Wayô to release the Grandia soundtrack on vinyl alongside Iwadare tribute album

Wayô Records have just announced their next upcoming release, which is the soundtrack to the classic JRPG Grandia and accompanying arrangement album Vent together in one box set. Alongside this set they are also releasing a new Noriyuki Iwadare tribute arrangement album titled Twelve Doors.

The Grandia/Vent release will be a 180g 3LP box set. The box features new game art by Toshiaki Hontani and will include printed inner sleeves and a 20-page booklet featuring artwork and liner notes from the game’s development team.

It will be available in a standard edition on mint green vinyl as well as a limited edition on “Saturn” green marbled vinyl, which is limited to 500 copies and also includes a piano sheet music for the game’s main theme and a shikishi print with art by Toshiaki Hontani.

Twelve Doors will be a 180g 2LP set. It will include a 12-page booklet.

The Grandia standard set is priced at €60, the limited at €67.50 while Twelve Doors is €30. They are all scheduled to release in Summer, 2020.

The Grandia standard set can be preordered from Wayô Records here, the limited edition set here, and Twelve Doors here.

Grandia - Limited Edition
Grandia - Standard Edition
Twelve Doors - Front

Brave Wave’s The King Of Fighters ’98 2LP now up for preorder

Earlier this month Brave Wave announced that they will be releasing the soundstracks to the entire The King Of Fighters series on vinyl – starting with The King Of Fighters ’98.

The release will be a 2LP housed in a gatefold jacket with game art. It will include a booklet with artwork and liner notes from the people involved with the game.

There will be a standard black variant as well as a limited edition orange and grey colored vinyl signed by composer Hideki “sha-v” Asanaka.

It is priced at €36/$38 for the standard and €46/$48 for the limited edition with both edition scheduled to release in September, 2020.
It can be preordered from BigWax (EU/ROW) here. From 10AM ET the standard can also be preordered from Limited Run Games here and the limited edition here.

The King Of Fighters '98 - Limited Edition
The King Of Fighters '98 - Standard Edition

The What The Golf? soundtrack to get a vinyl release from iam8bit

iam8bit have announced that they will be releasing the soundtrack to the golf-game-turning-not-so-golfish-after-a-while game What The Golf? on vinyl.

The release will be a single LP on “Golden Corndog” orange colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with new artwork by Simon Post. The release will also include a bonus screen-printed slipmat.

The album is priced at $30 and is scheduled to release in Q3, 2020. It can be preordered from iam8bit here.

What The Golf? - Front
What The Golf? - Gatefold

Minimum Records to release the Vib-Ribbon soundtrack on vinyl

Minimum Records have just announced that they will be releasing the soundtrack to the 1999 PlayStation-exclusive rhythm game Vib-Ribbon on vinyl. It will feature the full game soundtrack as well as the bonus track “Rainbow”.

The release will be a single LP on white vinyl cut at 45RPM. It comes in a clear plastic sleeve with a clear art print by Anouvong Southiphong that shows when the record is inserted in the sleeve.

It is priced at £19 and is scheduled to begin shipping 8-10 weeks from now. It can be preordered from Minimum Records here.

Vib-Ribbon - Front
Vib-Ribbon - Back

Varèse Sarabande to release the Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire Soundtrack on vinyl

Varèse Sarabande have just announced that they will be releasing the soundtrack to Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire on vinyl.

This is being branded as the “original video game soundtrack”, although in reality this release, which came out originally in 1996 on CD, is the soundtrack to the novel of the same name (which the game is based on). Only four tracks from this release was actually used in the Nintendo 64 game.

The release is a single LP on black vinyl and will be housed in a regular LP jacket with the original artwork by Drew Struzan from the 1996 CD release.

It is priced at $22 and is scheduled to release on August 7, 2020. It can be preordered from Varèse Sarabande here.

Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire - Front

Brave Wave have opened preorders for Streets Of Rage 4 and Fatal Fury vinyl soundtracks

As announced previously this past week, Brave Wave have now opened up preorders for the vinyl soundtracks to the latest installment in the legendary beat-’em-up series Streets Of Rage as well as the classic fighting game Fatal Fury: King Of Fighters.

