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=== Axiom Verge === | === Axiom Verge === | ||
[[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|256px|thumb|Axiom Verge OST cover]] | [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|256px|thumb|Axiom Verge OST cover]] | ||
# '''The Axiom''' | {| class="sortable fandom-table" | ||
! style="text-align:center" ; |# | |||
! style="text-align:left" ; |Name | |||
! style="text-align:center" ; |Length | |||
! style="text-align:left" ; | Where it plays | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |1 | |||
|'''The Axiom''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:25 | |||
|Main menu | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |2 | |||
|'''Intro''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; | 1:37 | |||
|Intro, [[Power Filter]] and True/Truer ending cinematics ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬40, 11, 43, 44]]), Ending stats | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3 | |||
|'''Trace Awakens''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:04 | |||
| [[Eribu]] (after getting [[Axiom Disruptor]]) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4 | |||
|'''Trace Rising''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:33 | |||
|[[Bosses]] ([[Xedur]], [[Telal]], [[Gir-Tab]], [[Ukhu]]) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; | 5 | |||
|'''Otherworld''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:29 | |||
|[[Absu]] (except prison areas) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |6 | |||
|'''Rusalka''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:13 | |||
|[[Absu]] ([[Elsenova]]'s room) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |7 | |||
|'''Vital Tide''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:58 | |||
|[[Zi]] (except prison areas) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |8 | |||
|'''Inexorable''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:54 | |||
|[[Kur]] (caves) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; | 9 | |||
|'''Apocalypse''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:38 | |||
|[[Bosses]] ([[Uruku]], [[Vision]], [[Athetos]]) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |10 | |||
|'''Cellular Skies''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:22 | |||
| [[Kur]] (surface) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |11 | |||
|'''Amnesia''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:05 | |||
|[[Ukkin-Na]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; | 12 | |||
|'''The Dream''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:12 | |||
|Midgame cinematic (after [[Vision]]) ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬41]]) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |13 | |||
|'''Phosphene''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:16 | |||
|[[Edin]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |14 | |||
| '''Occlusion''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:13 | |||
|Upper [[E-Kur-Mah]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |15 | |||
|'''Occlusion Lens''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:13 | |||
|Lower [[E-Kur-Mah]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |16 | |||
|'''Without Place''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:19 | |||
|[[Mar-Uru]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |17 | |||
|'''Trace Reborn''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:00 | |||
|Ending cinematic ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬42]]) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |18 | |||
|'''Primordial Shores'''<br><small>(Bonus Track)</small> | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |2:58 | |||
|[Unused] Intended for a scrapped ocean-themed area.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35uj1p/we_are_tom_happ_sole_developer_of_axiom_verge_and/cr7zl4g/ Tom Happ's Reddit AMA]</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |— | |||
|'''Ambient''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |? | |||
|[[Eribu]] (before getting [[Axiom Disruptor]]), [[Absu]]/[[Zi]] (prison areas), [[Indi]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |— | |||
|'''[???]''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |? | |||
|Approaching a [[Bosses|boss]], [[Aborted Clone]] | |||
|} | |||
* The vocals on '''Inexorable''' were modified from a royalty-free sample CD of Indian vocals.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35uj1p/we_are_tom_happ_sole_developer_of_axiom_verge_and/cr7y03h/ Tom Happ's Reddit AMA]</ref> | * The vocals on '''Inexorable''' were modified from a royalty-free sample CD of Indian vocals.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35uj1p/we_are_tom_happ_sole_developer_of_axiom_verge_and/cr7y03h/ Tom Happ's Reddit AMA]</ref> | ||
* The vocals on '''Apocalypse''' are reversed.<ref>[https://twitter.com/AxiomVerge/status/809513378641104896 Tom Happ on Twitter]</ref> | * The vocals on '''Apocalypse''' are reversed.<ref>[https://twitter.com/AxiomVerge/status/809513378641104896 Tom Happ on Twitter]</ref> | ||
=== Axiom Verge 2 === | === Axiom Verge 2 === | ||
[[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|256px|thumb|Axiom Verge 2 OST cover]] | [[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|256px|thumb|Axiom Verge 2 OST cover]] | ||
# '''Omni''' | {| class="sortable fandom-table" | ||
! style="text-align:center" ; |# | |||
! style="text-align:left" ; |Name | |||
! style="text-align:center" ; |Length | |||
! style="text-align:left" ; |Where it plays | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; | 1 | |||
