Sony Music Masterworks has released the first volume of music from Horizon Forbidden West, the recently released PlayStation® game and highly-anticipated sequel to 2017’s PS4™ release Horizon Zero Dawn. Available everywhere now, the album includes music by a team of composers consisting of JORIS DE MAN, THE FLIGHT, OLEKSA LOZOWCHUK and NIELS VAN DER LEEST. The first of an eventual three-part album release with more than 5 hours of music from the game, today’s release reunites the original team of composers and musicians from Horizon Zero Dawn who developed the tribal soundscape of the game’s post-apocalyptic setting. 

Today’s album is the first of new music from the game and will be followed by two additional album releases next month. The second album in the three-part collection, Horizon Forbidden West (Original Soundtrack – Volume 1 & 2), will be released in full Friday, March 11. The third and final soundtrack, Horizon Forbidden West (Original Soundtrack – Complete Collection) arrives Friday, March 25 and will include over 5 hours of music from the game.

ABOUT HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST

The land is dying. Vicious storms and an unstoppable blight ravage the scattered remnants of humanity, while fearsome new machines prowl their borders. Life on Earth is hurtling towards another extinction, and no one knows why. It’s up to Aloy to uncover the secrets behind these threats and restore order and balance to the world. Along the way, she must reunite with old friends, forge alliances with warring new factions and unravel the legacy of the ancient past – all the while trying to stay one step ahead of a seemingly undefeatable new enemy. Explore distant lands, fight bigger and more awe-inspiring machines, and encounter astonishing new tribes as you return to the far-future, post-apocalyptic world of Horizon.

HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK – VOLUME 1)

TRACKLISTING –

1. Whatever Comes (feat. Julie Elven and Melissa R. Kaplan)   
2. Aloy’s Theme – Forbidden West (feat. Julie Elven)
3. In the Flood (feat. Ariana Gillis)
4. The World on Her Shoulders (feat. Julie Elven)
5. Echo of You (feat. Melissa R. Kaplan)
6. Unity
7. Mother of All (feat. Julie Elven)
8. Shelter from the Storm
9. Built to Kill
10. Rusted Sands
11. Guardian of the Deep (feat. Julie Elven)
12. No Footfalls to Follow
13. Look Deeper (feat. Julie Elven and Melissa R. Kaplan)
14. Trinity (feat. Julie Elven and Melissa R. Kaplan)
15. As Certain as Stone (feat. Julie Elven and Melissa R. Kaplan)
16. These Stones Unturned
17. The Wings of the Ten (feat. Julie Elven)
18. Second Chance
19. This Place, This Moment (feat. Julie Elven)
20. Resilience to Rise (feat. Julie Elven and Melissa R. Kaplan)
21. In the Flood (Lovisa’s Version)
22. A Promise to Uphold (feat. Julie Elven)
23. Restless as the Weald
24. The Trail We Leave Behind
25. Edge of the Sundom
26. A Steady Breath (feat. Julie Elven)
27. Adrift
28. Off the Trail
29. Restricted Access
30. Wither and Ache
31. The Chorus
32. Solace Beneath the Stars
33. A Scattered Reflection
34. Machine Made
35. Figments of Time
36. Riddles in Ruins
37. Steel Bones
38. Marvels Below
39. By Choice, by Fate (feat. Julie Elven)

See also:

Soundtrack Review: Horizon Forbidden West- The Isle of Spires EP (2021)

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