The Streets Of Rage 4 soundtrack will be a 180g 3LP set. It appears to be housed in a box set (although this is not confirmed) that will feature new artwork by Hitoshi Ariga and Ayano Koshiro. It will include a booklet featuring interviews with all the composers, Hitoshi Ariga, Ayano Koshiro, and several members of the game’s development team.

It will be available on standard black vinyl as well as on a red, blue and white colored vinyl limited set. The limited set is signed by composers Olivier Derivière and Yuzo Koshiro and is limited to 1000 copies.

The Fatal Fury soundtrack will be a single 150g LP. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with game art. It will include a booklet featuring artwork and liner notes.

It will be available on standard black vinyl as well as on a silver colored vinyl limited edition. The limit set is signed by composer TARKAN and artist Youichiro Soeda and is limited to 400 copies.

Both releases will include a digital download code for the full digital soundtracks to their respective game.

Streets Of Rage 4 is priced at $55/€50 for the standard edition and $65/€65 for the limited. They can be preordered from BigWax (EU) here or from 10AM ET via Limited Run Games here for standard or here for limited.

Fatal Fury is priced at $28/€27 for the standard edition and $38/€37 for the limited. They can be preordered from BigWax (EU) here or from 10AM ET via Limited Run Games here for standard or here for limited.

Streets Of Rage 4 - Front & Vinyl
Fatal Fury: The King Of Fighters - Contents

The soundtrack to Figment can now be ordered on vinyl

WOOAAARGH and 5FeetUnderRecords released the soundtrack to Figment in 2019, however, it was only available at GamesCom from developer Bedtime Digital’s booth. Now a handful of copies have been made available to purchase online for the first time.

The release is a single LP on blue marbled vinyl. It comes in a gatefold jacket with design by Niels Højgaard Sørensen and illustrations by Adrielle Buus, Hugo Hallé, and Stefan Lindgren Josefsen. It comes in a printed inner sleeve with additional artwork and song lyrics.

The set is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, although only a selection of 100 copies has been made available online for the time being.

It is priced at $22 and is in-hand and ready to ship. It can be ordered from Bedtime Digital’s Bandcamp here. Please note that while the price is in US$ these actually ship from Denmark.

Figment - Front & Vinyl
Figment - Gatefold
Figment - Back

Wilmot’s Warehouse soundtrack now available from Ship To Shore

Ship To Shore PhonoCo. dropped some teasers last week and have today opened up preorders for the soundtrack to the puzzle game Wilmot’s Warehouse on vinyl.

The soundtrack will be a single LP on black vinyl. It will be housed in a regular LP jacket with artwork by Richard Hogg. It comes with an insert with additional artwork as well as liner notes by composer Eli Rainsberry.

It is priced at $22 and is scheduled to ship around early May, 2020. It can be preordered from Ship To Shore PhonoCo. here.

Wilmot's Warehouse - Front & Record

iam8bit to release the Ape Out soundtrack on vinyl

Yesterday iam8bit announced that they would be releasing the soundtrack to the top-down beat ’em up Ape Out on vinyl. As the game’s soundtrack is dynamically created in-game the release comes from a recording of a live-playthrough of the game by developer Gabe Cuzzillo.

The release will be a single LP on 180g black vinyl. It will be housed in a regular LP jacket with new jazz-inspired artwork by Mark Borgions.

It is priced at $30 and is scheduled to release in Q3, 2020. It can be preordered from iam8bit’s store here.

Ape Out - Front Cover
Ape Out - Back Cover

The soundtrack to Plok is now available to preorder from Respawned

It may not be Record Store Day today after all, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have new releases as Respawned Records have just opened up preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to SNES platformer Plok.

The release will be a 2LP with one LP on yellow and the other on red vinyl where the D-side will feature an etching of Plok. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with artwork by the Pickford Brothers. It includes an insert with artwork and notes by the Pickford Brothers and the first 40 orders from Respawned’s own store will have the insert signed by them as well.

It is priced at $35 and is scheduled to release in June, 2020. It can be preordered from Respawned Records here.

EU customers are also able to preorder the album from Black Screen Records here.

Plok - Front Cover
Plok - Gatefold