Silvermoon City - Burning Crusade Music

This is the best looking city in the game! If I lived in Azeroth this city would be my home!
World of Warcraft®: The Burning Crusade®
©2006 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade, Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
All credits goes to Blizzard for the making of this music.
Composers: Russell Brower, Neal Acree, Jason Hayes, David Arkenstone, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford, Jeremy Soule, Matt Uelmen, Edo Guidotti

[@Vyomesh839]

Glory to the Sin'Dorei!

[@Ultimaton100]

Silvermoon City is one of the four oldest cities in the Eastern Kingdoms, the others being Zul'Aman, Zul'Gurub, and Stromgarde. It was founded nearly 10,000 years ago by the exiled Highborne survivors, forced to flee their ruined original homeland after the Sundering, aka the destruction of the Well of Eternity. The leader of these Highborne, Dath'remar Sunstrider became the first King of Silvermoon and the new land his people came to call home was named Quel'Thalas. These High Elves as they now called themselves were the most powerful practitioners of Arcane magic on Azeroth, and lived in a constant territorial struggle with their neighbors to the south, the Forest Trolls of the Amani Empire. Tensions eventually escalated into a series of conflicts known as the Troll Wars, and the High Elves sought the aid of the Humans of the Arathorian Empire in southern Lordaeron. This was the start of what would eventually evolve into the modern day Alliance. In exchange for military aid against the Amani, the High Elves agreed to teach the Humans how to become mages themselves, and thus it was through them that the first Human magi came to be. Eventually after the defeat and fragmentation of the Amani, both High Elf and Human mages founded the city of Dalaran, together. During the First War, when the Old Horde under demonic control invaded Azeroth, the High Elves joined the Human kingdom successor states of the Arathorian Empire as well as the Dwarven clans of Khaz Modan further south in a coalition dubbed the Alliance of Lordaeron. With the rise of the Scourge during the Third War, the Alliance of Lordaeron collapsed with the fall of its namesake kingdom to the Scourge. When the Scourge invaded Quel'Thalas under the command of the fallen Prince of Lordaeron, Arthas, the High Elf armies were decimated. Their calls for aid from the other Alliance kingdoms went unanswered, and their top general, Sylvanas Windrunner, was slain and risen into undeath as a Scourge herself. Arthas personally murdered the last High Elf king, Anasterian Sunstrider, and defiled their sacred Sunwell to resurrect the deceased necromancer Kel'Thuzad as a Lich. Roughly 90% of the worldwide High Elf population was exterminated in the fighting. Most of the survivors rallied behind Anasterian's son, Kael'thas, who renamed his people Blood Elves in homage to the fallen. The Blood Elves faithfully served in the fragmented Alliance armies, which had regrouped under the command of Grand Marshal Garithos. Garithos was a xeonophobic Human supremacist, and most of his lieutenants shared his racist views. He frequently used Kael'thas and his troops as cannon fodder or menial laborers, and eventually sentenced them all to death when he discovered Kael'thas agreed to a deal with the vicious Naga in exchange for aid. Disgusted with Garithos and the Alliance in general, Kael'thas and the Blood Elves renounced their loyalty to the Alliance and escaped Garithos' wrath. Kael'thas and his troops traveled with the Naga to Outland to pledge loyalty to the mighty and rogue Demon Hunter named Illidan Stormrage. In his absence, Kael'thas left the Blood Elves back on Azeroth under the command of a respected nobleman of Silvermoon named Lor'themar Theron. Still struggling to reclaim their fallen kingdom, the Azerothian Blood Elves needed new allies and found them in the Forsaken, former Scourge undead who had broken from their ranks to be free once more, led by none other than Sylvanas Windrunner. United against the Scourge that had oppressed them and the Alliance forces that would destroy them both, the Blood Elves and the Forsaken stood shoulder to shoulder to reclaim the cursed southern lands of Quel'Thalas from the Scourge. With Sylvanas' backing, the Blood Elves found even more allies across the sea in Kalimdor when the respected Warchief Thrall of the liberated and reformed New Horde accepted the Blood Elves into his ranks. Later with the revelation of Kael'thas' descent into madness and defection to the demonic Burning Legion, the Blood Elves have come to accept Lor'themar as their sole leader, and even though he sits on the throne in Silvermoon he refuses to call himself a king, out of respect for the fallen Anasterian.