|'''Omni''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:51 | |||
|Main menu, Storyboard ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge 2|🎬0]]) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |2 | |||
|'''Indra's Discovery''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:09 | |||
# '''Indra Internal''' | |[[Antartica]], [[Anunna Gorge]] (exterior) | ||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3 | |||
|'''Ancient Armaments''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |5:01 | |||
|[[The Glacier]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4 | |||
|'''Stranded''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:57 | |||
|[[Mount Ebih]] ([[Malka|Jonestown]]) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |5 | |||
|'''Silver Pipes''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:04 | |||
|[[Mount Ebih]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |6 | |||
|'''Drowned''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:15 | |||
| [[Lake Amagi]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |7 | |||
|'''Procession of the Anunna''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |6:12 | |||
|[[Giguna Steppes]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |8 | |||
|'''I/O Echo''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:21 | |||
|[[Giguna Steppes#Breach|Giguna Steppes (Breach)]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |9 | |||
|'''Argentum Alias''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:15 | |||
|[[Mount Ebih#Breach|Mount Ebih (Breach)]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |10 | |||
|'''Monsoon''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:50 | |||
|[[Uhrum Valley]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |11 | |||
|'''Breath & Shadows''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:14 | |||
|[[Uhrum Valley#Breach|Uhrum Valley (Breach)]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |12 | |||
| '''White Sand City''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:50 | |||
| [[Irikar]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |13 | |||
|'''Orn''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |2:27 | |||
|[[Irikar#Breach|Irikar (Breach)]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |14 | |||
|'''An Otherworld''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:28 | |||
| [[Sudra#The Emergence|The Emergence]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |15 | |||
|'''Indra Internal''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |2:28 | |||
|Boss (Old Body), Escape sequence | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |16 | |||
|'''Refraction Seed''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:48 | |||
|[[Anunna Gorge#Breach|Anunna Gorge (Breach)]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |17 | |||
|'''Deluge''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:31 | |||
|[[Lake Amagi#Breach|Lake Amagi (Breach)]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |18 | |||
|'''Interstitial Drift''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |2:52 | |||
|[[The Glacier#Breach|The Glacier (Breach)]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |19 | |||
|'''Primordial Axiom''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:39 | |||
|[[Anunna Gorge]] (factory) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |20 | |||
|'''Essence''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:47 | |||
|[[The Filter]], [[The Glacier]] (way to [[A'ansur]]'s portal) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |21 | |||
|'''Nephropidae''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |2:11 | |||
|[[Amashilama|Final Boss]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |22 | |||
|'''Primordial Axiom (Ending Mix)''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:42 | |||
|Ending ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge 2|🎬80~83]]) | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |23 | |||
|'''Ancient Axiom''' <small>(Bonus Track)</small> | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:17 | |||
|[Unused] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |24 | |||
|'''Afterworld Axiom''' <small>(Bonus Track)</small> | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:42 | |||
|[Unused] | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |— | |||
|'''[Silence]''' | |||
| style="text-align:center" ; |— | |||
|<small>The Glacier (first time), After consciousness split, Uhrum Valley (entrance), After fighting old body, Siuna's room, A'ansur's portal room</small> | |||
|} | |||
* '''Silver Pipes''', '''Procession of the Anunna''', '''Monsoon''', '''White Sand City''' all feature vocals by Lebanese-American singer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayssa_Karaa Mayssa Karaa]. | * '''Silver Pipes''', '''Procession of the Anunna''', '''Monsoon''', '''White Sand City''' all feature vocals by Lebanese-American singer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayssa_Karaa Mayssa Karaa]. | ||
Revision as of 00:01, 9 September 2022
Thomas Happ created the soundtracks for both Axiom Verge and Axiom Verge 2. Both were released at the same time as their respective video game releases.
Availability
Both soundtracks are available for purchase on Thomas Happ's official Axiom Verge Bandcamp page. They are also available on streaming services, such as Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, etc.
The soundtracks can be bought on black vinyl (for a limited time) from Limited Run:
Ship to Shore PhonoCo previously printed three different limited presses of the first soundtrack, but they have all sold out.
