had 4 new vinyl releases in 2017 as well as a hand in one of the flexi releases. They have 2 new titles announced for us in 2018 and I’m sure we’ll see more from their new partnership with SNK as well. They also surprised us with the Metal Slug soundtrack, which was the first from a new partnership with SNK.
They have 4 titles confirmed for 2018 with another few announced, although without any strict ETAs.ĭata Discs continued their series of high quality remastered Sega soundtracks as well as the soundtrack for the new Sonic Mania game. And with another 15 announced titles planned for 2018 there’s no sign of them slowing down.Īnother label that had a very productive year is Black Screen Records who released 12 new soundtracks on vinyl including label founder Kevin Schultz’ dream release – the Earthworm Jim Anthology 2LP. Finishing with their much anticipated Persona 5 box sets they end with 21 new soundtrack releases in 2017 alone, which brings them to a total of 56 releases in their back catalog. Just like last year iam8bit is the most productive VGM vinyl label out there ever. With that development from last year, there’s a good chance that 2018 also will have more new titles than ever before. It doesn’t look like the market is stagnating either as there’s currently 76 titles scheduled for 2018. We even had 2 VGM flexi disc releases, which hasn’t happened since the early 90s. While 2016 had around 90 releases, 2017 had almost 130! And that’s just different soundtracks – not different variants and repressings. Well, that record has now been taken by 2017 – and with quite a few releases. Last year I claimed that 2016 had been an insane year and the year with most ever VGM vinyl releases. The big numbers post for 2016 was a great success, so I thought “why not make this a tradition”? So here we are at the beginning of 2018 with a look back on 2017 in VGM vinyl releases. It can be preordered from Square Enix’s NA store here and their EU store here.ĭaughter deck nine life is strange life is strange: before the storm square enix 2017 – The Year In VGM Vinyl Releases It will be priced at $70/€70 and is scheduled to release on March 6, 2018. And since this is a physical edition for the game it also comes with that on the console of your choice (PC, PS4, XB1) as well as DLC and an artbook. It features game art and will also include a soundtrack CD. The release will be a 4LP box set with 2 records on white vinyl and 2 on pink. It is not yet clear if the licensed songs will be included in the vinyl edition. This includes an edition with the score by Daughter on vinyl. Today Square Enix have announced that they will be releasing physical editions for the game Life Is Strange: Before The Storm. UPDATE: After posting this I’ve been informed that the records in the box set are in fact 7″ records and not LPs like it says in the article. It can be preordered via Fangamer for people in the US here and via BigWax for people in EU/RoW here.īrave wave cory schmitz katsumi yokota panzer dragoon panzer dragoon saga saori kobayashi sega The My Singing Monsters soundtrack is getting a vinyl release The release will be priced at $35/€35 and is scheduled to release early April 2018. The release will include a booklet with essays and liner notes by people who worked on the game as well as archival artwork. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with artwork by Katsumi Yokota with additional design by Cory Schmitz. The vinyl release will be a 2LP on lilac colored vinyl. In an interview with The Verge Kobayashi has stated that: “ I was able to achieve the kind of music that I wanted to do 20 years ago“.Īlso present on this new arrangement is Eri Ito, Triforce Quartet, and Maho Azuma. What’s really interesting is that the arrangement is done by the original soundtrack’s composer Saori Kobayashi. In mid-December last year Brave Wave announced that they would be releasing a Panzer Dragoon Saga arrangement album titled “ Resurrection: Panzer Dragoon Saga 20th Anniversary Arrangement“.