Sword of the Sea Soundtrack

Grammy-winning composer, Austin Wintory, joins Giant Squid once again for their latest collaboration. This soundtrack features musicians from all over the world, lending their talents to create the ethereal and enchanting soundscape of Sword of the Sea.

Sword of the Sea marks Austin's 3rd collaboration with Giant Squid, and 4th with its founder Matt Nava (who had been Journey's Art Director).

At the heart of this album was an electronic soundscape enveloping a piano. Then came vocals, which actually began as a joke when Matt found a podcast in which Werner Herzog speculates that he'd use Orthodox monk chanting as underscore were he to make a skating documentary. Austin began writing for children's choir (performed by the magnificent Phoenix Boys Choir), and the rest soon followed.

Many, many musicians from around the world ended up performing on this score and we're deeply indebted to them all. As with all Giant Squid games, this became a deeply personal labor of love and we are all so grateful to have had the opportunity to be part of it.

Music composed and produced by: Austin Wintory

SOLOISTS

Kristin Naigus: flute, oboe, clarinet, Native American drone flutes

Tina Guo: Cello

Malukah: vocals

Paul Cartwright: violin, viola

Tom Strahle: Electric guitar, electric basses, mandolin, tagelharpa

Orchestrations by Austin Wintory

MIDI transcription: Dallas Crane and Shireen Ghosh

Copyist: Steve Juliani Music

Additional synth programming: Joris Hoogsteder

Custom VST design and additional synth programming: Shireen Ghosh

Additional synth programming: Nick Palmer

ProTools prep and music editor: Kevin Globerman

Score mixer: Austin Wintory

Soundtrack mastering engineer: Joris Hoogsteder

Album Art direction: Matt Nava

LONDON RECORDINGS

Viola ensemble contractor: Amy Ewen for Isobel Griffiths LTD

London Voices contractor and Choirmaster: Ben Parry

Conductor: Austin Wintory

Librarian: Jill Streater

Recording Engineer: Jake Jackson

Recorded at AIR Studios, Lyndhurst

VIOLA ENSEMBLE

Bruce White, Reiad Chibah, Edward Vanderspar, Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, Nicholas Bootiman

LONDON VOICES CHOIR

Ken Burton, Fraser Collins, Guy Cutting, Michael Dore, Edmund Hastings, Matthew Howard, Benedict Hymas, Timothy Murphy, Sam Oladeinde, Edmund Sadington, Andrew Tipple, Steve Trowell

Phoenix Boys Choir Artistic Director and conductor: Herbert Washington

Phoenix Boys Choir recording coordinator: Ryan Gunderson

Phoenix Boys Choir engineer: Aidan Briggs

PHOENIX BOYS CHOIR

David Acevedo, Rafael Aguirre, Noah Anderson, James Bruer, Jacob Crayton, Gavin Goats, Paul Harlow, Dylan Hernandez, Aaron Hollenback, Oliver Jones, Carlos Mendez, Adam Moneypenny, Santiago Morales, Macklin Murdoch, Nelson Newton, Oliver Nyman, Perry Elias Pauley, Asher Pearl, Alexander Perrin, Aristide Philippakis, Ryan Pinto, Leo Ponce, Hayden Purvis, Theo Potter, Ryan Reynolds, Aiden Ryan, Alston Smith, Jax Smith, Jackson Shapiro, Christopher Spurling, James Starbuck, Ezra Taylor, Peter Thurow, Jack Tracy, Timothy Swartz, Koos Van Leeuwen, Ezra Velasco-Medina, Yadian Washington, Oliver Williams

Lyrics by Steve Lerner

Translations by Patrick Quah and Matt Nava

Thai Percussion Ensemble produced by Seathencity

Recording Session Supervisor: Numpark Sribanditmongkol

Session Coordinator and Lead Percussionist: Pawarin Phiken

THAI PERCUSSIONISTS

Tossaporn Tassana, Worawan Worachat, Tinnapob Thanomthum, Chartchur Chursombol, Yanisa Wannawat

Recording Engineers: Sutthipat Kunakorn, Sahathai Khantee

Session Assistant: Isoon Khamduang