Something odd has been happening over the last few years with respect to the music of wow. Since shadowlands, and perhaps most of BFA, there has been a definite, almost systematic shift in style of music composition and production.From classic to BFA, wow's music was heavily characterized by distinguishable and often elaborate melodic motifs, but as I will explain, this has given way to palette of sound almost entirely driven by meandering ambiance.Giving examples of wow's rich history of melodic motif is tough because there are just so many of them, and I will only be able to list a few to keep this post from being a true essay.Firstly, with respect to classic, I present the music of Elwynn forest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW4fASDkQXA&list=PLdSUTU0oamrzflitm5wLvphEMVbsZwt7L. This is perhaps an ironic example, because it's literally labelled 'Music and Ambience, but the funny thing is that even many of the dedicated ambient sections have more distinct melody