Sholazar Basin - Music & Ambience - World of Warcraft

[@thebreadman]

I said goodbye to a dear friend here in Sholazar. One of those 'life' moments. We said we would stay in touch but life had other plans. I was moving server to play with college friends. There was no such thing as cross-realm back then, and my time spent online was mostly spent on my main. I tried going back a few times but we kept missing each other. This will no doubt sound corny to some but it held significance for me. We had a long chat. It was pretty intense, actually. We both realized in that moment what that friendship meant. She threw me a Haunted Memento and then I got on my mount and flew off. I panned the camera around one last time as I flew and watched her avatar fade. Golden years. Great friendships.

[@Judge_RR]

May the gale wings carry you...

[@edge6441]

Tottally get your feelings.. in the end all wow friends go like this..

[@tarocalypse]

Damn man. I am most likely much much older than you. Play WoW too. Still, off and on. I sincerely hope you don't count this, in your later years, as perhaps a massive missed opportunity to have met your significant other. Don't ever get to my age and have that kind of regret. It sucks. Trust me.

[@BixbiteBungo]

This hurts to read, I know this feeling well

[@JoeNovacks]

@Breadman tnx to share your story,it is not strange for me.. :)

[@Barna29]

Ohhh, I love this part so much, so many memories☺️☺️ 16:17

[@Siasske]

Vlad Marian Barna CAN'T STOP WHISTLING 😚😚😫

[@MrAgiordano78]

Haha yesss! I loved zoning into this over and over!

[@MrKogoruhn]

Same here brother!

[@Megoover]

What have you done. Me too now

[@Erobazai]

That was one of the reasons i stayed in sholazaar for too long :D

[@sylviaivanova8835]

2024 - my favorite zone still bring nostalgia. WoW 11 expansion around the corner and yet THIS...feel home !

[@KingAtlon]

Underrated tunes. Grizzly Hills is rightly considered as one of the most iconic soundtracks in WoW, but Sholazar will always have a special charm to me.

[@moofymoo]

Don't forget to buy and check mysterious egg. I have a feeling that this time green protodrake will hatch.

[@felipealvarado8801]

After 50 intents: this time it will be hatch I swer it XD

[@metzieee]

I’ve been exalted with them since WotLK and I still haven’t gotten it to this day lmao

[@slinky6481]

I'm sorry to say that I got it from my first egg :]

[@anomadicmouse]

I got mine on my birthday after the 10th try. One of the best Bdays ever, sad when I say that out loud. But true.

[@AvelineMelena]

I got it so fast back in the days, probably 3-4 eggs

[@Melandrus86]

I logged out my WoW-Character in this zone ... 9 years ago and never came back ... time flows. Edit: Thanks everyone for the likes, you are awesome!

[@sneed6840]

:(

[@KaiForce]

You definitely quit at WoW's peak, be happy you didn't watch your favorite game crumble into garbage over the coming years

[@MJG206]

Maybe you can come back for Classic LK.

[@Melandrus86]

@@MJG206 Hello, thanks for your feedback. I have to refuse, too many things passed. But these 2 years, I played this game, were great enough for me.

[@Rossk0w]

01:11 my fav. part, it just feels like going trough Sholazar Basin exploring....

[@Hakohn2511]

It's one of the only soundtracks that can make me shed a tear. So beautiful...

[@Fortunato7]

@@Hakohn2511 i shed a tear as i read this comment :')

[@Kingmakerrr1337]

Runescape vibes

[@travisscavone2920]

This song was playing at Disney’s animal kingdom lmfao I recognized it immediately was like “this song is from WoW...”

[@skibidi-pap1]

😂 nice

[@Mysbananen]

lol that's great. some old wotlk player must have thought hey.. i know the perfect jungle music

[@DharmaDerelict]

Blizzard music is used everywhere, it’s amazing where and when you’ll hear it. 💚

[@CasepbX]

@@DharmaDerelict It really is, was surprised a few times.

