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Horizon Zero Dawn (Original Soundtrack) is the original music composed and performed for Horizon Zero Dawn. The soundtrack features original cinematic and ambient music composed by Joris de Man, The Flight and Niels van der Leest, with Jonathan Williams composing the songs and Julie Elven and Circle Percussion providing vocals and percussion for some tracks, respectively. The commercial album features 80 tracks across four discs, spanning four hours, and was released on March 10, 2017.

Development[]

Lucas van Tol, music supervisor and senior sound designer, provided the composers with a game design document, insisting on an intimate sound for the score, to focus on solo instruments rather than a "blockbuster sound" that is recurring in many games. The composers distinguished the soundtrack between music focused on machines, tribes, and nature. Van Tol required that the music be supplied in stems so that different pieces could be combined.

For the tribal themes, the composers purposefully steered away from music styles that would be too similar to a real-world ethnic musical style. They experimented with bows on piano wire and resonator guitars (with layered tracks of harmonicas on top of the latter) and playing cellos with plectrums or the back of a bow to convey how contemporary instruments would be played by someone to whom the instruments were unknown; de Man also used a contrabass flute. Synthesizers and percussive loops run through impulse responses of metal and iron being beaten, devoted to making a thematic identifier for the machines based on technology and metal. Distant pads and ambiences were used for the nature atmospheres. Joris de Man created a synth pad by from blowing on a Thai bamboo flute.

Aloy's Theme was originally created for the E3 2015 trailer, and after the positive response by audiences, was also put as the main menu background music.[1]

Track List (Limited Edition)[]

  1. Prologue - Edited Version - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 3:02
    • Final part of the original track has been edited out.
  2. Aloy's Theme - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 2:27
  3. Within The Embrace - Joris de Man - 4:21
  4. Motherless - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 1:40
  5. Tell Me - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 2:06
  6. Years of Training - The Flight - 2:22
  7. Her Breath, Her Land - Joris de Man - 4:37
  8. To Call Our Own - Joris de Man - 4:37
  9. Across the Daybrink - Joris de Man - 1:24
  10. City On The Mesa - Joris de Man - 4:07
  11. All That The Light Reaches - The Flight - 7:10
  12. The Good News - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 3:44
  13. Hologram Myth - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 3:34
  14. Force Multiplication - Joris de Man - 4:00
  15. The Cavalry Breaks Through - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven, Circle Percussion) - 1:46
  16. The Future by its Throat - The Flight - 3:12
  17. Victory - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 2:58
  18. Homecoming - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 2:56
  19. The World and All Its Lessons - Alternate - Joris de Man - 3:32
    • Variation of The World and All Its Lessons: violin becomes dominant starting halfway through the track.
  20. The Turning Horizon - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 2:47
  21. Setting Out - Joris de Man - 1:25
    • Plays in the loading screen. Extended compared to the in-game version.
  22. Song to the Sun - Dawning - Jonathan Williams - 2:18

Total runtime: 1:10:05

Track List (Commercial Release)[]

Disc 1: Motherland[]

Contains mostly cutscene score in unique Horizon style, as opposed to fourth disc's electronic style.

  1. Prologue - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 5:29
    • Plays in the intro cutscene of the game.
  2. Aloy's Theme - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 2:31
  3. Motherless - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 1:41
  4. Vanished Voices - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 1:25
    • Plays in "A Gift from the Past" main quest, in the cutscene after exiting Ruins.
  5. Seal Your Lips - Joris de Man - 1:31
  6. The Welcome of Stones - Joris de Man - 1:21
    • Plays in "Lessons of the Wild" main quest, in the cutscene of Aloy's encounter with Bast.
  7. Tell Me - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 2:06
    • Plays in "Lessons of the Wild" main quest, in the cutscene after encounter with Bast.
  8. The Point of the Spear - Joris de Man - 1:44
  9. Years of Training - The Flight - 2:22
    • Plays in "Lessons of the Wild" main quest, in the cutscene of Aloy training for the Proving.
  10. The Blessing - The Flight -1:53
    • Plays in "Mother's Heart" main quest, in the cutscene of the Blessing ceremony.
    • Plays in "Mother's Heart" main quest during dialogue with Rost before entering Mother's Heart.
  11. The Proving - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven & Circle Percussion) - 1:43
    • Plays in "The Proving" main quest, in the cutscene of climbing to the Proving area. The second part is unused.
    • Plays in the End Credits.
  12. A Boon - Joris de Man - 1:38
    • Plays in "The Proving" main quest, in the cutscene after finishing the Proving run.
  13. Where You Came From - Joris de Man & The Flight (feat. Julie Elven) - 2:24
  14. Identification - The Flight - 1:02
  15. What the Seeker Had Sought - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 1:21
  16. Anointed - Joris de Man - 2:25
    • Plays in "The Heart of the Nora" main quest, in the cutscene of Aloy exiting ELEUTHIA-9.
  17. Seized From The Depths - Joris de Man - 2:00
  18. Hologram Myth - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 3:35
    • Plays in "The Heart of the Nora" main quest, in the cutscene when Aloy watches the hologram datapoint "GAIA's Dying Plea".
    • Plays in the End Credits.
  19. The Bad News - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 3:04
    • Plays in "Deep Secrets of the Earth" main quest, in the cutscene when Aloy watches the hologram datapoint "The Bad News".
  20. The Good News - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 3:46
    • Plays in "Deep Secrets of the Earth" main quest, in the cutscene when Aloy watches the hologram datapoint "The Good News".
  21. The Cavalry Breaks Through - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven & Circle Percussion) - 1:46
  22. Victory - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 3:02
    • Plays in "The Face of Extinction" main quest, in the cutscene after defeating the Deathbringer.
  23. Homecoming - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 2:56
    • Plays in "The Face of Extinction" main quest, in the cutscene of Aloy visiting Sobeck Ranch.
  24. To The Hunt! - Niels van der Leest (feat. Circle Percussion) - 4:29
    • Plays during Hunting Grounds challenges.
    • Plays in "Lessons of the Wild" main quest, in the cutscene of Aloy going to save Teb.
    • Plays in "The Proving" main quest, in the cutscene of Aloy choosing the abandoned Brave Trail.
  25. Prologue (Early Sketch Style) - Joris de Man - 1:30
    • Unused track for intro cutscene. Replaced by the "Prologue" track in the final game.
  26. Song for Aloy - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 1:25
    • Vocals from "Aloy's Theme" track.

