arrangers: []
catalog: BSR172
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack
composers: []
covers: []
discs:
- disc_length: '23:39'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: The Alters Theme
    track_length: '2:58'
  - names:
      English: How Did I End up Here
    track_length: '1:34'
  - names:
      English: Home Far Away
    track_length: '4:05'
  - names:
      English: Rapidium Theme
    track_length: '2:44'
  - names:
      English: Project Dolly
    track_length: '1:41'
  - names:
      English: Molten Echoes
    track_length: '3:18'
  - names:
      English: Running in Circles
    track_length: '3:03'
  - names:
      English: The Last Stretch
    track_length: '4:00'
  - names:
      English: Magnetic Storm
    track_length: '4:12'
  - names:
      English: Alternate Lifepaths
    track_length: '2:05'
  - names:
      English: The Prism
    track_length: '5:10'
  - names:
      English: Getting Ready
    track_length: '3:05'
  - names:
      English: Going Home
    track_length: '2:27'
  - names:
      English: What If (The Alters Song)
    track_length: '2:40'
link: album/151949
lyricists: []
media_format: Vinyl (12" 33&frac13; rpm)
meta:
  added_date: 2025-08-08T01:49
  edited_date: 2025-08-08T01:49
  fetched_date: 2026-01-16T15:18
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 223
name: The Alters (Original Game Soundtrack)
names:
  en: The Alters (Original Game Soundtrack)
  ja: The Alters (Original Game Soundtrack)
  ja-latn: The Alters (Original Game Soundtrack)
notes: 'Available in two vinyl color variants:

  - Clear with red, orange and light blue splatter (Black Screen Records exclusive)

  - Clear

  Mastered for vinyl by Christian Bethge

  Notes from Parent Album:

  Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and
  base-building elements. Help the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition
  create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal
  turmoils with this unconventional crew.

  11 bit studios, the creators of the award-winning games This War of Mine and Frostpunk,
  present The Alters, an ambitious sci-fi survival game with a unique twist. You play
  as Jan Dolski, the lone survivor of a crash-landed expedition on a hostile planet.
  To survive, you must form a new crew for your mobile base. Using a substance called
  Rapidium, you create alternative versions of Jan —The Alters— each one shaped by
  a different crucial decision from the protagonist’s past.

  The one-of-a-kind soundtrack for The Alters was created by Piotr Musiał, best known
  for his compositions for games like The Witcher, Frostpunk and This War of Mine.
  For The Alters, Musiał chose to stray from the obvious path when it comes to this
  genre of games and head for something more original: “While many sci-fi soundtracks
  these days favor the sound of analog synths, the idea behind the music of The Alters
  was a bit different. We wanted the music to feel more untraditional and mix digital,
  glitchy elements, unstable reverb with organic sounds, all of which together could
  support this unique story.”

  With this approach, Musiał dove deep into the world of The Alters and turned abstract
  ideas and atmospheres in very concrete music: “We aimed for the planet to feel overwhelmingly
  strange and hostile at first. The music starts as more abstract and based on dense
  atmospheric sound design. Our circular base, a place of safety and comfort inspired
  to create a theme that ‘goes round’ by a repeating leitfmotif. You will always feel
  at home there, unless there''s something bad happening, and that''s where the theme
  will get changed, broken.

  One of the key elements we get to discover in the game is the Rapidium crystal.
  A strange mineral, with yet unexplored properties. We felt like it could have its
  own theme too, and therefore, wherever you find it, it ‘sings’ to you with it''s
  strange, bassy voice, supported by a trace of live recorded strings, that were digitally
  destroyed to create this translucent texture, that sound unlike the real thing.
  A glitch crystal, is what they call it after all.

  But the more we explore the planet, the more the story we uncover. We wanted the
  music to gradually gain momentum and show the leitfmotifs more often, guiding you
  through emotional moments, fun moments, tough ones, reaching a grand finale. I hope
  you''ll enjoy this ride,” Musiał closes. Enjoy playing and listening to The Alters.

  Music composed by Piotr Musiał.

  Game developed and published by 11 bit studios / 11bitstudios.com

  Soundtrack released by Black Screen Records / blackscreenrecords.com'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/1645
  names:
    en: Black Screen Records
    ja: Black Screen Records
    ja-latn: Black Screen Records
  role: publisher
performers: []
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picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/94/151949/151949-23be4ca3061f.webp
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/94/151949/151949-23be4ca3061f.webp
platforms:
- Microsoft Xbox Series X
- PC
- Sony PlayStation 5
products:
- names:
    en: The Alters
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related:
- catalog: BSR172-D
  date: '2025-06-13'
  link: album/150402
  names:
    en: The Alters (Original Game Soundtrack)
    ja: The Alters (Original Game Soundtrack)
    ja-latn: The Alters (Original Game Soundtrack)
  type: game
release_date: 2025-12
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: EUR
  price: 34.0
reprints:
- catalog: BSR172-D
  link: album/150402
  note: ''
stores:
- link: http://blackscreenrecords.com/products/the-alters
  name: Black Screen Records
- link: http://store.ign.com/products/the-alters-original-game-soundtrack-vinyl
  name: IGN Store
- link: http://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/the-alters
  name: Very Ok Vinyl
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/151949?perpage=99999
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