The jury may still be out on No Man's Sky a bit, but its soundtrack is unlikely to disappoint based on the first track released. For those out of the loop, Sheffield-based prog rock band 65daysofstatic has composed all of the game's music – and is set to release a compilation of all of the bangin' choons as part of an album named No Man's Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe. It's due out globally on 17th June – a few days before the game.
Here's a snippet from the press release: "The release itself comprises 10 tracks of original music, plus a second collection of six soundscapes and sound design, exclusive to Laced Records in an all-encompassing journey of almost two hours. This music, alongside a vast library of raw audio comprised of loops, sound textures, and melody is currently being fed into the game's unique music engine under the auspices of audio director Paul Weir, effectively creating a self-generating soundtrack to infinity."
The record will be downloadable from all major digital music distributors, but there'll also be a deluxe double CD, 10 track double vinyl, and a vinyl collector's edition with all 16 tracks spread across 4 LPs available. Still not feeling the hype? We've embedded one of the tracks, Supermoon, below, which is pretty freakin' rad in our humble opinion.
[source soundcloud.com]
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Rad! Vinyl huh? Interesting...
I think they said on Twitter that the artwork is just placeholder at the moment. I'm sure it'll be suitably awesome.
Love the track!
Ive preordered the vinyl a while back. Im possibly more excited about the soundtrack than the game....
@Johnnycide I did too yesterday, it's now back in stock for pre orders
Nice track. I wasn't expecting this kind of music for the game.
Get well soon!
Can't listen but if 65 DOS did the soundtrack we're in for good times
Oh my good God - this just gets better. 65daysofstatic are great and having this kind of electronic ambient music is awesome. I'm guessing the guys and gals at Hello Games are music nerds too!
I imagine the soundscapey stuff will probably be along the same lines of Boards of Canada and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I'm so glad I've pre-ordered this game. It will be beautiful.
I am seriously considering getting that vinyl. Got my father's record player now and an exorbitant amount of vinyl to sort through, this would go nicely. This sound track and Hyper Light Drifters sound track may be the best two of the year.
Ok... NOW I might be onboard.
Pretty awesome tid-bit with the procedurally generated game music coming directly from over 2 hours of music from 65DaysofStatic. PERFECT choice for this kind of game IMO.
Sounds superb! Looking forward to this and the game.... June can't come quick enough!
lmao the cover art reminds me of Exmilitary by Death Grips
Great track!
Really don't care about this game, but in a generation where minecraft is one of the biggest success, probably this game is gonna be a success too.
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