestic capital city and its fallen glory.

[@jor7113]

14:35 why is nobody saying this part😱 gives me chills

[@ShadowDancerr]

I love that part, one of my favourites in the whole game I might say

[@nilsolsen8727]

Yeah, this is what I was looking for

[@DivShadow]

The cello hits my heart more than anything, the best part of this whole track!

[@salvaraya2042]

Thing is, that doesn't fit the zone at all. That'd be more likely to play on Vol'dun for instance, as it has a somewhat arabic chill.

[@MsLavenderMoon]

Mezzamere music. Sometimes I just sit in the little area and listen. So beautiful to write to as well. :)

[@TheDanoun]

12:38 Does anybody find this part so soothing, like it's telling you that everything's going to be okay?

[@adamizor0014]

yeah

[@Elothriel]

Came here for that timestamp, thank you

[@xycho6352]

chillin and falling to a peaceful sleep part.

[@elegost2570]

Rewatching this one again, the level of detail and the art direction of this place is mind blowing.

[@hyunjaesluts]

oh my god 53:26 gave me CHILLS, i’m absolutely in love

[@Mirageys]

I'm not saying this lightly but that honestly might be the most spine-tingling music I've ever heard in this game.

[@spaceowl9246]

@@Mirageys yeah, same. When I walked in Zin Azshari and I first heard this music I was so blown away by it that I didn't want to leave it

[@hyunjaesluts]

mSa EXACTLY, that’s what happened to me too 🤯

[@kathy99123]

saaaaaaame

[@lilithaeontheundying308]

Snowflake it makes me cryyy omg

[@kattyawindbringer75]

54:36 for myself because i always replay this part. It almost doesn't sound like mere video game soundtrack, it sounds like a full on classical composition, it's so breathtaking

[@blkplauge]

Was playing just now, and 53:26 is exactly what I came for.

[@seihend]

I come here for Zin-Azshari music at 53:26

[@Lynkeus01]

who didn't?

[@xycho6352]

@@Lynkeus01 i didn't too depressing.

[@JessicaBarreraGinGin]

Absolute chills.

[@Anudorini-Talah]

@@Lynkeus01 u

[@Massa2034]

@@Lynkeus01 me

[@loiuhuiygny7guyguiygk]

having played in this zone for the past 3 hours and was forced to stop to go to work... i can say that this is one of the most interesting and beautiful zones i've ever seen in WoW and CANT WAIT TO GET BACK HOME to explore more of it!! :)

[@Metal-GI]

I was a medical resident working the COVID ICUs in 2020. They had us on a week on week off schedule as a form of quarantine / watching for symptoms on our weeks off. I hadn't played WoW since 2007 at this point, but since I had those weeks off I picked up the game again. I remember playing a lot here to upgrade a spell for my warrior (can't remember the details). WoW was such a beautiful and needed respite from work, it helped keep me in decent spirits despite everything.

[@ovidiufantu8263]

Zin-Azshari is just the best part. I just came here for this part.

[@DragonOfSummer]

I wish my music ear was better, because I want to say there's some bit in here that references the soundtrack in Vashj'ir. That's one of my all-time favorite zones, and the music is a big reason why. I can't wait to visit this zone, both because it looks and sounds wonderful, and because It'll be quite nostalgic. If there was a list of most underrated zones in World of Warcraft, I'd put Vashj'ir at the top.

[@logank386]

Easily the most memorable zone in the last 5 years, good stuff

[@Dragonking1984]

The part at 53:26 is the best part. I LOVE when the music matches the theme of the zone like this. The use of choir as well as strings makes for music that makes you feel the pain & sorrow of the once great city. It's up there with Invincible, why we fight and lament of the highborne. Honestly i could live with the bgm for the zone being just that choir & symphony accompaniment.

[@Xalocin]

It’s amazing. But imo invincible is in a league of its own. Arthas had way more backstory than Azshara and the naga. Not to mention we played as Arthas in Warcraft 3 and some wrath quests. We lived through arthas’ life. And invincible is that much more powerful

[@Dragonking1984]

@@Xalocin Didn't say it was better just said it's up there in the top 5 or so music scores. Also the lore of Azshara and Arthas are night and day. Arthas before being corrupted was doing what he thought would save his kingdom. Azshara was so egotistical and narcissistic that she assumes her people are beneath her and demands she be worshiped like a goddess.

[@Xalocin]

Dragonking1984 I get you. I was just stating my opinion. And my opinion is there’s invincibile at the top , and then there’s the rest.

