Bethesda Game Studios and Laced Records have crewed up to bring the music of Starfield to deluxe vinyl.

As any player of a Bethesda Game Studios title knows, music shapes the story and is a constant companion in one’s adventure. Composer Inon Zur’s long-running collaboration with director Todd Howard and the studio began all the way back in 2008’s Fallout 3. With the Starfield score, they sought to evoke both the vastness of space and humanity’s curiosity-driven efforts to chart the unknown. This led to Zur weaving together traditional and non-traditional orchestral and electronic palettes into an aural tapestry of the organic and the synthetic.

During development, the team circulated an eclectic range of reference points: launching off with sci-fi staples John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith; passing through a classical nebula of Debussy, Ravel, and Prokofiev; flying by Vangelis’ towering synth work; and glancing the experimental work of Einstürzende Neubauten and John Cage.

Starfield’s orchestral cues — recorded by the Budapest Film Orchestra — often see different instrumental sections invoking imaginative aspects of space. Brisk, repeated sequences in the woodwinds represent particles. Strings playing undulating chords mimic long waves of interstellar energy. The brass section becomes a beacon of melody blasting out across the galaxy. Similarly, the more electronic-driven cues maintain a sense of grandeur through weighty synth pads that underpin cryptic repeated patterns and unusual percussive jabs.

Aeralie Brighton (DEATHLOOP, Ori series) is a featured vocalist on the soundtrack.

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Release Notes

• Pressed on black heavyweight vinyl
• Double gatefold sleeve
• Features vocalist Aeralie Brighton (DEATHLOOP, Ori series)

Track List

DISC 1

SIDE A
A01. Into the Starfield (Main Theme)
A02. First Flight
A03. The Sol System
A04. New Atlantis
A05. The World Machine

SIDE B
B01. Death and Crimson
B02. Ancient Forces
B03. Constellations
B04. The New Old Frontier
B05. Starlight Far from Home

DISC 2

SIDE A
A01. The Last Explorers
A02. Field of Vision
A03. Cydonia
A04. Badlanders
A05. Aurora

SIDE B
B01. Decay Heat
B02. Under a Distant Sun
B03. Tenacity of Life
B04. Deep Freeze
B05. A Home in the Galaxy