Elden Ring 'Nightreign' Expansion Soundtrack Hits Streaming
The official soundtrack for "The Forsaken Hollows," part of the *Elden Ring: Nightreign* expansion, has been released on streaming platforms. This completes the release of the Nightreign expansion's music. The availability allows fans to create comprehensive playlists of the game's orchestral and atmospheric scores for the first time.
- The original *Elden Ring* soundtrack, released on streaming services in September 2022, features 67 tracks and runs for over three hours. Lead composer Tsukasa Saitoh wrote the main "Elden Ring" theme, intending for it to represent the game in its entirety and serve as a "strong directional pillar" for the rest of the score. - The base game's score was a collaborative effort between several composers, including Saitoh, Shoi Miyazawa, Tai Tomisawa, Yoshimi Kudo, and Yuka Kitamura. Kitamura was a key composer on other FromSoftware titles, including *Dark Souls III*, *Bloodborne*, and *Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice*. - In August 2023, celebrated composer Yuka Kitamura announced her departure from FromSoftware after more than a decade to work as a freelance composer, expressing a desire to create music across various genres. - FromSoftware's musical productions are known for their scale; the soundtrack for *Bloodborne*, for instance, was recorded with a 65-piece orchestra and a 32-piece choir. - The studio has a history of offering physical and special editions for its soundtracks. The score for *Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice* was released as a three-disc CD set in Japan, which included a booklet with interviews with the sound designers. - Vinyl releases are also common for the studio's games. Laced Records has produced multi-LP vinyl box sets for the complete soundtracks of titles like *Bloodborne*, including music from its DLC, *The Old Hunters*.
