September 28th, 2022 – September has been a busy month for all and video game music is no exception. Two amazing games, Dark Souls and Persona 5 celebrate anniversaries this month as well as two fantastic music albums, Video Game Lofi: DELTARUNE Chapter 2 and NieR: Become As Gods. In celebration of these anniversaries, Curaga Records and Materia Music would like to highlight the following albums, some of which are available right now on the Materia Store.
Video Game LoFi: DELTARUNE Chapter 2
From Curaga Records, Video Game LoFI: DELTARUNE Chapter 2 is a collection of chilled-out tracks taken from Deltarune, the role-playing game from developer Toby Fox. Song features on the album include “Girl Next Door”, “A CYBER’S WORLD”, “My Castle Town” and more. DELTARUNE CHAPTER 2 celebrates its one year anniversary on September 24th. You can pick up the album on cassette or CD right now or listen to the album on Spotify, Apple Music or Bandcamp.
NieR: Become As Gods
This collection of dark, polished tunes inspired by 2017’s NieR:Automata celebrated its fifth anniversary on September 1st. From artists ROZEN + REVEN, NieR: Become As Gods features 11 unique covers featuring orchestral pop, heavy-hitting strings, electric guitar and a variety of vocals from REVEN. The album is available right now on CD and vinyl. You can also listen to it on Bandcamp, Apple Music and Spotify.
Dark Souls & Persona 5
Also celebrating anniversaries this month are Dark Souls, which just had its 11 year anniversary on September 22nd and Persona 5 which celebrated its 6 year anniversary on September 16th. One of the most critically acclaimed games of all time, Dark Souls launched in 2009 and influenced hundreds, if not thousands, of games that followed. Dark Souls features a sinister and brooding soundtrack from original composer Motoi Sakuraba. Want to get your hands on the soundtrack? You can pre-order this exclusive gold-pressed vinyl right now.
Changing the world takes heart and you can feel that sentiment when listening to composer Shoji Meguro’s upbeat Persona 5 soundtrack. With a collection of multi-faceted, epic tracks that fans of the game will surely remember even after 6 years, the Persona 5 soundtrack is as well known as the title itself. Check out these awesome covers from the soundtrack on Spotify.
September has been a great month for game and music anniversaries alike. For even more music from the artists above, head over to the Materia store where you’ll find cassettes, CDs,
Vinyl, sheet music and more.