[@tbotalpha8133]

If that's true, then I'm pretty sure that's copyright infringement.

[@limit7267]

Hours upon hours were spent here camping Loque'nahak, this theme and other friendly hunters made it bearable :)

[@EdricLysharae]

"Of Sholazar, I can tell you this: In Northrend, where so much of the land is cold, bleak, and dead, The Basin brings a welcomed vibrancy back to one's senses. But have a care, for within this welcoming oasis of life is all of nature's primal ferocity. Breathe in deeply the citric and florid scents, but do so quietly..."

[@sirdanielkurt2317]

I can't imagine , 10 years already.... Nostalgia strikes....

[@Cizanek]

Vanilla WoW started it all for me and WotLK finished it with style. I never really bothered much with later expansions - my heart stayed in Icecrown, just like Arthas' did, lol at the correlation:). Thank You for all the awesome vids, the feels they bring are impossible to describe and impossible to understand for people who haven't experienced WoW in the "old" days. Whats worth saying, the music of WoW has always been a crown jewel, across all expansions actually, thou we always cling to the parts we loved the most. Scholazar, Storm Peaks, Icecrown, Grizzly Hills, Howling Fjord... Epic places filled with epic ambience and music. Memories just come pouring in an instant. Green Proto-Drake farm and the moment it finally "hatched" from that damned egg... Time-Lost Proto-Drake farm - testing the limits of how long you can stay awake... Farming Herbs in Storm Peaks and Icecrown... These will never fade away, just as the awesome non-repeatable moments from Vanila and TBC. As Le Ameriga Bear wrote - you listen for a hwile and you can literaly see yourself logging on, turning on TS and going for levelling/farming/dungeon spam with guildies. #neverforget Hopefully Official Vanila servers will spark a new wave of legacy content being availible to players and we may yet see official TBC and WotLK servers come to life. Let's hope.

[@timothygibney159]

Classic is back! If you still read this go back to worldofwar ft.com

[@hiker64]

Just flying around the bowl mining...around and around and around and around...

[@Awestorm]

All I could remember from this zone is the Hemet Nesingwary's hunting quest.

[@anthonymorris1360]

Thank you so much Russell, for back then and now. I absolutely adored this music.

[@cooldadyo]

32:16 Best Part... used to farm and mine in this for hours 😎👍

[@calendil]

More than a decade.. I used to go to sholazar, just to chill and let go.. I used to cry sometimes. Now in 2020 I am putting my new born son to sleep with this track.

[@calendil]

@@mando2908 Year 2021, Thank you, yes everything is fine little one is growing healthy. I hope you have peace and happiness these songs describe

[@shotis2619]

Some people say Classic is home, but for me Northrend, especially Sholazar was home :) thousands of hours spend to farm herbs, listening to this amazing soundtrack.. i hope Blizzard will ewentually release Wrath again

[@SirBonesIV]

It's back. Are you playing?

[@Goldsthar]

They're bringing northrend back in the next expansions, you'll have your time again

[@shukenzeleider]

28:00 so mystic, love that part

[@TURK69KURD]

Truuueeee banger

[@MrAgiordano78]

Hours and hours farming Sholazar Basin when WOTLK first came out. Got Server First Herbalist and missed Server First Mining by minutes since I kept running into un-farmable Titanium nodes. Literally had a monopoly on the entire zone for a week! As a result, got Server First, Blacksmith due to the hoards of Saronite I was gathering. Needless to say, this music brings back memories!

[@snakeman589]

beautiful

[@DJOpaixMusic]

wow, I'm here early. what should I say? best place to level. the atmosphere is 11/10 and you get goosebumps from time to time. I used to come back just to listen to the music, it's a wonderful place to explore on a mount or on foot. both are different and exciting lol

[@rb1051]

1:10 my heart just drops hearing this

[@seralistair2887]

Thank-you for these videos. Truly a game that was more than just a 'game' at the time. Love it!