Disc 2: Out of the Embrace[]

Contains ambient tracks which are mostly played in the Eastern part of the map.

  1. Within The Embrace - Joris de Man - 4:21
    • Ambient track that plays in Sacred Lands.
    • Plays in "The Point of the Spear" main quest, in the cutscene of exiting the Embrace.
    • Plays in the End Credits.
  2. In Great Strides - Joris de Man & The Flight - 4:24
  3. Her Breath, Her Land - Joris de Man - 4:58
    • Ambient track that plays in Nora lands.
    • Plays in "The Point of the Spear" main quest, in the cutscene of Aloy looking for Rost.
  4. On Our Mother's Shoulders - Joris de Man - 4:46
    • Ambient track that plays in Nora lands.
  5. Haze And Renewal - The Flight - 1:08
    • Ambient track that plays in the Eastern part of the map.
  6. A Truth Whispered At Night - Joris de Man - 4:05
    • Ambient track that plays during the night.
    • Plays in "The Womb of the Mountain" main quest, in cutscene of entering the main hall of All-Mother Mountain.
  7. Trails in the Darkness - Joris de Man - 4:23
    • Ambient track that plays during the night.
  8. Machine Dreams - Joris de Man - 4:50
    • Ambient track that plays during the night.
  9. Cloudpart - The Flight - 0:50
    • Ambient track that plays in the Eastern part of the map.
  10. The World and All Its Lessons - Joris de Man & The Flight - 3:39
    • Ambient track that plays in Devil's Thirst, Devil's Grief, Northern Valleymeet and the Longroam.
    • Plays in "Mother's Heart" main quest, in the cutscene of confronting Resh.
    • Plays in "Mother's Heart" main quest, in the cutscene of talking to Vala before sleep.
    • Plays when Teersa tells Aloy Rost's story.
  11. This New Wilderness - Joris de Man & The Flight - 5:22
    • Ambient track that plays in Devil's Thirst, Devil's Grief, Northern Valleymeet and the Longroam.
  12. Territory of None - The Flight - 6:43
    • Ambient track that plays in Devil's Thirst, Devil's Grief, Northern Valleymeet and the Longroam.
    • Plays in "The Field of the Fallen" main quest, in the cutscene after investigating clues in Dimmed Bones.
    • Plays in "The Sun Shall Fall" main quest, in the cutscene of Aloy and Erend destroying the bomb.
  13. A Wanderer's Work - The Flight - 6:34
    • Ambient track that plays in Devil's Thirst, Devil's Grief, Northern Valleymeet and the Longroam.
  14. Brave, New - Joris de Man & The Flight - 5:20
    • Ambient track that plays in Nora lands.
  15. The Memory of Old Walls - The Flight - 4:30
    • Ambient track that plays in Devil's Thirst, Devil's Grief, Northern Valleymeet, the Longroam and Maker's End.
    • Plays in "The Field of the Fallen" main quest, in the cutscene after following cart tracks to Dimmed Bones.

Disc 3: Onwards to Meridian[]

Contains ambient tracks that can be heard in Carja lands as well as source music.

