Howling Fjord - Wrath Of The Lich King Music 

Takes me back to a time when I was a lot more carefree about life. Good old times.

I miss the days of care free little responsibilities, playing with my dog next to my feet, miss you Zak

I miss the days when I could play as long as my body could. Now I must face too many responsabilities...

Lich King was the best expansion of life...

RIP to all the old wow souls who have come and passed through this beautiful land.

I remember taking the first boat ride to this starting area..seeing the two ships on fire above me…everyone with me on the boat were all in awe at what we were seeing for the first time. It was around 2am after getting home from the midnight launch… I was still wide awake. No game will ever match what WoW did for me.

If you want to know, the main instrument is the Uilleann Pipes, characteristic of Ireland.

It's been 5 years since playing and still having very vivid flashes of memories, very emotional and super realistic. Feels like memories from heaven.

This is probably one of my favorite soundtracks in any game of any expansion of any platform. Call me a sap but I put this onto my ipod and take it with me when I go hiking. I find my favorite spot in the middle of the woods, just off the trail, and I sit down, cross my legs, close my eyes, and just listen. It brings tears to my eyes every time and I swear nothing can relax me as much as doing this does. I feel as if I have melded to be part of the beauty of nature and am at peace for just this short moment outside the chaos of life.

Alliance side. First time visiting the Howling Fjord. Going through the cliffs. As soon as it opened up into the bay, the part at 0:04 kicked in. One of my fondest WoW memories.

Best zone in the game without a doubt. The fact that they made the whole reveal trailer cinematic within this zone is a testament to how multifaceted it is. And then going there on launch day to see it for yourself? Nothing compares. (Unless you're one of those heretics who went to Borean Tundra first instead)

wish i could wipe my wow memory and experience WOTLK again......as it was day1

Still playing....as of this post, almost nine years. Howling Fjord is STILL my favorite zone in the entire game.

Ahhh Northrend......I miss you

5:00 Amazing how sound can conjure up so many memories. So many pieces of music in this game bring up such great memories my wife and I had together with this game. Listing to this takes me back 11 years to the holidays of 2008. I was a young professional at the time, and looking back now things seemed so much simpler. Going to the store together to buy our two copies of the expansion. Rushing home to get it installed. Taking time off work for Thanksgiving and Christmas just to have the holidays, and play together. Bundling up in the cold weather, but still going out on iced coffee runs for the caffeine boost. Staying up until way too late hours in the morning. Just playing together, enjoying the quests, enjoying the leveling, taking it slow. Those are memories I wouldn't trade for anything, ever. Wife and I met in WoW. Even though we've moved on to other games, I will always remember these times. I won't go back to WoW again, not even for Classic. But it will always have a place in my heart.

I loved playing as both Horde and Alliance, but arriving in Daggercap Bay on the Alliance side, the same place Arthas landed when he pursued Mal'Ganis in Warcraft 3, was pure ecstasy. The lack of a cut-scene, like the ones used in every expansion after, made for a much more personal experience. It didn't force any "epic" narrative, it just was.

Anyone else got shivers?

The music in Wrath was on the next fucking level.

God, I wish I could go back in time to play WOTLK again. So many good times...

WotLK home to probably the best soundtrack of any expansion!

Riding on the boat, through the cliffs to this music during my first visit to Howling Fjord is a moment I will never forget. Thank you Wrath.

God dammit Wrath was so good. Everytime I hear Wrath music or watch a video about it nostalgia hits me so damn hard.

Wrath had the best soundtrack imo, followed closely by Vanilla

When i hear this i think of my ancestors mythology, all the great names. Þrymr, Thrymr, the Giant of Vermland, Mjollnir, Odin, Heimdall, jotnar. Thor, Loki, Jötunheimr. The Nornor sisters Verdandi, Skuld, Urd. And our Northern landscape is something to really be admired, the cold dark winters have their beauty. Such great history and mythology, Really inspiring and great, something to be proud of.

It's so incredible to take the ship to the howling fjords, hearing this music and getting chills all over... Leveling through howling fjords, fighting through the wilderness of the grizzly hills and then fighting drakuru in zul'drak... That journey will always be one worth remembering.

Video game music always takes me back and gives a large dose of nostalgia and melancholy...

one of the best and most original tracks in WoW

I'll always remember my time spent in the Fjord. I would waste so many hours here just listening to the soundtrack.

I leveled my first capped toon in wrath (never past 70 in TBC). This zone, and its music, has got be top 3 in WoW. amazing...

For some unknown reason... this music calms me and it always will.

Those first 3 minutes, pure magic. Rest is great too. Quit wow forever ago, but just played GoWR and there was something that reminded me of this.

BC and WoTLK were the best expansions.

Levelled every char here, loved the area. One time I went with one to the tundra and after a few quests walked all the way along the coast back to the fjord. Strange that music can make you miss a game.

