Senior Composer Adam Burgess Announces Departure from Blizzard Entertainment
Senior Composer Adam Burgess, known for many soundtracks in Overwatch and World of Warcraft, has announced his departure from Blizzard Entertainment.
Adam Burgess has been at Blizzard Entertainment for over 11 years, composing soundtracks for the World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Diablo franchises. Earlier this week, he announced that he is leaving Blizzard Entertainment to "try something new" starting next month.
Quick update for those that have followed my music at Blizzard Entertainment over the years. Thank you ❤️
— Adam Burgess (@AdamBurgessVGM), 11:08 AM · Aug 3, 2026
He worked on World of Warcraft: Midnight's soundtrack, including Aln'hara, A New Dawn, What Must Be Dawn, The Lady of Shadow, and Origin of All. He also composed the score for Immolation, featured in the Arator Cinematic: Immolation.
For Overwatch 2, he worked on Midtown and Zero Hero as well as many others.
Favorites
If you want to listen to some of Adam Burgess' favorite tracks in World of Warcraft and Overwatch, he has some public playlists on Spotify:
You can head to his Artist Page on Spotify to check out his work.
