StarCraft 2 Collection (All CD Rips 320kbps)

This is the definitive collection. Included is both the Album and Cinematic Mixes of the music presented in the StarCraft 2 Trilogy. Presented from the best high quality sources. Thus each release has been been labeled the Ultimate Edition. Included within the collectors editions all games both included the album and a bonus DVD (WOL), Blu-Ray (HOTS & LOTV). The bonus DVD & Blu-Ray also included an isolated score of the cinematic mix, which differs somewhat from the album, such as NEW MUSIC and ALTERNATES to the music presented on the albums.

The source is all from original discs. For the isolated scores WOL was sourced from AC3 DVD audio files and HOTS & LOTV isolated scores was sourced from Blu-Ray. Some normalization was done to make the isolated score material sound more consistent as the levels tend to change based on the action of the scene.

Enjoy!



StarCraft 2 - Wings of Liberty

Album Mix:

01-WINGS OF LIBERTY
02-PUBLIC ENEMY
03-HEAVEN'S DEVILS
04-THE DEAL
05-ESCAPE FROM MAR SARA
06-ZERATUL'S WARNING
07-THE PROPHECY
08-FIRSTBORN
09-I, MENGSK
10-BETTER TOMORROW
11-CARD TO PLAY
12-THE HIVE
13-FIRE AND FURY
14-THE SHOWDOWN

Cinematic Mix:

01-THE DEAL
02-PUBLIC ENEMIES
03-OLD TIMES
04-ESCAPE FROM MAR SARA
05-QUEEN OF BLADES
06-ZERATHUL'S WARNING
07-THE PROPHECY
08-THE BETRAYAL
09-WHO WE CHOOSE TO BE
10-GOOD MAN
11-INFESTED
12-A BETTER TOMORROW
13-NOVA
14-NEWS FLASH
15-HEIR APPARENT
16-BAR FIGHT
17-DANGEROUS GAME
18-CARD TO PLAY
19-FIRE AND FURY
20-THE SHOWDOWN



StarCraft 2 - Heart of the Swarm Volume I

Album Mix:

01-CORRUPTORS
02-HEART OF THE SWARM
03-COLLATERAL DAMAGE
04-FIRE IN THE SKY
05-STRONGER
06-THE COMING STORM
07-CONSCIENCE
08-PHANTOMS OF THE VOID
09-HE HAD IT COMING
10-ASCENSION
11-WHISPERING FROM THE STARS

Cinematic Mix:

01-SWARM
02-HOPES AND FEARS
03-GET IT TOGETHER
04-CHOICES
05-TRANSMISSION
06-CONSCIENCE
07-BIRTHWORLD
08-REBORN
09-SHIFTING PERSEPCTIVES
10-BELIEVE IN ME
11-ASCENSION



StarCraft 2 - Heart of the Swarm Volume II

Album Mix:

01-CHANGE
02-EVOLUTION
03-WORLDS WILL BURN
04-CONVICTION
05-KALDIR
06-QUEEN
07-ZERUS
08-BELIEVE
09-TRUE ENEMY
10-DARK IN ME
11-HEAVEN AND EARTH
12-THE OLD DIRECTORATE



StarCraft 2 - Legacy of the Void

Album Mix:

01-THE STARS OUR HOME
02-KHALA'S END
03-VALOR MY SHIELD
04-OBLIVION AWAITS
05-ATTACK ON KORHAL
06-THE KEYSTONE
07-WE STAND READY
08-THE FALL OF SHAKURAS
09-BLADES OF JUSTICE
10-LAST STAND
11-THE PRESERVER
12-MY PATH IS SET
13-THE GOLDEN ARMADA
14-THE DARK VOICE
15-UNITY
16-HONOR GUIDES ME
17-SECOND CHANCES
18-THE FIRSTBORN
19-THE SPREAD OF ADUN
20-HOLDING UP THE SKY
21-MY LIFE FOR AIUR

Cinematic Mix:

01-UNITY
02-RECLAMATION
03-CHAINS
04-WARRIORS
05-ALONE
06-UNLIKELY ALLIES
07-ENTOMBED
08-LEGACY
09-CYCLE'S END
10-HOMECOMING

https://mega.nz/#!B80FVSRB!-TN3FREx7qcpnp1Cxa86lMK4DcTSL7Mijj5ErXuvf00

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Thanks for sharing! :)

Thank you for the wonderful share. I wasn't even aware of the bonus material from Liberty's collector's edition. I only wish you had used something other than Winamp to rip these, since that cool little app doesn't quite shine when it comes to ripping (doesn't preserve quality efficiently). But that's just a little side note. Thanks again for sharing!

