Bloodborne Vol. I & II (10th Anniversary)

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Cover Notes: The Laced Exclusive Edition Vol. I & II collection includes the original Bloodborne double LP set first released in 2019, alongside a new Vol. II LP that comprises nine remastered tracks: four from the base soundtrack not previously on vinyl; and five boss cues from The Old Hunters DLC, including ‘Ludwig, The Holy Blade’ by Nobuyoshi Suzuki and ‘Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower’ by Yuka Kitamura. The full set is housed in a deluxe lift-off lid collector’s box with gold foiling and obi strip, and also includes a Caryll Runes slipmat. Bloodborne was released in 2015 as a new PlayStation IP from director Hidetaka Miyazaki and FromSoftware, with The Old Hunters DLC dropping later that year. Its taut action gameplay, Gothic horror, and Lovecraftian themes saw Bloodborne become one of the most revered video games of all time. The Bloodborne soundtrack is a masterclass in choral-orchestral writing and horror textures. Sadness, fury, creeping dread, and faded grandiosity are all conveyed through boss music cues that are all the more impactful given that a significant amount of a player’s playtime is spent without underscore. Multiple composers from America and Japan collaborated to score the darkest corners of Yharnam and the nightmares beyond, including Ryan Amon, Yuka Kitamura, Tsukasa Saitoh, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Cris Velasco, and Michael Wandmacher.