Music of Icecrown - Frostmourne

[@boxes_of_boxes]

I love how you can hear "invincible" underneath the main sound. Very haunting.

[@murat8210]

Yeah! I love at 4:00 you can hear "Arthas my son" aswell.

[@kl0ness]

WotLK was the most atmospheric expansion imo.

[@amog10]

deathknight2400 mop good?eh?what?how?

[@VV-nz4dv]

+amog10 Good story, good music, decent content. It was the third best expansion after BC and LK. Cata and WoD are just awful.

[@amog10]

Good story?Oh yeah, fighting "dark energies" and jurassic park...and Garrosh alone getting so powerful that he is a treat to both ally and horde..only to be killed 1v1 by Thrall alter.PvP..was the worst...ever.The music was good thou, i agree on that one, but overall mop was the worst and not in just my opinion.At least cata brought some new and refreshing stuff along with more cool music, stories and 2 new cool races. The Eye

[@VV-nz4dv]

amog10 I thought the story was good, it lingered with dark subjects in a way that wow never did before. All other expansions villains were demons, zombies, dragons, and such, yet in Pandaria, the big villain was war, the alliance and the horde, and by consequence, the player. It dealt with heavy themes, such as genocide, slavery, racism, segregation, totalitarianism, torture of civilians, mass murder weapons, etc. This things still happen in our world, so they feel more real than demons from space or the evil dead. That's why I liked Pandaria's story, but it is just my opinion, you can disagree.

[@xXRaMsiisXx]

@@amog10 Really Jurassic Park and MoP? Jurassic Park was introduced in Classic named Un'goro Crater

[@gamerhats4145]

Every time I listen to Arthas my son... I tear up just a little bit, brings back some good memories

[@KingAelle]

One of the most beautiful pieces of music I've heard. I love the mix of the organic choirs and the deep, echoing modulation. It really gives it this strong sense of loss and... I dunno, it just kinda screams that sort of "This is the end of it all" feeling in terms of Arthas' story.

[@EJAXK13]

"Whomsoever takes up this blade shall wield power eternal. Just as the blade rends flesh, so must power scar the spirit." The runes on the pedestal

[@Gnomefodder]

Want to know why? Because the Lich King actually had a plan and a story which didn't involve doing the work himself, unlike Deathwing who is just all 'RAWR I'M AN ANGURY DARGUN, PHEER MEH'. LK kills the entire raid party against him in an instant near the end, simply because he's done playing with them. Deathwing couldn't, or at least didn't, in his final fight. Hell, he couldn't even get off that last spell because we kept slapping his hands and telling him no. Literally.

[@K1ngSix]

I love how the music from the cinematic (Arthas, my son: If anyones interested in the name?) is interspersed with this piece. So clever. I can't believe so many people just disable the music of WoW, when most of it is a masterpiece...

[@PaxAmericana24]

A spine-chilling tune from 4:00 onward. Especially knowing now what I never guessed then; that the faint and fading voice singing may as well have been WoW itself, giving its last cry before falling to the rubbish that was Cata and now MoP. Wrath was WoW's swan song and this melody was Wrath's swan song. Oh bitter, bitter - this day. Times of glory in Northrend - now so far away.

[@Hejzwej]

4:00 so beautifully haunting, like everything is destroyed but the sound of the past.

[@martindemik]

Happy and sad indeed! I still recall the first time hearing the words: "Father! Is it over?" "No king rules for ever, my son." "I see.. only darkness.. before me.." :((((((

[@MaxFalange]

this is the most epic history in all warcraft,the history,the music,the zone....is just....the best work of blizzard

[@Marspilot8]

"Return the Blade.....Complete the Circle.....RELEASE ME FROM THIS PRISON!" "We are now ONE"

[@brickmodeler1482]

I don´t know why but when i had my first kill of the Lich King in Heroic i kinda heard this Track much more clear doing the Fight. It was kinda haunting because it was my first time seeing him in Heroic but it was an amazing Experience anyway

[@pootisbirb6821]

Soon a pink radiating light will purify these deathly hallows. With the Ashbringer in tow, Cries of undeath will toll.

