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Order of the Sinking Star Soundtrack & Trailer Music
The official Order of the Sinking Star Soundtrack is a separate Steam digital album, composed and produced by Peter Due and Martin Stig Andersen. Steam lists 20 tracks whose displayed durations total 78:18; the soundtrack contains audio files, not the game. Trailer music is a separate lookup: in his August 18 release-date discussion, Jonathan Blow identifies Heinrich Biber's Presentation, performed by Dmitry Sinkovsky. That attribution applies to the trailer he discusses, rather than every promotional video or the OST track list.
- Album
- Steam product 5217050 and its English/US listing checked October 13, 2026. The table uses Steam's displayed track times, not independently timed audio files.
- Track-name spoilers
- The complete album list contains place and character names. It does not reveal puzzle solutions.
- Trailer attribution
- Director's August 18 discussion, preserved in a third-party excerpt. The exact recording catalogue and music in other trailers are not established here.
The official digital release
The official Steam soundtrack is product 5217050. Its US app data lists an October 8, 2026 release and classifies it as music. It is distinct from the Windows game, product 499170.
Steam sells it separately and also lists a game-plus-soundtrack bundle. The price and edition guide covers purchase costs; the distinctions below explain what the music products contain.
Sources: Steam — official soundtrack and complete track list · Steam — official soundtrack product data · Steam — game plus official soundtrack bundle · Arc Games — September 24 Price & Bundles announcement
Who composed the music and designed the sound?
Album-level credits from Steam and the audio team's own roles in the official September 9 making-of interview. The sources do not assign a separate composer to every album track.
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| Name | Documented role |
|---|---|
| Peter Due | OST composition and production; the orchestral composer in the official team interview. |
| Martin Stig Andersen | OST composition and production; music design and ambient composition in the team interview. |
| Hans Christian Kock | Lead sound designer in the team interview. This is a sound-design credit, distinct from the album's composer credits. |
Kock is the spelling used in his official self-introduction. The orchestral and ambient roles describe the team's work; they should not be used to guess which person wrote an individual track when the album gives only shared credits.
Sources: Steam — official soundtrack and complete track list · Official making-of interview — Sights & Sounds of the Realm
The 20 tracks listed by Steam
Official album order and displayed durations, checked October 13, 2026. Their sum is 78 minutes 18 seconds; this is an arithmetic total of the listing, not a separate listening measurement.
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| No. | Track | Listed time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crossroads | 2:38 |
| 2 | City of the Elders | 3:19 |
| 3 | Monsters in the Mountains | 4:03 |
| 4 | Deserted Ruins | 2:52 |
| 5 | Sunset Escape | 3:25 |
| 6 | Monsters Inner Sanctum | 3:33 |
| 7 | The Magistrate's Courtyard | 2:25 |
| 8 | Sunken Caverns | 4:02 |
| 9 | A Mind Behind the Mind | 4:34 |
| 10 | Reflections in Ice | 3:38 |
| 11 | Shattered Glass, Shattered Past | 4:24 |
| 12 | The Apprentice Mirrorwright | 3:46 |
| 13 | Stones on the Sea | 3:53 |
| 14 | Skipping by the Shores | 2:30 |
| 15 | Into the Vault | 2:43 |
| 16 | Ancient Skylines | 5:51 |
| 17 | Step Carefully | 5:27 |
| 18 | Isles in the Sky | 5:17 |
| 19 | A Sea of Clouds | 5:21 |
| 20 | Beams from Above | 4:37 |
Sources: Steam — official soundtrack and complete track list
Soundtrack-only and game-plus-OST are different products
- Soundtrack-only — Steam product 5217050
- Contains audio files and explicitly does not include the base game.
- Game + Official Soundtrack — Steam bundle 88982
- Lists two items: Order of the Sinking Star and its soundtrack. This is the explicitly identified bundle containing both.
- A standard game or console purchase
- Do not assume it includes a separate downloadable OST. The Steam bundle is not a promise about every PS5 or Switch 2 edition.
A trailer's licensed performance is also distinct from the game's soundtrack album. None of the 20 listed titles names the Biber piece below, so the album listing does not promise that trailer recording. The published product information used here does not establish a CD or vinyl edition.
Sources: Steam — official soundtrack and complete track list · Steam — game plus official soundtrack bundle · Arc Games — September 24 Price & Bundles announcement · Jonathan Blow highlights — director's trailer-music explanation
The music discussed for the August 18 release-date trailer
Blow's August 18 release-date stream identifies Heinrich Biber and performer Dmitry Sinkovsky while explaining his trailer-music choice. The surviving excerpt from 1:43 preserves that explanation. He later names the piece as the Presentation; the visible album title gives No. 4, The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple, from Biber's Mystery Sonatas.
The official release-date article embeds the August 18 Release Date Announcement. The music attribution comes from Blow's discussion of that release, rather than identifying a tune by ear. The excerpt was uploaded by Jonathan Blow highlights on August 31 and links his original Twitch stream.
Blow explicitly says the recording displayed during his explanation is not the exact one used in the trailer. The piece and named performer are therefore usable credits, while a particular album release, catalogue number or recording link should not be guessed from the displayed cover. The sources used here do not establish the music in the later voice-cast, overview or launch trailers.
Sources: Jonathan Blow highlights — director's trailer-music explanation · Official Release Date Announcement and its publisher article
Why in-game music is not a fixed album loop
In the official making-of interview, Due describes dividing music into layers and short segments for the game's dynamic system. He explains that its intensity can reduce while a player remains inactive thinking about a puzzle. Andersen likewise describes moving from a stronger introduction toward a less linear musical texture.
Those are the audio team's descriptions of the implementation. They explain why the album's fixed 78:18 listing is not a measurement of every possible in-game musical combination or how long music will play during a session.
Sources: Official making-of interview — Sights & Sounds of the Realm
Sources and scope
- Steam — official soundtrack and complete track list
Product 5217050: all 20 numbered tracks/times, shared composer/producer credits and audio-only statement; original cache and live English/US HTML read.
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- Steam — official soundtrack product data
Official US release date and music-product identity; not an assertion that soundtrack platform flags describe the game's supported operating systems.
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- Steam — game plus official soundtrack bundle
Bundle 88982 lists the game and separate digital soundtrack.
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- Arc Games — September 24 Price & Bundles announcement
Official statement that the soundtrack is sold separately and included in the named game-plus-OST bundle.
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- Official making-of interview — Sights & Sounds of the Realm
September 9, 2026 self-introductions and Audio & Sound Design + Music answers; original article read through its public first-party news API.
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- Jonathan Blow highlights — director's trailer-music explanation
Third-party excerpt uploaded August 31 from the August 18 stream: names and exact-recording caveat in original speech; decoded playing frame also viewed. A later seek failed, so no continuous-playback claim is made.
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- Official Release Date Announcement and its publisher article
August 18 article embeds video _TM7vqtT0jM. This identifies the relevant announcement; it does not supply an independent music credit.
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