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Preorders open for Half-Life: Alyx vinyl soundtrack

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Preorders open for Half-Life: Alyx vinyl soundtrack
Blixt Merchandise has opened preorders for the Half-Life: Alyx vinyl soundtrack, published by Ipecac Recordings. Limited to 2000 copies, the box set contains six 180-gram colored vinyl records, a poster, and download card in a lift-top box.

Two disc, 180-gram analog record sets, with a selection of 21 "best of" pieces chosen by listeners, are available as standard black with orange splatter and limited edition clear with orange and black splatter variants. The albums include a poster and download card to redeem all 72 digital tracks.

The 4-CD Foldout Digipak also includes all music tracks. Outside of several iconic tracks originating from Kelly Bailey’s Half-Life score, the Half-Life: Alyx soundtrack is composed by Mike Morasky. All items are scheduled for release on April 24th.


Developer Valve took a unique approach of publishing the official soundtrack episodically, with new tracks releasing alongside their corresponding in-game chapters. Set between the end of the original Half-Life and the beginning of Half-Life 2, the game casts the player in the role of fan-favorite Alyx Vance as she and her father join the rebellion against Earth’s militaristic oppressors, the Combine.

As an in-house composer for Valve, Morasky has also created soundtracks for Portal (with Kelly Bailey), Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Portal 2, credited as “Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories."

Music from "Chapter 1: Entanglement," "Chapter 2: The Quarantine Zone," "Chapter 3: Is Or Will Be," "Chapter 4: Superweapon," "Chapter 5: The Northern Star," "Chapter 6: Arms Race," "Chapter 7: Jeff," "Chapter 8: Captivity," "Chapter 9: Revelations," "Chapter 10: Breaking and Entering," and "Chapter 11: Point Extraction" are hosted on Steam and Bandcamp, with streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube Music.


From the product page:
Following the story and locations of Half-Life: Alyx, the soundtrack evolves and combines industrial, electronic, experimental and orchestral cinematic pieces, alternating between abstract environmental, emotional soundscapes and direct action-oriented cues.
Half-Life: Alyx (Vinyl / CD) - Ipecac Recordings - VALVE - HALF-LIFE: ALYX

Half-Life: Alyx (Streaming) - / YouTube Music