WoTLK Icecrown Glacier - Music

[chriswarren44]

I lived on the airship for over a year with Darkbutcher. The Hammer with Evilbutcher. Most people quested in Storm Peaks because it was not as dangerous as Icecrown. When I heard the music that meant I was home. Even now, still the best music in the game.

[Balk182]

Is this tune on the WotLK soundtrack?

[goLix88]

I wish I hab begin to play wow befor cataclysm :( soo epic !

[obbma4ler22]

@goLix88

Yeah it isn't nearly as good when the zones are empty.

[Troggleboggle]

DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN

DUNNNNNNN- DUUNNNNNNN-DUNNNNNNNNN-DUNNNNN­NNNNN-DUNNNNNNN

[Intrestincttion]

Blood dk 6.1k gs LFG 10/25m ICC fresh! :) I loved WotLK. Idc what anybody thinks, this was a classical expansion which I loved more and more over time. Classic.

[zuzo2001]

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[Ghostrider91111]

BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM

[LolololLOlllOLllol]

LFM ICC 25 Pst Spec/Stats

=)

[TheStoPro]

That's soo amazing

[Scrabblet2]

Why does the citadel look like it has an angry dwarf sitting on the front?

[MrIReckzJz]

ALL MUST DIE

[MrIReckzJz]

a song saying that all who seek to slay the lich king will be devoured and meet their in an instant...

[Magmarkammer]

Des isch mit abstand die beste mukke von wow arthas lebe hoch und komme wieder in die welt der Lebenden

[jujitsu12]

Spooky...

[darkness666ify]

3:00 Sacry moments

[IReckzJz]

i remember stepping into icecrown and the a horde of massive bone giants tan up to me and i crapped my pants and legged it ! D:

[IReckzJz]

NICECROWN

[metoden39]

I get chills when I go to icecrown, I dont know if it's from the cold winds or the awesome music :S

[Zinkiux]

LFG to ICC nm im Dps PAlly 5,3k gs (H) :D

[PrinceDeNeufchatel]

It was funny farming in Icecrown for ore (engineer) and seeing both factions doing the same on a pvp server. I was thinking there will must be fights breaking out all over the place, but the opposite happened.. well, most of the time!

[SinerAthin]

I'm still astonished how Tirion managed to win over the Lich King with only a few hundred thousands, especially in 40- minus degrees, in a land where nothing lives and every provition had to be transported to the front through rough terrain, and let's not begin talking about the Scourge army rumoured to have more than a million slaves, all immune to cold, hunger and disease, restless, unrelenting killing machines willing to do everything their master asked of them :O

[Novascova]

@SinerAthin theyre paladins.. its what they do

[LolololLOlllOLllol]

This really is an accelerating piece of art, blizzard has implemented in the game. This music has so much emotion followed behind it. The memories of my first time entering this area. Blizzard keeps this beautiful music coming for the people that appreciate it, like me.

[gizzad]

@LolololLOlllOLllol absolutely. nice won!

[LolololLOlllOLllol]

@gizzad Thank you :)

[Espada623]

*goes into icecrown territory as undergeard 77*

*hears music*

*sees weird, scary architecture*

*looks at titanic skeletons*

yea...im gone

[UdarPk]

Bam Bam Bam Bababambam <3

[LuisNaruto13]

:s Man, any one has a link of Download for this.

¿? I would be very gratefull.

[TheDeadDick]

I saw there some of surviving penguins :D 

[groterichard]

@TheDeadDick Undead penguins !!!!!!!!!!!!

[laheysaround]

The gloaming keep.

[BeallVids]

Yea. My memory would be countless hours of dailies and quests with this epic, yet creepy, almost scary music.

Going to have to say the pipe organs made the song. for sure.

[Warriorkiller666]

I remember at lvl 69-70 when exploring northrend in flying mount and went to see if I could see the Lich King the song gave me the creeps

[link1nparkEEEwarrock]

I have listened to this music over 1 million times as i farmed saronite and titanium for months

good old times ;)

[fourtyninehike]

Icecrown...good times...i miss them

[karatezucchini]

I like the beginning, it's pretty powerful, but the rest is kinda lame.

