arrangers: []
barcode: '859714350099'
catalog: N/A
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- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack
composers: []
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discs:
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  tracks:
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      English: From a Drop, a Flame
    track_length: '1:37'
  - names:
      English: Korunim
    track_length: '2:27'
  - names:
      English: One Drop Remained
    track_length: '3:51'
  - names:
      English: The Veiled Sea
    track_length: '5:55'
  - names:
      English: Swimming in the Sky
    track_length: '6:48'
  - names:
      English: The Lost Grotto
    track_length: '9:33'
  - names:
      English: Unpredictable and Joyous
    track_length: '4:47'
  - names:
      English: Ghost Warriors
    track_length: '3:37'
  - names:
      English: Shadow Tundra
    track_length: '7:42'
  - names:
      English: Dreaming of Vengeance
    track_length: '4:29'
  - names:
      English: Sacred River
    track_length: '7:58'
  - names:
      English: A City Where None Live
    track_length: '5:59'
  - names:
      English: Boiling Caverns
    track_length: '4:33'
  - names:
      English: Water Battles Fire
    track_length: '4:05'
  - names:
      English: The Perfect Wave
    track_length: '7:16'
  - names:
      English: Sword of the Sea
    track_length: '3:51'
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lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2025-08-18T22:13
  edited_date: 2025-08-19T13:10
  fetched_date: 2026-06-07T03:59
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1117
name: Sword of the Sea
names:
  en: Sword of the Sea
  ja: Sword of the Sea
  ja-latn: Sword of the Sea
notes: 'Sword of the Sea marks my 3rd collaboration with Giant Squid, and 4th with
  its founder Matt Nava (who had been Journey''s Art Director). 16 years now we''ve
  worked together! Every project has been so distinct, yet all so deeply "of a kind."
  He''s a singular talent and director, who somehow manages to create space for me
  try seemingly anything I want, yet creates games for which a very specific musical
  vision seems to emerge.

  At the heart of this one was an electronic soundscape enveloping a piano. Then came
  vocals, which actually began as a joke when Matt found a podcast in which Werner
  Herzog speculates that he''d use Orthodox monk chanting as underscore were he to
  make a skating documentary. I began writing for children''s choir (performed by
  the magnificent Phoenix Boys Choir), and the rest soon followed.

  Many, many musicians from around the world ended up performing on this score and
  I''m deeply indebted to them all. As with all Giant Squid games, this became a deeply
  personal labor of love and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to be part
  of it.

  Music Composer and Producer: Austin Wintory

  Soloists

  Kristin Naigus: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Native American Drone Flutes

  Tina Guo: Cello

  Malukah: Vocal

  Paul Cartwright: Violin, Viola

  Tom Strahle: Electric Guitar, Electric Basses, Mandolin, Tagelharpa

  Orchestration: Austin Wintory

  MIDI Transcription: Dallas Crane and Shireen Ghosh

  Copyist: Steve Juliani Music

  Additional Synth Programming: Joris Hoogsteder

  Custom VST Design and Additional Synth Programming: Shireen Ghosh

  Additional Synth Programming: Nick Palmer

  ProTools Prep and Music Editor: Kevin Globerman

  Score Mixer: Austin Wintory

  Soundtrack Mastering Engineer: Joris Hoogsteder

  Album Art Direction: Matt Nava

  London Recordings

  Viola Ensemble Contractor: Amy Ewen for Isobel Griffiths LTD

  London Voices Contractor and Choirmaster: Ben Parry

  Conductor: Austin Wintory

  Librarian: Jill Streater

  Recording Engineer: Jake Jackson

  Recorded at AIR Studios, Lyndhurst

  Viola Ensemble

  Bruce White, Reiad Chibah, Edward Vanderspar, Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, Nicholas
  Bootiman

  London Voices Choir

  Ken Burton, Fraser Collins, Guy Cutting, Michael Dore, Edmund Hastings, Matthew
  Howard, Benedict Hymas, Timothy Murphy, Sam Oladeinde, Edmund Sadington, Andrew
  Tipple, Steve Trowell

  Phoenix Boys Choir

  Phoenix Boys Choir Artistic Director and Conductor: Herbert Washington

  Phoenix Boys Choir Recording Coordinator: Ryan Gunderson

  Phoenix Boys Choir Engineer: Aidan Briggs

  David Acevedo, Rafael Aguirre, Noah Anderson, James Bruer, Jacob Crayton, Gavin
  Goats, Paul Harlow, Dylan Hernandez, Aaron Hollenback, Oliver Jones, Carlos Mendez,
  Adam Moneypenny, Santiago Morales, Macklin Murdoch, Nelson Newton, Oliver Nyman,
  Perry Elias Pauley, Asher Pearl, Alexander Perrin, Aristide Philippakis, Ryan Pinto,
  Leo Ponce, Hayden Purvis, Theo Potter, Ryan Reynolds, Aiden Ryan, Alston Smith,
  Jax Smith, Jackson Shapiro, Christopher Spurling, James Starbuck, Ezra Taylor, Peter
  Thurow, Jack Tracy, Timothy Swartz, Koos Van Leeuwen, Ezra Velasco-Medina, Yadian
  Washington, Oliver Williams

  Lyrics: Steve Lerner

  Translations: Patrick Quah and Matt Nava

  Thai Percussion Ensemble Producer: Seathencity

  Recording Session Supervisor: Numpark Sribanditmongkol

  Session Coordinator and Lead Percussionist: Pawarin Phiken

  Thai Percussionists

  Tossaporn Tassana, Worawan Worachat, Tinnapob Thanomthum, Chartchur Chursombol,
  Yanisa Wannawat

  Recording Engineer: Sutthipat Kunakorn, Sahathai Khantee

  Session Assistant: Isoon Khamduang'
organizations:
- &id001
  names:
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    ja: T-65b Records
    ja-latn: T-65b Records
  role: publisher
performers: []
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platforms:
- PC
- Sony PlayStation 5
products:
- link: product/23172
  names:
    en: Sword of the Sea
    ja: Sword of the Sea
    ja-latn: Sword of the Sea
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related:
- catalog: LMLP352
  date: 2026-04
  link: album/154711
  names:
    en: Sword of the Sea
    ja: Sword of the Sea
    ja-latn: Sword of the Sea
  type: game
release_date: '2025-08-19'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: USD
  price: 9.99
reprints: []
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votes: 0
