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PIOTR MUSIAL
THE ALTERS (ORIGINAL GAME SOUNDTRACK) (CLEAR VINYL)
Vinyl LP

Item no. :CG170693LP Barcode :4059251706939 Artist :PIOTR MUSIAL Product type :Vinyl LP Label :BLACK SCREEN RECORDS Release Date :12 December 2025
 
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Clear Vinyl. Luxurious jacket with embossed logo and details plus cut-out on the side.

Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.

11 bit studios, the creators of the award-winning games This War of Mine and Frostpunk, present The Alters, an ambitious sci-fi survival game with a unique twist. You play as Jan Dolski, the lone survivor of a crash-landed expedition on a hostile planet. To survive, you must form a new crew for your mobile base. Using a substance called Rapidium, you create alternative versions of Jan —The Alters— each one shaped by a different crucial decision from the protagonist's past.

The one-of-a-kind soundtrack for The Alters was created by Piotr Musiał, best known for his compositions for games like The Witcher, Frostpunk and This War of Mine.  For The Alters, Musiał chose to stray from the obvious path when it comes to this genre of games and head for something more original: "While many sci-fi soundtracks these days favor the sound of analog synths, the idea behind the music of The Alters was a bit different. We wanted the music to feel more untraditional and mix digital, glitchy elements, unstable reverb with organic sounds, all of which together could support this unique story."

With this approach, Musiał dove deep into the world of The Alters to turn abstract ideas and atmospheres in very concrete music: "We aimed for the planet to feel overwhelmingly strange and hostile at first. The music starts as more abstract and based on dense atmospheric sound design. Our circular base, a place of safety and comfort inspired to create a theme that ‘goes round’ by a repeating leitfmotif. You will always feel at home there, unless there's something bad happening, and that's where the theme will get changed, broken."

SIDE A:
1. The Alters Theme
2. How Did I End Up Here?
3. Home Far Away
4. Rapidium Theme
5. Project Dolly
6. Molten Echoes
7. Running in Circles

SIDE B:
1. The Last Stretch
2. Magnetic Storm
3. Alternate Lifepaths
4. The Prism
5. Getting Ready
6. Going Home
7. What if? (The Alters Song)