arrangers: []
catalog: DS_Audio
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack
composers:
- link: artist/166
  names:
    en: Motoi Sakuraba
    ja: 桜庭統
covers:
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discs:
- disc_length: '73:39'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Prologue
      English (corrected CD track order): Prologue
    track_length: '3:45'
  - names:
      English: Firelink Shrine
      English (corrected CD track order): Firelink Shrine
    track_length: '2:57'
  - names:
      English: Taurus Demon
      English (corrected CD track order): Taurus Demon
    track_length: '2:40'
  - names:
      English: Bell Gargoyle
      English (corrected CD track order): Bell Gargoyle
    track_length: '3:26'
  - names:
      English: Pinwheel
      English (corrected CD track order): Gaping Dragon
    track_length: '2:17'
  - names:
      English: Gaping Dragon
      English (corrected CD track order): Pinwheel
    track_length: '2:59'
  - names:
      English: Chaos Witch Quelaag
      English (corrected CD track order): Chaos Witch Quelaag
    track_length: '2:39'
  - names:
      English: Daughters of Chaos
      English (corrected CD track order): Daughters of Chaos
    track_length: '2:56'
  - names:
      English: Iron Golem
      English (corrected CD track order): Iron Golem
    track_length: '2:51'
  - names:
      English: Ornstein & Smough
      English (corrected CD track order): Crossbreed Priscilla
    track_length: '2:50'
  - names:
      English: Gwynevere, Princess of Sunlight
      English (corrected CD track order): Great Grey Wolf Sif
    track_length: '2:47'
  - names:
      English: Great Grey Wolf Sif
      English (corrected CD track order): The Ancient Dragon
    track_length: '3:22'
  - names:
      English: Ceaseless Discharge
      English (corrected CD track order): Ceaseless Discharge
    track_length: '3:04'
  - names:
      English: Centipede Demon
      English (corrected CD track order): Ornstein & Smough
    track_length: '3:01'
  - names:
      English: Four Kings
      English (corrected CD track order): Gwynevere, Princess of Sunlight
    track_length: '2:44'
  - names:
      English: Seath the Scaleless
      English (corrected CD track order): Dark Sun Gwyndolin
    track_length: '2:59'
  - names:
      English: Gravelord Nito
      English (corrected CD track order): Four Kings
    track_length: '3:09'
  - names:
      English: Bed of Chaos
      English (corrected CD track order): Centipede Demon
    track_length: '3:40'
  - names:
      English: The Ancient Dragon
      English (corrected CD track order): Bed of Chaos
    track_length: '3:18'
  - names:
      English: Crossbreed Priscilla
      English (corrected CD track order): Gravelord Nito
    track_length: '3:04'
  - names:
      English: Dark Sun Gwyndolin
      English (corrected CD track order): Seath the Scaleless
    track_length: '2:55'
  - names:
      English: Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
      English (corrected CD track order): Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
    track_length: '3:38'
  - names:
      English: Nameless Song
      English (corrected CD track order): Nameless Song
    track_length: '6:38'
link: album/29132
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2011-09-27T01:16
  edited_date: 2015-03-18T19:41
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T09:28
  freedb: 19
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 12100
name: DARK SOULS Soundtracks
names:
  en: DARK SOULS Soundtracks
  ja: DARK SOULS Soundtracks
  ja-latn: DARK SOULS Soundtracks
notes: 'Comes with the European Limited Edition version of Dark Souls. This is essentially
  a reprint of the Japanese release, but the track order was changed. Note that the
  tracklist printed on the CD incorrectly shows the Japanese order and not this one.

  Music Composer: Motoi Sakuraba

  Ending Vocal: Emi Evans (freesscape)

  Strings: Hiroyuki Koike Strings

  Tb: Masanori Hirohara, Shinsuke ToriZuka

  B.Tb: Ryota Fujii

  Horn: Jonathan Hammill, Yoshiyuki Uema, Yuta Ono

  Cho: TOKYO PHILHARMONIC CHORUS

  Timp & Perc: Yuki Hasegawa

  Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa

  Recording Studio: SOUND INN, Wonder Station

  Recording & Mix Engineer: Atsushi Kobayashi

  Assistant Engineer: Kazunori Yamada (SOUND INN), Hiroyuki Akira (Wonder Station)

  Score & Direction: Chiaki Kato, Masaki Murata

  Recording Director: Mitsugu Nakamura (TEAM Entertainment)'
organizations:
- &id001
  names:
    en: Namco Bandai
  role: publisher
performers:
- link: artist/8333
  names:
    en: Emi Evans
- link: artist/3780
  names:
    en: Hiroyuki Koike Strings
    ja: 小池弘之ストリングス
- link: artist/5428
  names:
    en: Masanori Hirohara
    ja: 広原正典
- link: artist/10559
  names:
    en: Shinsuke Torizuka
    ja: 鳥塚心輔
- link: artist/8415
  names:
    en: Ryota Fujii
    ja: 藤井良太
- link: artist/11727
  names:
    en: Jonathan Hammill
- link: artist/8651
  names:
    en: Yoshiyuki Uema
    ja: 上間善之
- link: artist/12688
  names:
    en: Yuta Ono
- link: artist/7448
  names:
    en: Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
    ja: 東京混声合唱団
- link: artist/8704
  names:
    en: Yuki Hasegawa
    ja: 長谷川友紀
- link: artist/2092
  names:
    en: Tomoyuki Asakawa
    ja: 朝川朋之
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picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/23/29132/29132-1396977362.jpg
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/23/29132/29132-1396977362.jpg
platforms:
- Microsoft Xbox 360
- Sony PlayStation 3
products:
- link: product/903
  names:
    en: Dark Souls
    ja: ダークソウル
    ja-latn: Dark Souls
publish_format: Commercial, Enclosure
publisher: *id001
related:
- catalog: FFSA-ST002
  link: album/26577
  names:
    en: DARK SOULS Original Soundtrack
    ja: ダークソウル オリジナルサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: DARK SOULS Original Soundtrack
  type: bonus
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/26033
  names:
    en: DARK SOULS
    ja: DARK SOULS
    ja-latn: DARK SOULS
  type: bonus
- catalog: FFSA-ST003
  link: album/36023
  names:
    en: DARK SOULS with ARTORIAS OF THE ABYSS EDITION O...
    ja: DARK SOULS with ARTORIAS OF THE ABYSS EDITION O...
    ja-latn: DARK SOULS with ARTORIAS OF THE ABYSS EDITION O...
  type: bonus
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/79311
  names:
    en: Dark Souls Tribute
    ja: Dark Souls Tribute
    ja-latn: Dark Souls Tribute
  type: doujin
- catalog: SL9-2042-1-7
  link: album/69932
  names:
    en: Dark Souls Original Game Soundtrack
    ja: Dark Souls Original Game Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Dark Souls Original Game Soundtrack
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/85180
  names:
    en: Dark Souls
    ja: Dark Souls
    ja-latn: Dark Souls
  type: game
release_date: '2011-10-07'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Not for Sale
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/29132?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Review:
  - link: http://www.originalsoundversion.com/sakuraba-with-soul-dark-souls-original-soundtrack-review/
    name: 'OSV: Jayson Napolitano''s Review'
  - link: https://www.rpgfan.com/music-review/dark-souls-soundtracks/
    name: RPGFan's Review
