Silvermoon City - Burning Crusade Music 

Glory to the Sin'Dorei!

Silvermoon City, the best city in wow. It's so sad that it's always empty, everybody are sitting on their drakes in Orgrimmar.

Bal'a dash, malanore.

Silvermoon City is one of the four oldest cities in the Eastern Kingdoms, the others being Zul'Aman, Zul'Gurub, and Stromgarde. It was founded nearly 10,000 years ago by the exiled Highborne survivors, forced to flee their ruined original homeland after the Sundering, aka the destruction of the Well of Eternity. The leader of these Highborne, Dath'remar Sunstrider became the first King of Silvermoon and the new land his people came to call home was named Quel'Thalas. These High Elves as they now called themselves were the most powerful practitioners of Arcane magic on Azeroth, and lived in a constant territorial struggle with their neighbors to the south, the Forest Trolls of the Amani Empire. Tensions eventually escalated into a series of conflicts known as the Troll Wars, and the High Elves sought the aid of the Humans of the Arathorian Empire in southern Lordaeron. This was the start of what would eventually evolve into the modern day Alliance. In exchange for military aid against the Amani, the High Elves agreed to teach the Humans how to become mages themselves, and thus it was through them that the first Human magi came to be. Eventually after the defeat and fragmentation of the Amani, both High Elf and Human mages founded the city of Dalaran, together. During the First War, when the Old Horde under demonic control invaded Azeroth, the High Elves joined the Human kingdom successor states of the Arathorian Empire as well as the Dwarven clans of Khaz Modan further south in a coalition dubbed the Alliance of Lordaeron. With the rise of the Scourge during the Third War, the Alliance of Lordaeron collapsed with the fall of its namesake kingdom to the Scourge. When the Scourge invaded Quel'Thalas under the command of the fallen Prince of Lordaeron, Arthas, the High Elf armies were decimated. Their calls for aid from the other Alliance kingdoms went unanswered, and their top general, Sylvanas Windrunner, was slain and risen into undeath as a Scourge herself. Arthas personally murdered the last High Elf king, Anasterian Sunstrider, and defiled their sacred Sunwell to resurrect the deceased necromancer Kel'Thuzad as a Lich. Roughly 90% of the worldwide High Elf population was exterminated in the fighting. Most of the survivors rallied behind Anasterian's son, Kael'thas, who renamed his people Blood Elves in homage to the fallen. The Blood Elves faithfully served in the fragmented Alliance armies, which had regrouped under the command of Grand Marshal Garithos. Garithos was a xeonophobic Human supremacist, and most of his lieutenants shared his racist views. He frequently used Kael'thas and his troops as cannon fodder or menial laborers, and eventually sentenced them all to death when he discovered Kael'thas agreed to a deal with the vicious Naga in exchange for aid. Disgusted with Garithos and the Alliance in general, Kael'thas and the Blood Elves renounced their loyalty to the Alliance and escaped Garithos' wrath. Kael'thas and his troops traveled with the Naga to Outland to pledge loyalty to the mighty and rogue Demon Hunter named Illidan Stormrage. In his absence, Kael'thas left the Blood Elves back on Azeroth under the command of a respected nobleman of Silvermoon named Lor'themar Theron. Still struggling to reclaim their fallen kingdom, the Azerothian Blood Elves needed new allies and found them in the Forsaken, former Scourge undead who had broken from their ranks to be free once more, led by none other than Sylvanas Windrunner. United against the Scourge that had oppressed them and the Alliance forces that would destroy them both, the Blood Elves and the Forsaken stood shoulder to shoulder to reclaim the cursed southern lands of Quel'Thalas from the Scourge. With Sylvanas' backing, the Blood Elves found even more allies across the sea in Kalimdor when the respected Warchief Thrall of the liberated and reformed New Horde accepted the Blood Elves into his ranks. Later with the revelation of Kael'thas' descent into madness and defection to the demonic Burning Legion, the Blood Elves have come to accept Lor'themar as their sole leader, and even though he sits on the throne in Silvermoon he refuses to call himself a king, out of respect for the fallen Anasterian.

oh my god... This is always the song which reminds me of when I started playing in tbc together with all my best friends. Now they have all quit, and I'm the only one left. I sometimes go to Silvermoon just for heavy nostalgia moments. I know WoW will never be the same, but I can't quit this game. Too much memory

By far the best city in WoW and nearly no one goes there. A real damn shame. A waste of a beautiful and well done city.

Such a badass race and city. You know I think it's great that the Horde have a race that don't appear all tough, brutal and barbaric like the orcs and trolls, the whole "royalty" element to the blood elves always seemed really fuckin cool to me. I wish Silvermoon was rebuilt to be twice or three time the size, of course redone to allow flying, transmog, portals etc....such a cool part of the whole lore, and visually really beautiful, that's just sorta....dead now. I have faith that it'll be badass again :) However long we gotta wait

who else misses the days where this city would be full?

With Release of BC this beautiful City was so crowded! Now it is very empty... But it's still my home ;) Glory to the Sin'Dorei!