On another note, good to see they finally gave in and compiled Void with separate, individual cues rather than endless suites of random cues. It was bummer with Swarm, and how some very good tunes were buried beneath otherwise *uninteresting* experimental sound design.

On an even more different note - for all the great tunes he's written for Blizzard since 2005, it is beyond me how they managed not to hire Neal Acree to score the WarCraft film.

Thank you for the wonderful share. I wasn't even aware of the bonus material from Liberty's collector's edition. I only wish you had used something other than Winamp to rip these, since that cool little app doesn't quite shine when it comes to ripping (doesn't preserve quality efficiently). But that's just a little side note. Thanks again for sharing!

On another note, good to see they finally gave in and compiled Void with separate, individual cues rather than endless suites of random cues. It was bummer with Swarm, and how some very good tunes were buried beneath otherwise *uninteresting* experimental sound design.

On an even more different note - for all the great tunes he's written for Blizzard since 2005, it is beyond me how they managed not to hire Neal Acree to score the WarCraft film.

I use my ears to tell if something sounds good - not a program to see all the levels. I doubt anyone could tell the difference.

For the more interested, the rips are encoded in Winamp MP3 1.37 Encoder 320kbps CBR Stereo at Very High Preset

Thank you very much! :D

I use my ears to tell if something sounds good - not a program to see all the levels. I doubt anyone could tell the difference.
Same!!


wow. A friend just told me that a new starcraft was released. Legacy of Void... come to papa. I need to have sex with you now.

Thanks by the way uploader. :)
But the sex is mine. xD

Thanks, but what is the decryption key?

post #69, xD

what?

I can't download it due to mega asking for a decryption key, which has not happened to me before.

there is nothing like that. I got it fine. which browser to you use? try chrome?- :/

Thank you share!

Yes I am using Chrome

are you selecting the link and then copy paste to the url?
because it shows in the main post this "https://mega.nz/#!J4cUnTyI!F_9okcmtr...-OMhz9Di67kOAI", and those 3 bold dots, might be your problem.

Turns out that was the problem, has not happened to me in years getting an error like that. Thanks for the help.

Awesome share! Thank you!

AWESOME!!! Thankyyyyy

On another note, good to see they finally gave in and compiled Void with separate, individual cues rather than endless suites of random cues. It was bummer with Swarm, and how some very good tunes were buried beneath otherwise *uninteresting* experimental sound design.



Yep, I agree with this. Frustrating release. Some really stunning material hidden between some really bland filler 'music'. I managed to extract what I loved about HOTS and made me a 14 minute suite.

Taking a look at the bonus disc in the collectors I've discovered they also included an isolated score for the cutscenes in Legacy of the Void. I know for a fact the game cutscene is using an alternate version of Unity from the soundtrack. So I may be updating this collection to include that. I don't recall Heart of the Swarm having a bonus disc with an isolated score, but I will double check my copy.

I honestly don't get this suite hate...... maybe it is not hate and I read too much into the lines... but that is actually what I loved in the last soundtracks released.
Also... there were 2 Heart of The Swarm soundtracks, released.
I have them both. You want me to upload what you are missing?

By all mines orie do iiit!! I only loved neal acree parts they are awesome

For everyone whod' miss it. :)



StarCraft II HEART OF THE SWARM SOUNDTRACK VOLUME II
(MP3 CBR 320kbps / Scans) (https://mega.nz/#!jZ9zkRKa!4smstmwZBPcxoUBAOhPP8n0AG5sEXfWnwXfZVJ9QJbA)

Release date: 2013.11.08
Catalogue number: N/a
Label: Blizzard Entertainment

Music Composed by: Glenn Stafford, Neal Acree, Derek Duke, Russell Brower

Additional Music: Cris Velasco, Jason Hayes

Performed by: The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra


Tracklist:

01 Change
02 Evolution
03 Worlds Will Burn
04 Conviction
05 Kaldir
06 Queen
07 Zerus
08 Believe
09 True Enemy
10 Dark in Me
11 Heaven and Earth
12 The Old Directorate

thanks orie

Thanks for the upload!

I honestly don't get this suite hate...... maybe it is not hate and I read too much into the lines... but that is actually what I loved in the last soundtracks released.

Well, in my case it's not hate, it is frustration. Generally speaking, track titles are often irrelevant to the contents of the cue, so I will not know where to start if I want to look up a particular moment of the score.

