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Spirit Of The North 2 soundtrack heads to streaming with 10 unheard tracks
Spirit Of The North 2's soundtrack arrives on streaming May 20 with 10 unheard tracks and a new in-game quest.
The soundtrack to Spirit Of The North 2 is finally making the jump to streaming next week, and it is arriving with something extra: 10 previously unheard tracks tied to a new in-game update.
The indie adventure puzzle game launched last year as the follow-up to 2019’s Spirit Of The North, continuing the journey of a fox and a raven through an ancient world as they search for the lost guardians and try to find their way home. A year on, the game is being marked with a new update that goes live next week and folds directly into its score, unlocking those new songs through a fresh quest.
The full soundtrack will be available to stream next Wednesday, May 20. Composed by Pav Gekko, it draws heavily on the work of Icelandic artists Ólafur Arnalds, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Sigur Rós. The digital release runs to 93 tracks in total, including the ten unreleased pieces, and fans can pre-save it now.
NME readers can also revisit a live performance of fan favourite track “The Song Of Misthaven” below:
That song leans on Kulning, an ancient Scandinavian vocal technique once used to call animals over long distances, and it threads through the wider Spirit Of The North 2 soundtrack as well. Gekko said he wanted the music to feel as if it “breathes with the environment” and captures “the vastness, solitude, and mystery of the Icelandic-inspired landscapes.” He added that he wasn’t aiming for a conventional cinematic orchestral score, but something with “its own distinct sonic identity.”
Gekko also pointed to the atmosphere of contemporary Icelandic music as a key reference point, citing its “ambience, fragile textures, and emotionally expressive vocal work.” Those ideas, he said, show up in the felt piano, dulcimers, soft string textures and slowly shifting harmonic layers across the soundtrack, while its most ethereal and expansive passages were especially shaped by Sigur Rós.
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