Pop quiz! Which song does Overwatch‘s Zarya listen to while working out?
The Rocky theme song: “Gonna Fly Now” by Bill Conti.
Blizzard released an unofficial soundtrack for a handful of its characters, giving classic heroes and villains like Warcraft‘s Varian, Diablo‘s Diablo, and Overwatch‘s D.Va their own real-world theme songs. Some songs are inspired by the characters’ backstories, but the best tunes are the ones that are hilarious riffs on characters’ abilities.
The soundtrack is the first in a series called Songs of the Storm that will give songs to every Blizzard character in Heroes in the Storm. This particular one focuses on characters in the warrior class. You can cross-check which character belongs to which song here.
Sure, there are universally recognizable songs like AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” on the list, but Blizzard doesn’t just stick to popular songs. It kicks off with “Subterranean Homesick Blues” by Bob Dylan for Anub’arak and includes songs by the Jewish American reggae artist Matisyahu, the English psychedelic band Purson, and the Swedish Viking metal band Amon Amarth.
The best fits are Arthas’s song “Blue Veins” by The Raconteurs, which is both a chilling tune and an allusion to Arthas’s blue-ish, undead complexion; Cho’gall’s song “Just the Two of Us” by Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers, a perfect jingle for the two-headed ogre; and Stitches’ song “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede, to fondly reminisce about every time he hooked an enemy to their death.
For its future unofficial soundtracks, Blizzard is taking suggestions in the comments of the Songs of the Storm blog post.
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