[@nichole7302]

i am LIVING the music in this zone are just so good

[@Meisio]

The music is really nice. The zone shares same style as Night Elves settlements and Naga models as Legion & 8.0 BfA. But it's nicely done. I feel they could have done a better job with the ambience by the way.

[@Nightfallen.]

@@Meisio maybe by adding more (actually a ton of lots of) coral flora around the zone, which would sparkle in the nighttime :3 3 years, oh :

[@Meisio]

@@Nightfallen. I read almost all of the messages from the channel 🙂

[@Nightfallen.]

@@Meisio how nice ^^

[@Krapfenmann]

Zin-Azshari music made me stop and just listen. What a masterpiece.

[@Spladoinkal]

I actually totally forgot about this. Actually enjoyed it

[@Sidiax]

37:13 Nobody is going to mention how amazing and eerie this is ? I absolutely love it.

[@savedphelps8369]

0:04 gives me chills, how come nobody agrees.

[@Maliya2313]

Nazjatar has become one of my favorite zones in game, up there with Grizzly Hills, Silverpine Forest and Howling Fjord.

[@dazdingooman]

53:26 nails the whole game's soundtrack so hard!

[@MoonPoxX]

26:57 lmao the murloc with the clam hat :D:D

[@korbennelentari]

Danm, that's some balance

[@magicalcat1234]

Questing in this zone was so frustrating, but the visuals & music made up for it.

[@nx_s]

Yea, if only the zone itself was as majestic as the music. And it should have been.

[@dosmatrix4470]

16 minute mark is one of the most haunting scores in any game i have heard outstanding,

[@venelinmaslarov3449]

so heilig,so sacred:))) 53:26 absolutely amazing!!!

[@bobby6009]

Kelp Forests Walk I love it all of them It's Dark and Emotional at the same time exactly what i'm looking for

[@gizzleshizzle1274]

The music and cut scene for the destroyed elf city is my favorite good job world of Warcraft 👏

[@TheAssirra]

Nazjatar might be 1 of the best zones for music in the whole game.

[@Mazed927]

I've recently come back to the game, and this zone was MUCH more than I expected -- in variety, layout, and lore, all exceeded expectations. Although, I have to say, for something that was purportedly underwater, the presence of roads and architecture (non-ancient-ruin) on the ground is a little conspicuous...maybe the naga never bothered updating their civil planning methods from their days as elves?

[@sonia417]

Absolutely in love with Nazjatar! And I enjoyed ambience music the whole time I was there. I spent maybe 5 hrs there,and time flew by! Love,love,love! Cant wait to log in again 🙌🏼

[@tealversace]

I need an hour loop of all the Zin-Azshari tracks, and have done since I set foot in the eastern side of Nazjatar... manually tabbing in and replaying from that 53:42 mark is the best I'm gonna get for now but I'll be damned if it's not beyond worth it.

[@Meisio]

That can be done soon. I'll reply to you asap ;)

[@Assabinnas]

Azshara lured us to Nazjatar and deep into her palace because that was the will of her master N'Zoth. As our Heart Of Azeroth necklace was the key to freeing N'Zoth from the titan's prison deep in Azshara's palace she parted the ocean and taunted us to pursue her. Azshara had a secret plan to overpower her master, but N'Zoth preempted this. By sending Unat to test us, he ensured that we were strong enough to subdue Azshara. This was one of the coolest zones of all time in WoW. It gets a bad rap because of BfA's shortcoming's in gameplay and gearing, particularly the manapearl grind for an OP belt. But the environment here was breathtaking.

[@Hirotoro4692]

57:50 best segment begins

[@Atlastheyote222]

The music in this zone is consistently fantastic

[@user-xn3fv2vz5f]

16:40 - 19:40 so good

[@adkhalil6194]

Looked for that everywhere. Thankss ✌

[@kristoffera-p7169]

From 37:13 to the end makes me absolutely hooked

[@battleworn4847]

Love your channel and this music :) Keep doing what your doing. This zone looks very intriguing and I will definitely be playing my Druid. 😁

[@Meisio]

Thank you Blake

[@assenss]

Much love with this video. My favourite part 16:39 Kelp Forests Walk 3. I think i am the less people who miss BFA. Thanks for making inmortal all the wow music and zones.

[@SAMI5849]

What about 07:30 Coral Forests Walk 1 it's so good 🥺

[@BIacklce]

"hey we are an Amphibians species, lets give out opposition a fair chance by drawing the water out so they are on an equal playing field" That sounds smart, wait...

