Like life, the best soundtracks are a many-splintered pathway — encompassing everything from the happy moments to the scary unknowns. Composer Max LL has clearly experienced the up, down and sideways whimsies of humanity, because he captures them so poignantly in the score to Spiritfarer.

This is a daring album, not because it’s recklessly brazen, but also, in fact, because its just the opposite – it’s not afraid of simplicity, finding absolute joy in single notes and sounds. With just a few plucks, an inspired curiosity can envelope you completely, and before you know it, it’s swelled into something orchestral and grand. But for every lovely musical thought, foreboding ones await. Perhaps that’s the real magic of Max LL’s approach, because even when the storm rolls in, you welcome what it prompts — deep feelings, and also, the reliable cadence of ocean waves. Spiritfarer, both the game and its music, is both vast and intimate — a true masterpiece worthy of wax.

• 2xLP on Star Hat Green Vinyl
• Music by Max LL
• Album Art by Erin Vest
• Mastered for Vinyl by Townsend Mastering 

Track List

1. Spiritfarer
2. Charon's Burden
3. At Sea
4. Thunder Harvest
5. Shipyards
6. Island Discovery
7. Hummingberg
8. Stella's Lullaby
9. Furogawa
10. Into The Mines
11. Rain
12. Revelation
13. Gurenu Fields
14. At Night
15. Don't Be Scared Stella
16. The Swarms Of Hades
17. Northern Waters
18. First Snow
19. Winter Village
20. Song Of Growth
21. The Hoarder
22. Lounge Music
23. Big Fish
24. Freeing The Dragon
25. Falling Stars
26. Mother Nebula Pillbug
27. Pulsar Pursuit
28. Tortoise Sisters
29. Treasure Hunt
30. Susan's Museum
31. Choo Choo!
32. Shallow Waters
33. Oxbury
34. Bottom Line Corp.
35. Dust Bunnies
36. Meteoroids
37. Guardians & Memories
38. The Mist
39. Crow's End
40. Last Voyage
41. Stella's Departure
42. What Will You Leave Behind (feat. Maude Plante-Husaruk) [End Titles]
43. My Friends (Spirit Theme Suite)
44. What Will You Leave Behind (feat. Timbre) [Reprise]