Kid Katana have opened up preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to 3D platformer Penny’s Big Breakaway.
The release will be a 2LP on yellow and red colored vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with new artwork by Tom Fry. It will also include a poster with concept art and liner notes, and 1 of 7 collectable cards with one of the game’s characters.
It is priced at €39 and is scheduled to release in October, 2024. It can be preordered via Kid Katana’s website here and their Bandcamp here.
Frontier Works are releasing the vocal tracks “Internet Yamero” and “Moon-Rainbow Butterfly” from Needy Girl Overdose (also known as Needy Streamer Overload) on vinyl. Neither of these were included on the previous release of the game’s soundtrack.
The release will be a 12″ on green colored vinyl. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with Kraftwerk-inspired artwork by Nennai.
Different Japanese retailers will also have different preorder bonuses for the release –
– Animate will include a plastic art print of the jacket art
– Amazon Japan will include a tin badge with the jacket art
– amiami will include an acrylic badge with the jacket art
– ebten will include a key chain with the jacket art
– Disk Union will include a themed pill glass + a key chain
It is priced at ¥4180 and is scheduled to release for Japan’s Record Day on November 3, 2024. It can be preordered via Animate here
Please note that not all the other listed retailers have it up for preorder yet, but presumably will soon.
Very Ok Vinyl are releasing the soundtrack to horror visual novel Nie No Hakoniwa – Dollhouse Of Offerings on vinyl and preorders are live now.
The release will be a 2LP on red translucent colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with game art.
It is priced at $60 CAD and is scheduled to release in Q4 2024. It can be preordered via Very Ok Vinyl here.
Curaga Records are now taking preorders for a vinyl release of their latest Video Game LoFi album, which covers music from various games in the Kirby series.
The release will be a single 180g LP on pink marble colored vinyl. It will be house in a holo-foil jacket with new artwork by ArtByGalen and Save Point.
It is priced at $29 and is scheduled to release in Q3 2024. It can be preordered via Curaga Records’ Bandcamp here and the Materia Store here.
Diggers Factory are releasing London Music Works’ The Legend Of Zelda series arrangement album “Music From The Legend Of Zelda” on vinyl.
The release will be a 3LP on light blue translucent colored vinyl. It will be housed in a triple gatefold jacket.
It is priced at €30 and is scheduled to release in October, 2024. It can be preordered via Diggers Factory here.
Kid Katana Records are now ready with preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to vampire survival action RPG V Rising.
The release will be a 2LP on red translucent with black swirl colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with game art and comes with a booklet with game art and liner notes.
It is priced at €42 and is scheduled to release in September, 2024. It can be preordered via Kid Katana Records here.
iam8bit have just launched preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to platformer Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble.
The release will be a single LP on “banana split” green and yellow split colored vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with new artwork by Colin Murdoch. It will be limited to 2000 copies.
It is priced at $33 and is scheduled to release in Q4 2024. It can be preordered via iam8bit here.
EU folks can also preorder via Black Screen Records here.
The label StrangelyCompellingMusic is releasing the soundtrack to indie rhythm game Direct Drive via Diggers Factory. This marks the first time a game for the Playdate console is getting a vinyl release.
The release will be a single LP on black vinyl. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with game art.
It is priced at €29 and is scheduled to release in October, 2024. It can be preordered via Diggers Factory here.
Black Screen Records are releasing a new collection of music from Hunt: Showdown performed by Port Sulphur Band under the title “Shadows Calling”.
Black Screen Records previously released the LP “The Devil’s Fee” last year and this new release collects all the same tracks alongside 14 additional tracks.
The release will be a 2LP on clear with black swirl colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with new artwork by Ina Koos that also has song lyrics printed in the gatefold.
It is priced at €39 and is scheduled to release in August, 2024. It can be preordered via Black Screen Records here.
Two labels under the Japanese record store chain Disk Union, Ookami Koubou and Cassetron, are releasing a handful of new game soundtracks on vinyl with preorders live now.
Ookami Koubou are releasing the soundtrack to action RPG Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin, the soundtrack to Bomberman MOBA spin-off Bombergirl, and the soundtrack to adult visual novel Operation Sanctuary (aka Tsuki Wa Higashi Ni Hi Wa Nishi Ni). Cassetron will be releasing the soundtrack to the retro arcade-inspired platformer Cash Cow DX.
Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin will be a 2LP. There is currently no details on the packaging.
Bombergirl will be a single LP. It will be housed in a tip-on jacket with an obi strip.
Operation Sanctuary will be a 4LP set. It will be housed in a box and comes with a booklet and a slipmat.
Cash Cow DX will be a 7″. It will be housed in a plastic sleeve with a paper wrap featuring game art.
Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin is priced at ¥10000 and can be preordered via Disk Union here.
Bombergirl is priced at ¥7700 and can be preordered via Disk Union here.
Operation Sanctuary is priced at ¥27500 and can be preordered via Disk Union here.
Cash Cow DX is priced at ¥2530 and can be preordered via Disk Union here.
All four are scheduled to release on September 25, 2024. No international distribution has been announced yet, but previous titles from these labels has been made widely available.
EDIT: The post originally mentioned Kaiju Panda Records as one of the labels, but they are now working under the name Ookami Koubou (狼工房) instead.
