Wayô Records are reiussing the symphonic arrangement album of music from Ys and Ys II, “Symphony Ys”, on vinyl for the first time since its original 1988 release.
The release will be a single LP on gold-colored bio vinyl. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with identical jacket artwork to its original release.
It is priced at €24 and is scheduled to release in February, 2026. It can be preordered via Wayô Records here.
Black Screen Records, Brave Wave and Limited Run Games are collaborating to release the soundtrack to upcoming retro shoot ’em up Earthion on vinyl.
The release will be a 180g 2LP on available in two color variants – a red translucent colored variant (Limited Run Games and Superdeluxe exclusive), and a blue translucent colored variant.
It will be housed in a jacket with new artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita and will feature liner notes by composer Yuzo Koshiro.
Signed copies are also available via Limited Run Games.
It is priced at €39 and is scheduled to release in October, 2025. It can be preordered via Black Screen Records here, and via Limited Run Games here.
UPDATE: When this post first went up I said that it was being released by Superdeluxe Games. This is incorrect and is in fact a collaborative release as now noted. Information about the release has been updated accordingly.
Wayô Records have opened preorders for the vinyl soundtrack to The Story Of Thor (probably better known under its North American title Beyond Oasis).
The release will be a 2LP on limited edition yellow marble colored vinyl. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with game art. It will also include a 12-page booklet with liner notes and artwork.
Preorders of the limited edition at Wayô will also receive a shikishi art print with new art by Hitoshi Ariga and signed by composer Yuzo Koshiro.
While not confirmed a standard edition will likely be available from other distributors at a later time.
It is priced at €45 and is scheduled to release in September, 2024. It can be preordered via Wayô Records here.
Teased well over a year ago Limited Run Games are now at long last ready with preorders for the arrangement album The Scheme: 21st Century Revival, which is a new take on the soundtrack to PC-88 game The Scheme by its original composer, Yuzo Koshiro.
The release will be a single LP available in two color variants – a gold colored vinyl variant, and a black vinyl variant.
It will be housed in a jacket with new artwork by Ken Sugimori. The gold colored variant will also include a card signed by Yuzo Koshiro.
It is priced at $30 for the black and $50 for the signd gold variant and it is an open preorder available from now and until October 22, 2023. It is scheduled to release 8-9 months after preorders close. It can be preordered via Limited Run Games here.
Wayô Records have just announced that they will be releasing the soundtrack to the SNES god sim / action platforming game ActRaiser on vinyl. It will feature the game’s original soundtrack on disc one and a 2018 symphonic suite on disc two.
The release will be a 2LP on “divine” blue translucent with black and white swirl colored vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with printed inner sleeves featuring new illustrations by Ayano Koshiro. It will also include a booklet with liner notes by composer Yuzo Koshiro and the arrangement team.
The first 250 preorders will include a shikishi art print signed by Yuzo Koshiro.
It is priced at €39 and is scheduled to release in March, 2021. It can be preordered from Wayô Records here.
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.
iam8bit have announced that they will be releasing the soundtrack to the arcade game homage 198X on vinyl.
This vinyl release will also replace the vinyl rewards from the game’s Kickstarter, so that backers will be receiving this version instead of the one’s listen in the campaign.
The release will be a 2LP with one record on pink and the other on black vinyl. It will be housed in a jacket with new artwork by Waneella. The release will be limited to 500 copies.
The album is priced at $40 and is in stock and set to release on March 5, 2020. However, PAX East 2020 attendees will be able to purchase it from iam8bit’s booth at the event starting February 27, 2020.
It will be available from iam8bit’s store here on March 5, 2020.
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.
Hyperdub have just announced that they will be releasing a 4-track vinyl EP with Kode9 remixes of tracks taken from their Diggin In The Carts compilation from last year.
The release will be a 12″ EP housed in a regular jacket featuring by Konx-Om-Pax based on visuals by Koji Morimoto.
It is priced at £9 and is scheduled to release around May 3, 2019. It can be preordered from Hyperdub’s Bandcamp here.
Back when the “Diggin’ In The Carts: A Collection Of Pioneering Japanese Video Game Music” album was first made available for CD and digital it had a small note at the store page saying a vinyl version would come later – and now it’s available to order!
Curated by Nick Dwyer and Kode9 as part of Red Bull Radio’s “Diggin’ In The Carts” online radio show on Japanese game music, the album features 34 tracks from 32 different Japanese games from 9 different gaming systems.
The following games are represented: ActRaiser, Alcahest, Alien Soldier, Chatty, Cosmic Wars, Dezaemon, DragonGun, Esper Dream 2, Genpei Toumaden, Gofer no Yabou Episode II, Golden Axe: The Duel, Gradius, Gradius 2, Hisou Kihei X Serd, Illusion City: Genei Toshi, Liquid Kids, Mahjong Touhhaiden, Megapanel, Metal Black, Metal Stoker, Motocross Maniacs, Mouryou Senki Madera, Quarth, Solomon’s Key, Super Royal Blood, Tarot Mystery, Thunder Force IV, Time Cruise II, Valkyrie no Densetsu, Vixen 357, Xak II, and Youjuu Kikouhei WerDragon.
The release will be a 180g 2LP with one orange and one green disc. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with original artwork by Koji Morimito. It will also includes 3 12″ cardboard art prints with a manga, cover art and notes about the creation of this album.
It is priced at £30 and is scheduled to release around July 20, 2018. It can be preordered via Hyperdub’s Bandcamp here now.