[@HiroshiThePaladin]

chilling .....

[@Evision5]

....and now my room feels a lot colder after listening to this.

[@JailbrokenTaco]

I love the echo-y ambience. It makes me feel like I am standing in the middle of a blizzard at night in the middle of nowhere, looking at the northern aurora lights.

[@zinflexy]

love the echo. suits perfectly with frostmourne and all the memories echoing

[@Pali142]

i love your video's descriptions

[@notevines]

First time I listened to this, almost made me cry. Very well done

[@heavyd2400]

4:00 makes me cry, really, it is so saaaaaaaaad "cry"

[@RiktheRed21]

The echoes of the past continue to reverberate in the present. The Lich King shall never be truly gone, so long as there are those to still remember him...

[@WarCraftLoreMaster]

"Let them come... Frostmourne hungers!" Gave me a chill down my spine. Ah, the fond memories of Arthas babbling on every time you told him to go somewhere in Warcraft III. "Finally. As you wish. Frostmourne hungers! Finally. Frostmourne hungers!"

[@Eyriea]

I love how you can just hear the echoes of the song Invincible in the background, it makes for an eerily familiar callback...

[@Derodek]

just gives you a sense of majesty that your feeble mind can only begin to comprehend

[@adamt4553]

this is such an unbelievable piece, i just glade it's more clear in invincible lol

[@mikemule1964]

What a wicked blade.....

[@TriniKnight01]

Input appreciated, Laan. It's true that as of today, there is no cure for the Scourge. However, there are other factors to consider: (i) The old Dalaran had far more magical resources and a greater population of experienced mages than the new one does. (ii) A fully mobilised Silver Hand, backed by the Lordaeron army, would have been well able to control Stratholme. Stratholme may have been a big city, but the undead of Stratholme were a bunch of -zombies-. More a blow to morale than a threat.

[@rhiannonleara]

And whilst many people fight about the best expansions and whatever more, the rest of us shall listen to the music and focus on that, after all, it's what we came here for? I adore this soundtrack, when listening too it you can imagine the snow and icy terrain, and that mystic other worldly feel as your walking through it. The fact that WoW has it's ups and downs is irrelevant to this video, so instead of fighting it out about this, that and the other, enjoy the soundtrack! C:

[@OverlordMD]

i love the blurred "invincible" song in the background =D

[@Venomhide]

indeed =/ Its amazing how Blizz made us pity him and how sad it actually was when he died =/ ..... I miss Wotlk.... In all of its Glory.....

[@razvandoa]

i can feel the frostmourne curse upon me!!

[@TyZentar]

Death to the forsaken and death to the living! Long live King Arthas Menethil!

[@Derodek]

absolutely amazing

[@ivannrodriguez7806]

every day has it's night, every light has it's shadow, even a candle's light can be snuffed out and so the brightest life!!! "ner'zul"(lich king) saying, i love it. he whispered that to arthas everytime arthas would puss out

[@zurielsama]

K. Like, the entire points where another song intersects the background is invincible, :) just like in the summit music, this includes the vocals of the recent release. The music at 4:00 is also invincible, but from the wotlk game cinematic. Amazing stuff.

[@Midaspl]

@rockintoot I've thought about ending of WoW and it can look like this: You see an ancient creature, who fed himself on power of all bosses: Lich King, C'thun, All Black Dragons, Malygos, Sindragosa, Sapphiron, Kel'Thuzad, All Elementals and a lot more. While draining their powers he weakened them but himself became one big creature who shatters Azeroth into pieces!=>Servers shut-down, "thank you for playing" :P.

[@IrmoTheStarstrider]

Cette musique est magnifique, les Blizzards a travaille tres bien!

[@MrJimay94]

love 00;21-1:00. you can hear the song invincible in the background gone all spooky and it just sounds awsome

[@watbebe]

can you feel it my son , closing in all around you , the lights justice has been awakened , you will be called to account for all the horror you let loose opon this world , and the dark acient powers you've enslaved. tho ym soul was one of the first to be devourd by your evil , but there are thousants more bound within this blade and the cry out for release , look now to your defences my son , for the champions of light gather at your gate!!!