[@Meisio]

🤣 Good one

[@kattyawindbringer75]

55:54 and 58:58, these parts are so oddly reminiscent of a part in Rimsky Koraskov's composition Sheherazade, it's a long one I am not sure where but I've listened to it hundreds of times and I'm sure it's very similar. Can anyone smarter than me confirm it, I adore this part I've been replaying it all night while studying ^^

[@Nightfallen.]

How nice you've noticed! I would've like to say what came to my mind at first as a piece, but hey I'm in 8th grade still playing rondo and Scherzo in horn :< I think I'll just say the emotions here for now... Not being able to escape from your sorrow and loss, while fighting with yourself and your inner thoughts (inner thoughts are the Dramatic part and the escape/fight part is that "I'm alive" section (the blast part) Yeaah... :3

[@sonia417]

I might be one of the rare people who doesnt like the Glenn Stafford`s tune. I am obsessed by the dark sounding stuff like the stuff that starts at 21:48 - Echos of Nazjatar 2 I wish we could have a compilation of only those dark themes. I keep repeating those parts, they are super atmospheric and don`t get my ears tired. Absolute favorite

[@Meisio]

Food for thought. Thank you for sharing. Maybe I'll create at some point this kind of dark compilation.

[@korbennelentari]

That start time reminds me of SWTOR music in places

[@adkhalil6194]

It's so evil! I love it

[@korbennelentari]

I like dark ambiant music too. Try Lustmord Blackstar really cool

[@sonia417]

@@Meisio make the dark compilationnnn for Nazjatar,its been two years I beg😂 your channel is my home lol

[@JazCorta]

14:35 it has no business being that good. Damn!

[@huffleprecious6370]

Yesss my favourite zone of Cataclysm!! I love how peaceful and serene out was yet so dangerous! I'm sad that so many people disliked it. 💔

[@darturo454]

You’re confusing it with Vashj’ir. This is Nazjatar, a region from Battle For Azeroth.

[@Lellianna]

Zin- Azshari is the most beautiful piece of music ive ever heard

[@martinmegazor]

How I love these videos! I listen to them while working. Eyes on the screen, mind in fantastical places. :)

[@ElieZ]

Well done my friend. Watching and listening to this might be more enjoyable than playing the game.

[@Meisio]

Hi Elie I did not particularly enjoyed the gameplay here either, but hopefully the majority did. Thank you for the membership

[@Tuln233]

Nazjatar is still one of my favorite zones

[@6Twisted]

The track at 22:00 is haunting. I like it.

[@vellarus6581]

💕 best for last! 58:35

[@cherry-wav3]

Good queen Azshara pushing away the ocean so we don't have another underwater level xD

[@Spawn733]

Sooo good! I did I think basically all the content here but I'm missing it lately. It must be Sunken City.

[@sombradude2725]

35:30 isn't this basically the same as that one maw music thing?

[@cruzeal9334]

I miss this patch

[@lyxiagaming]

42:37 love this beat

[@ozanyoung2909]

I've not played Warcraft in a long time and from what I saw, this place was somewhat underwhelming when you consider the scope of Queen Azshara and the Naga's power and influence in the Warcraft universe from Warcraft III all the way through till now. However! The music for this zone did not disappoint even a little. This was everything I had hoped to hear from Azshara and Nazjatar.

[@Scruffed]

Azshara was probably one of the hardest end-of-raid bosses they ever made (second only to Kil'Jaeden perhaps), Eternal Palace was the hardest raid in BfA overall, and Nazjatar as a zone was enormous and with some of the best art and music they ever made in WoW, so I wouldn't really call it underwhelming.

[@vinapocalypse]

The track at 4:45 reminds me of the Westworld tv show music a bit

[@Newovar]

Good ears.

[@Ferreneh]

The same instruments and a dark theme overall

[@korbennelentari]

Was thinking the same thing

[@elegost2570]

Amazing content man!

[@Meisio]

Thank you Gian. /bow

[@ruskyhusky69]

You say you're capturing it for eternity - does it mean in case of the nuclear apocalypse, this music will be saved somewhere deep underground in one of the doomsday's bunker? That would be dope

[@Meisio]

Yes, that's exactly where it will be stored. On the 10th page of the search results on KZbin after the first week.

[@dahunlee_acousticguitar_covers]

that giant wall of water is so pretty tho

[@Meisio]

It's both beautiful and scary at the same time :)

[@Amn3ll36]

0:04 -0:33 i can listen to just that on repeat

[@conquesotador]

It’s a shame this zone was done after a couple months.

