KEY FEATURES

• 28 specially mastered tracks from the action RPG
• Two traditional Black heavyweight LPs
• Deluxe gatefold sleeve with spot UV

RELEASE DESCRIPTION

This epic loot sees the epoch-making score for time-hopping action RPG Last Epoch blessing heavyweight wax.

28 tracks chosen by composer Erik Desiderio have been specially mastered for vinyl and will be pressed onto heavyweight discs. These slip into a deluxe double gatefold sleeve with artwork by the team at Eleventh Hour Games.

Desiderio had to cast his mind through time to soundtrack each of the game’s four different epochs of Eterra, with the music of this release focusing mainly on the brighter Divine Era and the darker, apocalyptic Ruined Era. Most eras of the game have a natural, acoustic sound to them with more traditional instrumentation, while the Ruined Era focuses on warped synthetic and acoustic sounds. Over the course of the game’s Early Access period, the composer was able to gather fan feedback, which in turn helped shape the final score.

Some less well-known instruments and techniques color the music. The sound of the lute helped capture the beauty of the world, while the scratchy, intense tagelharpa embodied the conflict of a war-torn land. In the Ruined Era, fretless bass guitar and expressive Ebow serve to create a sense of unease, with melodic material returning from earlier eras.

Choral lyrics were sung in Old Norse, in particular on the “Last Epoch Theme” with its stirring refrain “Fyoern Oowled” (trans. “Ancient Era”). Vocalists include Ffion Elisa, Colm McGuiness, Mason Lieberman, and Matt Lambert.

TRACKLIST

1. Last Epoch Theme
2. Burning Forest
3. In Preparation
4. Keepers Camp
5. Escape From the Fortress Vaults
6. What She Left To Remember
7. Fires Before Dawn
8. Bastion of the Sun
9. War Machines of Solarum
10. Eterra
11. Highlands
12. Ascending the Summit
13. Inferno and Fury
14. The End of Time
15. Crystal Mines: Crystal Lotus
16. Shattered Remains
17. The Temple of Eterra
18. Twisted Fire
19. The Precipice
20. Above the Black
21. The Council Chambers
22. The Sheltered Wood
23. The Forsaken Trail
24. The Ritual Site
25. Ruins of Welryn
26. Shadows Whisper
27. Guardian of Ruins
28. The End of Ruin

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