Songs of Supergiant Games: 10th Anniversary Collection Steam Charts & Stats

42 minutes of pure magic.

Before you buy this, you should know that this is not the exact songs from the games, but rather orchestral versions of them. That said, personally I still love them a lot, perhaps with a little bit of bias from my fond memories of the game as well. Overall, a great purchase if you liked the OST in the beginning!

This is an orchestral version of the songs from the games. While it's not bad, I do not recommend it because the original songs are simply better. These versions lose the atmosphere of gravity from many of the songs, and the music tends to be too often joining the voice rather than complementing it. They also feel slower, at least some of them. Just compare the original The Spine to this one and you'll see what I mean. Or In Circles. I'd love a great accoustic recording of the original songs with only minimal tweaks. Notable exception is the last track, "Remember the Bastion". That one is nice enough.

I'm gonna be honest, although I love the songs, I bought this because I saw the percussionist in the video using a hammer on a wrench to keep the beat. Fantastic attention to detail and creative.

You're here because you know you like it already. Yes, the orchestra is nice. Yes, Transistor's songs still remind you of the first time you heard them. And, yes, this is worth popping into your digital collection of music.

Isn't it strange how multimedia causes increased emotional attachments to music? This isn't anything new, obviously. I like Supergiant's games. I like this album. I like remixes and juxtapositions of music I enjoy. Get a copy of this to support the studio, but only if you enjoyed these soundtracks. Its just a love letter to the art. Throw a gold coin to the artist.

These are our lovely musical compositions from our lovely games but with new arrangement. Album has a rich orchestral sound with a beautiful vocal by Ashley Barrett and Darren Korb. Perhaps the main difference between this album and the original songs is the atmosphere: now tracks are less "cosy" than the original ones from the games. Thanks to the orchestral arrangment all compositions sound more epic and sophisticated. This is bad? I don't think so. On top of this, I like some songs more than original ones (for example, The Spine, She Shines and Paper Boats). I couldn't say whether the songs from this album are better or worse than original compositions. These ones just different. If you want to rediscover songs that you already knew, I can recommend buying this album.

I will freely admit that the soundtracks are my favorite part of Supergiant's games. I only bought Transistor on steam so I could get the music for the player (originally got it at release on PS4). So I'm as biased as you get, but if you don't enjoy Darren's music I doubt you're even here. I love this album, just listened to the whole thing through. If you aren't sure how you feel about new arrangements of music you love, on different instruments, please watch the videos they have here, they're long but the first gives you a good sampling of the tracks (not every single one, though), and even if you don't want to buy? I HIGHLY recommend watching that second video, it's their full Bastion medley and is so good. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go update my Supergiant Games soundtrack playlist.

TL;DR at the very bottom. To preface this just a little bit, as a fan of Supergiant since the days of Bastion, I've always adored the ♥♥♥♥ out of their music. Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett have easily become my favorite duo for gaming soundtracks, and with every single game release SG has hit it out of the park in just about every department, including music. If you've not listened to their soundtracks before, please do, but make sure to play some of the games first; they 100% add to the emotional value of each OST without fail. With the release and subsequent explosion of Hades hype, I became a bit worried -- I've seen a number of other companies go through something similar where the explosion of a certain game's popularity would push them into a point of either selling out or starting to settle into mediocrity while giving only to fans of the big entry because of how lucrative it is. But that was not necessarily so with Supergiant. Now, I'm fairly certain this album was put together long before Hades got huge, but the thing is is that that game still had plenty to draw from in its library... yet Transistor, my favorite of the games, got the majority of the songs on this album, with almost every single one of its vocal tracks being represented. Transistor, probably the second least popular besides Pyre (which is also a game I'm glad got plenty of representation here!). That, along with the beautiful 8-minute Bastion medley, showed me that no, Supergiant absolutely still cares about old fans and their older games. They care about their roots, and they sure as hell still care about the art in their games. I found Hades to generally be lacking in some of the artistic departments that Transistor had shone the most in, but I have so much hope thanks to this album. I have hope that this studio will continue to make games that really do put the art up on a well-deserved pedestal while still retaining the sheer quality in gameplay and enjoyment that their past games have. ===== So, now for the actual review. If you're someone who's just found Supergiant's games and music through Hades, I honestly don't recommend this album to you at all. What you need to do is take those $10 you would have spent on this, find Bastion/Transistor/Pyre, and pick up at least one of them (especially if one or more are on sale). I find that Transistor is the easiest to recommend out of them as it's the most similar to Hades gameplaywise, though all three of them are worthwhile games for sure. If you're someone who's played at least 2 out of the 4 Supergiant games, it might be worth it just to listen to the stuff you know *and* to hear what you can from the games you've missed. It might just push you to give em a shot, cause it's definitely worth it. If you've played 3 or 4 out of the 4 games, you obviously will want to pick this up. It's beautiful and worth twice its price, easily (or even more so -- I know I bought the vinyl). Personally, I found the renditions of Never to Return, The Spine, and Vagrant Song to be a bit lacklustre compared to the rest. They weren't bad at all, but I think they either missed part of what made the original good (the simplicity of Vagrant and the heavy percussion and bite of The Spine) or happened to be songs that were meant to be looped (Never to Return and The Spine). It's unfortunate, but they do at least sound good anyway. I just think they're weaker than the rest of the album. As for everything else, ohhhh boy. It opens well with We All Become, and In Circles/Lament of Orpheus/She Shines are great, but I think the standouts are most certainly the last three songs. In true Supergiant fashion, they totally nail the ending song(s): In the Flame, Paper Boats, and Remember the Bastion are superb closers to this album, and they alone are worth the asking price. Paper Boats has been my favorite Supergiant song for pretty much ever, and I think this version of it did it justice with its fresh take on the sheer emotional impact of the original. In the Flame perfectly captures all the feelings of hype I and others had when Pyre was first announced with those awesome trailers... and Remember the Bastion really does put together several beautiful themes into one medley package the game absolutely deserves. This album is, in a few words, beautiful, heartfelt, and a labor of love. I really hope Korb and Barrett have gotten enjoyment out of all the stuff they've made together, because they deserve it for the top-notch quality of all of this music. This album is a perfect showcase of a lot of what makes Supergiant stand out as a special little studio in this heavily saturated industry. Hell, it even makes me wish I had the skills to help a studio like them out -- it brings back feelings I had as a teen when I played through the ending of Bastion and thought, "♥♥♥♥, I wish I could work here someday." ===== [b]TL;DR:[/b] Buy this album if you've played more than half of Supergiant's first 4 games, and consider buying it if you've played 2. Wait until you've played more of them if you've only played 1. Top-notch album, and respectful of the games that got Supergiant to where they are now. Bravo, Korb and co.

I thought a lot about what i wanna write, I'm bursting with emotions right now. so i'll be brief. Sincerely speaking, from the bottom of my heart - my life goes hand in hand with your music Darren. Thank you.