Once again, an impressive roster of musical talent worked on the soundtrack, including many composers from previous games in the series. This time, Rio Hamamoto stepped in as lead composer, with Akitaka "AJURIKA" Tohyama and Taku Inoue taking a major turn - with, to their credit, series like TEKKEN, Soulcalibur, Ridge Racer, Ace Combat and Katamari split between them .
In keeping with the series' original soundtracks, TEKKEN 7 features beautifully crafted electronic music that blends multiple musical elements, from jazz to EDM to synthwave and beyond. While there's a harder, more modern edge to some of the tracks, the melodrama is still thick, with opera and metal-infused tracks helping to raise the emotional stakes as the story of the Mishima family reaches a culminating and volcanic point. This impressive virtuosity is everywhere - be sure to listen carefully to the extraordinary performances of "Duomo di Sirio, Pt. 1." Juxtaposed against all the fire and fury of the story mode are several expressive classical guitar pieces from Namco veteran Katsuro Tajima and notable classical composers, performed by Toshiyuki Kumagai.
Elsewhere on the OST, Swedish metal band BatAAr contributed original song "VREDE" (Swedish for "anger") to complement Lars Alexandersson's storyline; while Inoue's theme songs "Aloneness" and "The Long Goodbye" were performed by Yumi Hara and Darnell Abraham respectively. Other contributing composers include Keiichi Okabe, Nobuyoshi "sanodg" Sano, Kensuke Inage, Yoshinori Kawamoto, Yuu Miyake, Junichi Nakatsuru, Hiroshi Okubo, Haruki Yamada and Yoshihito Yano.
75 tracks have been specially mastered for vinyl by engineer Joe Caithness, and the tracks will be pressed onto audiophile quality discs. In keeping with the vinyl series thus far, the box set includes cover art by illustrator Samuel Donato aka DXSinfinite.
• 75 songs by Rio Hamamoto, Taku Inoue, Akitaka "AJURIKA" Tohyama, Haruki Yamada, Katsuro Tajima, Go Shiina, Yuu Miyake, Hiroshi Okubo, Keiichi Okabe, Nobuyoshi "sanodg" Sano, Yoshinori Kawamoto, Kensuke Yano, Yoshiichihito Nakatsuru
• Original artwork by Samuel Donato
