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Lament of the Highborne
Sylvanas' lament, stored with the Burning Crusade credits music.
Art: Sunwell Plateau loading screen · Blizzard Entertainment. Sunwell Plateau, heart of Quel'Thalas
0:00 / 2:51
Where you hear it
Lament of the Highborne is a song sung in Thalassian, the language of the high elves. It mourns the fall of Quel'Thalas, and the story ties it to Sylvanas Windrunner. This copy is filed with the Burning Crusade credits music, as bccredits_lament_of_the_highborne.mp3. Its slow, haunting melody is unlike almost anything else in the game's music. It makes a calm alarm rather than a jarring one.
TriggerStored with the Burning Crusade credits music; the song is tied to Sylvanas Windrunner.
In the game client
| Client path | sound/music/gluescreenmusic/bccredits_lament_of_the_highborne.mp3 |
|---|---|
| FileDataID | 53221 |
| Expansion | TBC |
| Game versions | Retail |
| Duration | 2:51 |
| Sample rate | 44,100 Hz |
| Channels | Stereo |
| Loudness | -13.9 LUFS |
| MP3 size | 3.8 MB |
| M4R size | 711 KB |
| OGG size | 86 KB |
Other gluescreenmusic sounds in the client
- Bc main theme
sound/music/gluescreenmusic/bc_main_theme.mp3FDID 53220 - Wotlk main title
sound/music/gluescreenmusic/wotlk_main_title.mp3FDID 53222 - Wow main theme
sound/music/gluescreenmusic/wow_main_theme.mp3FDID 53223
Use it as
Ringtone
At 171.2 seconds, Lament of the Highborne is longer than a ring cycle, so start the ringtone at its strongest passage and cut it to about 20 seconds.
Alarm
As an alarm, Lament of the Highborne (mastered near -13.9 LUFS) builds rather than blasts, which makes for a gentler wake-up, and it loops without a gap until you are up.
Android
- Tap Download MP3 above.
- Open Settings, Sound & vibration, then Phone ringtone or Default notification sound.
- Tap My sounds, then +, and pick the MP3 from Downloads.
OBS alert
- Download the MP3 above.
- In your alert tool (Streamlabs or StreamElements) set it as the alert sound file.
- Or in OBS add a Media Source with the MP3, untick Loop, and fire it with a hotkey.
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