Second, it is not clear which cues are used to assemble the suites so I will not know if my favorite moment is included to begin with unless I listen to the full thing.

Third, buying favorite moments from a digital store is nearly impossible because, when they are presented on the album to begin with, they are almost always scattered across several different suites, making it pointless to buy individual cues.

Finally, suite presentation makes it hard to put together compilations or playlists of favorite moments (which is how I listen to my tunes all the time), unless one wishes to edit favorite cues out of the suites.

Void is done mostly right for my taste. It's got the strongest listening experience of the trilogy (nothing yet tops the quality of the opening cue form Liberty though), it has individual cues and nothing bleeds into next so I can reorder the tracks or put them into playlists however I want. The titles are still somewhat irrelevant to the contents of the music but it is easy to sort that out with this presentation. I only wish they had included all the cinematic cues on the CD too. All the in-game tunes are seemingly present and there is plenty of free space left on the CD. Here is a quick list of cinematic cutscenes and the status of their music on the album.

01 Opening Cinematic - Present - track 15 - alternate ending.
02 Reclamation - Absent
03 Chains - Present - track 7
04 Fate of a Warrior - Absent
05 Alone - Absent
06 Unlikely Allies - Absent
07 Entombed - Absent
08 Liberation and Legacy - Present - track 12
09 Kerrigan - Present - track 4
10 Second Chances - Present - track 17



Taking a look at the bonus disc in the collectors I've discovered they also included an isolated score for the cutscenes in Legacy of the Void. <...> So I may be updating this collection to include that.

If you do that I'd be most appreciative! Many thanks!

Thanks. would be great if u can upload the FLAC format for HotS vol. 2 & LotV.

Well, in my case it's not hate, it is frustration. Generally speaking, track titles are often irrelevant to the contents of the cue, so I will not know where to start if I want to look up a particular moment of the score.

You have no idea how happy I am! I thought I'm alone and that people (even Blizzard's fanboys) don't give a single f*uck about Blizzard's incomplete and messed soundtrack releases, but I'm not alone!
I made an interview (http://gamemusic.pl/en/neal-acree/) with Neal Acree and it was a great honor for me, because I love his cinematic music (and more) so much!!! One question will have a reference to the problem:


Me: I (and many Blizzard fans) would like to finally see Blizzard releasing complete soundtracks of their games. Do you think it is possible in the future?

Neal: I wish I had an answer for you. I would never rule anything out completely but is ultimately up to Blizzard and I’m not involved in those decisions. Personally, I think that would be awesome! Keep asking and maybe it will happen one of these days!

It's one of my dreams, to finaly convice Blizzard to release ultimate soundtracks with all tracks from all of their universes. No excuses, but all tracks: original ones (from the game) and alternative versions (unused, album versions etc.).

Thanks. would be great if u can upload the FLAC format for HotS vol. 2 & LotV.

seconded.

I made an interview (http://gamemusic.pl/en/neal-acree/) with Neal Acree and it was a great honor for me, because I love his cinematic music (and more) so much!!!

Hey, cool interview! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks. would be great if u can upload the FLAC format for HotS vol. 2 & LotV.

That would be awesome! They are hard to find as is. Thanks for the MP3 version for now :)

thanks

Thx!

So good! Thanks!

I don't recall Heart of the Swarm having a bonus disc with an isolated score, but I will double check my copy.

Did you find time to check on that?

Did you find time to check on that?

Looks like I totally missed it. Yes, the Heart of Swarm bonus disc does have an isolated music track for cinematics. So I'll be working on getting the isolated music from Heart of Swarm and Legacy of the Void updated into this collection.

Looks like I totally missed it. Yes, the Heart of Swarm bonus disc does have an isolated music track for cinematics. So I'll be working on getting the isolated music from Heart of Swarm and Legacy of the Void updated into this collection.

Super! Many thanks in advance!

Updated first post with more info. I have removed the link while I update the original upload. Lots more coming!

Uploaded! Get it while you can.

Uploaded! Get it while you can.

Thank You!

Thanks! :)

FLAC Can you give it up?

FLAC Can you give it up?