[@SuperDethclock]

Frostmourne hungers!

[@slo8503]

yes, his spirit is in the blade, forever.

[@TheoneRing0]

@howard95 Yeah, aound the four minute mark. They're using a phaser to make the melody have that eerie beyond-the-grave sound.

[@Venomhide]

:o Cmoon the Final Battle of the gods! Sargeras VS The Titan Council! :O twould be a battle of truly Unimaginable Proportions...

[@acweezer]

yet the most badass character in wow

[@acweezer]

a simple prince commanding an amy of undead, demon forged armor, runeblade, plagues, etc.

[@Pyrofreak321]

world of warcraft, your the greatest game. the BEST game i've ever play--ee--ayed. oh oo oh oo ohh i cant wait to log in, and hop on a gryphon!!!!!!!!

[@griffitsu]

4:00 Onwards is enchanting, and I haven't played WoW for years now.

[@Keinichn]

Agreed. It was both a sad day and a day of triumph when I took down Arthas. A huge piece of Warcraft lore and history died that day.

[@VladimirtheShadow]

Arthas' rule shall reign eternal! ALL HAIL THE LICH KING!

[@Obamasuckslol]

I think Icecrown Citadel is his own twisted version of his old kingdom, the music representing innocence lost.

[@TwilightCreep]

He is, he's free to die, his spirit has been released by the grip of the Lich King. So has Ner'zhuls. The evil of Kil'jaeden holding all those souls togethor has been banished

[@Splub]

Sounds great with Snowstorm in the background!

[@Flared]

@TriniKnight01 Arthas is a typical tragic protagonist of the Greek Tragedy, which is most probably what Blizzard wanted him to be. He has the "Aristotlian flaw" which brings about his downfall, which was his strong devotion to the protection of his people that made him take Frostmourne and so on. It is sad what happens to his father and the kingdoms he destroyed, but most of the tragedy is still centred around Arthas, just like the character of Hamlet in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

[@wkunzelman1]

@OverlordMD It seems almost like Arthas' heart is still there... just covered up by layers and layers of ice and corruption. That's what I'm thinking when I hear this. "Invincible" in the background is like Arthas' heart, covered up by layers of icy music, so that it is near impossible to reach it.

[@skillbus6505]

@TriniKnight01 Yeah, you are right. This is especially apparent in his last exchange with Muradin Bronzebeard. First he talks about how he will gladly bear any curse to save his people, then he gives up the pretense and just says nothing will stop him from getting his revenge.

[@BlackTemplar43]

@xenonecromera In the game's perpective, yes. But all those gnomes, cows, dogs and goats fit into the lore, and have a grimdark background. The Pandas are just an utopic funfun race living in a happyland full of butterflies. They were originally just meant as a joke...

[@0172589]

a big round of applause for Jason hayes

[@Dwayneff]

@acanskiadela you mean the one in the picture? or where frostmourne was sitting? The place in the picture is Icecrown Citadel. The throne of the lich king. The original place of Frostmourne was. Frostmourne Cavern in Dragonblight.

[@abspartanlaser]

@ArkBlanc, actually Arthas would've called in the Vrykul, Val'Kyr, a couple million undead, and a few more of his servant races. Deathwing would've shot fireballs. Deathwing is powerful but he's just a former dragon aspect that got corrupted.

[@warkenan]

@Lamentfordeath I agree. I love vikings and the gothic feel. I also like who the lich king WAS.

[@boms]

Complete... The circle... Release me, From this prison! ..... Nooow, We, are, one!

[@RandomGarryGaming]

@Deyyhayederaned I have no doubt we'll be empowered in some way for the fight anyway but really by the time we fight him our characters will be incredibly strong. The thing about WoW lore is that even members of the regular races can become gods because their increase in power never ceases. And let's not forget that the Old Gods were rivals to the Titans and we've already killed 2 possibly or at least killed 1 and badly wounded another.

