I’ve heard it theorized that in the Underworld, the only music that ever plays is heavy metal. That does sound pretty awesome, and it would certainly go well with the scenery. Of course, heavy metal is very much a circumstantial genre of music; it’d get kind of old after a while if that’s all that you listen to. Luckily, if we use Hades as our baseline, then not only does the Underworld have some quality metal, but lots of relaxing tracks as well to clear your palette. Here’s the tracklist for the Hades Original Soundtrack.
As you’d expect from a game that draws heavily on Greek mythology, the soundtrack of Hades makes extensive use of old-school string instruments, such as lyres and guitars, as well as simpler instruments like chimes and drums. However, these humble instruments merge together with some kick-awesome metal guitar solos and bass pedal action to create a sound that is deep, foreboding, and hot-blooded. Of course, there’s plenty of slower, ballad-style tracks, mostly from either Orpheus, Eurydice, or on the rare occasion, both.
Hades Soundtrack Tracklist
Here’s the tracklist for the Hades Original Soundtrack:
- No Escape
- The House of Hades
- Out of Tartarus
- Wretched Shades
- Lament of Orpheus
- The Painful Way
- From Olympus
- Through Asphodel
- Good Riddance (Eurydice Solo ft. Ashley Barrett)
- Final Expense
- Mouth of Styx
- Primordial Chaos
- The Bloodless
- Scourge of the Furies
- Hymn to Zagreus
- Field of Souls
- River of Flame
- Death and I
- Rage of the Myrmidons
- The Exalted
- Last Words
- The King and the Bull
- Lament of Orpheus (Underworld Mix)
- Gates of Hell
- God of the Dead
- Final Expense (Payback Mix)
- On the Coast
- In the Blood (ft. Ashley Barrett)
- The Unseen Ones (ft. Masahiro Aoki and Daisuke Kurosawa)
- Good Riddance (ft. Ashley Barrett)
The soundtrack is available digitally on Bandcamp, Steam and Spotify. You can also get it on a CD or vinyl from Supergiant Games’ official store (though the vinyls are sold out at time of writing).
