Russell Brower is an American music composer and three-time Emmy Award-winning

sound designer In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...

who has created sounds for ''

Tiny Toon Adventures ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated comedy television series that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first collaborative effort of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation ...

'', ''

Animaniacs ''Animaniacs'' is an American animated comedy musical television series created by Tom Ruegger for Fox Broadcasting Company's Fox Kids block in 1993, before moving to The WB in 1995, as part of its Kids' WB afternoon programming block, until ...

'' and '' Batman: The Animated Series'', and

video game music Video game music (or VGM) is the soundtrack that accompanies video games. Early video game music was once limited to sounds of early sound chips, such as programmable sound generators (PSG) or FM synthesis chips. These limitations have led t ...

for games including '' Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising'', ''

World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the ''Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azeroth ...

'', ''

StarCraft II ''StarCraft II'' is a military science fiction video game created by Blizzard Entertainment as a sequel to the successful ''StarCraft'' video game released in 1998. Set in a fictional future, the game centers on a galactic struggle for dominance ...

'', ''

Diablo III ''Diablo III'' is a hack-and-slash action role-playing game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment as the third installment in the ''Diablo'' franchise. It was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in May 2012, PlayStation 3 and Xb ...

'' and ''

Arena of Valor ''Arena of Valor'' (), formerly ''Strike of Kings'', is an international adaptation of ''Honor of Kings'' (), a multiplayer online battle arena developed by TiMi Studio Group and published by Level Infinite for Android, iOS and Nintendo Switch ...

''. He was previously the Director of Audio/Video for

Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California. A subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, the company was founded on February 8, 1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by three gradu ...

, the sound designer/editor at

Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Animation Inc. is an American animation studio which is part of the Warner Bros. Television Studios division of Warner Bros., a flagship of Warner Bros. Discovery. As the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons, which was active from 19 ...

and

DiC Entertainment DIC Entertainment Corporation (; also known as DIC Audiovisuel, DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City, DIC Entertainment, L.P., and DIC Productions), branded as The Incredible World of DIC, was an international film and television production com ...

, the Audio Director at NovaLogic, and the Principal Media Designer and Music Director at

Walt Disney Imagineering Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc., commonly referred to as Imagineering, is the research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company, responsible for the creation, design, and construction of Disney theme parks and attra ...

. "Invincible", from his score for '' World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King'', made its first appearance in the Classic FM Hall of Fame Top 300 in April 2014 at no 52. It was Brower's first appearance in the Hall of Fame. On July 21, 2017, he announced that his position as the Sr. Audio Director/Composer at

was eliminated. While no longer employed by Blizzard, he stated there is an excellent chance he will return on future projects for Blizzard as a freelance composer.

Work

* '' Arena of Valor: The Return of Volkath'' (2019) * '' Delta Force: Black Hawk Down'' (2003) * ''

'' (2012) * '' Diablo III: Reaper of Souls'' (2014) * '' Dota 2: The International 2019 Music Pack'' (2019) * '' Hearthstone'' (2014) * '' Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising'' (2004) * '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'' (2010) * '' StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm'' (2013) * '' World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade'' (2007) * '' World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King'' (2008) * '' World of Warcraft: Cataclysm'' (2010) * '' World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria'' (2012) * '' World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor'' (2014) * '' World of Warcraft: Legion'' (2016)

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* * * 20th-century births Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male composers 21st-century American composers Blizzard Entertainment people Emmy Award winners Video game composers 21st-century American male musicians {{videogame-musician-stub