Explore the aural expanse of the Homeworld series on vinyl and digital

Laced Records |  

 
London, 23rd August 2023 –  FULL ALERT!!!! Gearbox Entertainment and Laced Records have strategically allied to bring the renowned music of Homeworld Remastered and Homeworld 2 Remastered to vinyl. 
 
Pre-orders are open via www.lacedrecords.com for respective vinyl releases: the Homeworld Remastered Limited Edition double LP features orange galaxy effect discs; while the Homeworld 2 Remastered Limited Edition triple LP boasts discs in smoky grey galaxy effect (standard edition variants feature traditional black discs). 
 
Both record sleeves feature artwork from across the series by Relic Entertainment and Gearbox Entertainment. LPs come in printed inner sleeves, all housed in silver laminated widespined outer sleeves. All music has been specially mastered for vinyl and will be pressed onto heavyweight discs. 
 
In addition, both the Homeworld Remastered and Homeworld 2 Remastered soundtrack albums — joined by Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak — are now available to stream and download via Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, Amazon, and many other music streaming services. All the links can be found here: lacedrecords.com/collections/homeworld 
 
As the developers at Relic Entertainment busily crafted the grand space strategy of 1999’s Homeworld, series composer Paul Ruskay was left largely to his own devices in crafting the now iconic score. He took diverse inspiration from Vangelis’ score for Blade Runner, Brian Eno, the sampling of traditional instruments from all over the globe by Algerian DJ Cheb i Sabbah, and ambient electronica duo Delirium. Homeworld’s score was born of limitations thanks to Ruskay’s “primitive setup” of synthesiser, sampler and sequencer — at the time his Studio X Labs were being built around him — and this forced him to produce instinctive, live mixes. Later Homeworld titles saw the composer move towards rich, live recorded instruments, including elegant but intense strings, and traditional Indian singing and instrumentation.   

During the Homeworld Remastered Collection restoration process, Ruskay dug out the original music DAT tapes out of a shoe box, dusted off decade-old Pro Tool Studio sessions, and had uncompressed versions made of all tracks. Subtle, faithful musical elements were added to help widen the mixes of the first Homeworld in particular, and both soundtrack albums were then mindfully remixed and sequenced.   
 
Homeworld is an award-winning real-time strategy franchise. Its unique aesthetic — with colourful ship trails criss-crossing against grand, galactic backgrounds — make it instantly recognisable. Its genre-shaping gameplay invited RTS players to truly think in 3D, and to carefully consider resource management between missions during the interconnected campaign missions.  

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 The Homeworld Remastered (Original Soundtrack) double LP and Homeworld 2 Remastered (Original Soundtrack) triple LP can be pre-ordered now: 
 
🇺🇸 USA and 🇨🇦 Canada store — www.lacedrecords.com 
 
🌍 Rest of world outside USA and Canada — www.lacedrecords.co 
 
Stream and download Homeworld series albums via major music services. Links: www.lacedrecords.com/collections/homeworld 
 
For more information on Homeworld visit: www.homeworlduniverse.com/  

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About Gearbox: 
 
The Gearbox Entertainment Company, LLC is an award-winning, creator and distributor of transmedia entertainment. Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for successful game franchises, as well as acquired properties Duke Nukem and Homeworld, which it distributes across the world. Gearbox Entertainment is composed of four subsidiaries: Gearbox Software, Gearbox Publishing, Gearbox Studio, and Gearbox Properties. Gearbox Software, founded in 1999 by a team of industry veterans, is headquartered in Frisco, Texas and is known around the world for developing hit video games and franchises like Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Brothers in Arms, and Borderlands. Gearbox Publishing was established in 2016 with the goal of helping developers around the world bring their products to market while retaining their unique creative visions. Gearbox Studios was formed in 2022 and creates cutting-edge transmedia opportunities including the upcoming movies based on Borderlands and Duke Nukem, and the series based on Brothers in Arms. Gearbox Properties was founded in 2022 to manage Gearbox’s wide variety of intellectual property across all products, mediums, and merchandise categories. 
 
The Gearbox Entertainment Company is a proud member of the Embracer Group AB family of companies, which is publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under the ticker EMBRAC B. For more information, visit www.Gearbox.com. 
 
About Laced:  
 
Laced is the world’s leading video game soundtrack record label, with over 200 releases to date across vinyl, CD and digital. 
 
We create the best special edition vinyl sets on the market for games new and old, from the biggest blockbusters to the most intimate indies. Releases include music from IP as diverse as Ace Attorney, ARK, Assassin’s Creed, Bloodborne, Borderlands, Control, Cult of the Lamb, Dead Cells, Deathloop, Devil May Cry, Dishonored, DOOM, Fallout, Far Cry, Gears of War, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Hi-Fi RUSH, Homeworld, Hotline Miami, Mario+Rabbids, Mega Man, No Man’s Sky, Quake II, Resident Evil, RuneScape, Serious Sam, Tomb Raider, Street Fighter, The Talos Principle, TEKKEN, Terraria, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon & Rainbow Six, Total War, Vampire: The Masquerade, Warhammer &Warhammer 40,000, Watch Dogs, Wolfenstein and Yakuza/Like a Dragon. 
 