I seriously treasure those years i got to enjoy this, never forget

Wotlk best expansion hands down, saying this 7 years later, makes me cry thinking bout it, RIP Reckful

i remember hitting 70, a week later WOTLK was released...went right back to leveling :P i miss it more than anything though. they were the best gaming experiences of my life. i tried playing a private server recently but it just wasnt the same..i miss the friends i had, the sleepless nights and trying to go to school the next day, my guild, my grandparents even played back in wrath, there were just so many small things back then that made wow so special, it felt infinite. there was so much magic and wonder..now today its all about the money. not about the game so much anymore :( RIP pre cata wow....

This music gives off a viking feel to the game......it shows the blood,sweat,and soul of the land.This is not just a piece of sound or racket,it is a sound of labor and work,a masterpiece of fine music to the game.I understand what the fjord is through this piece.And I thank whoever made this piece.

I love the quests in this place, the stories were AWESOME. There were plenty of side quests, like helping that varg in the cave, exploring the iron dwarves, frost nymphs, the Vyrkul fort and catacombs...

The best expansion to any game ever. I loved the theme,the zone, the mobs, the mounts (time lost protodrake, still don't have it). I quit playing a long time ago because life. I miss the times when I could just play day and night without a worry in the world. Sadly those times are long gone. I still get an urge to buy a monthly game-time just to casually stroll around but I just can't. I know that WoW will suck me in and I got a lot to lose now. WotLK has it's place in my heart forever.

How the hell can you dislike this? One of the best zones and awesome music! Getting shivers everytime I watch this!

I remember these times....almost made me cry...don't know why....WoW is gone for me, for about 1 year....but i played it at the beginning WoW Vanilla till i quit last year....some of these moments....i was levelling with a good friend till we hit 80....when i made a break i was going to the Howling Fjord and enjoyed this music....

at 05:47 those short flute sounds, just tears me up how beautiful it is.

Listening to this brings me to tears. I would play this with my older brother after highschool without a damn worry. Life was good. Wow was our happy place and looking back on it now we were living it. He's older now with a family , but I bet if he heard this he would go into nostalgic shock. How times have passed.

Man.... the chills i get from this soundtrack. Howling fjord just came up in my mind tho i even no longer playing wow and i had to listen to the music here once again. Sometimes when i played and was bored i could go to howling to just sit and watch the sky while the music is being played. "That's the very few times i actually use InGame sound at all"

*sigh* this reminds of the good times of wow

Best Zone and Music in History of WoW for ever! I love the Style of this Zone.

The first few bars of this tune kicked my right in the chest. It's been 7 years, god I miss this.

ah those days... logging into wow during wotlk and let the endless adventures and chill flow over me...

man... i couldve sworn that it was just yesterday when i was lvling my undead death knight to this music. time goes by too fast :(

That's real music. Love it so much. When I listen to it I imagine slightly strong but at the same time soft wind going trough my body in early morning, when all nature is waking up from nights slumber...agh.. :)

tears man.. sooo long ago so many memories i stil visit this place sometimes sit on top of one of the buildings just rememberin those old days

Wow the nostalgia this music brings is crazy. I loved playing back in the day and there were more land mounts then flying mounts. it made the game feel bigger and harder to explore

I can't think of any music from any game ever that has left as much of an impact on me as Howling Fjord's. Songs come and go, I haven't played WoW in years, but I can never forget this music.

best thing to ever happen to me, starting wotlk in the howling fjord.

You never really appreciate WoW as much till you fully listen and enjoy the music. It definitely added to the content, especially if you were playing with head phones! My favorite zone of music.

I am Canadian but I wish so much I was scandinavian. The cold, the huge evergreen trees, the snow, the mountains, the language/names, etc all just connect with me so much.

3:05 (just for personal reference)

aahhh the blue proto drake hunting music

Howling Fjord absolutely blew me away when I first stepped off the boat. The ship takes under a burning wreck of a ship, and the second you step off, there's Vrykul attacking. I love everything about WotLK, the music and zones were beautiful, the new enemies were cool, and the Lich King and the merciless and tireless Scourge actually felt like an insidious and truly evil threat.

The first time I heard this music, I was only my second or third year into college. We knew the floating city Dalaran as "Lag-aran," and I remember getting kicked out of a raiding guild since I wanted to study for finals. It's probably a decade later since then. I'm cooking up some pasta sauce that'll be ready in 20 minutes, so I put this on to listen to in the mean time. Ten hour shift at the pharmacy tomorrow, and I'm traveling to an off-site vaccination clinic the next day to help vaccinate the elders. The music makes me smile all the same ten years later and in these times. Thank you for the post.

Best part of Azeroth

At times i would just log in go to howling fjord camp relax and close my eyes most best place ever

I remember in 2005 i got into wow, i was one year into my job at a fast food chain .. 21 and very impressionable .. that feeling of being absolved and immersed fully into that world .. took my breath away .. i was the slowest leveller in my clan never got to max level "authentically" but the whole time i had fun i miss that feeling of exploring new lands ... and blizzard caring about the consumer base ... Bring On Wow Classic Vanilla , Bc and WOLTK Realms!

I was a massive WoW junkie for about 3 years back at the height of WotLK, and the Howling Fjord music always had me in awe.

