Music is crucial to immersing yourself in a game experience. A great soundtrack can help transport you to all manner of worlds, from futuristic planets orbiting distant stars to fantastical realms of magic and wonder, and yes, even back through time into history. We consider ourselves lucky that we could work with an amazing composer like Arnaud Roy from the very beginning (though back then he was known to our players as FlyByNo) to bring our worlds and games to life. Our fans seem to agree, given how many times we hear that the endless Soundtracks are among their favorite game OSTs.
But of all our collaborations with Arnaud, the Humankind Soundtrack was perhaps the biggest and most challenging project yet. With 60 different cultures, the soundtrack required a great variety of instruments and musical styles, and Arnaud worked with a number of experts to achieve this. Even after forming these many cultures into groups, the soundtrack contains several hours worth of music. On top of that, there is over an hour of orchestral music evoking the grand scale of history.
We can only begin to describe the effort that went into this soundtrack here, so if you want to know more, please check out our Feature Focus about Composing the Music, or the Humankind Music playlist on youtube for more examples and making-of videos about the soundtrack.
If you agree with us that his work on the Humankind soundtrack is phenomenal, please show your appreciation for his work by nominating Humankind in the Best Soundtrack category of the Steam Awards.
And while you are already in a voting mood, why not head on over to the Game Awards website and vote for us, as we have been nominated for Best Sim/Strategy Game this year. We'd really appreciate your support!
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- The Amplitude Team