Not gonna happen.

here's a nice V0 rip: OST-Starcraft_II-Legacy_Of_The_Void-CD-2015-KOPiE (https://openload.co/f/YXIPKY7BuEM/OST-Starcraft_II-Legacy_Of_The_Void-CD-2015-KOPiE.rar)

here's a nice V0 rip: OST-Starcraft_II-Legacy_Of_The_Void-CD-2015-KOPiE (https://openload.co/f/YXIPKY7BuEM/OST-Starcraft_II-Legacy_Of_The_Void-CD-2015-KOPiE.rar)

You realize CBR is better than V0?

that's something you could argue either way. I lean on the variable bitrate side of the debate, with the lame encoding algo being so good.
Since you won't do flac for the whole collection (understandable!), would you consider uploading HoTS Vol2 in flac? It's rare enough as is, and a lossless rip has yet to surface on the internet. Then we can rip to whatever we wish: cbr, vbr, etc... everyone wins.

Smurf Stomper is right!!!

Flac would be great, also for StarCraft 2 Part 2 Volume 2. :) Totally missed that one.

Thanks for this!

Thank you!

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that's something you could argue either way. I lean on the variable bitrate side of the debate, with the lame encoding algo being so good.
Since you won't do flac for the whole collection (understandable!), would you consider uploading HoTS Vol2 in flac? It's rare enough as is, and a lossless rip has yet to surface on the internet. Then we can rip to whatever we wish: cbr, vbr, etc... everyone wins.

I'm a bit curious about this. I don't know terribly much about sound compression, always ripped in V0 with EAC because that's what people told me to do, but isn't 320 cbr going to necessarily include the full range of audio that would make it into a V0 rip and potentially more? I thought the entire point of vbr was to maximize compression--like, wouldn't a V0 rip be identical to 245 cbr but with a smaller file size because it removes the empty spaces?

It is disappointing how Void's Collector's Edition production crew *messed up* the isolated cinematic tunes. The amount of volume fluctuations in these are really annoying and most of it is beyond repair - at least not with the tools and limited knowledge available to me. Kudos to into the storm to minimize these where possible though. Guess one should wait for the next update at Neal Acree's SoundCloud after all. (Again, I wonder why they didn't include all of the cinematic tunes on Void's album to begin with, despite all the free space they had left on the CD.)

Swam's cues on the other hand were in good standing (to my ears) and hearing some of these without the official albums' microedits is a real treat. The absence of the final Swarm cinematic tune from either of the official soundtrack albums is still a curious case as it seems to be the only Swarm cinematic tune that is not officially released on these albums in any form.

The absence of the final Swarm cinematic tune from either of the official soundtrack albums is still a curious case as it seems to be the only Swarm cinematic tune that is not officially released on these albums in any form.

You talk about this magnificent ONE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7PwEKmnS1E). My mind is not able to understand who's responsible for selections for Blizzard's albums. This person must be very dumb, because he/she choose ambient music mostly and don't give a single shit about the best music - cinematic ones. Blizzard is hungry for money, so maybe they will release complete recorings from all of their games in the future...

It is disappointing how Void's Collector's Edition production crew *messed up* the isolated cinematic tunes. The amount of volume fluctuations in these are really annoying and most of it is beyond repair - at least not with the tools and limited knowledge available to me. Kudos to into the storm to minimize these where possible though. Guess one should wait for the next update at Neal Acree's SoundCloud after all. (Again, I wonder why they didn't include all of the cinematic tunes on Void's album to begin with, despite all the free space they had left on the CD.)

Swam's cues on the other hand were in good standing (to my ears) and hearing some of these without the official albums' microedits is a real treat. The absence of the final Swarm cinematic tune from either of the official soundtrack albums is still a curious case as it seems to be the only Swarm cinematic tune that is not officially released on these albums in any form.

Yes, Legacy's isolated score is inconsistent and I don't know how anyone could make it better. Some cues are better than others - Unity is okay, but Alone is all over the place, for example. I don't know what happened here as WOL and HOTS were fine they just lack a proper mix as a album would have.

You talk about this magnificent ONE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7PwEKmnS1E). My mind is not able to understand who's responsible for selections for Blizzard's albums.

Yeps. That's the one. And like most people on that YouTube page say, it is all about the music during 3:10 - 4:15.
On a second thought though, I think maybe its absence from the soundtrack albums has to do with the fact that there are some lengthy and obvious references to Steve Jablonsky's Transformers over much of this particular cue's running time. It didn't stop them from putting "Fire and Fury" in Liberty's soundtrack but maybe legal complications has made licensing more difficult since then. Hey, they didn't include "Fate of a Warrior" in Void either and that one too has some Transformers temp during its first minute.

Still, they could have included the segment I mentioned earlier in the suites somewhere. Not sure what stopped them.

