iam8bit have announced that they are releasing the soundtrack to the upcoming game Wattam on vinyl.
The release will be a 2LP on black vinyl and will be housed in a special packaging with a pop-out mayor hat with artwork by Keita Takahashi.
It is priced at $40 and is scheduled to release in Q2 2020. It can be preordered from iam8bit’s store here.
Mondo teased these in their mixes earlier this year and now it’s finally possible to order both the MSX2 and NES soundtracks for Metal Gear on vinyl.
Both titles will be 10″ records cut at 45RPM. They will both be housed in gatefold 10″ jackets with new artwork by Paul Mann.
The MSX2 variant will be on green vinyl with green splatter, while the NES variant will be on silver and green split colored vinyl. The NES variant is limited to 1000 copies.
Both are priced at $20 and are ready to ship out in 7-10 business days.
The MSX2 variant can be ordered from Mondo here and the NES variant here.
Laced Records have announced that they will be releasing the soundtrack to the latest entry in the Tomb Raider series – Shadow Of The Tomb Raider – on vinyl.
The release will be a 180g 2LP with one record on orange and the other on blue colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with game art.
The release is priced at £33/$35 and is scheduled to release in February, 2020. It can be preordered from Laced Records here.
Earlier this year Data Discs announced that they would release the soundtrack to shoot’em up Radiant Silvergun on vinyl and now there’s finally details on the release.
The music will be remastered and the release features both the original arcade compositions on one disc and the Sega Saturn versions of tracks on the other.
The release will be a 180g 2LP available in three color variants – a limited edition orange/red/clear split and splatter variant, an orange translucent variant, and a classic black variant.
It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with game art and includes a double-sided lithographic print and a fold-out poster. Orders placed through Data Discs’ store will also include a sticker sheet.
It is priced at £26.50 and is set to begin shipping around mid-January, 2020. It can be preordered from Data Discs here at 7pm UK time (or earlier if you signed up for their newsletter codes).
iam8bit are continuing their partnership with Riot Games and have just announced a new vinyl release for League of Legends – DJ Sona: Ultimate Concert.
The release is a single LP housed in a regular LP jacket with artwork by Lunar Saloon. It is available in three color variants – “Concussive” red, “Ethereal” purple, and “Kinetic” blue translucent.
It is priced $30 and is in hand and ready to ship. It can be ordered from iam8bit here.
EU customers can also order from Black Screen Records here, although it will be a few weeks before they have it in stock.
Streaming Arrow Records recently announced that they would be teaming up with Japanese developer Nihon Falcom for a release of the classic PC-88 soundtracks to Ys and Ys II.
Both releases will include extra tracks outside of the PC-88 soundtrack, such as arrangements, unused tracks and tracks made for ports of the games.
Both releases will be 180g 2LPs available in multiple variants and will be housed in a sturdy single pocket jacket with an obi strip. They will both include an art print insert.
Ys II will feature an etching of the Ys series logo on side D.
Ys will be available on a limited edition orange-in-electric blue transparent vinyl variant, an electric blue transparent vinyl variant, and a black vinyl variant.
Ys II will be available on a limited edition black with red and cyan splatter vinyl variant, an opaque red vinyl variant, and a black vinyl variant.
Both releases are priced at $38 and are scheduled to release in late April, 2020. Both releases are open preorders, which will close on January 4, 2020 after which the limited editions will not be made available again.
Ys can be preordereed from Streaming Arrow here, and Ys II here.
The debut vinyl release from new label Respawned Records is a synthwave arrangement album of music from the classic run-and-gun platformer Vectorman.
The release will be a single LP on “Orbot” green swirl colored vinyl. It will be housed in a regular LP jacket with new artwork by Wenart Gunadi. The release will be limited to 300 copies.
It is priced at $25 and is scheduled to release in Q1 2020. Preorders will open today at 1PM EST from Respawned’s store here.
Limited Run Games have announced that they will be releasing the soundtrack to violent action-platformer Blasphemous on vinyl.
The release will be a 3LP on yellow colored vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with game art.
It is priced at $45 and is scheduled to release in 2-4 months. It is an open preorder that will run until December 27, 2019. It can be preordered from Limited Run Games here.
Yetee Records have just announced that they will be releasing the soundtrack to the physics puzzle bridge-builder Poly Bridge on vinyl.
The release will be a single LP on “translucent seafoam aqua” colored vinyl. It comes in a regular LP jacket with new artwork by Drew Wise and is limited to 300 copies.
It is priced at $25 and is scheduled to begin shipping in Q1 2020. It can be preordered from The Yetee here.
Fangamer have just announced that they are releasing a vinyl box set containing 41 tracks from the Banjo-Kazooie soundtrack.
The set will have 4 LPs on black vinyl. It will be housed in a slipcase box set with new art by Andrew Kolb with each record housed in a printed jacket. The set will also include a double-sided insert with liner notes by composer Grant Kirkhope.
Order placed through Fangamer will include a digital download of the full 164 tracks from the soundtrack.
It is priced at $59 and is in stock and ready to ship. It can be preordered from Fangamer here.
European customers can also order from Black Screen Records here.
They are also offering a Banjo-Kazooie themed felt slipmat for $9 ($7 if purchased with the box set) here.
