IXION | Original Soundtrack

"Alright Guillaume, its just an indie space city builder thing, no need to go too hard...."

"i gave you the Stars! i give you: the VOHLE Engine!" you know, even considering what happened literally 10 seconds later, guy absolutely NAILED the speech....

Me "This sounds familiar... wait, Guillaume David? wait.... WAIT ..... WAIT A MECHANICUS SECOND!!!!"

Guillaume David is a musical genius, just listen to the Mechanicus ost

By the Omnissiah he's done it again

Man, I can't scream because people are asleep but I'm happy this is out.

Most sci-fi soundtracks that accompany the stories that touch the same subjects as IXION go with the overly dramatic, the solemn, the grandiose. That can be fine, but when everyone's doing it, it starts feeling like well-trodden ground. The safe route, if you will. We've heard it with Hans Zimmer, Max Richter, Ramin Djawadi, James Horner, Michael Giacchino, and a looong list of others that use the same ol' reliable tools to accompany sci-fi tales. However, Guillaume David, with IXION's soundtrack, feels like he's singing the praises of a facet of humanity that not often receives aural attention: its industriousness and resilience. More often than not, when those themes arise in media, they are accompanied by the epic sounds typical of a grand goal, or the dramatic undertones typical of a tragedy that tests our resolve. IXION's soundtrack, instead (and of course, appropriately given the type of game it is), appropriately musicalizes the immense industriousness, resilience, ingenuity, and sacrifice that is involved in the day to day life of a space station. How what everything with take for granted and oftentimes boring becomes heroic when set in outer space. It's a wonderful soundtrack because it underlines the bravery of the mundane, and the determination of pushing through routine. It warms up what would normally be very distant and rote proceedings by infusing it with humanity's hopes and dreams. It's a wonderful mixture between electronic and organic, massive synths supporting ethereal choirs and ethnic drums. Humanity surviving so far from Earth through sheer willpower. Guillaume David did it again. We all know how Mechanicus is great, it's been discussed at length. But IXION proves that David has a knack to strike the chord (haha) that perfectly encapsulates the media that has the privilege to have one of his soundtracks accompanying it. It's refreshing, it's moving, it's absolutely magnificent.

From the composer of Warhammer Mechanicus aaaare you kidddinnng meee let's GOOOOOOO

The drop at 0:15 told me I am in for a ride. Magos Guillaume has not disappointed in his aural praise of the Machine-God. Praise the Omnissiah!

This had me in tears when I heard it the first time. This guy is a sleeper genius

This is like Solarpunk version of Mechanicus and I love it

Soundtrack day before the game is released. I can’t decide if this is torture or not.

FROM THE MOMENT I UNDERSTOOD THE WEAKNESS OF MY FLESH IT DISGUSTED ME

Vanirs legacy itching that musical spot that no other song could scratch

I don't know this game. This recommendation just appeared. This is FKG AMAZING. The first track left me speechless.

I sent a friend a clip of the first Vhole jump. His first reply was "Is that music actually part of the game? That just went real hard." His second reply was "Just picked up the deluxe edition" Good soundtracks can indeed sell games. He went on to nearly 100% the achievements on it, really loved the story and gameplay as well once the music hooked him. For my part, the Vhole jump is by far my favorite depiction of FTL I've seen, both visually, and the way the music and cinematography fit together. Really well done game.

8:23 amazing

Vangelis would love this if he was still alive 🥲 as he was one of the pioneers of electronic music and the sound in Ixion OST reminds the 70s of Vangelis albuns Spiral and Pulsar and many others

the sync of Vanir's Legacy with the jump sequence animation... is something quite special

The way Guillaume can make the deep bass sounds talk and actively take part in the songs is mindblowing. Most people treat bass as a monotone drone that holds up the rest of the song, but instead here it is actively joining the melodies.