[@danielgarlock2074]

I recall reaching a point, 3 max level druids, dungeons, instanc 4:12 es, etc. ...where I just logged on to go fishing. This was a good place for that. ..and if you want to join a raid, "I got fish feasts" makes everything more fun.

[@GmanMilli]

One of the best songs and zones of the entire game.

[@theswedishdude1]

that whistling part is what really makes it, so damn good.

[@valeclaw1697]

It's interesting people like to think the game means less now. Some people might argue otherwise, but I think WoWs music is always consistently amazing.

[@dwinosishadowsteel8536]

I don't think the music is what they're upset about. But I agree that the music is still great and that WoW hasn't gotten any less WoW than before.

[@hare7411]

Kids that played Vanilla first will say that Vanilla was the best. Kids that played Wotlk first will say that Wotlk was the best. Kids that played Legion first will say Legion was the best. It just depends on when did you first experience the amazing game.

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

Its not the game but the people. We don't like change & want to relive past memories of "better times."

[@MrCrote92]

16:18 this whistling is soul touching.

[@machiniman01]

Chills every fucking time

[@Stoner76]

Always come back to listen to some of these Warcraft tunes every so often having played so much between 2006-2010. So many friends, such a carefree happy time. Would always whisper my eldest Sister who also played on the same Server whenever I got the quest "An embarassing Incident" on my toons from this zone. Jokingly telling her to stop losing her keys here, cos I had to keep finding them. She sadly died of Cancer 4 years ago but the memories will always live on. Rest in Peace, Vicky. For the Alliance!. :'(

[@yevonator88]

Blizzard should buy some land, develop it into zones like this and Nagrand and rent it out as vacation spots.

[@Roxar96]

Would be a dream to be killed by a crocolisk :)

[@omfgSHORYUKEN]

holiday is going great relaxing in nagrand then suddenly you're teleported back home and you're told you have been disconnected from the server

[@Nicolae_Mew]

Or we could just go outside and explore Earth. Fantasy is based on reality.

[@Gegi1992]

@@Nicolae_Mew Show me those floating islands with their infinite water source in the real world.

[@Nicolae_Mew]

@@Gegi1992 Why don't you show me a picture of Africa or Asia. Tell me about all the time you've spent outside.

[@Valeirra]

great memories listening to this music while camping for loque'nahak. quickly became one of my favorite zones right next to grizzly hills :)

[@Urukior4]

Your channel is such a little gem. When I'm not using my second monitor while working I'll have the videos up playing and it's even more relaxing. Not sure what else to say other than keep on doing your thing :)

[@Everness1]

💛

[@lylouf8900]

Omg Sholazar

[@jinexsusakrex7293]

plis Feralas or Winterspring next

[@lukasrenger8260]

Everness hello there ! nice video as every time but can you do record It at 60 fps ?

[@avs-]

the fact that you seem to like and enjoy what you're doing in full detail is what makes your channel an oasis! keep it up ;)

[@klapacjuszanimomon8501]

MY TOP LIST OF LAND ;) 1.ZANGARMARSH\HOWLING FYORD 2.SHOLAZAR BASIN 3.GRIZZLY HILLS 4.TANARIS 5.STRANGlethorn VALLE 6.SHADOW MOON VALLLEY 7.DUSTWALLOW MARSH 8.LOCH MODAN 9.UN'GORO CREATER 10.J ,DONT KNOW.....

[@faintrap]

One of my favourite zones, for sure! Spent quite a lot of relaxing hours there, which have now become very fond memories.

[@MrTieeeem]

this music brings me back to when I was much younger. beautiful

[@deviouscat4571]

Time flies... doesn't it? To think i was a 16 years old teenager a moment ago, now i'm a 24 years old grown ass adult. The memories of this game will never fade for me. Sad truth, is that the game will probably die soon, with all of Blizzard's new problems about the sexual misconducts and stuff.

