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Relax and raid to the sounds of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Out Of The NorthBeats to study and slay to.
Beats to study and slay to.
Usually, when I’m working the news shift, I’ll pop on one of those lo-fi youtube mixes to keep my ears distracted. Today, however, I’m thinking about trying something a little more Nordic. This week, a snippet ofAssassin’s Creed Valhalla’s soundscape hit Spotify in the form of the Out Of The North EP, a seven-track mix of chanting, panpipes and warlike drums to study / relax / raid East Anglian settlements to.While not a full original score (that’ll come sometime after release, I reckon), Out Of The North’s brief tracklist gives us an early taste of Valhalla’s rustic Nordic soundscape. It’s a nice broad mix, too, from Holmgang’s droning, thumping battle riff to the pious strings and choir lamentations of The Sceptered Isle.Watch on YouTubeThe EP features tracks from Danish composer Jesper Kydd - whose musical stylings last touched Ubisoft’s stab ‘em up back inAssassin’s Creed Revelations- and Sarah Schachner, who contributed to the scores ofAssassin’s Creed UnityandOriginsalongside last year’sCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare.But Ubi have also wrangled in Norwegian artist Einar Selvik, founder of Norwegian “musical constellation” Wardruna - a group that uses ancient instruments to reinterpret old Norse myths and poems as contemporary tracks. If you’re a telly buff, you might recognise his work from Vikings. Fitting, then, that he’ll be helping score a big open-world Viking brawl.Out Of The North is available to stream onSpotifyright now, and there’s a list of other places tobuy and stream the EPcourtesy of producers Lakeshore Records. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla itself comes out on November 15th. You’ll be able to pick it up on theEpic Games Storeand Uplay for a cool £50. I would be remiss not to mention that the past few weeks have seen the ejection of several prominent Ubisoft executives followingallegations of sexual harassment and abuse, including the “stepping down” of Valhalla creative directorAshraf Ismail.
Usually, when I’m working the news shift, I’ll pop on one of those lo-fi youtube mixes to keep my ears distracted. Today, however, I’m thinking about trying something a little more Nordic. This week, a snippet ofAssassin’s Creed Valhalla’s soundscape hit Spotify in the form of the Out Of The North EP, a seven-track mix of chanting, panpipes and warlike drums to study / relax / raid East Anglian settlements to.While not a full original score (that’ll come sometime after release, I reckon), Out Of The North’s brief tracklist gives us an early taste of Valhalla’s rustic Nordic soundscape. It’s a nice broad mix, too, from Holmgang’s droning, thumping battle riff to the pious strings and choir lamentations of The Sceptered Isle.Watch on YouTubeThe EP features tracks from Danish composer Jesper Kydd - whose musical stylings last touched Ubisoft’s stab ‘em up back inAssassin’s Creed Revelations- and Sarah Schachner, who contributed to the scores ofAssassin’s Creed UnityandOriginsalongside last year’sCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare.But Ubi have also wrangled in Norwegian artist Einar Selvik, founder of Norwegian “musical constellation” Wardruna - a group that uses ancient instruments to reinterpret old Norse myths and poems as contemporary tracks. If you’re a telly buff, you might recognise his work from Vikings. Fitting, then, that he’ll be helping score a big open-world Viking brawl.Out Of The North is available to stream onSpotifyright now, and there’s a list of other places tobuy and stream the EPcourtesy of producers Lakeshore Records. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla itself comes out on November 15th. You’ll be able to pick it up on theEpic Games Storeand Uplay for a cool £50. I would be remiss not to mention that the past few weeks have seen the ejection of several prominent Ubisoft executives followingallegations of sexual harassment and abuse, including the “stepping down” of Valhalla creative directorAshraf Ismail.
Usually, when I’m working the news shift, I’ll pop on one of those lo-fi youtube mixes to keep my ears distracted. Today, however, I’m thinking about trying something a little more Nordic. This week, a snippet ofAssassin’s Creed Valhalla’s soundscape hit Spotify in the form of the Out Of The North EP, a seven-track mix of chanting, panpipes and warlike drums to study / relax / raid East Anglian settlements to.
While not a full original score (that’ll come sometime after release, I reckon), Out Of The North’s brief tracklist gives us an early taste of Valhalla’s rustic Nordic soundscape. It’s a nice broad mix, too, from Holmgang’s droning, thumping battle riff to the pious strings and choir lamentations of The Sceptered Isle.
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
The EP features tracks from Danish composer Jesper Kydd - whose musical stylings last touched Ubisoft’s stab ‘em up back inAssassin’s Creed Revelations- and Sarah Schachner, who contributed to the scores ofAssassin’s Creed UnityandOriginsalongside last year’sCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare.
But Ubi have also wrangled in Norwegian artist Einar Selvik, founder of Norwegian “musical constellation” Wardruna - a group that uses ancient instruments to reinterpret old Norse myths and poems as contemporary tracks. If you’re a telly buff, you might recognise his work from Vikings. Fitting, then, that he’ll be helping score a big open-world Viking brawl.
Out Of The North is available to stream onSpotifyright now, and there’s a list of other places tobuy and stream the EPcourtesy of producers Lakeshore Records. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla itself comes out on November 15th. You’ll be able to pick it up on theEpic Games Storeand Uplay for a cool £50. I would be remiss not to mention that the past few weeks have seen the ejection of several prominent Ubisoft executives followingallegations of sexual harassment and abuse, including the “stepping down” of Valhalla creative directorAshraf Ismail.