[@arawn1061]

Bleeding Eye Watcher it was actually Kael'thas who proclaimed that Anastarian would be the last king of the sin'dorei

[@Ultimaton100]

Aron Johansson And I never said he didn’t.

[@henriquebitencourt4280]

Sylvanas and the forsaken are the new scourge

[@teoe.j.5262]

OK

[@arthurseagrave4044]

As alliance trying to explore the Eversong Woods silvermoon city it was really a pain in the neck.

[@Maria-xv4qg]

Silvermoon City, the best city in wow. It's so sad that it's always empty, everybody are sitting on their drakes in Orgrimmar.

[@BoydTheMilkmanX]

Unless it's changed, you can't fly in Silvermoon. Which is a huge inconvenience.

[@Alink2yoshi]

BoydTheMilkmanX Cant fly in the Exodar and the Exodar is pretty nice too

[@Dome31337]

On my (RP) realm, Silvermoon is full of people. Yeah, but you know, not that kind of people you wanna hang out on a daily base. Let's just say it's a huge brothel.

[@TheCrimsonAtom]

***** Let me tell you a little secret... Its like that on every damn RP server, it is a shame but you learn to ignore it.

[@edwardhartley9848]

ikr, and plus, they should make it so you can fly there

[@whereyourbossat]

Bal'a dash, malanore.

[@FireKobra]

Anu belore dela'na

[@malthias4374]

Selama ashal'anore

[@lara4917]

Anaria shola

[@Aenygma_]

WE WILL HAVE JUSTICE!

[@sydrroa7234]

United for Silvermoon - Khadgar

[@tommyjakks]

who else misses the days where this city would be full?

[@Wolfen__]

Tommy Jakks yup, though i just started to play the game, Silvermoon feels quite empty, i have also seen lets plays and few years ago when i saw my friend playing BC for the first time, he allowed me to create my own character, and when i started, Silvermoon was just so crowded, so many people where running and goofing around.... now it is just... empty and quite, there are only low level belfs, and even they are only few..

[@chinita_doll]

Tommy Jakks I miss those days !!

[@schippes24]

please tell me at which point in time this city was actually full? in BC everyone was in shattrath or ogrimmar :/ at least on my server

[@chinita_doll]

schippes24 Beginning of BC. And towards end of BC for my server.

[@xxgavinradxx]

was this city full of people??? (im in lich king :c)

[@GummiCraft]

oh my god... This is always the song which reminds me of when I started playing in tbc together with all my best friends. Now they have all quit, and I'm the only one left. I sometimes go to Silvermoon just for heavy nostalgia moments. I know WoW will never be the same, but I can't quit this game. Too much memory

[@midnightfirefly100]

I feel the same way. I stopped playing because of husband...i miss it so much i want to play again.

[@Wellsbread]

still playing?

[@chadman9816]

@@Wellsbread ive already dumped like half my life to playing this game i cant even imagine quitting anymore D:

[@_Carnyx]

Such a badass race and city. You know I think it's great that the Horde have a race that don't appear all tough, brutal and barbaric like the orcs and trolls, the whole "royalty" element to the blood elves always seemed really fuckin cool to me. I wish Silvermoon was rebuilt to be twice or three time the size, of course redone to allow flying, transmog, portals etc....such a cool part of the whole lore, and visually really beautiful, that's just sorta....dead now. I have faith that it'll be badass again :) However long we gotta wait

[@_Carnyx]

***** (｡◕‿◕｡)

[@_Carnyx]

***** The new ones are pretty cool but I didn't think the old ones were that bad

[@SanaSana-ic9nk]

***** You never know there is still the Ruins of Silvermoon.

[@loganmohring7693]

+Jack Robbo For Quel'Thalas, and the Sin'Dorei!