[@Yoshimizu45]

Gosh i love nightelfs sm... this music 53:30

[@CrazyScubaCouple]

53:50 ulduar level theme, best of world of warcraft

[@gizzleshizzle1274]

My favorite zone love the music

[@spaceparrot8702]

Major Narnia and LotR vibes going on here, love it

[@m00rtin4]

while bfa had its bad/useless moments with warfronts and island expeditions. i found it more appealing overall than legion. legion had great theme, but it got bad in the end, especially argus. really forgettable place after all years we waited. bfa however i found got better WITH TIME. i cant talk about how it was upon release but i started play wow again in 8.2 and with the base game being good, nazjatar and mechagon were the best content iv experienced in wow since mop days. no wonder many ppl say its the best content patch since 2.4. the story was also intresting cus the sword and azarite made it for a interesting development between horde vs alliance. and we just got that with sylvanas doin actions we clearly didnt understand at that point, but it got our attention. and i was eager to find out what it would lead to. the sad part is that it lead into shadowlands. while SL looked pormising, it failed to deliver what bfa built up so great. and fail is maybe too nice word to describe it. BFA was a great "build up expansion" and it gave us great cinematics to tell the story more. I was always eager to know what would happen next in wows story with this expansion. and remember all the memorable characters we got to meet/learn more from during this expansion, magni, jaina, derek, ashvane, azhara, rastakhan, talanji, bwonsamdi and ofc the best character pf them all: Saurfang. yes yes u can ofc complain about the azerite armor/necklace and all that but as a casual player just doing nazjatar, mechagon, daylies and world quests, it never really affected me about the perks and mid maxing. i wonder how a wow expansion teirlist would look today with bfa in retrospect?

[@irlatenos]

Oh, that's so beautiful

[@Meisio]

Indeed it is. Thank you for watching Andrey!

[@irlatenos]

@@Meisio , “Thank you” not to me, but to you. Very rarely you will meet authors who shoot really cool videos, combining music and the atmosphere of a location.

[@deniskasyanchuk5457]

Meisio, thanks again!

[@sonia417]

22:22 👌🏼

[@vergildrake1070]

Best part was 00:00 - 1:00:20

[@bmar192]

55:54

[@bmar192]

58:36

[@ab.-]

My monthly subscription just ended and I'm already mourning

[@sanderdavid8626]

Looks basically like Aszuna

[@ninaloveray]

The ruins from Zin-Azshari and Aszuna make sense they look the same since they were part of the same empire

[@blackheartwolf]

The music in Kal'methir is beautiful

[@loiuhuiygny7guyguiygk]

@28:55 i just love the eery creepy feeling it gives off here

[@Frissessomorum]

Thank you for the timestamps!

[@Varkoff]

Very nice. I like it.

[@Meisio]

Thank you man

[@Varkoff]

No, thank you for making these. I'm really looking forward to see Mechagon !

[@21willyx21]

Gloria!

[@06024d]

Blizzard; You always wanted an underwater level, now you have it... Players: thanx we hate it!

[@user-ez1gg1jw4b]

zin-azshari part is so beautiful :((((

[@lightforged6017]

BFA did not deserve this soundtrack.

[@elegost2570]

Also, around 17:15, that music sounds a lot like Westworld.

[@CrzBonKerz21]

These BFA zones make shadowlands zones look a little lazy don’t they?

[@trenthepanda072]

50:08 and after is my favorite part

[@archdruidbookwalter951]

53:30 as a balance druid, seeing the naga infesting that old temple to elune genuinely made me angry.

[@grimflow3919]

43:44 best song ,fighting N'zoth

[@yanb91]

Amazing soundtrack

[@Havenos]

8.2 was so good.

[@lynch42o]

I started playing wow when Cata came out, and after coming to this video, I realized I spent like barely any time in this Area, like hardly any! Did others enjoy it???

[@Scruffed]

It was one of my favorite areas in terms of outdoor content (lots of puzzles, collectibles, even gear), but the raid in it kinda sucked, and there was no dungeon. I liked the zone so much that I didn't mind farming the plants for my flasks instead of just buying everything for gold like I normally do. You would have spent a lot of time there if you were raiding in patch 8.2 of Battle for Azeroth, because the gear you could get from farming pearls in Nazjatar was better than many Mythic raid pieces (i.e. the best of the best). Nowadays it's only worth going there if you're into collecting pets, mounts and achievements.

[@wesleyvl8572]

A other good vidoe dude keep it up

[@Meisio]

Thank you Wesley

[@banditojenkins7280]

Best map ever

[@imaelvis]

53:26 is what I came for， what's the original song's name btw