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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''' (03:25)
{| class="sortable fandom-table"
# '''Intro''' (01:37)
! style="text-align:center" ; |#
# '''Trace Awakens''' (04:04)
! style="text-align:left" ; |Name
# '''Trace Rising''' (03:33)
! style="text-align:center" ; |Length
# '''Otherworld''' (03:29)
! style="text-align:left" ; | Where it plays
# '''Rusalka''' (03:13)
|-
# '''Vital Tide''' (04:58)
| style="text-align:center" ; |1
# '''Inexorable''' (04:54)
|'''The Axiom'''
# '''Apocalypse''' (04:38)
| style="text-align:center" ; |3:25
# '''Cellular Skies''' (03:22)
|Main menu
# '''Amnesia''' (03:05)
|-
# '''The Dream''' (03:12)
| style="text-align:center" ; |2
# '''Phosphene''' (03:16)
|'''Intro'''
# '''Occlusion''' (03:13)
| style="text-align:center" ; | 1:37
# '''Occlusion Lens''' (03:13)
|Intro, [[Power Filter]] and True/Truer ending cinematics ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬40, 11, 43, 44]]),  Ending stats
# '''Without Place''' (04:19)
|-
# '''Trace Reborn''' (04:00)
| style="text-align:center" ; |3
# '''Primordial Shores (Bonus Track)''' (02:58)
|'''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&nbsp;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>
* '''Primordial Shores''' was a track intended for an ocean-themed area that was later scrapped.<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>


=== 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''' (04:51)
{| class="sortable fandom-table"
# '''Indra's Discovery''' (04:09)
! style="text-align:center" ; |#
# '''Ancient Armaments''' (05:01)
! style="text-align:left" ; |Name
# '''Stranded''' (03:57)
! style="text-align:center" ; |Length
# '''Silver Pipes''' (04:04)
! style="text-align:left" ; |Where it plays
# '''Drowned''' (03:15)
|-
# '''Procession of the Anunna''' (06:12)
| style="text-align:center" ; | 1
# '''I/O Echo''' (03:21)
|'''Omni'''
# '''Argentum Alias''' (03:15)
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:51
# '''Monsoon''' (04:50)
|Main menu, Storyboard ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge 2|🎬0]])
# '''Breath & Shadows''' (03:14)
|-
# '''White Sand City''' (03:50)
| style="text-align:center" ; |2
# '''Orn''' (02:27)
|'''Indra's Discovery'''
# '''An Otherworld''' (03:28)
| style="text-align:center" ; |4:09
# '''Indra Internal''' (02:28)
|[[Antartica]], [[Anunna Gorge]] (exterior)
# '''Refraction Seed''' (03:48)
|-
# '''Deluge''' (03:31)
| style="text-align:center" ; |3
# '''Interstitial Drift''' (02:52)
|'''Ancient Armaments'''
# '''Primordial Axiom''' (03:39)
| style="text-align:center" ; |5:01
# '''Essence''' (03:47)
|[[The Glacier]]
# '''Nephropidae''' (02:11)
|-
# '''Primordial Axiom (Ending Mix)''' (03:42)
| style="text-align:center" ; |4
# '''Ancient Axiom (Bonus Track)''' (03:17)
|'''Stranded'''
# '''Afterworld Axiom (Bonus Track)''' (03:42)
| 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&nbsp;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

Axiom Verge OST cover
# 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

Axiom Verge 2 OST cover
# 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)