Blizzard har lagt upp ett kusligt ljudspår med snuttar ur musiken till Diablo III: Reaper of Souls i sin blogg. Det bjuds i vanlig ordning på ödesmättade fioler och plockade ackord på stålsträngad akustisk gitarr. Inget man nynnar med i direkt, men väl en indikation om vad som komma skall.
I bloggen berättar också music director Derek Duke lite om inspirationen bakom musiken.
"The music of Westmarch was some of the first created for Reaper of Souls. In fact, it was written while I'd just started working on the opening cinematic. The soundtrack for Westmarch picks up right after the opening cinematic ends, so it has to instantly get you into that dark, dangerous, gothic sort of pace.
I really wanted to match that pace and encapsulate the creepy, ominous vibe the developers were going for with Westmarch in that early music. That all begun with the instrumentation. The orchestral voicing used in Reaper of Souls, and particularly in Westmarch, is weighted a bit more traditionally. This means more woodwinds and less brass than what's commonly used in today's scores. To my ear, it makes a big difference, and puts the orchestral emphasis a bit more on voicing (harmonized melodies that contain one or more instruments) and colors (the quality of the sound, or timbre)."
Ännu mer om detta finner du alltså i bloggen. Helt klart intressant läsning för den musikintresserade.