Edit: I just discovered that "Swarm", "Hopes and Fears", "Conscience", and the third cue in "Ascension" (i.e. the epilogue sequence) are also available from the game's data files. They are largely identical to their to their isolated score counterparts, except "Hopes and Fears" misses some of the electronic FX overdubs and the last two don't have the percussion stem. The data file repository for Liberty seem to have the music for all cinematics available too. Interestingly, these don't seem to be the same mixes one hears during actual cinematics sequences but rather the source of the stuff that were used to assemble the OST. And regarding Void - well, it has nothing! Boy oh boy, SC2's data files are quite a mess.

Into the storm, may be worth specify the names of the performers?

Cinematic Mix (Wings of Liberty):
01. Derek Duke, Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan – The Deal
02. Russell Brower, Glenn Stafford – Public Enemy
03. Neal Acree (?) – Old Times
04. Neal Acree – Escape From Mar Sara
05. Neal Acree – Queen of Blades
06. Russell Brower – Zeratul's Warning
07. Neal Acree – The Prophecy
08. Derek Duke, Neal Acree – The Betrayal
09. The Blasters – Who We Choose To Be
10. Neal Acree – A Good Man
11. Neal Acree – Infested
12. Russell Brower – Better Tomorrow
13. Neal Acree (?) – Nova
14. The Bourbon Cowboys – News Flash
15. Neal Acree, Glenn Stafford – Heir Apparent
16. Neal Acree, Russell Brower – Bar Fight
17. Neal Acree – Dangerous Game
18. Russell Brower, Neal Acree – Card To Play
19. Russell Brower – Fire And Fury
20. Russell Brower, Neal Acree – The Showdown

I'm a bit curious about this. I don't know terribly much about sound compression, always ripped in V0 with EAC because that's what people told me to do...

Shad, the basic idea is that while setting a constant bitrate has every frame encoded at the setting, variable bitrates change (at the encoder algo's calculation) the assigned bitrate for each frame based on a range of factors such as loudness, musical complexity, range, and more. So the encoder "optimizes" each frame's bitrate, and produces a smaller file than a constant rate-encoded file.

Into the storm, may be worth specify the names of the performers?

Cinematic Mix (Wings of Liberty):
01. Derek Duke, Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan – The Deal
02. Russell Brower, Glenn Stafford – Public Enemy
03. Neal Acree (?) – Old Times
04. Neal Acree – Escape From Mar Sara
05. Neal Acree – Queen of Blades
06. Russell Brower – Zeratul's Warning
07. Neal Acree – The Prophecy
08. Derek Duke, Neal Acree – The Betrayal
09. The Blasters – Who We Choose To Be
10. Neal Acree – A Good Man
11. Neal Acree – Infested
12. Russell Brower – Better Tomorrow
13. Neal Acree (?) – Nova
14. The Bourbon Cowboys – News Flash
15. Neal Acree, Glenn Stafford – Heir Apparent
16. Neal Acree, Russell Brower – Bar Fight
17. Neal Acree – Dangerous Game
18. Russell Brower, Neal Acree – Card To Play
19. Russell Brower – Fire And Fury
20. Russell Brower, Neal Acree – The Showdown

I use what the disc tells. People can edit how they like.

Into the storm, may be worth specify the names of the performers?

Cinematic Mix (Wings of Liberty):


It would be nice to get the same list for HotS and LotV. :D

I use what the disc tells. People can edit how they like.

I'm no edit way i like, i write as it should be

Thanks.

Thank you!

Thanks

You are super duper ultra mega awesome!!! Thank you so much!
I have been looking for the "dark in me" track for a long while.

Such disappointing music.
Matt Uelmen's loss has been felt a lot in Blizzard games lately, Warcraft 3 and The Frozen Throne's soundtracks were a total fluke.

Just leaving this here for those who did not saw it yet. :)
StarCraft II HEART OF THE SWARM SOUNDTRACK VOLUME II
(MP3 CBR 320kbps / Scans) (Thread 196532)

good post Orie, can you find that in FLAC? the OP wasn't going to upload it...

Thanks for the share…

Thank you.

Thanks for sharing this!

HoTS Vol II in legit FLAC can be found in this torrent (https://kickasstop.net/starcraft-soundtrack-collection-2000-2015-ost-flac-t11710429.html).

Or, download the mp3-V0 rip I made off it here (http://www70.zippyshare.com/v/q3tOWAnS/file.html).

Thank you!

That torrent works fine! And it's way more extensive than I thought. Thanks Smurf Stomper!

Thank you!