Death Stranding: Timefall

RCA Records has partnered with Sony Interactive Entertainment to release the soundtrack.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/chvrches-khalid-major-lazer-death-stranding-timefall-1203354194|title=Chvrches, Khalid + Major Lazer Featured on 'Death Stranding: Timefall' Album (Listen)|author=Variety Staff|date=October 1, 2019|website=Variety|accessdate=October 9, 2019|archive-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002134227/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/chvrches-khalid-major-lazer-death-stranding-timefall-1203354194/|url-status=live}} Then, they announced it on October 1, 2019. Simultaneously, Chvrches released their track, of the same name as the game,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chvrches-death-stranding-timefall-album-song-893021 |title=Hear Chvrches' Hopeful New Song 'Death Stranding' |first=Brittany |last=Spanos |date=October 1, 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=October 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004010734/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chvrches-death-stranding-timefall-album-song-893021/ |url-status=live }} and posted it on YouTube and streaming platforms. Chvrches met Hideo Kojima, the game creator, earlier in 2019 when they toured Kojima Productions headquarters. According to him, Chvrches' "Death Stranding" will appear as "the ending song of the game". He added via Twitter: "You can cry just by listening to this song. You'll find out the true value of my strand with them in the game."{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/1/20893885/death-stranding-music-timefall-soundtrack-album-chvrches|title=Death Stranding has its own album — listen to the title track from Chvrches|first=Michael|last=McWhertor|date=October 1, 2019|website=Polygon|accessdate=October 9, 2019|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009070151/https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/1/20893885/death-stranding-music-timefall-soundtrack-album-chvrches|url-status=live}} The band said:

"We were really excited about the opportunity to work with Kojima because we have been fans of his work for a long time. He has always been such a visionary in the gaming world and we were honored to be involved in the project. The concept of Death Stranding is so unique and really felt to us like it was challenging people to care about the world they create — in the game and otherwise. We wrote this song specifically for Death Stranding, thinking of the themes of the game and what it is trying to say to people."{{cite web|url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/death-stranding-soundtrack|title='Death Stranding' Is Getting an Original Soundtrack With Khalid, CHVRCHES, & More|first=Ian|last=Servantes|date=October 1, 2019|website=Highsnobiety|accessdate=October 9, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/chvrches-bring-horizon-khalid-feature-death-stranding-timefall-soundtrack-2552682|title=Listen to Chvrches' new 'Death Stranding' from upcoming 'Timefall' soundtrack|first=Nick|last=Reilly|date=October 1, 2019|website=NME|accessdate=October 9, 2019|archive-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002070547/https://www.nme.com/news/music/chvrches-bring-horizon-khalid-feature-death-stranding-timefall-soundtrack-2552682|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://edm.com/news/death-stranding-soundtrack|title=Major Lazer, Alan Walker, and Bring Me the Horizon to be featured on Death Stranding soundtrack|first=Cameron|last=Sunkel|date=October 2, 2019|newspaper=Edm.com - the Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists|accessdate=October 9, 2019|archive-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002071022/https://edm.com/news/death-stranding-soundtrack|url-status=live}}

It also features a song from American band The Neighbourhood. They said:

"We're very flattered to be chosen by Kojima to be a part of this project. This is the first time we've ever had our music in a video game and it’s gonna be a trip hearing it while playing Death Stranding."{{cite web|url=https://variancemagazine.com/sounds/10631-the-neighbourhood-yellow-box|title=Hear The Neighbourhood's haunting new track 'Yellow Box'|first=Tyler|last=Schmitt|date=October 10, 2019|website=Variance|accessdate=October 18, 2019|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129095034/https://variancemagazine.com/sounds/10631-the-neighbourhood-yellow-box|url-status=live}}