8:43 Night in Silvermoon. Looking at the dark-purple sky and enjoying the music....so deep...wonderful..

If the servers shut down for ever, I'd spent my last moments in Silvermoon with my Bloodelf Rogue

Silvermoon will always be my home :)

Blood elf paladin for life... For the horde! (:

One of the best cities in the game. Back when i had a horrible pc and horrible internet i was forced to stay there cus i lagged out in org or dalaran. That made me fall in love with the place. Perfection

Blood Elf Paladin for ever !! :) and FOR THE HOOOOORDE !!!!!

I wish they would rebuild it without the dead scare and have the city back to its former glory again.

Home , sweet home

2:11 The nostalgiaaa

I always liked TBC music way more than any expansion, and I never really knew why. But after listening to music theory youtubers, I think I know why, and I haven’t seen anyone talk about this for blood elves. 0:55, the trumpets are a take on Dies Irae (translate: Days of Wrath) a Mozart piece about death, so much so that countless movies etc., reference it or alter it when death is a thematic context to the content. It’s in Sweeney Todd, Lord of the Rings, Lion King, Star Wars(Luke discovering aunt uncle death), it’s kind of a staple so much so that we’ve probably all heard it, and make death association without even realizing. So why is that melody, whether cello or trumpet, part of the blood elf leitmotif? They define themselves as blood elves because 90% of their population is dead, so their theme has the most established musically death related theme, that we as observers can understand. Whoever wrote this piece deliberately wanted to convey notions about a strong, regal and delicate nature which is inextricably intertwined with death. God I love TBC music.

silvermoon will rise again!

I wish that blizzard would make the capital cities more equal and stop funnelling us into stormwind and orgrimmar. what's the point of making these cities if there's no point in going there?

Im one of the few people who stays all his time there.

I'm not really into blood elves, but that part at 1:20 is so glorious, I just cant describe it.

I really hope that silvermoon is going to play a role in some of the next expansions😩

0:45 Shattrath wil not fall in vain!

Selama Ashal' anore!

When I was little and played on my mom's account, I used to love the Blood Elf starting area. I'm finally giving the game a proper try, and I'm torn between Blood Elves or Night Elves; their starting areas and styles are just so gorgeous.

i remembrer my first elfe blood warlock , omg i was so noob but so happy at that moment ..

2:12 feeeeeeels....omg. Only Blizzard game can do this. I can cry right now.

It was the first city i discovered the battleground masters - where you had to go, back then, to join battlegrounds - in 2008. I'll never forget the year of 2008 along with it's amazing experiences ;) I was a blood elf rogue and was just so amazed with the world and everything. How i love silvermoon :) Nostalgia is hitting me really hard :)

i always cry when listen this tracks

I remember i was 10 years old, making my elf going by foot to orgrimmar because i hated leveling in blood elf area, but whenever i pass by this place i used get amazed by this music.

5:41 is the best world of warcraft track there is in the whole game

most pretty city ever. I love Stormwind but this one and the colors of Exodar are the best. pity they didnt allow flying mounts in these places and left these cities to "die".

What a monument to totalitarian glory.

Man, this music really gets me in the heart. It is just a game, but man, it made you feel things...

Silvermoon was always my favourite city in WoW. The music is so epic! Yeah, old times... I joined 2007 and in this times the community also sad "Classic was the best, TBC is the end of WoW." Especially while WotLk a lot of players missed the times before. Today they´re missing it. I think you begin sth. to miss when it´s over, it´s normal. But of course I´ll never forget the great times! Fucking nostalgia!

So beautiful.. Damnit..

This music is still so charming, let everyone recall The Blood Elves homeland.

Still wishing for the days of this city to get the graphic update it deserves! I have it planned out in my mind of what it could look like... the Nightborne could even help decorate! lol

Oh man, such nostalgia to my first blood elf...

I liked this one :D. 2:05 Gooshbumps :D 4:40 onwards so "Beautifull and Stunning Epic Tune" :D. 5:40 Mysterious :D

*tears running down my eyes* memories old, yet never forgotten...

1:00 - 1:45 Beautiful!

Honestly, in terms of music, Slivermoon is the best horde city for me. I hope they revamp the city in Midnight (and ideally the Exodar too)

all my characters in wow are blood elfs.. enough said :D i love this city the soundtrack the lore everything is beautiful

its such a shame silvermoon is empty. as you can see my profile pic was taken in silvermoon. i used to sit here all day when i dungspammed my rogue until i got bored of it being so empty :(

I remember being so excited when BC and WOTLK came out... now its like.. meh. a new expansion. time to play it for a day and get off for a month.

True that, its been years since I actively played Horde and its still my favorite capitol city

my home! :'(

silvermoon and darnassus are my favouriite cities in wow but silvermoon definately has better music

Best race, best city, best music. Silvermoon City is my home.

The flaute is amazing just stunning.

Silvermoon nowadays is so empty how sad, even that it’s one of the most beautiful cities in the game ..