[kathrien321]

5:54 is by far my favorite sound track, it reminds me of a dying fast heart, beating

[MultiXPod]

I dont like the music. It's a little too repetitive for me.

[JannatorX]

nice ....!

[AlexAliable]

I remember when was lvl 77 and lvling in icecrown listening to this music

[xenonecromera]

i remember trying to find the lich king in icecrown at lvl 69 without a flying mount and being amazed at all the buildings there, good times

[drpeppa2357]

The icy creeping violins at 3:18 are what made the zone for me, they echo with the same emptiness and deathly quiet that permeates from Icecrown, blizzard's orchestra is truly incredible in pulling our strings as well as the ones on their instrumental pieces.

[Mpafiaris88]

@mabscape chill dude ..its just a game : \

[LichKingsWrath]

@LathWoW Exactly why I said building, Ner'Zhul shall forever be trapped in the armor, So I know Arthas is dead and not Ner'zhul.

[ShinXari]

@LichKingsWrath Yes...but haven't Arthas and Ner'zhul merged their souls at the end of the WC3's expansion???. It seems strange that only removing the Lich King's helm Arthas is suddenly "freed" from Nehr'zul's control.....

Or it was Frostmourne that really "controlled" the mind of Arthas?????.

Well...we will probably never know.

[LichKingsWrath]

@ShinXari No not at all, what it is is that Frostmourne steals souls for Ner'zhuls complete and utter control, Ner'zhul's souls and Arthas' souls were not bound together, ner'zhul needed an avatar and arthas was his avatar. Frostmourne only TAINTED his soul FYI/

[JewishPenus]

@ShinXari also keep in mind that frostmourne destroyed by Tirion in ICC

[gerillamotherf]

damm mann iff you hear closely at the drums from the start it really has those nice echoes

[LichKingsWrath]

I truly do love WoW, but don't you guys think they are kinda killing their lore? Don't get me wrong I love the game, but when you spend two expansion building the lich king then two more showing how fucking awesome he is...why kill him?

[nowon3000]

@LichKingsWrath Arthas Dies. Not the Lich King.

[xenonecromera]

@LichKingsWrath i know, cata destroys all the great lore of wotlk and wc TFT :(

[TheOglibogli]

Such as this "heaven" dem religious folks speak of, Icecrown glacier is mine.

[CrAzYGiRl163]

3:00 is so magical *ww*

[halorper117]

Just got into Icecrown last night, and damn I love this zone... Might be because I love the epic last stand fights in movies/games, don't know.

[plholm77]

The music is EPIC!

[Glacierbabe12]

@plholm77 indeeeeeeeeeeeeeed C:

[tgpaladinhun]

so cold... :S

[ites10]

Wtf is everyone complaining about it being creepy if you are in ICC...

Then go to your interface and turn of your SOUND ¬¬

[Jailbirdx]

this music is the reason i hate farming in icecrown.

[Radioactiva95]

i dont like this one

[Nagoragama]

There's an amazing reprise of the theme at 3:30 in Icecrown Citadel itself, sung by the creepiest of musical devices, the children's choir.

[Pomme843]

@Nagoragama Do you know the name of the particular soundtrack inside Icecrown Citadel?

[BabyTorres]

Whomever composed this piece is Genius! One of my favorite pieces of music in the game!

[andersnielsen18]

actually according to a Druid wandering around the tournament grounds it used to be a forest with very tall trees.. But the cold winds killed them apparently... And yes the music is great.. but scary

[andersnielsen18]

actually according to a Druid wandering around the tournament grounds it used to be a forest with very tall trees.. But the cold winds killed them apparently... And yes the music is great.. but scary

[AlexeyevEagle]

This music causes nightmares for me.

[clonekaiba6]

i think icecrown is the coolest place in northrend and love the quest there even the one u get to be arthas and kill humans

[infernalpunk66]

scary ..

[Taureeni]

Ah, this music is amazing. ^^

[TheZeeya]

lol evil church music

[jcasher2010]

wen i came in icecrown first time i thought " in the many months later there would be a raid for lk here thats gona be fun plus epic plus ecpensive" ............. i was right

[Draekal]

@jcasher2010 Or you could have read the plans for the expansion way before it was released, which stated Arthas would be the final boss...