[@InakaAdventure]

Thank you BASED Basin for helping me study.

[@Noskur]

This is, and will ever be, my favorite zone. The music is on point and gives such a melancholic/nostalgic feeling...

[@s1xto]

Ah i remember running around looking for fruits to make liquor, hunting animals with Hemet and his buddies & helping the avatar of Freya...it's been so long yet still these memories never fade. I started wow at pre-wotlk...i have so many beautiful memories tied to place its hard to form it into words. Kudos for this fantastic video!

[@rc8929]

This music is nostalgic because I used to farm for ore for hours in this zone when I was working on my warrior. Crazy to think it was almost 15 years ago.....

[@jiechengzhao1076]

I like the music of Sholazar Basin very much! Quite unique and make me feel peaceful. Thank you for making this! I miss the days doing all kinds of quests there.

[@tarocalypse]

The eerie music, especially around the 16:16 mark, just had so much atmosphere. You will not find music like this anywhere in the more recent zones. Sad to say. With this music and the lush landscape you can actually close your eyes and imagine you are there!

[@nopnop9077]

zuldazar : bruh

[@slinttu1378]

Zuldazar had amazing atmosphere, go listen to the Zuldazar Jungle music.

[@MissGloriosa]

I started playing WoW again after quitting before WotLK came out. So I never really experienced those days nor did I know this zone even existed. I went to Dolanar to find some quests outside of The Battle of Azeroth which led me here. The music really caught my eye and the tropical feeling. Reminds me of Dragonfly Falls from Spyro a Hero's Tale which I spent HOURS on as a kid due to how relaxing it was. I'd even fall asleep to the music and scenery. Now I'm going to fall asleep to this tonight after spending literally all day in the area.

[@deviouscat4571]

Lucky you, i wish i could play still...

[@MrKogoruhn]

Thank you, Everness. Thank you so much for your effort!

[@Everness1]

goo.gl/O3ZdIi

[@MrKogoruhn]

Love you man! :D

[@HeloisGevit]

I've never even played WoW and I love these vids.

[@MrAgiordano78]

It goes to show you that WoW was more than just a game. It was an experience! I never played anything but the in-game music when playing because it was so amazing.

[@tiagocampos9824]

Helois Gevit Still you're getting a very special part of what this "world" was my friend

[@shadowmatrix0101]

Well that brings up some questions. If you've never played WoW, how do you know about these videos? And if you love the videos, how come you haven't gone out and bought WoW to play? They actually have private servers you can play for free. You just download the game from the server online. No running to the store needed.

[@PierrePJ]

Every time i listen the starting theme...i cry....♥♥♥

[@masonh359]

Many hours spent ganking, fishing, and just hanging at the Basin! One of my favorite places. Thanks for doing these videos.

[@learningagain4094]

Personal favourite jungle in wow. The music, layout, quests and absolutely stunning change in scenery from the other WOTLK zones make this just amazing!

[@rj1565]

I remember in France on a theme park ride, it was playing the STV music

[@Sgaragarru]

i remember this zone very well Me - Ok i have to do some quest now...Oh look Sarointe, Oh look titanium, oh look Tigers lilly

[@billsturman9284]

This and Grizzly Hills are my favorites from WOW

[@13samfootball]

Yezzirrr

[@eugenyliahor6055]

10:20 so mystic!

[@MysticMonkeyMiracle]

I want to live in a jungle community lookin like that

[@tiagocampos9824]

Never stop Everness! You're the best!

[@illidril17]

"When I went this far north, that last thing I expected was a jungle" - Moonborne the Worgen.

[@Oaktreealley]

I did a lot of fishing in these waters. Stalked and caught my Loque'nahak. Picked purty flowers. Did loads of 5man dungeons with my RL friends. Ah it was nice. We all went our separate ways afterward, and I just never go into it again after Wrath. Sad to say. But i LOVE these vids so much. Thank you, Everness.

[@Everness1]

Thank you for watching and listening to them!

