Maklain The Minstrel by ArenaNet

Written and performed by Maclaine Diemer, based on music by Jeremy Soule

Maclaine: This began as a joke created by the marketing and cinematics department. The plan was to have a fake reveal announcement of the final playable class in Guild Wars 2. The real class reveal was the Mesmer, but since the Mesmer's powers are all based on illusions, the initial reveal was the Minstrel. He would pop up and start playing his little tune, then you would click on him, he would shatter, and the true class was revealed. Here's a video of what you saw when you logged onto the Guild Wars 2 website the day of the reveal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TczkHagUW3k

The Minstrel ended up becoming a big hit with fans, much more so than we expected, so he's lived on past the initial joke in various ways. Originally only a part of this song would loop, but this is the entirety of the tune, with the Minstrel doing his best to tune up and ending on a big note.