[@xionyugo1]

+Jack Robbo I've gotta say you should look up what blood elves are actually like in lore. If anything, they're the most brutal of all the Horde Races, They're manipulative, demanding, Extremely racist, They're also much more ruthless than even Garrosh is in lore. They literally Destroyed Azeroth and invited The Legion to come to their world for power, and since they're very self righteous they believe themselves to be the ultimate embodiment of power. They've got some of the most corrupt storylines in the game. Not even the orc's were this bad. That said They're So PRETTY.

[@Renoapproves]

With Release of BC this beautiful City was so crowded! Now it is very empty... But it's still my home ;) Glory to the Sin'Dorei!

[@aidasmatulaitis5175]

Silvermoon city was crowded? I played TBC never seen it crowded o.O . Maybe at lauch and few weeks after maybe it was crowded but it quickly gotten abandoned.

[@glanni]

Selama ashal'anore!

[@tariniadoomarenn4369]

Of course, Silvermoon is dead because there's no flying there only in Moon Guard there's always a lot of peeps there doing RP'ing or w.e the hell

[@bolvarfordragon810]

For the Glory of Quel'Thalas!

[@arthurseagrave4044]

It is really dissapointing that you can't have a seconed hearthstone, then thelsamar would be my place (It feels like home more than nordrassil.)

[@mihaib6628]

8:43 Night in Silvermoon. Looking at the dark-purple sky and enjoying the music....so deep...wonderful..

[@DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree]

I want to sing in a choir that beautiful...

[@glibbergloop]

​@@DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthreeyou can!

[@darkbrandon1527]

By far the best city in WoW and nearly no one goes there. A real damn shame. A waste of a beautiful and well done city.

[@jno9512]

Quel'thalas is the North Korea of WOW unfortunately.

[@Mysbananen]

One of the best cities in the game. Back when i had a horrible pc and horrible internet i was forced to stay there cus i lagged out in org or dalaran. That made me fall in love with the place. Perfection

[@alexrangel7860]

Silvermoon will always be my home :)

[@ArcardyArcardus]

+Alejandro Rangel It was my home, until I lost a bet and i had to be a nightelf... But i dont want to be a nightelf :(

[@alexrangel7860]

+ArcardyArcardus :( the Horde needs you, now more than ever... the legion is coming again... come back to the light, child of the sun...

[@ArcardyArcardus]

+Alejandro Rangel I want to... But currently im more a child of the night :/ A nightelf druid.. I have to.. I dont want to. Shoudl I just break my bet and just play my old bloodelf character?

[@alexrangel7860]

+ArcardyArcardus come out of the night, feel the golden light of the sun warm your body once more... come back to the horde...

[@akitsuna7854]

Silvermoon was and will always be home.

[@crestfallen821]

If the servers shut down for ever, I'd spent my last moments in Silvermoon with my Bloodelf Rogue

[@benjyharris1244]

Blood elf paladin for life... For the horde! (:

[@TheDiamondTelevision]

Benjy Harris Yes ! Blood Elf palladin + T2 set

[@yaelmorales9364]

blood elf priest holy

[@xxgavinradxx]

All hail to the Blood Knights!

[@ethanday665]

For the horde! Although im a blood elf warloc but either way they're a cool race

[@arthzcorrea]

For The Horde!!!

[@phoenixgreywolf74]

I wish they would rebuild it without the dead scare and have the city back to its former glory again.

[@yoshisandoval699]

Dead scar is a big part of their history though.

[@rudy1999]

Home , sweet home

[@arawn1061]

Rudy Cooper it is indeed

[@glanni]

Bal'a dash malanore!

[@hexenkonig7074]

I really hope that silvermoon is going to play a role in some of the next expansions😩

[@hd.3045]

Hexenkönig 707 it will, in bfa the Alliance will probably launch an assault on Quel thalas

[@alejandroibanez5110]

The thing is that both silvermoon and the exodar were programmed inside Outland, that's why you need to cross a portal to get there, and there are loading screens. Blizzard is too lazy to remake the zones in azeroth. And they kept both cities away from BFA. So I highly doubt we will ever have anything really important there. In legion there were some instanced quest in exodar, but nothing more

[@Barsee23]

good news, apparently it will be a central (or the central) location for world of warcraft: midnight

[@terryman4000]

Im one of the few people who stays all his time there.