Partners include Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Capcom, Creative Assembly, Croteam, Devolver Digital, From Software, Games Workshop, Gearbox Entertainment, Good Shepherd Entertainment, Hello Games, Jagex, Kepler Interactive, Microsoft, Motion Twin, Re-Logic, Remedy, SEGA, Sharkmob, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Ubisoft.  
 
Laced offers full label services including product design, mastering, manufacturing, worldwide physical and digital distribution, and marketing. As well as operating a trusted, direct-to-consumer store internationally, Laced also supplies products to major and specialist retailers around the globe. 
 
The record label lives alongside Laced’s other service offerings, including music composition, licensing, sound design, implementation, and music publishing administration for games and moving media. 
 
  
 
Laced is a part of Keywords Studios. 
 
  
 
Laced Store: www.lacedrecords.com 
 
Laced Services: www.lacedaudio.com 

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Album: 
 
Homeworld Remastered (Original Soundtrack) 

Artist: 
 
Paul Ruskay 
 
  
 
Estimated shipping: 
 
February 2024 
 
   
 
Product Information:  
 
– 37 remixed and remastered tracks from the landmark real-time strategy game 
 
– Two (Limited Edition) orange galaxy effect vinyl; (Standard Edition) black vinyl 
 
– Widespined sleeve + printed inner sleeves 

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*All images shown here are mock-ups. * 
 
  
 
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Track Listing: 
 
  
 
Disc 1 
 
Side A 
 
The Guidestone 
 
The Beginning 
 
Hyperdrive Test 
 
Outer Kharak System 
 
The Kar-Selimin 
 
Turanic Raiders 
 
Return to Kharak 

Side B 
 
Did Not Survive Interrogation 
 
The Great Wastelands 
 
The Bentusi 
 
Tradeship Exchange 
 
Pursuit 
 
Imperial Battle (Original) 
 
Imperial Battle (Remixed) 
 
Imperial Transmission 
 
Into the Heart of the Galaxy 
 
No One Returns 
 
The Gardens of Kadesh 

Disc 2 
 
Side A 
 
Ultimatum 
 
Swarmers Attack 
 
Similarities 
 
History of the Kadeshi 
 
The Sea of Lost Souls 
 
Entering the Outer Rim 
 
Heavy Radiation 
 
The Emperor Speaks 
 
The Bentusi Under Attack 
 
The Rebellion Begins 

Side B 
 
The Karos Graveyard 
 
Hiigara System 
 
Bridge of Sighs 
 
Hyperspace Inhibitors 
 
Final Preparations 
 
Headshot Asteroid 
 
Final Throes 
 
One Step Too Close 
 
Tutorial 

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Album: 
 
Homeworld 2 Remastered (Original Soundtrack) 

Artist: 
 
Paul Ruskay 
 
  
 
Estimated shipping: 
 
February 2024 
 
   
 
Product Information:  
 
– 58 remixed and remastered tracks from the real-time strategy sequel 
 
– Three (Limited Edition) smoky grey galaxy effect vinyl; (Standard Edition) black vinyl 
 
– Wide-spined sleeve + printed inner sleeves 

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*All images shown here are mock-ups. * 
 
  
 
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Track Listing: 
 
  
 
Disc 1 
 
Side A 
 
Opening 
 
The Pride of Hiigara 
 
Tanis Base 
 
Vaygr Bombers Approaching 
 
Assault on Chimera 
 
Vaygr Invasion 
 
Transports En Route 
 
Transports Under Attack 
 
Captain Soban 
 
Hiigara Under Siege 

Side B 
 
Sarum 
 
The Bentusi Arrive 
 
Sajuuk's Identity 
 
Outskirts of Gehenna 
 
Inhibitors 
 
Vaygr Battle Theme 
 
Oracle Located 
 
Gehenna 

Disc 2 
 
Side A 
 
Into the Dust 
 
The Oracle 
 
The Karos Graveyard 
 
Movers Emerge 
 
The Movers Attack 
 
Awoken 
 
The Lighthouse 
 
Progenitor Derelict 
 
Derelicts 
 
The Progenitors 
 
Dreadnought Berth 

Side B 
 
The Guardian 
 
The Heart of the Graveyard 
 
The Keeper 
 
Ancient Technology 
 
Counterattack 
 
Taken to Thaddis Sabbah 
 
Soban Captured 
 
Keepers of Sajuuk 
 
Sacrifice 
 
The First Core 
 
Rescue Mounted 
 
Vaygr Approach 
 
Thaddis Sabban 
 
The Path to Sajuuk 
 
The Bentsui Foresaw this 

Disc 3 
 
Side A 
 
Point of No Return 
 
Sajuuk-khar 
 
Battle For Sajuuk (original) 
 
Battle For Sajuuk (remixed) 
 
Core Transfer 
 
Balcora 
 
The Trinity 
 
The Planet Killers 

Side B 
 
The Age of S'Jet 
 
Credits 
 
The Eye of Aaran (Unreleased) 
 
The House of S'jet (Unreleased) 
 
The Megalith (Unreleased) 
 
Trinity Ambience (Unreleased) 

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Digital release tracklists 

Homeworld Remastered (Original Soundtrack) 
 

 

Homeworld 2 Remastered (Original Soundtrack) 
 

 

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak (Original Soundtrack)