Tobias Lilja - Little Nightmares (Original Soundtrack)
Release date: April 28th, 2017
Format: CD album / digital
Published by: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
Little Nightmares is a darkly whimsical tale about a girl called Six who must escape captivity from a vast, mysterious vessel called The Maw.
Containing all of the in-game music, as well as music from the trailers, the soundtrack spans everything from the calm ambient pieces of the game’s explorative moments, to the nightmarish industrial mayhem of the intense pursuit sequences.
The main building blocks are recordings of acoustic instruments such as music box, trombone, accordion and vocals - often heavily processed and filtered to create a surreal and otherworldly feel. These are blended with sound elements from the game world itself: distant bangs on a metal hull, boat horns, pots and pans, metallic shrieks from a metal cage being dragged across a concrete floor. The goal being to create a blurred line between musical elements and environmental sounds.
Six’s presence is represented by naivistic melodic motifs resembling children's rhymes - but with a bleak and nauseating twist that captures the deeply unsettling mood of The Maw and its influence on the visitors.
The game is developed by Tarsier Studios and is available on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
1 Lure Of The Maw | 13 Moaning Drone |
2 Parasites | 14 Hunger II |
3 Prison Walls | 15 A Feeling For Meat |
4 Hunger I | 16 New Arrivals |
5 Lights Out | 17 March Of The Guests |
6 The Death Waltz | 18 The Way Out |
7 Little Lost Things | 19 Hypnosis |
8 Six's Theme Part I | 20 The Lady Circles |
9 The Janitor Awaits | 21 Hunger III |
10 The Nomes' Nest | 22 Six's Theme Part II |
11 Cold Feet | 23 Beneath The Waves |
12 Cornered | 24 Prison Toys |
Buy
A CD with the full soundtrack is included in the Six Edition and Standard Edition (EU) of the game. Order from local game retailers or Bandai Namco Online Store.
A digital version of the album is also available separately from:
Bandai Namco Online Store (mp3 download)
Steam (as DLC for the PC game)
PSN Store (PS4 download to USB stick)