[@erinv3492]

I wish that blizzard would make the capital cities more equal and stop funnelling us into stormwind and orgrimmar. what's the point of making these cities if there's no point in going there?

[@whitestrake9311]

omg yes

[@KevinArcade87]

With them adding portal rooms in Orgrimmar and Stormwind they could also simple spread out stuff more instead of putting everything in one major city..

[@ALTERNATIVEROCKMAN]

Meh who cares really its done and over with

[@KACATK]

Ur mzfkr equallity kills wow, they just ruined BloodEvles every fight every history far from silvermoon from Wotlk they just forget about great history line

[@mockassi3838]

@@ALTERNATIVEROCKMAN you're answering to an 7 year old comment. Think harder next time

[@LysandrosBafaloukos]

Selama Ashal' anore!

[@arawn1061]

Lysandros Bafaloukos Anarlah belore

[@glanni]

Alu benore dela'na

[@ach91]

Blood Elf Paladin for ever !! :) and FOR THE HOOOOORDE !!!!!

[@flamingmuffin666]

I always liked TBC music way more than any expansion, and I never really knew why. But after listening to music theory youtubers, I think I know why, and I haven’t seen anyone talk about this for blood elves. 0:55, the trumpets are a take on Dies Irae (translate: Days of Wrath) a Mozart piece about death, so much so that countless movies etc., reference it or alter it when death is a thematic context to the content. It’s in Sweeney Todd, Lord of the Rings, Lion King, Star Wars(Luke discovering aunt uncle death), it’s kind of a staple so much so that we’ve probably all heard it, and make death association without even realizing. So why is that melody, whether cello or trumpet, part of the blood elf leitmotif? They define themselves as blood elves because 90% of their population is dead, so their theme has the most established musically death related theme, that we as observers can understand. Whoever wrote this piece deliberately wanted to convey notions about a strong, regal and delicate nature which is inextricably intertwined with death. God I love TBC music.

[@Veslanjejezivot]

2:12 feeeeeeels....omg. Only Blizzard game can do this. I can cry right now.

[@Veslanjejezivot]

hehe sladak si :)

[@Veslanjejezivot]

zar su vec 3 mjeseca prosla od zadnjeg komentara :O

[@Kranto808]

I'm not really into blood elves, but that part at 1:20 is so glorious, I just cant describe it.

[@Dastreus]

2:11 The nostalgiaaa

[@abigailmiller2328]

When I was little and played on my mom's account, I used to love the Blood Elf starting area. I'm finally giving the game a proper try, and I'm torn between Blood Elves or Night Elves; their starting areas and styles are just so gorgeous.

[@albinsb]

silvermoon will rise again!

[@traumatizedmoneyfiend]

5:41 is the best world of warcraft track there is in the whole game

[@druidofthefang]

unforgettable

[@slim7838]

i remembrer my first elfe blood warlock , omg i was so noob but so happy at that moment ..

[@Helvetorment]

It was the first city i discovered the battleground masters - where you had to go, back then, to join battlegrounds - in 2008. I'll never forget the year of 2008 along with it's amazing experiences ;) I was a blood elf rogue and was just so amazed with the world and everything. How i love silvermoon :) Nostalgia is hitting me really hard :)

[@Reznov895]

I remember i was 10 years old, making my elf going by foot to orgrimmar because i hated leveling in blood elf area, but whenever i pass by this place i used get amazed by this music.

[@Ironbeakowl]

0:45 Shattrath wil not fall in vain!

[@oyuncuburda6597]

i always cry when listen this tracks

[@duartecorreia8602]

most pretty city ever. I love Stormwind but this one and the colors of Exodar are the best. pity they didnt allow flying mounts in these places and left these cities to "die".

[@Cer-i9e]

Man, this music really gets me in the heart. It is just a game, but man, it made you feel things...

[@billy77111]

This music is still so charming, let everyone recall The Blood Elves homeland.

[@TheToneBender]

Oh man, such nostalgia to my first blood elf...

[@Hiarren]

What a monument to totalitarian glory.

