The Tomb Raider Suite

Nathan McCree, the original composer for the first three Tomb Raider games, launched a succesful Kickstarter for an arranged recording of music from said games.

The recording will take place in Abbey Road Studios with a 76-piece still unknown orchestra and a choir.

The release will be a 2LP on black vinyl housed in a gatefold cover. There will be three cover variants available – modern Lara, classic Lara and a gold ultimate edition. The latter is only available in 50 copies distributed randomly to backers.

The project was launched on May 26, 2017 with a goal of £160,000 and was succesfully funded on June 25, 2017.

Vinyl tiers are currently planned to ship in November 2017.

Zelda Cinematica

Sam Dillard have launched a succesful Kickstarter campaign for his arrangement of music from the The Legend of Zelda series. The arrangement will by a symphonic tribute in the style of cinematic movie scores.

The campaign was launched on April 18, 2017, was succesfully funded, and ended on May 18, 2017.

Vinyl rewards are expected to begin shipping in September 2017.

Mariachi Entertainment System

Mariachi Entertainment System did a Kickstarter for their second album, which includes a vinyl option at the $225 tier.

The Kickstarter was succesfully funded on July 31, 2016 and expect to ship its rewards to backers in February 2017.

UPDATE: As of March 2017 I have yet to see any indication that these have shipped.

Mystery Of Woolley Mountain

James Lightfoot’s game Mystery Of Woolley Mountain included a vinyl option as part of its Kickstarter’s £80 Tesla-tier.

It comes on orange vinyl and includes two tracks from the game’s soundtrack. It is supposedly a 7″.

The vinyl reward is scheduled to ship in October 2017.

Two Dots Volumes I-III

On November 17, 2016 a listing for the soundtrack to the mobile game Two Dots appeared on Bandcamp. It features the majority of the tracks from the three volumes of the soundtrack.

The release comes as a gatefold 2LP with one record on red and the other on purple vinyl. It is limited to 100 copies.

Orders opened on November 17, 2016 and shipped out shortly after.

Lost Ember Soundtrack

The Kickstarter for the game Lost Ember had a pledge option that included the game’s soundtrack on vinyl (+ other rewards).

The Kickstarter opened on October 11 and ended on November 14, 2016. The campaign was succesful and the rewards are scheduled to ship out around March, 2018.

Transhuman

Electronic musician Remute decided to make a game based on his last single from his album “Play The Game”. The game tried to get funded on Kickstarter and one of the backer rewards is a 7″ record with music from the game.

The campaign was launched on September 15, 2016 and had a goal of €1,000 that needed to be funded before October 15, 2016.

The campaign was succesfully funded and vinyl rewards shipped out mid-January 2017-

All Lies On You – Majestic Nights Volume One

The company behind the game Majestic Nights, Epiphany Games, have put out Volume One of the game’s soundtrack on pink vinyl. The soundtrack is composed by Edward “Das Fokk” Fokkema.

It was released for sale on the game’s website in November 2014.

The Mushroom Variety Show

The Swedish video game cover artist Mutherpluckin’ B planned an Indiegogo campaign for a vinyl version of his fourth album of rock’n’roll video game cover tunes.

The campaign was launched in 2014, but did not meet its funding goal of $1,500, so the vinyl album was never made.

Lil Bub’s Hello Earth

A Kickstarter has been launched for the retro-inspired mobile game Lil Bub’s Hello Earth. The Kickstarter has two different vinyl options (and several pledges involving these) – a nebula colored LP and a numbered picture disc LP which limited to 750 copies.

The Kickstarter launched on June 21, 2016 and ended on July 21, 2016. The game was funded with almost $150,000 (with a goal of $100,000). The game and its rewards are scheduled for a November, 2017 release.

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