[@vodyannoi]

I love this place and this music is so calming. Great channel, World of Warcraft has some of the best music in a game. It's rivaled by only one other game music I know of, Secret of Mana.

[@EvileyeV]

My favorite Zone just absolutely beautiful like a vacation spot love it all

[@sarahagreda]

The whistle 😭❤️

[@Zethraxxur]

Fire 1-4 (10:15 - 14:28) are my favorites, especially 4. The low buzzing really give the feeling of dread. These tracks also play in Elunaria in the Antorus raid, perfect placement.

[@TheKissimRunners]

Wonderful background music for coding, thank you so much for what you're doing, Everness!

[@MultiJoniboy]

coders are the new vegans

[@TheKissimRunners]

:)

[@Natecx]

Wonderful background music for fapping, thank you so much for what you're doing, Everness!

[@rhyssherring8042]

I spent so much time in the basin befriending first the Oracles for an egg to get the green protodrake mount, and then the Frenzyheart tribe (who i called the racoon people) to get one of their cubs as a pet. It was so cool discovering Nesingwary here, as a call back to Stranglethorn. And oh, the saronite!

[@Chillbrat]

Best moments in this place just vibing and and learning the secrets of Spirit beasts. My main achievement is to catch them all every color and everything. I promised myself that I will have all spirit beasts and be grateful that I put in a lot of time working to achieve that goal. Hope the the rest of those main Beast Mastery hunters out there like myself find these rare creatures.

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

I love the new age-y pipe and drum style but then rounded out by the progressive electronic music. Very fitting considering Sholazar Basin's origins.

[@reechard9412]

God this rings in my head when I zone out. Spent manymany hours here farming titanium for mechanohogs.

[@spacemonkey2322]

back when I played wotlk as a dk I would always be in this zone doing dailies and what not just because I really liked the zone and ambience. I would often fish there as well

[@sanatius]

Thank you so much Everness for these videos! They've helped me a lot during my exams month. Keep it up mate , you are doing an amazing job.

[@Gegi1992]

05:00. That spot in the back where the water comes from. Behind that ship is a little plateau before the ocen begins. This is exactly where my Druid "rests. I remeber when I (unknowingly) logged off wow for the last time it always bothered me that my characters where left wherever they happened to be. After a while WoW had a "come back and try the new stuff for free" offer. I downloaded wow again (which took forever with my bandwith... lol) and all I did was put my characters to a place where they can rest peacfully. My druid(main) ended up here in sholazar basin. My Paladin ended up next do A'dal. The priest is overwatching that complex of dungeons where you could drop the An'zu mount (dont even remember the name lol...). I dont remember the other ones.

[@timmyotoole6063]

Woooow. I had forgotten about this song. I remember thinking to myself it reminded me of ffxi style music. Love this one.

[@PontusOzzyA]

This should at least have twice the views, one of the best zones and soundtrack in the game IMO

[@Klorel92]

Sholazar Basin... So many memories. I played my beloved Human Paladin since Classic and i remember one day i couldnt login. I tried several times, my heart was beatin like hell. I ran to my Dads PC, logged in and saw MY PALADIN ONLINE on fathers friendlist and he was in Sholazar. It feels like yesterday, i followed my own character hours and hours with my dads character...it breaked my heart, fckn hacker flew around with MY protodrake and digged the whole day the good saronit iron. The most horrible hours of my life - got my Char and whole Inventory back after 1 day of GM Ticket 🙏

[@evilbadguystrikes]

just above that waterfall to the left, our guild took our screen shot of us riding the mounts we achieved from a heroic raid. dont remember but i do remember my monnt was a black dragon netherlike and i remember those waterfall and this spot!

[@cristhianflores2000]

32:15 peace and nostalgia❤️

[@jianren896]

remember all my char reaches 78/80 in here love this place. love the music. mining here for ages campibg the spirit beast for days and nights. great momery and good time never.came.back. wow changed and I changed.