[@Matthew_mcmahon20]

Still wishing for the days of this city to get the graphic update it deserves! I have it planned out in my mind of what it could look like... the Nightborne could even help decorate! lol

[@steeben009]

I liked this one :D. 2:05 Gooshbumps :D 4:40 onwards so "Beautifull and Stunning Epic Tune" :D. 5:40 Mysterious :D

[@minaben927]

Silvermoon nowadays is so empty how sad, even that it’s one of the most beautiful cities in the game ..

[@sans8946]

its such a shame silvermoon is empty. as you can see my profile pic was taken in silvermoon. i used to sit here all day when i dungspammed my rogue until i got bored of it being so empty :(

[@Wallafaza]

So beautiful.. Damnit..

[@MaxDragonwolf]

Honestly, in terms of music, Slivermoon is the best horde city for me. I hope they revamp the city in Midnight (and ideally the Exodar too)

[@pixels6492]

all my characters in wow are blood elfs.. enough said :D i love this city the soundtrack the lore everything is beautiful

[@telonir7659]

Silvermoon was always my favourite city in WoW. The music is so epic! Yeah, old times... I joined 2007 and in this times the community also sad "Classic was the best, TBC is the end of WoW." Especially while WotLk a lot of players missed the times before. Today they´re missing it. I think you begin sth. to miss when it´s over, it´s normal. But of course I´ll never forget the great times! Fucking nostalgia!

[@stefaneno619]

1:00 - 1:45 Beautiful!

[@anttilanainoapoika]

silvermoon and darnassus are my favouriite cities in wow but silvermoon definately has better music

[@RaggedWitchCreations]

my home! :'(

[@burnbobquist8999]

Best race, best city, best music. Silvermoon City is my home.

[@reyesseyer8068]

I remember being so excited when BC and WOTLK came out... now its like.. meh. a new expansion. time to play it for a day and get off for a month.

[@fistofram5526]

Humans have their Stormwind, our Silvermoon has it's beauty.

[@frankl2821]

I keep a toon here just for nostalgic walks around the city and listen to the music...

[@thegreedypiglet]

*tears running down my eyes* memories old, yet never forgotten...

[@ikersitonachito]

I love 1:25 - 1:46 Sound

[@nuke016]

kinda like of march

[@niceserb84]

The flaute is amazing just stunning.

[@LampseekerForevermore]

I remember guarding the scar and fighting off the regular attacks, fun times

[@Roboglenn387]

The Alliance and Horde both got pretty cities in this expansion but they were both tragically empty.

[@alewis514]

This city isn't designed for flying mounts. You'd see huge ugly empty spaces and white blank textures. Starting TBC zones were designed like that, to not be viewed from above.

[@Stonezorz]

True that, its been years since I actively played Horde and its still my favorite capitol city

[@sartanko]

I didn't play as a Blood Elf for long, but boy do I remember this place.

[@neonsolace2748]

The violins notes going up and down gives them strong got vibes

[@MrDJdo]

So much nostalgia thinking about my first steps in the game as an humble bloodelf and wondering why such a beautiful city as Silvermoon was completely empty of players

[@nefethegreat4976]

My favorite Horde city with the best music. 💖💖💖

[@Patlatzan]

Let's fill this city with people again

[@77remix]

Silvermoon was my favorite, I first created a blood elf. The color and vibrant city accompanied by the music. All the enchantments and cool architecture made it really unique.

[@telonir7659]

You are right. I would do the same. It´s so sad that this times will never come back. But the best thing would be that we could meet our old friends in WoW. I miss them.

[@nex6939]

Some of the best music in the game.

[@vethir]

this city has been the "fullest" for me during the easter event.. i hope this city gets updated, even if it was like what they did for dalaran in legion (i've been wanting some more/new content about belves anyways :/)

[@Alink2yoshi]

Couldn't agree more with the description, and as a true member of the Alliance DAMN

[@soup1in2a3shoe4]

During seasonal celebrations people journey back to these forgotten major cities. Like during Easter and stuff. So yea... Blizzard has done something to bring people back to these ghost towns every so often. But I agree, it does happen very rarely.

[@CloudEx117]

I still visit the odd time to relive the memories :)

[@Drevorub]

I have a Blood Elf Mage 85, but my the stone back is always a tied to the Silver Moon .. whenever I need to learn skills or profession, I do not use a portal, but take and use the stone back with a feeling of going back home..