This brings me back to the mountains... wow

So glad I left Borean after halfway through 70 to move here. This was the greatest leveling zone in the game, better IMO than Grizzly Hills

I remember riding the ship to Northrend through that channel that opens up into Valgarde's bay. As soon as we got around that bend before it opens up into the bay, those pipes kicked in. That was the first time I ever gaped at a video game. The sheer epicness of the music, the boat ride through that channel and the beauty of the fjord.

that pipe rif at the beginning just pulls the strings of my heart

You're 12 years old, not a single worry in the world and the only thing occupying your mind is your friends and WoW. You come home from school, take a plate of what your mom just cooked for you, turn on your PC, put on your headset, hear this and get transported to another world

even though i haven't played WoW in years, the soundtrack never gets old for me. i wish it was f2p... i just wanna chill once in a while in nagrand and other areas again ^^

This is the only way I get work done in the office. Guess I'm used to ambient music playing during my menial tasks. Every Northrend area is just delightful to hear.

I wish the whole game looked like the Fjord. It's so goddamn beautiful, and the music is incredible. I wish I could just go there irl and just sit in a little cabin until I die.

The best years in life are the wasted ones

After WotLK underrated and forgotten zone, but it will have always honorable place in my heart. The same like all Northrend, when I play cata, I feel very sad when I see this wonderful continent forsaken :(

Thank you Blizzard for delivering this world of music and magic to my life.

So many good memories from a simple soundtrack from a game I used to love. Which has now been lost....RIP wow RIP!

WOTLK Classic waiting room

i miss playing ... i miss northerend!!!

I'll never forget how I got there the first time with my orcish Warlock. I was amazed, just like I was with the Legion trailer. Back then, I felt like there is a new continent to explore...good old Northrend... :')

i tested so many mmorpgs in the last years but everytime i hear this music i get goosebumps everywhere and wet eyes and then i come back home. ♥ wrath of the lich king is the best game ever created.

As far as I know, it is played on uileann pipes. With that instrument, you can recall the pain of a whole world. Check Seamus Ennis.

I love that kind of music!!!

0:00-1:42 My favorite part by far. It just brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. I once got so angry a I grabbed a knife. My computer just happened to have WoW open, and this part blasted into my ears. I took a deep breath, got back to my computer, and kept my leveling going. During Cata, I refused to run dungeons just so I could experience this song all my time in Howling Fjord. I've never used the codes for listening to music until someone had told me about it, and I tell you what. Tirisfal sounds a lot better with this music playing.

That first song takes a toll on whatever's left. It's so sad yet it still puts a smile on my face to this day.

Borean is the better choice when it come to gear though, that blue from warsong is beast. And dont mention the leather farming, the rhinos are awesome for that

My friends IRL stopped playing at around lvl 52-62. I couldn't let go of the adventure. Guild leader would try to get people together to do fun stuff but no one could ever really sync up to do those things. It was me, my Lock, and Howling Fjord. Just questing......wandering. Never really got any good gear for her because I would just get kicked when I did dungeon finder because I wasn't the dps monster the pug wanted me to be. R.I.P. Tymmaria.....until I revive you in another game.....rest.

Aliens may be more advanced than us, and have probably experienced more of what the universe has to offer. But, they will never experience the emotions of a human playing and exploring the World of Warcraft at its prime.

Every so often a section of a game just sticks with you--everyone remembers this stuff, like the last battle of Super Metroid, or the opera scene in Final Fantasy 6, or the opening area of God of War. They're the reasons we play games. In World of Warcraft, Howling Fjord--the entire zone, but especially the early Alliance quests therein (both reclaiming the Ashbringer and confronting the Vrykul) was one of those moments. This beautiful music is a very, very large part of the reason why.

Love this place wish it could be for real

People asking me why I like wow more than real life. This is the main reason. Has more beautiful places than irl

I remember getting home from work at around 11pm one day and logging into wow and just sitting on top of a hill taking in the environment and listing to this music it was as if all my problems were taken away and i escaped to this world

Nostalgia is half the reason I come back to wow and play for a small bit. Until you realize it will never be how it once ways

This is reminiscent of the glory that was Morrowind.

some people should know that playing a game like these isent about being on the top.. but going there

..first time I went to this zone as a freshly drafted Forsaken in a new expansion..first character ever also..you just cannot forget the feeling you get fro, this, no matter what ppl say...this just sticks with you, like Grizzly Hills and the memories you make around the way..I will never forget this zone or Grizzly Hills due to this amazing song! I will always be Forsaken! I will always be Horde! Warcraft is an amazing world!! I loved my time in it...every second! Enjoy yours!!!

Ahhh! That feeling of being way WAY up north, with the sun low in the sky, a wild land where it always feels like autumn, a landscape of stone and water and evergreen trees... I have lived high in the mountains before and fell in love with the scenery of the mountains and the north. I played through Howling Fjord in a time when I lived back in a big city again, and the wild far-away feeling of this zone just stole my heart away. It was just sad that it was mostly so unpopulated...

I liked the times when Azeroth only had 3 continents...

This is so sick!!

I wish I could upvote this musical score 1000 times. It's that good.