"As both a soundtrack critic and fan, I’ve found that perhaps the most exciting new realm of musical possibility lies within the realm of videogame scoring. And I couldn’t think of a better composer to take me on an imaginative quest of noble magic and darkest evil than Neal Acree and his epic work on “World of Warcraft.” Creating a sweepingly bold sound with the kind of symphonic, thematic richness bestowed to any movie kingdom, Acree’s music goes beyond even a player-controlled domain to inspire my own imagination, which is the power of the best music written for a visual medium. Better yet beyond his numerous impressive video game scores, Neal packs an equal punch in creating dynamic score for such indie films as “Juncture,” “War of the Dead” and “Six Bullets,” I always look forward to hearing the latest work from Neal Acree as his talent continues to impress, and grow."

- Daniel Schweiger, Film Music Magazine

REVIEW: REVELATION ONLINE
"One of the best orchestral game score in years or perhaps of all time. I can’t immediately remember a video game score having such an emotional impact on me in recent times or ever."

REVIEW: REVELATION ONLINE
"For me this is Neal Acree’s best work and you don’t have to be a fan of his music or even a game score fan to just marvel at the beauty of the music."

REVIEW: REVELATION ONLINE
"Acree's Asian themed score for Revelation may be the best thing he has ever written."

REVIEW: STARCRAFT II: LEGACY OF THE VOID
"The music feels like an old fashioned symphony at times, sparing no expenses with fills and thrills as it goes along...This is a flawless production and execution of another brilliant game score filled with emotions and epic music."

REVIEW: STARCRAFT II: LEGACY OF THE VOID
"Equipped with good voice acting, powerful sound effects, and what could be argued as the best soundtrack of 2015, the audio does its part to provide an emotional experience."

REVIEW: WORLD OF WARCRAFT: WARLORDS OF DRAENOR
"Warlords of Draenor is absolutely worth checking out as one of the best game scores of 2014 – with its rich diversity, there is something in this score for every game music fan." - Game Music Online

REVIEW: STARCRAFT II: HEART OF THE SWARM
“This is really a fantastic soundtrack filled with great music and great production values. I have to say it’s one of my favorite Blizzard Entertainment albums in recent memory, and that’s saying a lot given the quality they are consistently able to deliver.”

REVIEW: WORLD OF WARCRAFT: MISTS OF PANDARIA
“The music heard in MISTS OF PANDARIA is of such a high quality that only the most stubborn of film and video game music listeners would be unable to find something of value here.”

REVIEW: ASSASSINATION GAMES (SOUNDTRACK ALBUM)
"...Acree develops an array of intriguing textures in his orchestrations, and the score carries a progressive sound design both in film and when listened to off-movie, where it makes for a compelling musical journey of progressive patterns, rhythms, and recurring motifs. And the gentle tip-toe patterns of “Anna’s Theme” continually reinforce the score’s emotional edge, giving its instrumental variety a firm organic center."

REVIEW: WORLD OF WARCRAFT: MISTS OF PANDARIA
"...a sumptuously produced melodic journey that goes way beyond even China’s immense boundaries in musically evoking an age-old Asian dimension of nobility and mystical atmosphere...“Pandaria” not only marks the evolution of “WoW”‘s music into realms as concerned with meditative beauty as they are spell-casting action, but continue to prove video game music as being evocative as any scores heard for a live-action adventure involving Shaolin Monks."

REVIEW: DIABLO III
"The soundtrack, for my money, is the best I’ve heard in a videogame in at least five years...Other game music composers need to find out what these guys put in their coffee, because they’re making everybody else look like hacks."

REVIEW: ASSASSINATION GAMES
"A gripping score from Neal Acree really adds to the tone in-turn lending the film a certain cinematic weight that greatly benefits the picture."

REVIEW: WORLD OF WARCRAFT: CATACLYSM
""Nightsong", a keening threnody of a piece…lures listeners in with lamenting vocals and building strings before an unexpected tempo shift and pounding percussion take over to resolve it as a truly excellent, and exciting, action piece."

REVIEW: WORLD OF WARCRAFT: WRATH OF THE LICH KING
""Arthas, My Son", in particular, has that same sort of fantasy world quality of the opening music writ large with an exciting choral section driving things ever onward."

REVIEW: WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE BURNING CRUSADE
"The Dark Portal (Cinematic Intro)" provides more gothic spectacle, with its slow build up over sustained choir and violin chords, which erupts into another anthemic passage driven by the pumped up choir."

REVIEW: WORLD OF WARCRAFT: CATACLYSM
"“Nightsong,”...composed by Neal Acree,...opens with serene female vocals in the native Blood Elf tongue. There’s a certain element of desperation found in the piece which is highlighted even further when the Taiko drums enter. The combination of the vocals, percussion, and heavy strings almost sound like something out of the Panzer Dragoon universe, which is definitely welcome."

REVIEW: WORLD OF WARCAFT: CATACLYSM
"Cataclysm nudges the musical experience closer to art. Wrath of the Lich King is popularly known as a poor expansion these days (rightly or wrongly), for instance, but the music was some of the best I'd heard in the game until Cataclysm."