Russell Brower

Composer, Musical Director and Conductor

Russell Brower is a three-time Emmy Award winner, and BAFTA-nominated Composer, Musical Director and Conductor. For over a decade, Brower was the Senior Director of Audio and Lead Composer at Blizzard Entertainment, developer and publisher of the World of Warcraft, Diablo III, StarCraft II, Overwatch and Hearthstone franchises.

Previously, Russell served as a Principal Media Designer and Music Director at Walt Disney Imagineering, creators of Disney's theme parks worldwide.

As an independent composer and sound artist, Brower has worked on such projects as Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series and many other series, specials and films. Russell serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Composers & Lyricists as well as over a decade on the Game Audio Network Guild board and is a member of NATAS and NARAS, and has been a Film Scoring Instructor for the UCLA Extension Program.

"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.