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A musical journey through MMO soundscapes, Battle Bards reviews and discusses the soundtrack of MMORPGs with a trio of engaging hosts. The Battle Bards podcast alternates with Retro Reprise, a half-hour podcast showcasing classic VGM from the ’80s and ’90s.
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