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Silent Hill 2 remake soundtrack now up for vinyl preorder via Laced Records

Laced Records are releasing the soundtrack to the 2024 remake of horror classic Silent Hill 2 on vinyl. The soundtrack will be available both as a full 6LP set and as a 2LP with a curated selection of music.

The 6LP set will be available in two color variants – a limited edition red swirl colored variant, and a standard black vinyl variant.
It will be housed in a slipcase box set with artwork from developers Bloober Team. It also includes a 32-page booklet with liner notes by composer Akira Yamaoka.

The 2LP will be available in two color variants – a limited edition “milky” clear colored variant, and a standard black vinyl variant.
It will be housed in a widespined single-pocket jacket with artwork from developers Bloober Team.

The 6LP set is priced at £125 and the 2LP set at £36, and both are set to release in October, 2025. They can be preordered via Laced Records here.

Silent Hill 2 (2024) - Contents, Box
Silent Hill 2 (2024) - Contents, 2LP

Mana Wave to release a Metal Gear Solid series piano arrangement album on vinyl

Mana Wave Media are releasing the Metal Gear Solid series piano arrangement album “Metal Gear Solid Piano Collections” on vinyl and preorders are live now.

The release will be a 2LP available in three vinyl color variants – a “!” white-and-red and red-and-black tri-color split variant (Mana Wave exclusive), a red and black marble + white and black marble variant, and a red with black splatter variant (OKS exclusive).
It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with new artwork by Jake Kontou.

It is priced at $45 and is scheduled to release in August, 2025. It can be preordered via Mana Wave Media here and the OKS exclusive variant can be preordered via their store here.

EU folks can also preorder via Black Screen Records here, and Canadians can preorder via Very Ok Vinyl here.

Metal Gear Solid Piano Collections - Front, Mana Wave Variant
Metal Gear Solid Piano Collections - Gatefold, Regular Variant
Metal Gear Solid Piano Collections - Vinyl, OKS Variant

Silent Hill piano arrangement album up for vinyl preorder via Materia Collective

Materia Collective are releasing the piano arrangement album “Piano Stories: Silent Hill” on vinyl. It contains arrangements of music from the first four Silent Hill games.

The release will be a single LP on 180g black vinyl. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with illustrations by Andres Goji.

It is priced at $28 and is scheduled to release in Q1 2025. It can be preordered via the Materia Store here.

Piano Stories: Silent Hill - Front

Complete 1986-2010 Castlevania soundtracks up for preorder in massive vinyl box set via Materia Collective

Materia Collective are now taking preorders the biggest ever video game music release on vinyl as all Castlevania soundtracks between 1986 to 2010 gets its own massive box set.

It will include the music from Castlevania (Disk System, NES, MSX, X68000 CM-64, X68000 SM-55), Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (Disk System, NES), Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, Castlevania: The Adventure, Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge, Kid Dracula (Famicom, Game Boy), Castlevania Legends, Haunted Castle, Super Castlevania IV, Dracula X, Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon, Castlevania (N64), Castlevania: Legacy Of Darkness, Castlevania Chronicles, Castlevania Judgment, Castlevania: The Arcade, Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, Castlevania Symphony Of The Night (PlayStation, Saturn), Castlevania: Bloodlines, Castlevania: Lament Of Innocence, Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance, Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow, Castlevania: Dawn Of Sorrow, Castlevania: Curse Of Darkness, Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin, Castlevania: Order Of Ecclesia, and Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair.

Several of the recordings will be newly sourced for this release.

The release will be a 46LP set. It will be house in two outer boxes all housing individual jackets all with new artwork by Johnny Dombrowski. It will include liner notes by Jeremy Parish for each game. It will be limited to 500 individually numbered units.

It is priced at $550 and is scheduled to release in Q1 2025. It can be preordered via Materia Collective here.

Castlevania: Black & Red - Box 1
Castlevania: Black & Red - Box 2

Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin, Bombergirl, Cash Cow DX and Operation Sanctuary all getting vinyl soundtrack releases via Disk Union

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.

