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Spirit Of The North 2 soundtrack heads to streaming with 10 unheard tracks
Spirit Of The North 2’s soundtrack hits streaming May 20 with 93 tracks, including 10 previously unheard songs.
The soundtrack to Spirit Of The North 2 is set to arrive on streaming next Wednesday, May 20, with 10 previously unheard songs included in the release.
The indie adventure puzzle game launched last year as the follow-up to 2019’s Spirit Of The North. It tracks a fox and a raven moving through an ancient world in search of lost guardians and a way home.
Next week’s update marks the game’s one-year anniversary and adds a new quest tied to the soundtrack. That quest will unlock 10 new tracks.
The full digital soundtrack, composed by Pav Gekko, will contain 93 tracks in total. Gekko has said the score takes heavy inspiration from Icelandic artists Ólafur Arnalds, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Sigur Rós. The album can be pre-saved now.
NME readers can also watch an exclusive live performance of fan-favourite track ‘The Song Of Misthaven’ below:
‘The Song Of Misthaven’ uses Kulning, an ancient Scandinavian vocal technique once used to call animals across vast landscapes. That sound runs through the Spirit Of The North 2 soundtrack.
“I was interested in creating music that feels as though it breathes with the environment and reflects the vastness, solitude, and mystery of the Icelandic-inspired landscapes. I didn’t want the soundtrack to feel like a traditional cinematic orchestral score, but instead have its own distinct sonic identity,” explained Gekko.
“I’ve always been fascinated by the atmospheric use of ambience, fragile textures, and emotionally expressive vocal work found in contemporary Icelandic music. You can hear those influences throughout the soundtrack in the felt piano, dulcimers, soft string textures and slowly shifting harmonic layers. The more ethereal and expansive moments were especially influenced by Sigur Rós.”
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