Bethesda Game Studios and Laced Records have crewed up to bring the music of Starfield to deluxe vinyl.

Pre-orders are now open for the Limited Edition 6-disc box set (exclusive to www.lacedrecords.com) featuring 66 specially mastered tracks pressed to silver and white galaxy-effect, heavyweight discs (the Standard Edition features traditional black discs.) Box set artwork is by the team at Bethesda Game Studios, adorning a rigid board slipcase housing printed inner sleeves. The set includes a 12” art print and Constellation logo sticker.

A double LP set featuring 20 core tracks will also be available, with an Exclusive Edition with blue and white discs available via Laced, and a black disc variant available third-party retailers.

Throughout all Bethesda Game Studios titles, music is an integral part of the player’s journey and a constant companion on one’s adventure. Composer Inon Zur’s long-running collaboration with the studio began all the way back in 2008 with the launch of Fallout 3. With the Starfield score, they sought to evoke both the vastness of space and humanity’s curiosity-driven efforts to chart the unknown. This led to Zur weaving together traditional and non-traditional orchestral and electronic palettes into an aural tapestry of the organic and the synthetic.

During development, the team circulated an eclectic range of reference points: launching off with sci-fi staples John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith; passing through a classical nebula of Debussy, Ravel, and Prokofiev; flying by Vangelis’ towering synth work; and glancing the experimental work of Einstürzende Neubauten and John Cage.

Starfield’s orchestral cues — recorded by the Budapest Film Orchestra — often see different instrumental sections invoking imaginative aspects of space. Brisk, repeated sequences in the woodwinds represent particles. Strings playing undulating chords mimic long waves of interstellar energy. The brass section becomes a beacon of melody blasting out across the galaxy. Similarly, the more electronic-driven cues maintain a sense of grandeur through weighty synth pads that underpin cryptic repeated patterns and unusual percussive jabs.

Aeralie Brighton (DEATHLOOP, Ori series) is a featured vocalist on the soundtrack.

Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.

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The Starfield (Original Soundtrack) 6LP vinyl box set and double LP can be pre-ordered now:

USA and Canada store — www.lacedrecords.com

Rest of world outside USA and Canada — www.lacedrecords.co

Estimated shipping: March 2025.

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