Borderlands 2 Soundtrack Officially Announced

Gearbox Software just announced that the official soundtrack for Borderlands 2 will be released on the 18th of September, and will be available at retail through Sumthing Else Music Works, and digitally through Amazon, iTunes and other similar websites.

Here’s the full press release (barring the spoilered-out track list):

SUMTHING ELSE MUSIC WORKS ANNOUNCES
BORDERLANDSâ„¢ 2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

SOUNDTRACK CD AND DIGITAL ALBUM AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 18

New York – August 23rd, 2012 – Sumthing Else Music Works today announced Borderlandsâ„¢ 2 Original Soundtrack featuring the original musical score from the highly anticipated Role-Playing-Shooter video game Borderlands® 2 from Gearbox Software and 2K Games. Borderlands 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed four-player cooperative shooter-looter that combined intense first-person mayhem with role-playing gameplay. Borderlands 2 Original Soundtrack is scheduled for release on September 18th to retail outlets worldwide through Sumthing Else Music Works www.sumthing.com, and for digital download at Amazon MP3, iTunes® and other digital music sites. The soundtrack is now available to pre-order from Amazon.com.

Composers Jesper Kyd (Assassin’s Creed), Cris Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan (Mass Effect 3), with additional music from Raison Varner (Gearbox Software), created a colorful and dynamic music score for Borderlands 2’s adrenaline-fuelled combat and diverse atmospheric environments. The soundtrack fuses multiple music styles which capture the multi-faceted personality and thrilling co-op action of Borderlands 2 as players storm through the world of Pandora and its dynamic art style.

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Borderlands 2 features all-new characters, skills, imaginative and diverse new environments with unique missions and enemies, and more exciting and fun weapons, equipment and loot than ever before. All of these features come together in a story that takes players to the world of Pandora to take down the notorious Handsome Jack and his corrupt Hyperion Corporation as a solo campaign or with up to four cooperative players.

Borderlands 2 will be available on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows-based PC in North America on September 18, 2012 and internationally on September 21, 2012. For more information on Borderlands 2, please visit www.borderlands2.com.