Wings of Liberty
- Card To Play
plays over the Terran assault on Char, and perfectly captures both the terror and awe of a war against the Zerg Swarm. - The game has lots of really good music, but "Card to Play" is the pinnacle. Though the title music, "Wings of Liberty" gives it a run for its money.
- As does the choir-tastic, Rousing Speech-emboldened "Fire and Fury".
- Bonus points for this track for having a brief reprise of Tassadar's sacrifice at 3:30, and a reprise of the background music of DuGalle's suicide at 5:12.
- Ah, hell, let's just say ALL the music in StarCraft II WoL. Especially the Terran themes, which combine violin, string guitar, drums, and electric guitar to make wonders. And the Zerg themes, eerie and unease-inspiring - nightmarish, some may say (and yes, regarding the comment in the first game's section above, Zerg music does indeed become more awesome with lots of drums). And the Protoss themes, with their mix of tribal and ethereal/otherworldly elements (and occasional snippets of their themes from the first game). And even the main menu music, a superb redux of the original game's main menu theme.
- The short and sweet campaign victory theme. Best minute ever.
- Terran Up The Night, one of the credits songs has to be the anthem of the Humans Are Warriors trope.
Heart of the Swarm
- Gentlemen, welcome to the Heart Of The Swarm. If you are not zerg, prepare to die. If you are, prepare to kill.
- Additional files that were not released as part of the expansion's OST but are often used inside the game help reflect the attitude of the campaign. The music for this expansion is apocalyptic and dystopian, just like in the first Starcraft and Wings of Liberty, with the occasional breakthrough of hopeful music that foreshadows the story arc. These files are reused in the game's following expansion.
- Audiomachine's Stock Trailer Music "Berserker" (not included in the OST) was used in an early teaser for the expansion over a year before its release, but Blizzard thought it embodied the Zerg Swarm so well that the actual Heart of the Swarm theme was made as a Suspiciously Similar Substitute to this track.
Legacy of the Void
Pretty much the entire soundtrack, which has an ample helping of Orchestral Bombing. To wit:- The Golden Armada shows up whenever something awesome is happening.
- Unity, the theme of the incredible opening cinematic.
- We Stand Ready. En taro Zeratul.
- The Fall of Shakuras, complete with Triumphant Reprise when you save the Nerazim.
- "Alone" is not on the OST, but it's the theme when Artanis takes on a hundred Zerg in the Xel'Naga temple on Shakuras. One of the game's most awesome scenes.
- "Unlikely Allies" is also not on the OST, but it's a great theme that plays when Artanis and Kerrigan team up against the hybrid on Ulnar.
- Who can forget The Firstborn? Not only is this awesome when it plays during campaign missions, but it also adds a ton of nostalgia as it is the orchestral remix of the Protoss Briefing Theme of the original game.
- The Attack on Korhal theme makes you feel something big is about to happen. It is also the battle-hardened orchestral remix of the Third Protoss Theme of the original game.
- For more unreleased goodness, Warriors, the theme for the cinematic of the same name. A melancholy piece, reflecting the devastation caused by Amon's forces and the death left in his wake, but with a recurring drumbeat riff that speaks of Terran defiance in the face of overwhelming odds. The drumbeats fade out to leave the melancholy orchestra as Artanis somberly muses that death is the fate of all warriors, before returning in triumphant fashion as Raynor sees Zeratul's warp blade on Artanis' arm and inspires Artanis to "Give 'em hell".
- For a slightly different twist, Valor of my Shield, used especially well in the final mission.
- Khala's End is one of the most touching themes in the whole series.
- Honor Guide Me. A very epic track which starts calmly before rising a bit, then lowering the tone to a very calmly reprise of Tassadar Sacrifice theme (not the part reprised in the Wings of Liberty remix when the Overmind is destroyed but just before Tassadar explodes the Gantrithor) and finally rising the tone to a very very inspiring degree, sublimated by the very epic chant at the end. It really fits the Rousing Speech of Artanis before the last stand on Aiur of the Unified Protoss, protecting the Keystone against Amon's Zerg and the Corrupted Golden Armada.Artanis: But we shall not break. We are the Daelaam, united as never before. En Taro Adun ! En Taro Tassadar ! En Taro Zeratul !
- Oblivion Awaits captures many emotions. The calm mournful yet hopeful noise of Ouros's death, the dramatic crescendo of Kerrigan's Ascension, the quiet mournful contemplation, and finally the swelling as Kerrigan goes to confront Amon and end his evil.
