Derek Duke
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Derek Duke is Music Director and Composer at Blizzard Entertainment.[1] He has been Music Director since 2001. He has created music for Warcraft III, StarCraft, Diablo III and World of Warcraft. Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes and him were the original music team for StarCraft].[2]
Composed music
World of Warcraft
- Lament of the Highborne (first song written for WoW, along with Russell Brower)[3]
- Cursed land themes (such as those played in Felwood)
- Gnomeregan
- Horde tavern music (one theme which is similar to the undead dance music - the other two tavern themes are credited to Jason Hayes)
- PvP zone themes
- Soggy place themes (such as those played in Wetlands)
- The Barrens 'dry' walk music
- Tinkertown
- Undead tavern dance music
- Undercity
- Zul'Gurub Voodoo
- Patch 1.12
The Burning Crusade
- Azuremyst
- Battle for Mount Hyjal - one exterior walk theme co-credited with Jason Hayes, see Jason Hayes for all other music in this instance
- Bloodmyst
- Opening the Dark Portal
- Outland Draenei base walk music
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade credits / Lament of the Highborne (with Russell Brower)
- Patch 2.3
Wrath of the Lich King
- Wrath of the Lich King Main Title - (see also Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes and Russell Brower)
- Borean Tundra - (see also Russell Brower)
- Howling Fjord - (see also Russell Brower)
- Azjol-Nerub
- Dragonblight
- Zul'drak
- Icecrown
- Wintergrasp
- Patch 3.1 - (see also Glenn Stafford and Russell Brower)
- Patch 3.3 - (see also Russell Brower)
- Invincible (lyrics) (see also Jason Hayes, Russell Brower and Neal Acree (lyrics)
- Patch 3.3.5 - (Operation: Gnomeregan; see also Russell Brower)
Cataclysm
- The Shattering - (see also Glenn Stafford, David Arkenstone, Neal Acree, Jason Hayes and Russell Brower)
- Cursed (Cataclysm)
- Dark Event
- Goblin Themes
- Rescue
- Marsh (Cataclysm)
- Silithus (Cataclysm)
- Skywall
- Undead (Cataclysm)
- Patch 4.1
Mists of Pandaria
- Sha - (see also Jeremy Soule and Russell Brower)
- Patch 5.4 - (see also Edo Guidotti, Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes, Jeremy Soule, Neal Acree, Russell Brower and Sam Cardon)
Legion
- Mylune's Melody
- Patch 7.1.5
- Patch 7.3.5 - (see also Clint Bajakian, Glenn Stafford, Leo Kaliski, Neal Acree and Russell Brower)
Battle for Azeroth
- RTC (Real Time Cutscenes) - (see also Adam Burgess, Clint Bajakian, David Arkenstone, Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes, Leo Kaliski, Neal Acree, Russell Brower and Sam Cardon)
- Stormsong
Shadowlands
- Korthia (see also Glenn Stafford)
Dragonflight
- Azure Span Blue Dragon (see also David Arkenstone)
The War Within
- Fungarian Folly
References
- ^ Derek Duke's Twitter account description - "music director at blizzard entertainment"
- ^ Glenn Stafford on Twitter: "@JasonHayesMusic @derekmduke and I were the music team for the original Starcraft."
- ^ Russell Brower on Twitter: "Lovely cover by @PattyMattson of the first song I wrote for #WorldofWarcraft with @derekmduke"
