Echoes of War standard edition sees re-release, new artwork
by Lesley Smith 
May 26th 2009 at 9:30AM
Who remembers Echoes of War? A musical extravaganza originally released last year in legendary and standard editions from Eminence. Well both the official site and Worldofwar.net are reporting that the standard edition is being re-released on June 16th with new artwork.The two-disc version is essentially the less shiny version of the limited Legendary Edition. It features music from all three of Blizzard's franchises: Diablo, Warcraft and, of course, Starcraft, as played by the Eminence Symphony Orchestra and special guests including Kow Otani (best known for his score from PS2 game Shadow of the Colossus).
Even better, if you've not picked up the set yet then there's a special $5 discount for orders made before the relaunch date next month, dropping the price from $24.95 to $19.95. Just head here to order. Copies begin shipping today and will also be made available through stores next month.
Filed under: Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Blizzard, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Flamespawn May 26th 2009 9:44AM
title slightly wrong at all? wth is eches of wars?
Amethyst May 26th 2009 9:44AM
Eches of War? :P
Fast May 26th 2009 9:44AM
you forgot an "o" in the "Echoes"
email May 26th 2009 9:52AM
you know, i usually am annoyed by the grammar police. but sheesh - misspelling the article's title??
Fast May 26th 2009 9:56AM
Do they even read the comments..?
Half an hour and he still didn't change it :O
Remen May 26th 2009 10:31AM
up to an hour now still no fix :P
Bubsa May 26th 2009 11:07AM
It's another Lesley Smith article, naturally.
mttbak3 May 26th 2009 9:56AM
I think the tite is just fines.
Netherscourge May 26th 2009 9:57AM
WTB a site editor for $150 Alex Trebek.
garfunkel May 26th 2009 10:14AM
just bought it, waiting on shipping.....
what does everyone think? worth the cash?
Aedilhild May 26th 2009 1:36PM
Dependent on taste. I received it as a Christmas gift and found Go Shiina's and most of Natsumi Kameoka's arrangements inchoate and dull, enjoying only Visions of the Lich King Overture -- the last track of the first disc that is nearly identical to the piece playing over WoW's login menus. I expected more license with the original music, not a halting series of excerpts (with an inexplicable lift from Mussorgsky's/Korsakov's Night on Bald Mountain).
doomkin May 26th 2009 10:19AM
I bought the collectors edition back around christmas time. While not entirely-mindblowingly-amazing, it *is* very good. If you have an appreciation for modern symphonic music, you won't be disappointed.
Amaxe-1 May 26th 2009 10:38AM
I dn't knw what yur prblem is. I dn't see any prblem with the spelling in the title. Maybe it is a prblem frm yur imaginatin?
Amaxe-1 May 26th 2009 10:41AM
Ah finally fixed the title
LeepinLeemur May 26th 2009 11:22AM
I sent a tip on this earlier but you can get echoes of war mp3s on mp3.amazon.com. If you just want disc 1 with the WoW stuff it is only $5.94. Disc 2 is $8.91.
Finnicks May 26th 2009 11:38PM
Um... am I the only one whose freaking out at seeing a really auesome CGI of Kerrigan!?
I mean... there aren't many out there that show Kerrigan in her full glory the way she might appear in StarCraft II.
OMG.