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Feb 1, 2023
The power of the One Ring doesn't just rule them all -- it also brings Steff back from retirement! All three Battle Bards are here today to talk about Lord of the Rings Online's enormous Before the Shadow soundtrack. From Hobbits to swans to everything in between, our radio dial is stuck on Middle-earth for now.
Episode...
Dive into the Battle Bards archive:
- 1: MMO main themes
- 2: Final Fantasy XI
- 3: Spooky and magical
- 4: Lord of the Rings Online with Chance Thomas
- 5: Guild Wars 2
- 6: WildStar with Jeff Kurtenacker
- 7: City themes
- 8: EverQuest 2
- 9: Tavern tunes
- 10: Age of Conan
- 11: Oddballs
- 12: Lineage 2
- 13: Spirit of adventure
- 14: World of Warcraft
- 15: Tearjerkers
- 16: Aion
- 17: Starter zones
- 18: Vanguard
- 19: Dead MMOs
- 20: Flyff
- 21: Moving
- 22: Guild Wars
- 23: Epic boss battles
- 24: More World of Warcraft
- 25: Holiday themes
- 26: Granado Espada (Sword of the New World)
- 27: Kid MMOs
- 28: Runes of Magic
- 29: Vocals
- 30: Listener request 1
- 31: Listener request 2
- 32: The Secret World
- 33: Allods Online
- 34: Feature that instrument!
- 35: Dungeons and Dragons Online
- 36: The many MMOs of Tracy W. Bush
- 37: At the market fair
- 38: Elder Scrolls Online
- 39: Jigs and shanties
- 40: WildStar redux
- 41: Post-apocalyptic
- 42: RuneScape
- 43: Picks for our co-hosts
- 44: TERA
- 45: Rock on!
- 46: EverQuest II’s Laura Karpman
- 47: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
- 48: Back to the ’90s
- 49: RIFT
- 50: Fan covers
- 51: Vindictus
- 52: Introspection
- 53: City of Heroes
- 54: Winter is coming
- 55: Star Wars: The Old Republic
- 56: Main themes 2
- 57: Blade and Soul
- 58: Percussion heavy
- 59: The Crew
- 60: Endless journey
- 61: Firefall
- 62: Character creation music
- 63: Warlords of Draenor
- 64: Factions and races
- 65: Fallen Earth
- 66: MOBAs
- 67: Age of Wushu
- 68: Housing Themes
- 69: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
- 70: MMO ambience
- 71: Ragnarok Online 2
- 72: Listeners request anniversary!
- 73: Spooky and Magical II
- 74: Black Desert Online
- 75: Dance party!
- 76: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
- 77: Spirit of Adventure 2
- 78: EverQuest
- 79: Combat music
- 80: Aura Kingdom
- 81: Goblins, Orcs, and Ogres!
- 82: Dragon Nest
- 83: Triumphant Victory
- 84: Ultima
- 85: Desert calling
- 86: World of Warcraft: Legion
- 87: Elves!
- 88: Revelation Online
- 89: Nightfall
- 90: Wizard101
- 91: Forest tales
- 92: Dragon’s Prophet
- 93: It’s a madhouse!
- 94: Drakensang Online
- 95: Caverns and caves
- 96: SWTOR expansions
- 97: The sound of magic
- 98: Perfect World International
- 99: Tropical resort
- 100: Centennial spectacular!
- 101: Ragnarok Online
- 102: Pure joy
- 103: Wurm Online
- 104: Something wicked this way comes
- 105: Uncharted Waters Online
- 106: Early access themes
- 107: Blade & Soul expansions
- 108: Vampires and werewolves
- 109: Club Penguin
- 110: Acoustic guitar
- 111: Cabal Online 1 and 2
- 112: MMO minigame music
- 113: Anarchy Online
- 114: Vroom vroom!
- 115: EVE Online
- 116: There be dragons
- 117: Destiny
- 118: More starting zone themes
- 119: Skyforge
- 120: Short stuff
- 121: Myst Online
- 122: Happy town
- 123: Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire
- 124: Old MMOs, new music
- 125: Archlord
- 126: Out of this world
- 127: Champions Online
- 128: Seaside port
- 129: Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind
- 130: Oddballs 2
- 131: Path of Exile
- 132: Steampunk
- 133: Star Citizen
- 134: Halloween and Christmas
- 135: Battle for Azeroth
- 136: Overlooked MMO soundtracks
- 137: League of Legends hero themes
- 138: Wild wild westerns
- 139: Return to LOTRO
- 140: Piano piano
- 141: Riders of Icarus
- 142: Sunrise, sunset
- 143: Rappelz
- 144: Colors of the rainbow
- 145: Dark Age of Camelot
- 146: More vocals
- 147: Continent of the Ninth Seal
- 148: Composer spotlight on Inon Zur
- 149: Istaria/Horizons
- 150: The great plains
- 151: Minions of Mirth
- 152: Main themes 3
- 153: Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset
- 154: Death and decay
- 155: FFXIV: Shadowbringers
- 156: Feeling blue
- 157: Chronicles of Spellborn
- 158: Winter returns
- 159: Black Desert revisited
- 160: MMO cover songs vol. 2
- 161: Dragon Quest X
- 162: Mystery abounds
- 163: EverQuest upgraded
- 164: Away with the fairies
- 165: LOTRO composer Bill Champagne
- 166: LEGO Universe
- 167: Childlike wonder
- 168: Big bad boss battles of FFXIV
- 169: Wild things
- 170: Star Stable
- 171: Forest tales 2
- 172: Lost Ark
- 173: Down on the farm
- 174: Dragon Oath
- 175: Prehistoric jams
- 176: Orchestral RuneScape
- 177: Gone with the wind
- 178: The Division 2
- 179: Arrr pirates!
- 180: Moonlight Blade
- 181: Around the world
- 182: Last Oasis
- 183: Theme Parks
- 184: MapleStory 2
- 185: Taking flight
- 186: Lineage
- 187: Sewers and swamps
- 188: World of Warcraft Shadowlands
- 189: Spooky and magical 3
- 190: Genshin Impact
- 191: Digging up the past
- 192: Mabinogi
- 193: Tribal jams
- 194: No Man's Sky
- 195: In the mountains
- 196: Project Gorgon
- 197: A royal affair
- 198: Final Fantasy XI expansions
- 199: World of Warcraft tavern tunes
- 200: Battle Bards bicentennial!
- 201: Don't stand in the fire!
- 202: Silkroad Online
- 203: The music of mobile MMOs
- 204: New World
- 205: Love is in the air
- 206: Warping back to WildStar
- 207: Seeing red
- 208: Valheim
- 209: Superhero MMOs
- 210: Warframe
- 211: Shops and services
- 212: Elder Scrolls Online Blackwood
- 213: Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
- 214: Thieves and rogues
- 215: Lineage W
- 216: FFXIV Before Meteor
- 217: Legend of Edda
- 218: Dungeon Fighter Online
- 219: Peace and Quiet
- 220: Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons