Friday, July 25, 2014

And the Heavens exploded!

Finished an Epic piece yesterday for World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Written by Eímear Noone, the piece holds absolutely nothing back.


While trying to record the final vocal, the Irish sky completely lit up with a firestorm of biblical proportions - killing the power, and threatening to kill anything electrical. After a few hours delay to let the storm pass, we finished the piece, but the electricity was still in the air. 

We hope to share the piece soon with all of you. — in Kilconnell, Ireland.


The Abby, in Kilconnell Ireland

UPDATE:  I am so excited that the piece discussed in this posting was finally released.  It's called "Malach."  It's also the theme at 8:05 in the "Warlords of Draenor" main menu.

You can find a fan posting of the piece at this YouTube page:



And yes, that is Eimear singing the lead female solo at the beginning and at 2:30.

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

"The Foundry" - From the Zone of Gorgrond, Warlords of Draenor Preview

It is such a pleasure to share the first of Eímear Noone's compositions to be released from "Warlords of Draenor."  It's a piece from the zone of Gorgrond, entitled, "The Foundry."  

For those of you who might be keeping track, for the past nine years Eimear has been my partner in everything, our finest collaboration being our son Eliam, born last September.

But both of us being a part of the composition team for "Warlords of Draenor"is also something to be celebrated.   The Blizzard collaboration of writers, artists, directors, composers, sound designers…  a bottomless list of exceptional talent; what a joy it has been to be able to work together at such a fantastic level of creativity.

This project also marks the first time Eimear has lent her own formidable composition talents into the "World of Warcraft" franchise.  Again, for those in the know, Eimear has been a part of the team as a conductor and orchestrater since the first game - which makes this all the more special.



A big thanks to the entire Blizzard team for bringing us along for the ride, and a special thanks to our leader in all things, the exceptional Russell Brower for giving us this opportunity to shine.

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