[jcasher2010]

true but im a lazy fucker :P

[Orcraider94]

Well, despite I left WoW a year ago I still remember the first time I went into this zone; I was like wow, this is great; the place were the Lich King is.

[xKatz90]

ditto

[TriniKnight01]

I still remember flying into Icecrown for the first time by accident as a lowly undergeared 77, getting scared out of my mind by this music and fleeing.

[alchemist889]

I remember flying into Icecrown for the first time as an undergeared 77, hearing this music, and staying. It's clearly the most badass zone in all of WoW.

[mabscape]

@TriniKnight01 Thanks for informing me on that one.. When I become level 55 whenever I hear this I will teleport to the outlands.. wich I think is way more safe then Icecrown...

[Frostwhisper95]

Looks more like Angmar^^

[Sakrephixx]

nice track!

[Barnflickan89]

I wouldnt call icecrown a lotr ripp-off, rather a tribute to what jackson had in mind when he pictured saurons fortress..

[vukasinthevule]

everyone had inspiration in LoTr books

[IIIIIACEIIIII]

Yeah your right, I mean for gods sake no one minds about the Orcs but they get upset because of similarities over a fortress.

[alchemist889]

It's funny because if there's any zone in WoW that ripped off LOtR it's Burning Steppes.

[TyrfingMasumara]

Except Bethesda, they decided to be different and make their dwarves elves....worst mistake ever.

[3DTyrant]

you cant tell when its day time or night time in Icecrown, that make it even more creepy, alongwith the music ofc :)

[Sebatiger]

I love warcraft music.

I own the soundtrack.

The music in game gives you the felling that this area is a main area of terror. Or this area is very peacefull and there would be a harp playing or sumthing.

[gerillamotherf]

"what comes in alive, Comes dead out"

i always thoughed when i lvled in icecrown is it day or night? :P

[Trisscarr]

WC3 came out before Return of the king, the lich king already had his own unique appearance before the witch king so i don't know why people keep saying the lich kings look is a rip off from the witch kings. (lol they rhyme)

[JagaimoLoco]

The original Lich King Ner'zhul's remains (the armor) vaguely resembled the styling of Mordor and the WK. It didn't help that Icecrown Glacier in WotLK had the same styles of architecture and gritty forges and armies and gates as far as the eye can see. In essence, what we've seen of Icecrown is Mordor in a fridge.

[Calvorn]

i agree wit guyonfire and ererade wen i first stepped into icecrown im like yea ARTHAS IM HERE!

[stephenharperbest2]

sending no comments and rating would be the most hateful insult ever

[Hydrosillic]

First time i went into Icecrown and heard this song playing i swear i felt like it was a more advanced playing field then any other area. This music put chills down my spine. Incredible song indeed! one of the best it is.

[TekHelper]

Icecrown is really great but hell fucking creepy.

It is known that NOTHING on icecrown glacier is living, and that was once populated by penguins which are now probably rotting under the ice.

Great upload, thanks bro, you have my rating 5/5

[ererade]

or raised from death by arthas as undead penguins

[azlagor]

@TekHelper ah dead penguins : ) makes sense

[keyboardfriend]

@TekHelper Of course, some of the Vrykul and Penguins on the edge of the glacier are alive, but all natural life was destroyed when Kil'Jaeden threw Ner'Zhul there.

[Kppot]

@TekHelper so all those dead guys who trying to kill me was just hynted penguins??? OMG! kill all penguins!

[TekHelper]

@Kppot I mentioned rotting. UNDER the ice.

[Disering]

This one is sooo Coewll

I Love It

[guyonfire87]

this song makes one realise how far u have come like u started with lvl 1 and now u r strong enugh to challenge the highest ranking scurge

[ererade]

that is so true it feels so mighty going into icecrown for the first time

[GodOPoke]

*cough cough* level 55 death knights? *cough cough*

[snowninja7842]

Learn your goddamn lore.

And learn to think before posting comments like that, you make me sick.