[@ShieldMaidenBLS]

@Rapatz100 No not blindfolded, hell I always thought it was odd we could kill any of the undead in the game. but oh well. Arthas was once one of the most powerful Paladin's ever. It was Arthas that disbanded the Knights of the Silver Hand (look it up). If he couldn't contain the evil of the Lich King (Ner'zhul is technically no more), how can Bolvar? Perhaps because Frostmourne was destroyed, to. There is a lot of confusion in the lore, now.

[@LongClawzHidden]

When you were born, the very forests of Lordaeron whispered the name... Arthas...

[@Dragonnok]

The song in the last minute (starting at 4:00 ) uses the same vocalization as the "Arthas, My Son" soundtrack, but with echoes. I really want to know what that means! lol

[@Twitchythe3rd]

@DargorV WoW hit it's peak in Wrath, and once the peak is reached the only way to go is down. If anything the numbers are reverting back to how it was pre-Wrath.

[@TheDudish]

@Alexhackedone Mal'ganis was simply toying with Arthas in Stratholme. That was made clear by his ability to leave after the culling. His real goal there was to lure the prince to Northrend and take up Frostmourne. The people of Stratholme wouldn't have made much difference in the long run; as can be seen now, the city is under complete control of the scourge.

[@thetruesithis]

amazing!

[@ShieldMaidenBLS]

A lot of people felt let down how they ended Wrath. I haven't played really since. I was there at the beginning. I even played some before it went on line. I knew my lore, I knew Arthas's story, and was thrilled to go to the place that damned him in ice and the grave. I could stomach Cataclysm, at least Death Wing has his own lore. But, I just can't swallow this whole Pandoria thing. I don't threaten to never play again, I loved this game. However, it started to die when they killed Arthas.

[@ZeNoodle]

Naxxramas, also a scourge area, gives you the feeling that you're in a giant unbeatable citadel, and is extremely interesting. To me, ICC feels like the same hallway over and over (The Shadowvaults copy and paste), minus the blood elf area.

[@ghola82]

Oh man. Can/has anyone got the short music track that plays at the start of the LK 10/25 Man event that's currently live? It's pretty short, but I want it so bad.

[@candlehawk]

@TriniKnight01 It also caused his death as the Lich King. He needed to see the champions of life and order march up his doorstep, best all his own champions, just to see if he could defeat them himself, and raise them as his own. He could have ended us on a number of times. Dalaran was placed horribly, and could have been destroyed by wyrms at any moment. Pride is the death of all greatness, and the bane of even the most holy beings.

[@rmathewes]

Let them come. FROSTMOURNE HUNGERS.....

[@OverlordMD]

The Soul Cairn is the place souls in soulgems go after they've been used up by an enchanter/necromancer.

[@richardvelez4940]

a game with 8million subs n has been out for more than 9 years n u say its a faillure u do relieze nothing lasts forever at all no matter how good it is

[@LongClawzHidden]

@Nemesis921 I honestly think that Arthas could hold his own against an Old God. But why would he? He had some sort of alliance with Yogg Saron, and we know that they knew one another existed. So why didn't they conflict?

[@Eltoyotacorolla]

@ShieldMaidenBLS it did....Illidan and Arthas were 2 main pillars in the Warcraft Lore...

[@Thetrollinginger117]

The Lich King is not dead, nor will he be. Arthas, however is gone.

[@TheDudish]

@TriniKnight01 You know, I've been struggling with his character all through the expansion. As in, why was he "evil?" I think you put it best there. It's a tough case to make in my opinion, especially since as of today there is no cure for the scourge - culling Stratholme ultimately *did* save lives. He did what he had to do - but his pride is what made him never back down, not in Lordaeron, not on the shores of Northrend, and not when he took Frostmourne from it's resting place.

[@doxi101]

jaina: stand back touch that sword and your soul is damned for all eternity. party: (all jump against the sword). .............

[@ShamriCayia]

@DramaTiqq true, but if he had some sort of a resistance to hunger for power in his Will..i doubt that Frostmourne would have possessed him

[@RandomGarryGaming]

@Deyyhayederaned Depends on how powerful those raiders are. With each expansion they've bigged players up more and more. In WoW we were just "adventurers", in TBC we were "veterans" and in WotLK we were "heroes" and the "greatest fighting force the world has ever known" (in LK's words). And a few of the quests in Cata label players as "legends" aswell. By the time we're ready to face Sargeras, player characters will be powerhouses in their own rights.