The soundtrack also features a song by the British band Bring Me the Horizon, who visited the creator's studio in Japan and gifted the designer signed CDs and vinyl records. Enthusiastic, Hideo Kojima thanked them on August 15, 2019 via Twitter, leaving the following message: "Bring Me the Horizon has visited Kojima Productions. Thanks for the CD and vinyls !"{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon-death-stranding-timefall-soundtrack|title=Bring Me the Horizon have a new song on 'Death Stranding' soundtrack|first=Alex|last=Darus|date=October 1, 2019|website=Altpress|accessdate=October 9, 2019|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009001721/https://www.altpress.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon-death-stranding-timefall-soundtrack/|url-status=live}} The trailer for Death Stranding also included the track "Path" by Finnish cello metal group Apocalyptica, however, the track was not included on the official soundtrack.{{cite news|url=https://twinfinite.net/2019/05/death-stranding-teaser-2|title=Death Stranding: Motorbike, Traversal Tools, Music by Apocalyptica, and More Revealed by Teaser|first=Giuseppe|last=Nelva|date=May 29, 2019|work=Twinfinite|accessdate=November 29, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108075313/https://twinfinite.net/2019/05/death-stranding-teaser-2/|url-status=live}}

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Cover design and packaging was developed in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning artist Annie Stoll who drew inspiration from the William Blake Poem{{cite tweet|user=aniistoll|number=1195735638479450112|title=I highly recommend y*all check out the Death Stranding soundtrack bc the curation/music are amazing. The cover draws inspo from the William Blake quote from 1 of the earlier trailers. So grateful to @RCARecords @PlayStation @KojiPro2015_EN @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN for having me aboard|date=November 16, 2019|accessdate=November 29, 2019}} "The Auguries of Innocence" written in 1803 but published in 1863 and featured in the game's trailer.

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

And Eternity in an hour"{{cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43650/auguries-of-innocence|title=Auguries of Innocence by William Blake|website=Poetry Foundation|accessdate=November 29, 2019|archive-date=December 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211194226/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43650/auguries-of-innocence|url-status=live}}

The campaign promoting the album featured billboards and computer advertisements displaying the album's cover.{{clear}}

Track listing adapted from Billboard, credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/121724111|title=Death Stranding: Timefall (Original Music from the World of Death Stranding) / Death Stranding: Timefall|website=Tidal|accessdate=November 10, 2019}}

{{Track listing

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| extra_column = Artist(s)

| title1 = Trigger

| extra1 = Major Lazer and Khalid

| writer1 = {{hlist|Andrew Wyatt|Bas van Daalen|Jasper Helderman|Khalid Robinson|Philip Meckseper|Thomas Pentz}}

| length1 = 2:52

| title2 = Ghost

| extra2 = Au/Ra and Alan Walker

| writer2 = {{hlist|Alan Walker|Andrew Frampton|Colton Avery|Fredrick Borch Olsen|Jamie Aura Stenzel|Marcus Ambekk|Max Farrar}}

| length2 = 2:58

| title3 = Death Stranding

| extra3 = Chvrches

| writer3 = {{hlist|Iain Cook|Lauren Mayberry|Martin Doherty}}

| length3 = 5:16

| title4 = Yellow Box

| extra4 = The Neighbourhood

| writer4 = {{hlist|Brandon Fried|Danny Parra|Dylan Bauld|Jeremiah Freedman|Jesse James Rutherford|Michael Margott|Zachary Abels}}

| length4 = 3:02

| title5 = Meanwhile...In Genova

| extra5 = The S.L.P.

| writer5 = Sergio Pizzorno

| length5 = 3:28

| title6 = Ludens

| extra6 = Bring Me the Horizon

| writer6 = {{hlist|Oliver Sykes|Jordan Fish}}

| length6 = 4:38

| title7 = Born in the Slumber

| extra7 = Flora Cash

| writer7 = {{hlist|Cole Randall|Shpresa Lleshaj-Randall}}

| length7 = 3:32

| title8 = Sing to Me

| extra8 = Missio

| writer8 = {{hlist|David Butler|Dwight A. Baker|Matthew Brue}}

| length8 = 3:09

}}

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