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The Story Of Thor (aka. Beyond Oasis) vinyl soundtrack up for preorder via Wayô Records

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.

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The Scheme arrangement album available to preorder on vinyl via Limited Run Games

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.

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Wayô have opened preorders for ActRaiser double vinyl release

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.

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Brave Wave have opened preorders for Streets Of Rage 4 and Fatal Fury vinyl soundtracks

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.

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iam8bit to release the 198X soundtrack on vinyl

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.

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198X - Vinyl

Ys & Ys II vinyl reissues up for preorder via Streaming Arrow

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.

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Kode9 to release a Diggin In The Carts remix EP

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.

The “Diggin’ In The Carts” compilation is now up for preorder via Hyperdub

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.

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Data Discs releasing the Streets Of Rage 3 soundtrack

When Data Discs announced Streets Of Rage as their first title all the way back in 2015, they also announced that they would be releasing the entire trilogy on vinyl. Today they finally announced details on the vinyl release for the last entry in the series – Streets Of Rage 3.

The release have been remastered in collaboration with composer Yuzo Koshiro and will also feature liner notes by him.

The release will be a 180g 2LP housed in a heavyweight jacket with the Japanese box artwork. As always there are three color variants to choose from – classic black, translucent orange, and limited edition translucent orange with black smoke.

People who order early directy from Data Discs will also receive 3 matte postcards with artwork from each entry in the Streets Of Rage trilogy (as long as stock lasts).

The release will be priced at £25 and is scheduled to release in late January 2018.

Preorders will open on Saturday December 16th, 2017 via Data Discs store here. They will be using their usual code system so make sure to sign up for their e-mail newsletter for an early preorder code if you haven’t already.

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Data Discs to release The Revenge Of Shinobi alongside Panzer Dragoon

Data Discs have been teasing us about their next releases for a while, but today they’ve shed some light on what they’ll be. First up is Yoshitaka Azuma’s Panzer Dragoon soundtrack, which they announced earlier this year, and second up is the previously unannounced The Revenge Of Shinobi soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro.

Panzer Dragoon will be released as a 180g 2LP cut at 45RPM and comes in a thick mirror board sleeve. It will be available in three color variants – limited edition sky clear with blue and grey swatches, sky blue opaque, and classic black vinyl. It also includes a lithographic insert.

The Revenge Of Shinobi will be released as a single 180g LP cut at 45RPM. It will be available in three color variants – bone with black splatter, bone opaque, and classic black. It also includes a double-sided lithographic print. As a bonus 50 lucky early buyers of the limited edition will receive a numbered copy signed by Yuzo Koshiro.

Both releases will go up for sale on Saturday December 3rd, 2016 via Data Discs website. Panzer Dragoon is ready to ship immediately, while The Revenge Of Shinobi is scheduled to release January 2017.

On December 3rd on onward Panzer Dragoon can be ordered via this link, while The Revenge Of Shinobi can be preordered via this link.

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Panzer Dragoon - Records

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