The Nights into Dreams soundtrack is coming to vinyl for the first time, with preorders open now and an expected shipment in March 2024.
It’s coming from Data Discs, which announced today a two-LP translucent purple release that retails for £31.99.
The company said that it’s the first time Nights’ soundtrack will be available on vinyl and has been newly remastered.
The track lists for the two LPs are:
Disc One: Claris
- A1. Sonic Team 1996
- A2. Fragmented Nights
- A3. Dreaming Youngsters: Claris Version
- A4. Gate of Your Dream / A5. Introduced Dream
- A6. Paternal Horn / A7. The Dragon Gave a Loud Scream
- A8. Peaceful Moment
- A9. Gloom of the N.H.C.
- A10. Pia Over
- B1. Deep It Lies
- B2. After the Dream
- B3. Suburban Museum
- B4. Acrobat Time
- B5. The Mantle
- B6. Growing Wings
- B7. Sowing Seeds
- B8. Dreams Dreams: In Silent Memory
- B9. Mare Over
Disc Two: Elliot
- C1. NiGHTS
- C2. Dreaming Youngsters: Elliot Version
- C3. The Amazing Water
- C4. She Had Long Ears
- C5. Take the Snow Train
- C6. E-Le-Ki Sparkle
- C7. Time Up
- D1. Message from Nightopia
- D2. Under Construction
- D3. NiGHTS and Reala
- D4. D’Force Master
- D5. Score the Goal!
- D6. NiGHTS, Forever in Our Heart
- D7. Dreams Dreams
- D8. Fragmented Nights: Epilogue Version
A few examples are available on Data Discs’ Soundcloud.
There also will be a limited edition for £39.99 that comes with a white splatter pattern on the vinyl and a third 7-inch disc that has two bonus tracks: the kids version and instrumental version of Dreams Dreams.
Both editions will include a glow-in-the-dark outer sleeve, notes by composers Tomoko Sasaki and Naofumi Hataya, full-color inner sleeves featuring archival artwork, a lithographic art print and an accompanying obi strip.
Preorders for the limited edition are limited to two per customer and will be open only until Monday morning — 9 a.m. GMT, 4 a.m. EST, 1 a.m. PST — but the standard edition’s availability will not be limited in any way.
Data Discs is no stranger to releasing Sega game soundtracks on vinyl, having already produced ones for Panzer Dragoon, Radiant Silvergun, Shenmue and many others. The London company was founded in 2015 as the first record label solely dedicated to releasing video game soundtracks on vinyl.
Danthrax is a contributor to the Shiro Media Group, writing stories for the website when Saturn news breaks. While he was a Sega Genesis kid in the ’90s, he didn’t get a Saturn until 2018. It didn’t take him long to fall in love with the console’s library as well as the fan translation and homebrew scene. He contributed heavily to the Bulk Slash and Stellar Assault SS fan localizations, and has helped as an editor on several other Saturn and Dreamcast fan projects such as Cotton 2, Rainbow Cotton and Sakura Wars Columns 2.
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