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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 offers a selection of 21 "best of" pieces chosen by listeners. The sets are available in standard black with orange splatter and limited edition clear with orange and black splatter variants. The items ship with 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 themes originating from Kelly Bailey’s Half-Life score, original music 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) - Apple Music / YouTube Music