[3DTyrant]

where can i download this? LOVE the song!! :O

[sockattack1]

FOR THE HORDE BLOOD AND THUNDER!!!!

[Sutnax84]

Yer not on Horde playground no more missy..Welcome to Scourge playgrounds..

[Happypeanuthourtime]

QBisbest comments are getting dull and stupid.

If the game bores you, then stop playing and stop crying about it among people who enjoys the game for what it is.

[SurferGuy407]

love the dissonance at 3:20

[wownaught]

i think it might be a combination between music from blade's edge mountans, karazhan and crystal song forest

[AidanMclaren]

I like how it sounds like an sad circus tune at the end; echoing in the distance.

[retadinftw]

awesome songs

[gamecreator91]

netherstorm music is similar to this

[TwilightCreep]

it might just be me, but every so often can you not hear slight netherstorm music through it

[boyinfire2]

at 3:10 it sounds like the hulk theme

[seksyen4babyface]

really man u surround chuck norris with 5 man ,and he will be a goner ,thats reality ...you watch too much movies dammit

[QBisbest]

Yea all in all, good music, too bad wotlk did not turn out like what I wanted It to be, It only took one Naxxramas raid and I just got sooo bored I quit... forever. Grats blizz on the music, it is perfect. >.>

[NaarghultheShadow]

Try going to Ulduar. You won't be so bored.

[C96Suna]

Oh god, your 15$ a month. What is that? Like 15 cents per day or something?

[QBisbest]

I repeat, no entertainment and I am paying.

[AidanMclaren]

50 cents a day.

[QBisbest]

I hear the Scourge retreat to the north because Chuck Norris was on vacation in the south.

[AlexFad]

IceCrown Glacier is my favourite place in Northrend, in the music you hear armies of undead Scourge marching against all living...

[TobiasRae]

Lol, what about that tower with the watching eye in Icecrown? That is rip-off.

[tuvull]

The Icecrown music reminds me a lot of Philip Glass' music, especially the Kooyanisquatsi tunes... I always think about that film when i do my dailies ^^

[8JB40834]

Hehey I like those songs too, heard them for the first time while watching Watchmen. :D

[ProjectEvil]

Its not so much a copy as another pop-culture reference to add to the huge stockpile... albeit a very large reference.

[SharuTheOffTank]

Personally i find Icecrown to be Mordor-ish

but to be honest, how can it not be?

it doesnt mean its ripped off from Lotr

[Zaydin2]

The gates & the like are definitely inspired by Tolkien & LOTR. Doesn't make it a rip-off, though.

[minipilsen]

but you gotto admit it still looks cool. just bad that you can fly through there, should been walking so you can see how massive big it is.

[sqwapa]

most of icecrowns underground

[stephenharperbest2]

how come the icecrown is not a spire and it looks shorter

[Skulderian]

more than likely Arthas had the scourge knock most of it down, and then built the citadel in it's place, as it's much better defended against air attack.

[stephenharperbest2]

it would've been cool if they didn't knock it down and but fortified it so it would look more higher and kickass

[unnamednewbie13]

But it wouldn't be as cool if people had to update their computers to play a World of Warcraft expansion.

[elfmann243]

Yea and just so theirs confirmation that definitely is the frozen throne part of ice crown,because when u do that quest the prince and the hunter ( i think its called ) you fight outside ice crown citadel which was where in wc3 frozen throne where illidian and Arthas fought.

[BuffySlayer6001]

Where did you get this music from? It wasn't on the soundtrack...

[BabyTorres]

Icecrown is by far my favorite place. The fact that you have to earn The shadow Vault and Crusaders Peak via quests for the FP and flip it to friendly for yourself is refreshing. Has that acomplished feeling. I spend most of my time there now.

[filiprogue]

i dinged in storm peaks and haven't done any quest in icecrown

[CBleck]

anyone who says the Lich King is ripped off from LotR isnt thinking right, correct/thumb down me if Im wrong, w/e, but didn't the Lich King exist before the movie, also the Citadel itself looks nothing like Barad'dur from the movie...the only similarity is the positioning of the undead compared to how they were in Mordor in the movie...Id call Icecrown more of a reference or nod to LotR, not a complete rip off..