[@ArkBlanc]

Yes, though the big difference here is that Deathwing was a Dragon Aspect, the very Aspect of Death, whilst Arthas was simply a prince gone haywire because of the Lich King's various actions.

[@ArkBlanc]

The valkyries would sting like mosquitoes to Deathwing, and guess what; Deathwing can fly! Zomg :o And he can shoot fireballs! Omg! :O While I did see Arthas resurrecting a few thousand undeads and some frost wyrms, I still haven't seen him destroying entire settlements and cracking continental plates simply by passing through ;') Deathwing would simply be like: "Oh, didn't see you Arthas, my apologies... didn't mean to scorch you to a crisp, was only passing by D: "

[@siegemakerYT]

You can fly around Icecrown all you want :P

[@FosterFaraday]

This is a representation of Arthas' mind when he was united with frostmourne.

[@Nemesis921]

@LongClawzHidden But they did, Yogg Saron was the only thing the scourge were truly terrified of. They hated Yogg Saron. Yogg Saron even predicted Arthas' death. Arthas was badass, but I can't say he could take on Old Gods, they're eternal, and he's dead. I really don't know what kind of alliance they had, because the scourge even had a faceless one prisoner in the saronite mines

[@xxhighmp3xx]

@DokmoBros Actully Deathwing did do something pretty Big. But was mostly during the War of Ancients 10k years ago. He almost wiped out the entire Blue Dragonflight during his betrayal, it's one of the roots that made Malygos so pissed and crazed that he started the Nexus War. He also made the Demon Soul, which led the Old Horde, and himself to some events in the Second War. But yes, I agree that Arthas > Deathwing, actully > all in terms of Warcraft Lore.

[@Venomhide]

Project Titan has been Delayed until 2016 so we can still hope :)

[@ButtyArtist]

We lost Arthas...and in return we will get a rage-quit dragon along with a bunch of pandas. Wonderful, isn't it?

[@TheOglibogli]

@nile1love She was probably afraid that she'd get the word treason spat in her face aswell. She probably loved him so much that she could not bare the thought of being hurt by him. Just my mere 5 cents.

[@SpaghettiCen145]

its 70 degrees in my house and im shivering

[@911TVify]

he just simply wanted to prove that he was not weak which he grew up thinking he was since the desctruction of SW in w1 he cried because varyan's dad died and and varyan did not ever since then he thought he was weak for that

[@Rapatz100]

@ShieldMaidenBLS Everything is possible. But the difference was, Arthas was still very young, and he was basically desperate to defend his people, which in the end lead to his own downfall. Bolivar withstood days of torture and refused to let go and join the scourge. But who knows, really? I think Bolivar seems like a really decent and noble man.

[@TriniKnight01]

Arthas didn't sacrifice everything to save his people. He sacrificed everything to save his ego. As an untested, barely-trained paladin, he thought he was better than Uther or any of the older heads of the Silver Hand. It was his hubris that brought the tragedy about, not his "heroism". He more than deserved his fate. If you need to mourn, do so for the dead king and betrayed people of Lordaeron, not the spoiled prince who authored their end and made wise-cracks while doing it.

3:59 - 4:40 The best and the saddest part! I was looking for this soung just because of that part :(((

[@rhiannonleara]

@Lordsteven125 What i found bad about Cataclysm, is that it had so much potential, and blizzard didn't use much of it. I found that they ended Deathwing too sudden and too soon, this expansion could have lasted much longer if given the chance. But, your right, hopefully MoP might turn it around!

[@DeathSithe92]

@GrandGetsuga0 Do you know what quest it was? and it just sounds good to me to have arthas alive because he was the main guy for two games I played through he just seems like a badass, also blizz doesn't give him enough rep and cred he was just another boss in another expansion, when he should have been THEE boss of all the expansions.

[@Draconian001]

God damn, if Blizzard can do anything right, it's make an incredible musical score for their games.