Track list
Axiom Verge

| # | Name | Length | Where it plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Axiom | 3:25 | Main menu |
| 2 | Intro | 1:37 | Intro, Power Filter and True/Truer ending cinematics (🎬40, 11, 43, 44), Ending stats |
| 3 | Trace Awakens | 4:04 | Eribu (after getting Axiom Disruptor) |
| 4 | Trace Rising | 3:33 | Bosses (Xedur, Telal, Gir-Tab, Ukhu) |
| 5 | Otherworld | 3:29 | Absu (except prison areas) |
| 6 | Rusalka | 3:13 | Absu (Elsenova's room) |
| 7 | Vital Tide | 4:58 | Zi (except prison areas) |
| 8 | Inexorable | 4:54 | Kur (caves) |
| 9 | Apocalypse | 4:38 | Bosses (Uruku, Vision, Athetos) |
| 10 | Cellular Skies | 3:22 | Kur (surface) |
| 11 | Amnesia | 3:05 | Ukkin-Na |
| 12 | The Dream | 3:12 | Midgame cinematic (after Vision) (🎬41) |
| 13 | Phosphene | 3:16 | Edin |
| 14 | Occlusion | 3:13 | Upper E-Kur-Mah |
| 15 | Occlusion Lens | 3:13 | Lower E-Kur-Mah |
| 16 | Without Place | 4:19 | Mar-Uru |
| 17 | Trace Reborn | 4:00 | Ending cinematic (🎬42) |
| 18 | Primordial Shores (Bonus Track) |
2:58 | [Unused] Intended for a scrapped ocean-themed area.[1] |
| — | Ambient | ? | Eribu (before getting Axiom Disruptor), Absu/Zi (prison areas), Indi |
| — | [???] | ? | Approaching a boss, Aborted Clone |
- The vocals on Inexorable were modified from a royalty-free sample CD of Indian vocals.[2]
- The vocals on Apocalypse are reversed.[3]
Axiom Verge 2

| # | Name | Length | Where it plays |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omni | 4:51 | Main menu, Storyboard (🎬0) |
| 2 | Indra's Discovery | 4:09 | Antartica, Anunna Gorge (exterior) |
| 3 | Ancient Armaments | 5:01 | The Glacier |
| 4 | Stranded | 3:57 | Mount Ebih (Jonestown) |
| 5 | Silver Pipes | 4:04 | Mount Ebih |
| 6 | Drowned | 3:15 | Lake Amagi |
| 7 | Procession of the Anunna | 6:12 | Giguna Steppes |
| 8 | I/O Echo | 3:21 | Giguna Steppes (Breach) |
| 9 | Argentum Alias | 3:15 | Mount Ebih (Breach) |
| 10 | Monsoon | 4:50 | Uhrum Valley |
| 11 | Breath & Shadows | 3:14 | Uhrum Valley (Breach) |
| 12 | White Sand City | 3:50 | Irikar |
| 13 | Orn | 2:27 | Irikar (Breach) |
| 14 | An Otherworld | 3:28 | The Emergence |
| 15 | Indra Internal | 2:28 | Boss (Old Body), Escape sequence |
| 16 | Refraction Seed | 3:48 | Anunna Gorge (Breach) |
| 17 | Deluge | 3:31 | Lake Amagi (Breach) |
| 18 | Interstitial Drift | 2:52 | The Glacier (Breach) |
| 19 | Primordial Axiom | 3:39 | Anunna Gorge (factory) |
| 20 | Essence | 3:47 | The Filter, The Glacier (way to A'ansur's portal) |
| 21 | Nephropidae | 2:11 | Final Boss |
| 22 | Primordial Axiom (Ending Mix) | 3:42 | Ending (🎬80~83) |
| 23 | Ancient Axiom (Bonus Track) | 3:17 | [Unused] |
| 24 | Afterworld Axiom (Bonus Track) | 3:42 | [Unused] |
| — | [Silence] | — | The Glacier (first time), After consciousness split, Uhrum Valley (entrance), After fighting old body, Siuna's room, A'ansur's portal room |
- Silver Pipes, Procession of the Anunna, Monsoon, White Sand City all feature vocals by Lebanese-American singer Mayssa Karaa.
Motifs
Several songs borrow motifs from other Axiom Verge songs:
| Song | Inspiration |
|---|---|
| The Dream (AV) | Extended version of Intro (AV) |
| Occlusion Lens (AV) | Occlusion (AV), with extra percussion |
| Trace Reborn (AV) | Trace Awakens (AV) |
| An Otherworld (AV2) | Otherworld (AV) |
| Indra Internal (AV2) Refraction Seed (AV2) Deluge (AV2) |
The Axiom (AV), the secondary motif found in 1:24 |
| Primordial Axiom (AV2) Primordial Axiom (Ending Mix) (AV2) Ancient Axiom (Bonus Track) (AV2) Afterworld Axiom (Bonus Track) |
The Axiom (AV) |
| Essence (AV2) | Omni (AV2) |
| Nephropidae (AV2) | Amnesia (AV) |