==Sound IntegrationDiablo III Audio Team==A few of the key creators for Diablo III's sound and music.
The * [[D3 TeamRussell Brower]] havenis the '''Director of Audio and Video''t talked ' at Blizzard Entertainment. He is composing much about of the music for Diablo III.* [[Joseph Lawrence]] is the '''Lead Sound Designer''' for Diablo III. He is creating many of the sound or effects, and contributes to the music as well. ==Diablo III Music== Diablo III's music is fairly similar to the music of D1 and D2. Orchestral and sweeping, with more of a classical than a rock vibe. There's a lot of variety though, as the Middle Eastern style of music heard in the game, but cinematic introduction demonstrated. Only a few comments samples have been madeheard pre-game, many of which can be listened to right through your browser. ===Music in Cinematic Movies=== The various [[Diablo III movies]], both [[cinematic]] and [[Gameplay Video|gameplay]], include numerous sound effects and some amount of music as well. * [[Cinematic: WWI 2008|The introductory cinematic]]. Community Manager * [[Cinematic: Wizard]]* [[Cinematic: Monk]]* [[BashiokCinematic: Demon Hunter]] shared his feelings on * [[Gameplay WWI2008]]* [[Gameplay: Blizzcon 2008]]* [[Gameplay: Blizzcon 2009]]* [[Artisan Video]]* [[Gameplay: Blizzcon 2010]] ===Sample Compositions===A forum-user by the importance name of '''FlamangoHellfire''' assembled all of the issue samples available as of late 2009 and shared them in a forum post thread. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=722695] All of the following links are mp3s and can be right clicked to save to your computer. * [http://sites.google.com/site/andarounditturns/indexing/archive/Caldeum.mp3 Caldeum.mp3]* [http://sites.google.com/site/andarounditturns/indexing/archive/CaldeumNew.mp3 Caldeum New.mp3]* [http://sites.google.com/site/andarounditturns/indexing/archive/Cathedralv1.mp3 Cathedral v1.mp3]* [http://sites.google.com/site/andarounditturns/indexing/archive/Cathedralv2.mp3 Cathedral v2.mp3]* [http://sites.google.com/site/andarounditturns/indexing/archive/Characters.mp3 Characters.mp3]* [http://sites.google.com/site/andarounditturns/indexing/archive/Night.mp3 Night.mp3]* [http://sites.google.com/site/andarounditturns/indexing/archive/Tristramv1.mp3?attredirects=0 Tristram v1.mp3]* [http://sites.google.com/site/andarounditturns/indexing/archive/Tristramv2.mp3?attredirects=0 Tristram v2.mp3]* [http://sites.google.com/site/andarounditturns/indexing/archive/WorldofSanctuary.mp3?attredirects=0 World of Sanctuary.mp3] ===Atmospheric Soundscapes=== The various "Environments" pages on the official Diablo III site have music and sounds from July 2009those areas playing in an endless loop in the background. Open a browser tab and let one of these run for a while, to get a real sense of what you'll hear on those levels. * [http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/ Environments]* [http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/borderlands.xml Borderlands]* [http: //us.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/tristram.xml New Tristram]* [http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/caldeum.xml Caldeum] ==Diablo's Musical Influences== Russel Brower replied to a fan's email about the Diablo III music with some great details. A partial quote. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/bashiokdiablo-oniiis-d3s-soundcomposer-productionspeaks/]
::<blue>In regards to Diablo III -- all I would lovecan say is “you ain’t heard nothing yet! to have ” The overture was conceived of as a way of making a dedicated feature just to big impression on both new and existing audiences—saying that this really is the next chapter. What’s not apparent in the sound engineering overture, though, is that goes into the first indication the world had of what the new gamewas at our Paris announcement last Summer was a single guitarist on a 12-string, rolling those classic opening chords -- not a speech, not a video, not a press release -- but the MUSIC. It’s truly amazing That iconic music! I’m very proud of this moment, as it not only says a lot about how great the D1, D2 & D2X music is, but how much of an abilities power important and feeling comes from the audiorecognizable game music in general has become.
::Jay had an anecdote at ... the last BlizzCon I thinkFinally, where he talked about [[Seismic Slam]]. It was one if you listen to Matt’s writing in D2X Lord of if Destruction, you’ll hear not only most of the thematic material from the first [[Barbarian]] abilities createdoverture, actually first in but also the game entirely“Wagnerian” orchestration. Clearly, and they were working on it and working on it, and just never really happy Matt was exploring new areas of musical expression in parallel with it, and then one day where the sound came back for it and they got it all working in game, and finally it all came together. It became this stunningly powerful feeling abilitygame’s story lead him. I think believe that speaks volumes (nyuk nyuk) about how important sound is in playing D3 someday, you’ll hear homage to the feeling of a gameiconic styles in all the right places, along with new music to go with some very exciting story developments and locales.</blue>
::That same lesson is true through the development of the game. A new skills goes in and it seems awesome, it looks cool, but until you get the sound attached it just seems incomplete.
::Just because a lot of the sounds are early renditions though, as amazing as they are, we’d need to make sure the audio engineers are far enough along where they’d want to showcase them. They’re perfectionists. So hopefully a sound feature is something we can do, but if I had to guess it won’t be for a while yet.==Diablo III's Sound Integration==
==Sound Effects==The [[D3 Team]] haven't talked much about the sound or music of the game, but a few comments have been made. Community Manager [[Bashiok]] shared his feelings on the importance of the issue in a forum post from July 2009: [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/bashiok-on-d3s-sound-production/]
<blue>I would love! to have a dedicated feature just to the sound engineering that goes into the game. It’s truly amazing how much of an abilities power and feeling comes from the audio.
ElsewhereJay had an anecdote at ... the last BlizzCon I think, Bashiok confirmed that where he talked about [[Seismic Slam]]. It was one of if not the sound effects were still being first [[Barbarian]] abilities created in-house, actually first in the state of game entirely, and they were working on it and working on it, and just never really happy with it, and then one day the art sound studios in Blizzard's headquarters came back for it and they got it all working in Irvinegame, California: [http://diabloand finally it all came together.incgamersIt became this stunningly powerful feeling ability.com/blog/comments/bashiok-on-d3s-I think that speaks volumes (nyuk nyuk) about how important sound-production/]is to the feeling of a game.
::As far as I know we do all That same lesson is true through the development of our own foley workthe game. A new skills goes in and it seems awesome, and while we do have professional voice actors we have some employees that regularly lend their voices to it looks cool, but until you get the gamessound attached it just seems incomplete.
Just because a lot of the sounds are early renditions though, as amazing as they are, we’d need to make sure the audio engineers are far enough along where they’d want to showcase them. They’re perfectionists. So hopefully a sound feature is something we can do, but if I had to guess it won’t be for a while yet.</blue>
==Sound Effects==
Elsewhere, Bashiok confirmed that the sound effects were still being created in-house, in the state of the art sound studios in Blizzard's headquarters in Irvine, California: [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/bashiok-on-d3s-sound-production/]
<blue>As far as I know we do all of our own foley work, and while we do have professional voice actors we have some employees that regularly lend their voices to the games.</blue>