Brendon Williams

Brendon Williams

Position

Composer

Brendon Williams is a composer that worked on the Living World Season 3, Path of Fire, Living World Season 4, Icebrood Saga, and Visions of Eternity soundtracks. He also contributed to the Season 4 and The Icebrood Saga soundtracks with trailer music and a rearrangement of the Ballad of the Soulkeeper in the Steel and Fire update.

In 2020 he left ArenaNet and joined Riot's in-house music team. After 2023, Brendon Williams transitioned to freelance work on multiple games such as Star Wars: Outlaws, Destiny 2, Call of Duty: WWII, Legends of Runeterra, Fortnite, and more. His contribution to the Visions of Eternity soundtrack marks a return to Guild Wars 2 after nearly 6 years.

Works

Visions of Eternity

• Principle Biomancer

The Icebrood Saga

Prologue: Bound by Blood

• Bangar's Office

Ep. 2 - Shadow in the Ice

• Shadow in the Ice

Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire

• Visions of the Past - Steel and Fire
• Soulkeeper
• Ruinbringer (Brendon Williams, Stan LePard)

Living World Season 4

Ep. 1 - Daybreak

• Episode 1 - Daybreak (Brendon Williams, Maclaine Diemer)
• Amala (Brendon Williams, Maclaine Diemer)
• Desmina's Reclamation (Brendon Williams, Maclaine Diemer)

Ep. 5 - All or Nothing

• All or Nothing Trailer (Brendon Williams, Maclaine Diemer)

Additional Tracks

• Living World Season 4 Live Medley (collaboration with Maclaine Diemer, Wilbert Roget, II, and Lena Raine)

Path of Fire

• Sands of Chaos
• Marked Target
• Battle in Draconic Mons
• Deadly Encounter
• The End of War

Living World Season 3

Ep. 5 - Flashpoint

• Battle in Draconic Mons (base motif provided by Maclaine Diemer)

Trailers

• Guild Wars 2 Living World Season 4 Episode 1 Daybreak Trailer, youtube.com
• Guild Wars 2 Living World Season 4 Episode 5 All or Nothing Trailer, youtube.com
• Guild Wars 2 The Icebrood Saga Shadow in the Ice Trailer, youtube.com
• Guild Wars 2 Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire Trailer, youtube.com

Trivia

• In interviews, Brendon credits fellow GW2 composers Maclaine Diemer and Wilbert Roget, II as influential supporting figures during the foundational years of his composing career

External links

• Personal website
• IMDb
• SHOUTOUT LA Interview