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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
- The Axiom (03:25)
- Intro (01:37)
- Trace Awakens (04:04)
- Trace Rising (03:33)
- Otherworld (03:29)
- Rusalka (03:13)
- Vital Tide (04:58)
- Inexorable (04:54)
- Apocalypse (04:38)
- Cellular Skies (03:22)
- Amnesia (03:05)
- The Dream (03:12)
- Phosphene (03:16)
- Occlusion (03:13)
- Occlusion Lens (03:13)
- Without Place (04:19)
- Trace Reborn (04:00)
- Primordial Shores (Bonus Track) (02:58)
- The vocals on Inexorable were modified from a royalty-free sample CD of Indian vocals.[1]
- The vocals on Apocalypse are reversed.[2]
- Primordial Shores was a track intended for an ocean-themed area that was later scrapped.[3]
Axiom Verge 2
- Omni (04:51)
- Indra's Discovery (04:09)
- Ancient Armaments (05:01)
- Stranded (03:57)
- Silver Pipes (04:04)
- Drowned (03:15)
- Procession of the Anunna (06:12)
- I/O Echo (03:21)
- Argentum Alias (03:15)
- Monsoon (04:50)
- Breath & Shadows (03:14)
- White Sand City (03:50)
- Orn (02:27)
- An Otherworld (03:28)
- Indra Internal (02:28)
- Refraction Seed (03:48)
- Deluge (03:31)
- Interstitial Drift (02:52)
- Primordial Axiom (03:39)
- Essence (03:47)
- Nephropidae (02:11)
- Primordial Axiom (Ending Mix) (03:42)
- Ancient Axiom (Bonus Track) (03:17)
- Afterworld Axiom (Bonus Track) (03:42)
- 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) |