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Journey

by Austin Wintory

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gibbsy_01 A great game needs a great soundtrack. Journey is quite possibly the most beautiful game I have ever played and this soundtrack is without a doubt one of the best in video game history. it is truely a work of art. fantastic job. Favorite track: I Was Born For This.
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replicant_hazard There has never been such a perfect synthesis between game and music before or after Journey. Guided by the recognizable main motive, we follow the Traveler through awe, pain, hardship, epiphany and bliss and so does the masterfully composed music roar, hurt, inspire, soar, evolve and transcend together with us. Journey is an absolute delight for the senses, it shows you something incredible and leaves you open-mouthed rethinking your life for days. Favorite track: Threshold.
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Paul Jordan One of my favourite soundtracks. Sublime in every way and a fitting accompaniment for the journey we all take. Favorite track: Apotheosis.
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Nascence 01:46
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The Call 03:38
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Threshold 06:04
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Temptations 04:13
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Descent 02:40
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Atonement 06:10
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The Crossing 01:57
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Reclamation 02:16
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Nadir 03:36
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Apotheosis 07:06
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Stat sua cuique dies / To each his day is given. (The Aeneid (X.467)) Maél is mé tó féran. / Time it is for me to go. (Beowolf, 316-319) ὤλετο μέν μοι νόστος / - Lost is my homecoming (Homer; Illiad) C'est pour cela que je suis née - I was born for this (Joan of arc) C'est pour cela que je suis née - I was born for this (Joan of arc) この道や / 行く人なしに / 秋のくれ / Along this road / Goes no one / This autumn eve. (Bashō) (phoenetically: Kono michi ya / yuku hito nashini / aki no kure) Ne me plaignez pas - Do not Pity me (Joan of Arc) [reprise "I was born for this"]

about

Before I say anything about JOURNEY, I want to use these pages to call special attention to what, for me, is most noteworthy about the music: the brilliant musicians responsible for bringing it all to life. Amy Tatum (flute/bass flute); Charissa Barger (harp); Rodney Wirtz (viola); Noah Gladstone (serpent); Sara Andon (flute); Lisbeth Scott (vocals); Oleg Kontradenko and the Macedonia Radio Symphonic Orchestra; and at the heart of it all, cellist Tina Guo. I often say that my music isn’t music until a musician has gotten their hands on it but never was that more true than with this score.

Beyond my inexhaustible praise for the musicians, I am not sure that I’ll ever be able to properly articulate the impact JOURNEY has had on my life. The ambitions thatgamecompany had for this game were immense and extremely exciting. This was the sort of game I’d dreamt to be a part of my entire life, especially as an adult. And yet as ready as I felt, as it turned out, their dream to create a game which fostered a genuine connection between two disparate people required a tremendous amount of soul searching on my part, and all of my convictions about music and composing were called into question. For the longest time (out of a total three years spent working on it!), I was terrified that I wouldn’t be able to rise to the occasion and deliver on a level remotely on par with what thatgamecompany was creating. And truthfully, I remain unsure, despite the deeply humbling and exhilarating response from players.

But therein lies the lesson I feel I’ve learned from this experience. We all love to throw around clichés like “life is about the journey, not the destination,” but I don’t think I had ever truly internalized that until working on this game. I am most proud and excited about the process I underwent in contributing to JOURNEY, rather than the final product itself. It was the perfect culmination of everything in my life up until that point, and I believe the perfect prelude to whatever new mountain lies over the next hill.

credits

released July 19, 2013

Music by Austin Wintory

Score produced by Austin Wintory, Keith Leary, and Monty Mudd
Orchestrations by Austin Wintory

SOLOISTS:

Cello: Tina Guo
Flute / bass flute: Amy Tatum
Harp: Charissa Barger
Viola: Rodney Wirtz
Serpent: Noah Gladstone

Skopje Radio Symphonic Orchestra, recorded at Studio M1; Skopje, Macedonia

Conducted by Oleg Kontradenko
Engineered by Boban Apostolov
Copyist: Steven Juliani
Additional Orchestrations by Susie Seiter
Additional Flute: Sara Andon
Programming and Electronics by Austin Wintory

"I was born for this," vocals performed by Lisbeth Scott

Libretto compiled by Jeremy Howard Beck

Austin Wintory wishes to thank: SCEA and the Sony Santa Monica Studio, and in particular Keith Leary, Monty Mudd, Ted Kocher, Clint Bajakian, Jason Swan, Justin Fields, Randall Lowe, Eric Koch, and Chuck Doud, Steve Johnson, Sarah Kovacs, Richard Kraft, Laura Engel, Ray Costa, Rich Jacobellis, Steve Kempster, Kevin Globerman, Mike Flicker, TJ Donahue, Kostas Christides, Ayana Haviv, William Tran, Jeremy Howard Beck, Amin and Claire, my amazing wife Megan, maw/paw/sis, and above all, my heroes at thatgamecompany.

© & ℗ 2012 Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC

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