What is your favourite soundtrack in the game?

[Valgar.9576]

My all time favourite is definitely the "Tarir, The Forgotten City" soundtrack in Auric Basin. It still gives me chills every time I hear it.

[Snowmoon.1758]

My fav is the "Dry Top". Something about this track gives a very melancholic feel especially at the ending.

[Tukaram.8256]

The Factions soundtrack. Nightfall would be my 2nd. Funny thing is I play the game with no music, but put on my GW playlist just for enjoyment, out of the game :)

[whoeverxwins.1279]

All or Nothing fight:

 

[Laivine.9308]

It is hard to choose, but I think Rata Novus. :)

[AlexxxDelta.1806]

It's so hard to pick one, GW2's music is one of its best features.

 

I would say everything by Soule in core game. Those tracks give me Oblivion flashbacks.

 

Honorary mention to the menacing VB theme and the Octovine music.

[TheMaverick.6104]

I find the Acalon soundtrack to be the best.

[Cerelia.1835]

> @"Valgar.9576" said:

> My all time favourite is definitely the "Tarir, The Forgotten City" soundtrack in Auric Basin. It still gives me chills every time I hear it.

 

That's my favorite too, it never fails to cheer me up. I really like 'Fear not This Night' a lot too.

[Dondarrion.2748]

From original GW2 soundtrack: "The Walls of Ebonhawke"

 

From GW1 (and its xpacs): "Luxon Theme" (Luxons FTW! ;))

[yusayu.3629]

Auric Wilds.

 

[Calvsie.3675]

I've been oddly drawn to "Clash On The Sandswept Isles" lately

[Raknar.4735]

I really like Army of the War God.

[Eloc Freidon.5692]

That track that plays during Auren's vision and when the Dragonfall Meta final part (after the three bosses are defeated) starts up. The latter version specifically being my favorite rendition of it that I just can't find anywhere online.

 

[Aaron Forestman.4758]

Ooh! The final fight in the Nightmare Fractal! That haunting piano music just fits so beautifully and stands out from the general epic cinematic music I tend to get used to and tune out after a while.

[Vynull.9512]

So many good tracks. At the moment I'd say my favorite is The Prophet's Shadow. So good. So immersive. I love when I'm out traveling in the desert and it creeps in when I least expect it.

[Batel.9206]

Ah, man... if I had to choose, from all the gorgeous soundtracks this game has to offer, I'd have to go with ye olde Fear Not This Night (and its variations). :) Mostly for sentimental reasons, but it *is* a genuinely great piece of music.

[Goettel.4389]

Most of the core Tyria tracks, hard to pick one.

[WhatLiesBeneath.9018]

Dwarf theme from the original guild wars ?

[Bellefon.1259]

[Halloween In Tyria](

"https://youtube.com/watch?v=wg6lYJB1oaU")

 

And even though this tune is from 2012, just recently I found a note from the composer, Maclaine Diemer, on SoundCloud, that made me appreciate it even more: "The idea here is that the violin playing the main melody represents the Mad King (shades of Nero). The clarinet and oboe that also play the melody represent his various wives and subjects who get caught up in his madness."

 

Runner-up: [The Bloody Prince](

"https://youtube.com/watch?v=eT_sxkTqGPI")

[KidRoleplay.3615]

Twisted Marionette battle music.

[Cyanchiv.2583]

One of my favorites is the Battle on the Breachmaker. It was very fitting with the actual fight and its current use in fractals works out quite well.

[RoseofGilead.8907]

> @"Cyanchiv.2583" said:

> One of my favorites is the Battle on the Breachmaker.

 

Ditto. I LOVE that one, especially the second section with the piano.

 

[Archwizard.1603]

Omg so hard to choose just one, can we do a top 10 instead. =) But if I had to pick one I think I would go with Tomb of Primeval Kings from Path of Fire soundtrack. Completely stopped what I was doing the first time I heard it in Desert Highlands and was in awe with all the great uses of the woodwinds, cello and haunting choir musical textures, it is just so captivating.

[Agruesgirl.5726]

March of iron legion (black citadel)

[FrigginPaco.4178]

This is a toughie... There are so many fantastic tracks...

 

1. THREE WAY TIE: Desmina's Reclamation ||| HoT Log In Theme ||| 'Zhaitan'

2. The Hall of Judgement (Dhuum's Theme) TIED w/ Blish's Sacrifice

3. MacLaine Deimer's 2018 version of 'Fear Not This Night'

4. Dragon's Stand TIED w/ The Mouth of Mordremoth

5. The Nightmare Court

6. Aurene Ascended TIED w/ Aurene Dragon of Light (choir version) & The War Eternal Trailer Track

7. The Golden Cave

8. SCAR

9. Sabetha's Theme

10. Vale Guardian Theme

 

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1. Desmina's theme is the embodiment of pure, frantic, terror . There is no escape, you will be caught; fight or die. The HoT theme is the most hype-train log in theme I've heard for an MMO and is emblematic of the feeling toward the first expansion as we were all waiting to get at it. 'Zhaitan'... is a track that is emblematic of the feeling of awe and futility in the face of something greater than you. It's a "drop your weapons and stare" sort of feeling.

2. This song is power and domination wrapped up in a fantastically scored piece. It really screams "God of Death" and the only reason it wasn't #1 was because I wish it was longer and had more going on. Blish's Sacrifice is absolutely gut-wrenching… The dialogue that accompanies this song just makes it even better and frankly, is one of the crowning achievements in GW2's story telling to date. That whole section of story was *heavy*.

3. The twist to the lyrics and tone made the anthem of GW2 feel like a sinister threat during the 2nd half of the trailer for Episode 2. Just a magnificent pivot and the vocals were a great fit.

4. This track is FANTASTIC trailer music, it does so much and builds to a crescendo and really imparts the weight of the final map meta.

5. An underrated and infrequently listened to track, the somber beginning gives way to swelling, burgeoning strings kind of like the nightmare court struggling to be free, though more romanticized and perhaps, just perhaps, skewed in their image.

6. Each of these songs are emblematic of the struggle to get where we are at this point. The victory of Aurene Ascended, the hopeful choir of Aurene Dragon Full of Light, and the uncertain tone of The War Eternal are each extremely poignant and purposeful.

7. This melody... Would have been higher on the list if I had made it sooner. At the launch of Heart of Thorns it would have been in my top 3. It's just... extremely melodic and takes you far away.

8. This might be the single best "martial" feeling song in the game. The way it steadily builds tension and excitement coupled with the percussion's slow rise to the front is magnificent.

9. As the first final raid boss I ever took down, this song is remembered very fondly... After I went back to look it up because I had to pay attention to the raid!

10. One of my initial and lasting impressions surrounding raids was the music, and this boss's song was so very catchy it made me look it up when I was away from the game many times! The only reason this and 9. aren't higher is purely because they're so short!

 

I know nobody asked for this detailed of a list, but I'm happy to share it!