Destiny: Music of the Spheres

In late 2013, veteran Bungie composer Marty O’Donnell finished Music of the Spheres, an eight-part musical work designed to be released alongside Destiny. It never came out. But today, thanks to an anonymous leaker, the elusive work is finally on the internet—at least until the copyright strikes hit.

Composed by O’Donnell, his partner Michael Salvatori, and former Beatle Paul McCartney, Music of the Spheres was envisioned as a musical companion to Bungie’s ambitious Destiny. But Bungie and O’Donnell spent nearly a year battling over, among other things, publisher Activision’s failure to use O’Donnell’s music in a trailer at E3 2013. In April 2014, Bungie fired O’Donnell, and despite O’Donnell’s hopes, the company indefinitely shelved Music of the Spheres. He has made several public comments on the work since, and last month, he implicitly encouraged people to share it.

• Composed by: Martin O’Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Paul McCartney
• Destiny: Music of the Spheres
• Get the MP3
• Listen on Youtube | Soundcloud
• VGMDB

Ultima X: Odyssey Soundtrack

Probably most of you are aware of the ill-fated Ultima X: Odyssey project that was never released, yet the music survived and only several copies of the CD soundtrack were made for a team staff by the composer himself. The orchestra was recorded in Bastyr Chapel in Seattle, Washington. A small portion (roughly 6 pieces of the original 33) of the musical pieces were later released as part of the online game for Lord of Ultima.  This score provides a unique look into what Ultima X: Odyssey would have been like.

• Composed by: Chris Field
• The Music Of Ultima X Odyssey
• Get the MP3
• Read the Review
• VGMDB

WoW: The Burning Crusade (Ambient Music)

I’ve gathered here 10 amazing ambient tracks from the World of WarCraft expansion composed by the one and only Matt Uelmen. I also did this custom cover art.

• Composed by: Matt Uelmen
• Get the MP3

Riven

For Riven, the sequel to Myst, Robyn Miller returned to create an atmospheric accompaniment to the game. Riven – The Soundtrack is a more authentic experience than its predecessor, since the tracks are pretty much identical to those in the game. It retains a very atmospheric feel, but focuses more on soothing electronic soundscapes with percussive and ethnic elements playing only a supporting role. It works flawlessly in the game and is fulfilling on a stand-alone basis too.

• Composed by: Robyn Miller
• Get the MP3
• Read the Review
• VGMDB

Myst

Originally, Myst was going to be a game without music: just sound effects. But then one day, Robyn Miller was screwing around and composed one song (many assume it to be the Myst Theme); that got him on a roll, and this 26-track soundtrack was the result. Outside of the game, this soundtrack is good for sleeping, napping, resting, and otherwise relaxing. Even some of the harsher tracks (like those from the mechanical age) are soft enough to lull you to sleep.

• Composed by: Robyn Miller
• Get the MP3
• Read the Review
• VGMDB

Torchlight 2

Finally! Matt Uelmen is one of my favorite composers and I was looking forward to this soundtrack, I have to say it is bloody amazing!

EDIT: Runic has officially released the digital version of the soundtrack for free, get it from here.

As I reminder, if someone is selling the Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction Original Soundtrack CD, let me know, I’ll pay good money for it!

• Composed by: Matt Uelmen
• Get the Gamerip
• Get the MP3
• Listen on YouTube

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader

• Composed by: Inon Zur
• Get the MP3

Soulbringer

Very nice old school fantasy soundtrack.

• Composed by: Patrick Phelan
• Get the MP3

The Tone Rebellion

The offical soundtrack of The Tone Rebellion (called Leviathan in some countries) which was released 1997 by Logic Factory, Inc.

• Composed by: Nenad Vugrinec
• Get the MP3: part1 , part2
• VGMdb

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Available through DirectSong, the four-disc set is a fantastic collector’s item for fans of The Elder Scrolls. The compilation will begin shipping the week after the game’s release. As a bonus to anyone that orders by December 23rd, copies of the soundtrack will be personally autographed by the game’s composer, Jeremy Soule!

• Composed by: Jeremy Soule & Julian Soule
• Buy the CDs
• Listen to the Soundtrack
• VGMdb

Demonworld

Even if the game is rather old, this is a very nice dark, eerie soundtrack.

• Composed by: Matthias Steinwachs
• Get the MP3 ( part1 & part2 )
  

Blood Omen: Legacy Of Kain

One of the best soundtracks and also one of many normally unreachable in good quality, this is the 128kbps game rip.

• Composed by: Steve Henifin
• Get the MP3

Game soundtracks on Bandcamp

Here’s a list of notable game soundtracks available on Bandcamp, the list will be updated as I discover more. Enjoy!

• Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies
• Children of the Clone
• Machinarium Soundtrack 
• Limbo Soundtrack
• Bastion Soundtrack
• Spirits Soundtrack
• Walker Soundtrack
• Minecraft – Volume Alpha
• Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy
• Distant Worlds II: more music from Final Fantasy
• The Spirit Engine 2 Complete Soundtrack
• NightSky Soundtrack
• Gesundheit! Soundtrack EP
• Super Meat Boy Soundtrack
• Canabalt Soundtrack
• Aquaria Soundtrack
• Edge Soundtrack
• Puzzle Agent Soundtracks
• The Binding of Isaac
• The Shatter
• Walking Mars Soundtrack
• Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor
• Novum Initium
• Fez
• FZ: Side Z
• Botanicula
• Eufloria
• FTL
• Spelunky
• Primordia
• Abe’s Oddysee
• Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath
• Awesomenauts
• Kentucky Route Zero
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
• Dungeon Defenders
• Ilomilo

Limbo

I’ve been waiting for this game for way too many years, but now it is finally available on Steam and the soundtrack is on Bandcamp! I just LOVE the ultra-minimal score, its a mixture of “natural” (water-drops, wind, etc.) and industrial (cogs turnining, hammers, etc). Go get it now!

• Composed by: Martin Stig Andersen
• Buy the MP3
• Read the Interview
• VGMdb

Mageslayer

MageSlayer is a 3D top down hack and slash dungeon type game, utilizing four different character classes with differing spells and abilities, based on the Vampire engine, developed by Raven Software. The score composed by Kevin Schilder consists in pretty good old MIDI dark ambient tunes.

• Composed by: Kevin Schilder & Chia Chin Lee
  
• Get the MIDI