Bombergirl - Front
Cash Cow DX - Front

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty vinyl soundtrack up for preorder via Mondo

Mondo have opened up preorders for a vinyl release of Konami’s classic stealth action game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty. The release was initially announced in 2020 so it has been underway for a while. It also includes a selection of bonus tracks from Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance.

The release will be a 3LP on green with black splatter, green translucent with pink splatter, and pink with red splatter colored vinyl. It will be housed in a triple gatefold jacket with new artwork by Stephen Green.

It is priced at $60 and is scheduled to release in October, 2024. It can be preordered via Mondo here.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty - Front
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty - Contents

Metal Gear Solid series vinyl collection box set now up for preorder via Laced Records

Laced Records are ready with preorders for a big selection of music from all mainline games in the Metal Gear Solid series plus Peace Walker and Portable Ops. It will be available as both a 6LP box set and a 2LP and will feature both original music from the games alongside a smaller selection of official arrangements.

The 6LP box set will be available in three variants:
– a limited edition green and cream swirl, light blue and blue swirl, red and silver swirl, yellow and brown swirl, cream and gold swirl, and a gold and black swirl colored vinyl variant (Laced exclusive)
– a red with black splatter colored vinyl variant (Official Konami Shop exclusive)
– a standard black variant (retail)
It will be housed in slipcase box set with silver laminate wrap and includes printed jackets with archival illustrations from the series.

The 2LP will be available in two variants:
– a red with black splatter colored vinyl variant (Official Konami Shop exclusive)
– a standard black variant (retail)
It will be housed in a wide-spined single-pocket jacket with archival illustrations from the series.

The 6LP is priced at £110 and the 2LP at £36 and both are scheduled to release in October, 2024. They can be preordered via Laced Records here.

The Official Konami Shop variant can be preordered from them here.

Metal Gear Solid: The Vinyl Collection - Contents, Laced Variant
Metal Gear Solid: The Vinyl Collection - Vinyl, Konami Variant

Metal Gear Symphony arrangement album up for vinyl preorder via Respawned Records

Respawned Records are now taking preorders for the Meteal Gear Solid arrangement album “Metal Gear Symphony” on vinyl. It was released digitally in 2014 and also features a suite of arranged music from the original Metal Gear and Snake’s Revenge.

The release will be a 2LP available in two color variants – a red “velvet” marble colored vinyl variant, and a “Snake” grey with black splatter variant. Side D will feature an etching and it will be housed in a jacket with artwork by Rozen.

It is priced at $40 and is scheduled to release in July/August, 2024. It can be preordered via Respawned Records here.

Metal Gear Symphony - Front, Red
Metal Gear Symphony - Vinyl, Splatter

Limited Run Games ready with preorders for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters vinyl soundtrack

Limited Run Games have opened up preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to fighting game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters. This is the last announced release in their collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game soundtracks.

The release will be a 3LP available in three different variants – a limited edition “Ooze” green translucent variant (1000 numbered copies), a standard black variant, and a KonamiShop exclusive “Turtle Power” clear with blue, red, orange and purple splatter colored vinyl.
It will be housed in a jacket with game art.

It is priced at $60 and is an open preorder until May 5, 2024. It is scheduled to release in October, 2024. It can be preordered from Limited Run Games here and the Official Konami Shop here.

EU folks can also preorder from Black Screen Records here.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters - Front, Ltd.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters - Front, Std.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist vinyl soundtrack up for preorder via Limited Run Games

As part of their ongoing series of releases of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games Limited Run Games have now launched preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to the Genesis/Mega Drive game The Hyperstone Heist.

The release will be a single LP available in a series of different color variants:
– Black vinyl
– “Ooze” green vinyl (Limited Run Games exclusive, 1000 numbered copies)
– “Turtle Power” clear with red, orange, blue and purple splatter vinyl (Official Konami Shop exclusive)
– “Secret of the Ooze” glow-in-the-dark vinyl (Ship To Shore PhonoCo. exclusive)

It is priced at $32 ($40 for the limited edition) and is an open preorder from now and until March 31, 2024. It is scheduled to release in January, 2025 and is available to preorder from Limited Run Games here.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist - Front