When it hit the shelves in October 2018, Red Dead Redemption 2 was widely considered to be one of the best games of the year, and with good reason. So many meticulous and intricate puzzle pieces within the production were created with long, painstaking care into it that it’s hard not to appreciate. One of those things that was provided with so much time and effort was the music behind the game. The music is atmospheric in a way that makes the player feel right at home in The Old West circa 1899. That and the music is just, simply put, pretty darn good to listen to while you’re ropa-doping dopes on to the back of your horse (say that five times fast).
The music is so darn good that we’re getting not just one, but two soundtrack discs released from the game onto the market this year. We’ve already got one – The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2: Original Soundtrack – that was released earlier this month and is currently available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music. Up next, we are getting another music collection for the game that will, this time, focus strictly on the game’s musical score.
The collection, which will be collectively compiled as The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2: Original Score, is currently available to pre-order on iTunes while some songs can be streamed on Spotify. The full collection will not be available to buy wherever music can be sold and streamed until August 9th. Until then, here’s a tracklist previewing what we can look forward to.
- By 1899, The Age Of Outlaws And Gunslingers Was At An End – Jeff Silverman, Woody Jackson & Luke O’Malley
- Outlaws From The West – Woody Jackson
- Blessed Are The Peacemakers – Woody Jackson
- Mrs. Sadie Adler, Widow – Woody Jackson
- Revenge Is A Dish Best Eaten – Mario Batkovic & Woody Jackson
- It All Makes Sense Now – Woody Jackson
- The Fine Art Of Conversation – Woody Jackson
- Banking, The Old American Art – Michael Leonhart & Woody Jackson
- There She Is…A Real City, The Future – Mario Batkovic
- Everybody Wake Up – Woody Jackson
- Welcome To The New World – Senyawa & Colin Stetson
- Paradise Mercifully Departed – Senyawa, Woody Jackson & Colin Stetson
- Doctor’s Opinion – Colin Stetson
- Fleeting Joy – Colin Stetson & Woody Jackson
- Icarus And Friends – Colin Stetson, David Ralicke & Jeff Silverman
- Country Pursuits – Arca & Woody Jackson
- An American Pastoral Scene – Woody Jackson
- Blood Feuds, Ancient And Modern – Woody Jackson
- Red Dead Redemption – Woody Jackson
- The Wheel – Woody Jackson
- American Venom – Woody Jackson
- American Reprise – Woody Jackson