[@ReyeS000Il]

Its so weird having to see the rest of Northrend, either a frozen waste land, an icy troll zone, and a reasonable cold forest biome, and suddenly a tropical zone with rainbows, and waterfalls, and palm trees.

[@leanajs]

I had my turtle here! So Lucky. I love his song so much...

[@Seadog94]

The weirdest thing happened, but I heard the Sholazar day 1 music being played at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida. It was absolutely the same track. I don't know how that works with copyright and all but I am curious how they found it and how they were able to play it at a Disney theme park.

[@BekkiKx]

I had a spiritual awakening during this soundtrack.. that its all for fun

[@adamwarlock3530]

The zone I spent the most time in and enjoyed the most in Northrend.

[@goldfinchted]

This zone i spent a lot of time in grinding the rep for oracles. I started playing wow back in 2020 and it was such a magical experience. Since it was lockdown i had loads of time to play and experince wow. I played classic to wrath. Playing wow for the first time and seeing the zones and the unique atmospheres its something so special but you only get to experience it once. Now i dont really play wow as much but the music is really good and magical. I Will never forget wow and how it was such a unique journey. (yes my pfp is a baby crismon whelp i grinded them). I started early 2020 and played up until 2022 basically. wow i would say is one of the best games. Very unique just a shame what has happened to wow.

[@ДеСиРођени]

Farming borean leather here for hours, just enjoying the music... Damn this game is something more than any other games

[@DubElementMusic]

the jungle levels in wow are the best, by far

[@AmbientFantasyMusicArt]

You can feel this music deep within the soul

[@ELGeffner]

i wanna go back i wanna go back i wanna go back i wanna go back

[@Mdztimo]

The beginning for sure is inspired if not sampled from the Golden Sun game's Main theme, whenever back in wrath and now i fly thru it and hear that part I always get Golden Sun flashbacks :D

[@Mdztimo]

To be more specific listen to the 2nd Menu Screen OST from Golden Sun and you will hear it :D

[@pabloflores4185]

Dios que genial es la música de World of warcraft

[@jeffersonmarcocruzlinares4088]

blizzard no longer makes this kind of ost. man this is just beautiful.

[@badboy11309]

My best music of the place in World Of Warcrafr since 2008 :>

[@alexbaryzhikov6458]

27:25 has distinct EVE Online feel. And the whole thing is very spacey.

[@timothygibney159]

Anyone shed a tear? Schozlor basin and wintergrasp were my daily herb run for making exilirs for ICC raids

[@Juan-nw5wk]

21:40 reminds me of Freya... nostalgia hurts

[@athanatos2278]

God I love this zone 💕 💕 🌲🌴🌿🎋🍁thanks man

[@bernardbarbosa4140]

FINALLY!! The best song with any doubts!

[@elsimpleusuario3747]

I was waiting for this one! Thanks a lot! :D

[@mateogonzalez9179]

16:14 La mejor parte 🤧

[@anumvella5682]

btw. quite irrelevant but i do yoga with these videos. Its exactly the music i need haha xD

[@MysticMonkeyMiracle]

Straight up!! I have never played wow but I come to these videos all the time for yoga, mediation, and sometimes psychedelic experiences :) I also really enjoy reading through the comments and feeling the people who did play wow and their memories. So beautiful.

[@shannonchen1395]

Loquenahak where are you?? ;) Always farmed this cat with the hunter ;DD Gold times here in These Zone

[@wesselc9781]

The fact that i will never get the feeling of questing troughout northrend back makes me sad. I really want to go back to those days because i know for sure it wont feel the same if i started playing again today.

[@5chr4pn3ll]

Jaloot

[@voyddd]

Oh my oh my what a zone! Dragonblight any time soon?:)

[@tobiasblack1749]

I caught the sea turtle mount here back in Wrath in one cast. My friend who farmed it 12 hours a day for months on end rage quit the game because of it. Best zone in the game! 👍