Humans have their Stormwind, our Silvermoon has it's beauty.

I keep a toon here just for nostalgic walks around the city and listen to the music...

You are right. I would do the same. It´s so sad that this times will never come back. But the best thing would be that we could meet our old friends in WoW. I miss them.

I still visit the odd time to relive the memories :)

I have every single one of my characters bound in Silvermoon. Lor'Themar Theron for Warchief!

I love 1:25 - 1:46 Sound

This city isn't designed for flying mounts. You'd see huge ugly empty spaces and white blank textures. Starting TBC zones were designed like that, to not be viewed from above.

Silvermoon was my favorite, I first created a blood elf. The color and vibrant city accompanied by the music. All the enchantments and cool architecture made it really unique.

Some of the best music in the game.

This music takes me back to when i first played wow all them years ago when TBC first came out, i stopped playing for a while missing WOTLK completely and only coming in at the end of cata. Regret that sometimes. So funny hearing about these places being deserted. Silvermoon on my server (Argent Dawn) is bustling, it's always been filled with people. It's nice when i walk through it's like my nostalgia coming back to life in front of me.

Couldn't agree more with the description, and as a true member of the Alliance DAMN

I do love the music in this part of town

I remember guarding the scar and fighting off the regular attacks, fun times

Memories memories .... :'(

My favorite Horde city with the best music. 💖💖💖

I didn't play as a Blood Elf for long, but boy do I remember this place.

During seasonal celebrations people journey back to these forgotten major cities. Like during Easter and stuff. So yea... Blizzard has done something to bring people back to these ghost towns every so often. But I agree, it does happen very rarely.

I actually miss the old Silvermoon guard model, i don't know why, i guess i just was used to it soo much. Anyways, the music is stunning, they really know how to make music & cinematics. BTW: 1:20 - 1:42 is my fav, i can't get it off my head, i even whistle it lol.

this city has been the "fullest" for me during the easter event.. i hope this city gets updated, even if it was like what they did for dalaran in legion (i've been wanting some more/new content about belves anyways :/)

This music nearly makes me cry

Extremely beautiful music.

I love the moment 1:30+ it is so damn beautiful.

The violins notes going up and down gives them strong got vibes

I *love* these dies irae motivs so much

Let's fill this city with people again

I have a Blood Elf Mage 85, but my the stone back is always a tied to the Silver Moon .. whenever I need to learn skills or profession, I do not use a portal, but take and use the stone back with a feeling of going back home..

So many feels.. y u do dis :c burning crusade burnt a mark in my gaming heart, and will always remain.. never forget

By far my favourite city in WoW. I remember when it came out I was really hoping more people would be hanging out there instead of Org.

Cant fly above silvermoon though :I

So much nostalgia thinking about my first steps in the game as an humble bloodelf and wondering why such a beautiful city as Silvermoon was completely empty of players

I always went back. I adore this music.

The Alliance and Horde both got pretty cities in this expansion but they were both tragically empty.

BC era, after Hyjal raid, hangin with gmates on TS, ~1:00 a.m, "lets ah some stuff". Unforgettable.

When i joined WoW in 2004 i knew that it was addictive, i vowed to myself that i wouldn't get addicted... But it was already too late... I am now mindcontrolled by WoW's Music

back in 08, my home was crowded with many people. From the horny bastards erping as belfs, to the lfg spam. We even had a functional general chat.... even on a server that wasn't even that well populated (anachronos). Fast forward to today, the only time I see the silver city is when I'm leveling a fresh belf alt.... and the only time I see other players in there is if they accidentally clicked on a silvermoon city portal in orgrimar. With tbc classic right around the corner, I hope this city regains a portion of the population it had back in tbc.

4:35 good old times

*its 8pm u open wow and join to the sarver and u listen to this masterpiece sound ...very nostalgique*

One last time? Nah! With a Time machine, we can just experience those great memories over and over again! Like, the time when I first downloaded WoW and saw the TBC Login screen, and I just thought that I was in for a great time.

Bal'a dash, malanore. Anu belore dela'na. Anu belore dela'na. Shorel'aran!

i hate when ppl are never there :/ i just love this place, i always go to it for trainer and stuff :D:D

I think I first played WoW back in early 2007.. I started as undead - but I love Blood Elves.. Mostly because of Silvermoon city, Eversong Wood, and the music... There's just something about it that is peaceful and serene. I haven't played in quite some time, mostly because being an adult means other things take priority - like making money to pay for a house and a family, mowing the yard, fixing the cars, pets, so forth and so on - and I got bored with WoW.. But I'll remember this music for a long time.

It certainly is more interesting that even players have their places, than everyone was killing deathwing, but on different difficulty. It does not even want to be a roleplaying game with this aspect . .

i have a hard time matching these guys to the horde - like srsly.... sad to hear that people do not visit such a beutiful place

Anu bæ'lore delana, truly Classic for me

I stop wow like 3 monts ago and here i am, listen to this beautiful music. And i'm like "omg i want to play again"

"Do not loiter!"