[@BrettosMeyerfire]

I have every single one of my characters bound in Silvermoon. Lor'Themar Theron for Warchief!

[@kubasniak]

I love the moment 1:30+ it is so damn beautiful.

[@0n0a0m0e]

This music takes me back to when i first played wow all them years ago when TBC first came out, i stopped playing for a while missing WOTLK completely and only coming in at the end of cata. Regret that sometimes. So funny hearing about these places being deserted. Silvermoon on my server (Argent Dawn) is bustling, it's always been filled with people. It's nice when i walk through it's like my nostalgia coming back to life in front of me.

[@YiaMdj]

Cant fly above silvermoon though :I

[@ralpholiver7769]

Extremely beautiful music.

[@itachimh4774]

*its 8pm u open wow and join to the sarver and u listen to this masterpiece sound ...very nostalgique*

[@ventem]

Bal'a dash, malanore. Anu belore dela'na. Anu belore dela'na. Shorel'aran!

[@Rub3do22]

It certainly is more interesting that even players have their places, than everyone was killing deathwing, but on different difficulty. It does not even want to be a roleplaying game with this aspect . .

[@gabsner1]

I do love the music in this part of town

[@DeadManProp]

By far my favourite city in WoW. I remember when it came out I was really hoping more people would be hanging out there instead of Org.

[@LoIazors]

So many feels.. y u do dis :c burning crusade burnt a mark in my gaming heart, and will always remain.. never forget

[@DarbyBellisle]

This music nearly makes me cry

[@alejandrazarategaytan2907]

Mi sueño siempre ha sido volar aquí :(

[@Eisheth]

y el mio es vivir en esta ciudad o ser arthas

[@ThaPivguy]

When i joined WoW in 2004 i knew that it was addictive, i vowed to myself that i wouldn't get addicted... But it was already too late... I am now mindcontrolled by WoW's Music

[@havingicecream]

I *love* these dies irae motivs so much

[@tucktheduck5119]

ANO BELORE DE LA NA

[@sergiodelgadinho]

+Mai Dire 92jacko Salama Ashalanore!

[@VladislavDrac]

Time is of the essence

[@papachi4178]

Hold your head high.

[@pentrus2747]

I actually miss the old Silvermoon guard model, i don't know why, i guess i just was used to it soo much. Anyways, the music is stunning, they really know how to make music & cinematics. BTW: 1:20 - 1:42 is my fav, i can't get it off my head, i even whistle it lol.

[@kokoriko999]

Memories memories .... :'(

[@lilithaeontheundying308]

The beginning until about 1:05 is why I’m still playing the game tbh

[@marcinzysko1653]

i have a hard time matching these guys to the horde - like srsly.... sad to hear that people do not visit such a beutiful place

[@renkinjutsu4664]

Anu bæ'lore delana, truly Classic for me

[@Mca2012Run]

Want to see Silvermoon all in blue again, someday

[@QuiteSpiffing]

Sure, if you're willing to cover the costs for renovating the entire city. (including the old district and the front gate)

[@ArcardyArcardus]

LawlFakers no! silvermoon must be red! blue is the alliance color!

[@Mca2012Run]

Silvermoon and Quel'Thalas were in Alliance for thousands years, but because racist Garithos, and traitor Kael, now those "Blood" Elves are in Horde, and Silvermoon too.

[@agnosticnixie]

They were in the alliance for all of 3 years during the second war.

[@099Nitro]

Goretian kael just showed Garithos the middle finger after he tried to genocide the remaining Blood Elves. So for the Horde!!!!

[@Derek-gc3rb]

I'm just waiting for that day when blizzard launch a Tbc server

[@hashem90]

i hate when ppl are never there :/ i just love this place, i always go to it for trainer and stuff :D:D

[@maaloutou]

I stop wow like 3 monts ago and here i am, listen to this beautiful music. And i'm like "omg i want to play again"

[@980username]

im a blood elf by nature. Blood elfs and the Undead will live together.. brothers back to back.. always..

[@Raflemakt]

A runspeed boost to Silvermoon and Exodar would be an easy revitalization attempt that might just make the cities attractive.