[Maileigh]

I agree. The Lord of the Rings may be the poster child many fantasy settings, but if you take a good hard look at the literature from before LotR, you'll find that there are numerous influences that J.R.R borrowed liberally from. The Kalevala for instance. Blizzard only gets mild inspiration and then they go nuts with the rest on their own.

[SolidenX]

I wouldn't say it's a complete ripoff, but there are some striking similarities. For instance the Lich King is very similar in appearance to the Witch King, who is also a malevolent force. The Witch King's name is Nazgul, Arthas is fused with Nar'zul to create the Lich King. The Ocular is similar to the eye of Sauron, etc. Is this bad? No. I still enjoy was Blizzard has done.

[CBleck]

The Witch King's discription from the LotR novels is pretty different, plus, im pretty sure WC3 came out before Return of the king, the Lich King already had his own unique appearance before the Witch King, Nerh'zul nor Nar'zul, the Ocular is the only similarity thats 100% true, and believe me, too many people havent read the books by the time of WC2, so Nerh'zul was likely known better. But we are all entitled to our opinions, none the less :)

[superman84]

at 3:20 that part sounds familiar

[MiKi9223]

Yeah, I find it familiar too.

[Celeste193]

And why??

[Sutnax84]

I do not care if Icecrown Citadel is a LoTR remake..Lich King just just pure awesomeness..Aswell the first part of the track popped up when I saw the citadel..I was overwhelmed.

[Hotrogue95]

I dinged 80 in icecrown:D

[pseudonim92]

i usually ding 80 in storm peaks lol :))

[pseudonim92]

sounds like a post-war battle hymn

[light101]

Icecrown IS the final goal

[pseudonim92]

indeed. that's why i go there last to quest :)

[derekgornall]

damn everyone keeps saying WWI and i can't figure it out....sorry if that makes me stupid, but I don't care, what does it stand for please?

[Jamzooo]

World War 1

[derekgornall]

oooooh ty...wait why does everyone compare this to world....ARTHAS IS HITLER!!!!!

[DisneyClassicmusic]

lol no he is not hitler was mad and lich king is just well evil...

[Huntersrbija]

yes its wrong....JRR tolkien wrote the first bits in the trenches in WWI not WWII :P

[NaarghultheShadow]

No, he wrote the beginnings to the Silmarillion during WWI. Lord of the Rings was written when his children were all off either fighting in WWII or were too old for a story like the Hobbit.

[liquidmetals]

I am pretty sure that Tolkien created the Orc. Goblins and some other creatures from his book were already created. Greek mythology came up with alot of stuff also.

[Lascax88]

Yes, there is also a "The 1 Ring" item, but... these are simple references, the plots are totally different, the characters are on several factions more than LoTR, there are more conflicts between factions than LoTR. Yes, there can be some quotes to the Master Book of the Lore that is LoTR, but the Multiverse and other things like Aspects are totally different from that.

[StationaryHawk]

To all those claiming that WoW didn't borrow from Lotr.

You're rather wrong.

Two PLAIN examples. The Eye of the Lich King is clearly based off of the Eye of Sauron. Seconly, the Battle for the Wrath Gate is clearly based off of the Battle for the Black Gate.

So, I assure you, Lotr was in mind when WoW was made.

[MontajBlaze]

Might I remind you stationary, that those are prime examples from the movie, not the book. It would only take someone's imagination to coincidentally think up images similar to those for it to be the book.

Also,the Lich King's Eye, is not just one all powerful "thing", it's a type of unit he uses all over(acherus, Ebon Hold, and the one Gate nearest to ICC).

YOU ARE right about one thing, LotR was in mind when WoW was made, but even bliz admits that. They pay homage in other ways they can.

[ArmySargeon]

Can't wait to head in there and whup the Lich King :).

80 (Blood Elf) Paladin & 80 Human DK :P.

[NaarghultheShadow]

You're about as ignorant as they come. Lord of the Rings was written during WWII. LONG before Warcraft, Warhammer or anything of the sort.

[nessamorgoth]

WTF? tu puta madre