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September 12, 2022

BATTLEFIELD 2024 Soundtrack Comes to 2XLP Vinyl in November

Lakeshore Records & Invada Records are set to release the official soundtrack 2XLP vinyl edition for the video game Battlefield 2024 on November 4. The game score has been composed by two-time Grammy Award winners Hildur Gudnadóttir & Sam Slater

Lakeshore Records’ double LP on “Rising Tides (Blue With White Burst)” vinyl, gatefold sleeve and full color inner sleeves will be released in the Americas via Lakeshore Records, and the rest of the world on Invada Records. Invada’s comes on “Hazard Zone Green with Blue Splatter.”

Released in October of 2021, Battlefield 2042 is a groundbreaking first-person shooter set to revolutionize the modern multiplayer sandbox that takes place in the near future, when the world has entered a set of constant chaos with a massive immigration crisis birthing a rebellion against the last all encompassing world government. Powered by cutting-edge technology that pushes the capabilities of next generation hardware, the game drops players into a near-future, all-out-war experience. Battlefield 2042 also upped the action with the inclusion of real-time events that reshape the battlefield and tactical combat.

Lakeshore Records preorder link for the Americas; Invada Records preorder link for rest of the world.

A digital Battlefield 2042 soundtrack was previously released and is available from Amazon, Spotify, and other streaming/download sources.

About The Composers:

Hildur Gudnadóttir is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, Emmy-, two-time Grammy-, and BAFTA-winning Icelandic artist, who has been manifesting herself at the forefront of experimental pop and contemporary music. Her work for film and television includes SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO, MARY MAGDALENE, and the critically acclaimed HBO series CHERNOBYL, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as a BAFTA and Grammy Award. Gudnadóttir received a multitude of accolades for her work on JOKER, directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, including an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Grammy.

Two-time Grammy Award-winning composer, sound designer and music producer Sam Slater is known for his roles as both score producer and musical sound designer for JOKER and CHERNOBYL. He has also won an Icelandic Music Award as “Producer of the Year” and a MASA Award for “Best Sound Design in Television Program.” As a composer, in 2020 he scored GUERILLA, a feature film about freedom fighters in Myanmar directed by Anyrin Bowyn; THE RIVER BETWEEN US, a documentary feature on uncontacted Peruvian tribes; and I AM NOT A MONSTER, a BBC/PBS podcast telling the story of an American mother who brought her son to live in war-torn Syria. The podcast won several awards and was noted for its complex and weighty sound world.

Listen to the BF 2042 theme song composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sam Slater, and Joel Eriksson:

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