Jesper Kyd - Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (Deluxe Triple Vinyl) (Original Soundtrack)

Laced Records

£50.40

Format: 3 x LP, Coloured Vinyl
Catalogue No.: LMLP189
Barcode: 5024545991819
Release Date: 26 May 2023
Genre: Soundtrack

Three heavyweight galaxy-effect LPs in yellow & black, blue & black & red & black. Widespined outer sleeve with spot gloss logo front cover. Spined inner sleeves

A co-op coalition of Laced Records, Fatshark, and Games Workshop has summoned forth a deluxe triple vinyl for Jesper Kyd’s incredible new Warhammer 40,000: Darktide score.

48 tracks have been specially mastered for vinyl and will be pressed onto heavyweight galaxy-effect discs in yellow & black, blue & black, and red & black. The widespined outer sleeve features a spot gloss logo on the front cover; while the three spined inner sleeves sport artwork by the Fatshark team.

Darktide succeeds Fatshark’s much beloved Vermintide series with brutal co-op action set in the dystopian future of Warhammer 40,000. Composer Jesper Kyd’s many challenges included capturing the pomp and propaganda of the Imperium’s Inquisition; finding a way to represent ‘living machines’ the size of city blocks and thousands of years old in the lore of the game, but still tens of thousands of years more advanced than our own; and finding the sound of the dangerous lower levels of the Underhive.

He spectacularly achieves this with characterful choral and folk instrumental performances layered among all manner of vintage analog synths, giving the whole soundtrack a rusty, mechanical but not robotic feel — all dusty data and grinding grooves. It’s a unique score that sheds the orchestral and electric guitar palettes of other Warhammer titles.

TRACKLISTING
DISC 1
SIDE A
A1. Darktide Main Theme
A2. The Uprising on Hive Tertium
A3. Prison Break
A4. Onboard the Tancred Bastion
A5. Escaping the Prison Ship
A6. The Imperium Unites
A7. Immortal Imperium
A8. Dropship to Hive Tertium
SIDE B
B1. Entering the Hive City
B2. The Transit Horde
B3. Imperium of Man
B4. The Mourningstar
B5. Disposal Unit (Imperium Mix)
B6. Late Night Entertainment
B7. Nightsider
B8. City of Tertium
B9. Broadcast Apparatus

DISC 2
SIDE A
A1. Apparatus Receiving
A2. Data Interference
A3. Forge Manufactorum
A4. Atoma Prime
A5. Entering Throneside
A6. Waiting to Strike
A7. Path of Trust
SIDE B
B1. Unrest in Throneside
B2. Transmission Commences
B3. Offworld Auspex
B4. Hive City Lowest Level
B5. The Torrent Fights Back
B6. Warp Traveller
B7. Debriefing

DISC 3
SIDE A
A1. Escape Initiated
A2. Imperial Advance
A3. Hab Block Bonanza
A4. The Will of the Imperium
A5. Write Transmit
A6. Sublevel Data Interrogation
A7. Reality Slipping
A8. Heart of Heresy
A9. Embrace of the Chaos Cult
SIDE B
B1. Forge Chaos Detected
B2. Last Man Standing
B3. The Emperor of Mankind
B4. Admonition
B5. The Imperium Unites Part 2 (Bonus Track)
B6. Disposal Unit (Original Mix)
B7. Reality Slipping (Imperium Mix)
B8. Transmission Commences (Late Night Mix)