iam8bit have announced that they will be releasing an LP with a 10-track selection from the Skyrim soundtrack on vinyl. The release is called “JUN/KUN” which means “Light/Dark” in the game’s dragon language.
For those wondering, the 10 tracks included on this release are also all present on Spacelab9’s Skyrim 4LP box set from earlier this year.
The release will be a single LP on 180g “Forest green” vinyl. It will be housed in a special gatefold jacket with optical illusion artwork by Aled Lewis. The release will be limited to 3000 copies.
It is priced at $40 and is scheduled to release in Q2 2018.
Materia Collective have announced that they will be releasing Rozen’s Sins Of Hyrule album on vinyl. Sins Of Hyrule is an album with arranged music from the The Legend of Zelda games Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Skyward Swords and Breath of the Wild.
The release will be a 2LP on black vinyl. The jacket features artwork by Alderion-al with additional layout by Diego Jimenez. It will be limited to 200 copies.
The album is priced at $40 and is scheduled to release around March 1, 2018.
It’s been confirmed that Brave Wave will be releasing the soundtracks to Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 for some time, but now we can soon preorder them.
Both soundtracks will be released as a 180g 2LP sets. Sonic Adventure will come with one record on blue and the other on white vinyl, while Sonic Adventure 2 will come with one record on blue and the other on red vinyl.
Both sets will come in gatefold jackets and include printed inner sleeves, and a booklet featuring liner notes, character art and song lyrics. A download code will also be included for both.
The colored records are only for the first pressing of this release. All subsequent pressings will be on black vinyl.
In addition to the 2LP sets Brave Wave will also release a limited 4LP box set that include both soundtracks. The box set includes a card signed by the games’ lead composer Jun Senoue. The box set will be limited to 300 copies. There will not be a regular box set version.
The 2LP sets are priced at $40/€40 each and the box set is priced at $100/€100. All of the sets are scheduled to release in early 2018.
Preorders open December 5, 2017 via Fangamer for customers in North America at 3PM EST and BigWax for customer in Europe and the rest of the world at 12PM CET.
Black Screen Records have just announced that they will be releasing the soundtracks to Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Shadowrun: Hong Kong.
Both soundtracks have been composed by Jon Everist.
Dragonfall will be a single 180g LP. It will be available on clear vinyl and black vinyl. It comes in a regular LP jacket with new artwork by Jenn Ravenna and additional layout by Dane Baudoin.
Hong Kong will be a 180g 2LP. It will be available on gold and silver colored vinyl as well as black vinyl. It comes in a jacket with new artwork by Joel DuQue and additional layout by Dane Baudoin.
Dragonfall is priced at €26 and Hong Kong at € 30. Both are scheduled to release late January/early February 2018.
iam8bit have just opened a listing for the vinyl soundtrack to the game What Remains Of Edith Finch. It’s been speculated that they would be releasing this for some time, as they’ve been sharing articles on the game on social media for a while.
The release itself will be a single LP on brown smoke colored vinyl. It will come in a regular LP jacket and a printed inner sleeve with artwork by Holly Rothrock.
The album is priced at $28 and is scheduled to release in Q2, 2018.
The StarCraft: Remastered 2LP, which was originally available to purchase at the GG Together event in South Korea and later at BlizzCon 2017, is now available for all.
The release is a 2LP on blue translucent vinyl and is housed in a gatefold jacket. According to the original Korean announcement this Summer, the release is limited to 1000 copies.
We’ve known for a while that Mondo would release the soundtrack to the puzzle FPS classic Portal – and now it’s finally here. Or now it’s at least here for everyone as Mondo did already release an exclusive variant for this year’s MondoCon.
The release is a single LP on grey and white split colored vinyl. It is housed in a custom packaging designed by Alan Hynes. The packaging is shaped after the game’s Companion Cube and functions like a magic wallet, that can be opened from both sides.
Yetee Records have just announced that they will be releasing the soundtrack to Tumbleseed alongside the previously announced vinyl release to Flinthook. And not just that – they also have exclusive variants of Ship To Shore PhonoCo.’s Rocket Knight Adventures and Kid Dracula releases.
Tumbleseed will be a single LP on a clear vinyl picture disc. It will be housed in a regular LP jacket with artwork by Drew Wise.
Flinthook will be a single LP on pink vinyl. It will be housed in a special cover with a plastic outer and die-cut inner designed by Drew Wise. Artwork is done by Stephanie Bourgeault.
For the exclusive variants Rocket Knight Adventures will be a blue and green merge, while Kid Dracula will be a white and grey split.
Flinthook is priced at $30, Tumbleseed at $25 both are scheduled to release in February 2018.
Rocket Knight Adventures and Kid Dracula are priced at $20 each and are scheduled to release before Q1 2018.
Ship To Shore PhonoCo. just opened preorders for their previously announced vinyl releases of the Konami Kukeiha Club soundtracks to Rocket Knight Adventures and Kid Dracula.
Rocket Knight Adventures will be a single LP on “Rocket Flash” red and yellow colored vinyl. It will be housed in a regular LP jacket with artwork from the game.
Kid Dracula will be a 10″ on red vinyl with black splatter. It will be housed in a 10″ jacket with design by Drew Wise and it includes a poster with new art by Austin James and liner notes by Jeremy Parish. Kid Dracula will be the second entry in Ship To Shore’s “Konami Kukeiha Club Museum Series”.
Kid Dracula will be the Famicom version of the soundtrack.
Both releases are priced at $20 and are scheduled to release around December 9, 2017.
I’ve asked about EU distribution and Ship To Shore said that both titles will likely be available from an EU vendor, although there’s no ETA on when.
There’s also been some rumors on a possible exclusive Yetee variant for Rocket Knight Adventures, but no news on that one either. I’ll update this post when news are announced.
Also available is Christa Lee’s “Welcome To The Fantasy Zone” album, which isn’t actual video game music, but rather a love letter to Sega game music, so it might be interesting to some of you Sega fans.
The Nex Machina variant will be on red translucent vinyl with black swirl and includes a digital download. Otherwise it will be similar to the Limited Run version.
Tormentor X Punisher will be a single LP on pink marbled vinyl and will be housed in a jacket with new artwork by Jon Vermilyea. It will include a digital download for the soundtrack as well as a code for the game itself.
Nex Machina is priced at $33 and Tormentor X Punisher is priced at $23. Both are scheduled to ship early December 2017.
