My friends, it is my great pleasure
to introduce this next piece to you.
It was written for World of Warcraft...
...Warlords of Draenor.
So, when I was writing this piece,
there were two things that came to mind.
One was: "For the Alliance or the Horde?"
Horde!
The Horde always shouts loudest in the audience, incidentally.
So, the other thing was: Russle Brower, my dear friend and the head of audio at Blizzard Entertainment,
Said this:
"Take me on a journey and tell me a story."
This, in classical music, is something we often refer to as program music.
When you listen and you can feel yourself inside of a whole world, walking through that world,
having adventures, meeting people there, which is exactly what World of Warcraft is.
I also made it about my own personal conflict, Irish people, you know, we have the whole Night Elf thing
and then we have the horrible, gnarly Celt.
So, my conflict is between the Alliance and the Horde
So you'll hear in this piece, it begins with a lullaby to take you into this world.
It'll take you on a journey across the sands.
You guys will hear a very familiar instrument called the Duduk.
And as you're going on your journey, you will hear conflict and then the ultimate battle, with a repose.
My friends, please come with us to Azeroth.