  1. Aloy's Journey - Joris de Man (feat. Julie Elven) - 3:02
    • First part plays when overriding a Tallneck.
    • Second part is unused in this game, but it is among the ones used in the recap intro of Horizon Forbidden West.
    • Third part plays in "The Mountain That Fell" main quest when Aloy watches the hologram datapoint "Emergency Recording".
    • Fourth part is an excerpt from "Beasts of Steel" track.
    • The ending is unused.
  2. Meridian, Shining - Joris de Man - 4:00
    • Ambient track that plays in Meridian.
    • Plays in the End Credits.
  3. City On The Mesa - Joris de Man - 4:07
    • Ambient track that plays in Meridian.
    • Plays in "The Sun Shall Fall" main quest, in the cutscene after defeating Dervahl's Glinthawks.
    • Plays in the End Credits.
  4. Envoys - Joris de Man - 2:19
    • Plays in "Mother's Heart" main quest, in the cutscene when the High Matriarchs introduce Carja envoy Irid to Nora people.
  5. Beads Fallen On Bronze - The Flight - 0:50
    • Ambient track that plays in Sundom.
  6. All That The Light Reaches - The Flight - 7:12
  7. A Resplendent Soil - The Flight - 5:10
  8. Another Day Rusts - The Flight - 1:16
    • Ambient track that plays in Carja lands.
  9. Across the Daybrink - The Flight - 1:24
    • Plays in "Queen's Gambit" side quest, in the cutscene of traversing the Daybrink to the Bright Market. Alternate ending.
  10. Delver's Hymnal - Joris de Man & The Flight - 4:03
    • Ambient track that plays in settlements.
  11. To Call Our Own - Joris de Man - 4:37
    • Ambient track that plays in settlements.
  12. Your Hand of Sun and Jewels (Carja Traditional) - The Flight - 2:09
    • Source music that can be heard in the Hunters Lodge, perfomed by a band.
  13. KunaBass Solo - The Flight - 1:00
    • Source music that can be heard in Meridian, performed by a solo performer.
  14. Iron Pendulum Solo - The Flight - 0:29
    • Source music that can be heard in Meridian, performed by a solo performer.
  15. Braumdrum Solo - The Flight - 0:50
    • Source music that can be heard in Meridian, performed by a solo performer.
  16. Go Like Time Around An Arrow - Niels van der Leest (feat. Circle Percussion) - 5:37
    • Plays when running the old Brave trail in The Proving main quest.
  17. Song to the Sun – Dawning - Jonathan Williams - 2:18
  18. Song to the Sun – Midday - Jonathan Williams - 3:22
    • Source music that can be heard at the Temple of the Sun in the midday, sung by the Sun-Priests.
    • Plays in the End Credits.
  19. Song to the Sun – Evening - Jonathan Williams - 3:54
    • Source music that can be heard at the Sun-Ring in Meridian in the evening, sung by the Sun-Priests.
    • Plays in the End Credits.
  20. Nora u Norawea - Jonathan Williams - 2:12
    • Source music that can be heard in Mother's Heart the night before the Proving, sung by three female Nora.

Disc 4: Secrets of the Earth[]

Contains combat music and cutscene score in electronic music style, as opposed to first disc's unique Horizon style.

  1. The Spreading Eclipse - The Flight - 5:36
    • Plays in "The Proving" and "Deep Secrets of the Earth" main quests, during the fights with Eclipse soldiers.
  2. The Demon Remade - The Flight - 1:26
  3. Force Multiplication - Joris de Man - 4:00
    • Plays when fighting Faro machines.
    • Plays in "The Womb of the Mountain" main quest, in the cutscene after talking to Resh.
    • Plays in "The Face of Extinction" main quest, in the cutscene before the fight with the HADES' Deathbringer.
  4. Buried Shadow - The Flight - 0:57
  5. Battle Begins - The Flight - 1:52
  6. The Future by its Throat - The Flight - 3:13
    • Plays in "The Face of Extinction" main quest, during fight with Helis.
  7. Hold the Ridge - The Flight - 3:53
    • Plays in "The Face of Extinction" main quest, during the ridge defense.
  8. Overrun - The Flight - 1:30
    • Plays in "The Face of Extinction" main quest, in the cutscene after the ridge defense.
  9. Countdown to Zero - The Flight - 1:25
    • Plays in "The Face of Extinction" main quest, in the cutscene when HADES starts its transmission.
  10. Planned Obsolescence - The Flight - 3:24
    • Plays in "The Face of Extinction" main quest, during the fight with the HADES' Deathbringer.
    • Plays in "Maker's End" main quest, in the cutscene introducing the Deathbringer.
  11. Colossal - Joris de Man - 4:15
  12. Threat Assessment - The Flight - 1:46
  13. Will Against Will - Joris de Man & The Flight (feat. Julie Elven) - 3:06
    • Plays in "The Proving" main quest, in the cutscene after defeating the Eclipse.
  14. Drawn To Strife - Joris de Man - 2:44
  15. Little Ones - The Flight - 3:37
    • Plays when fighting small-sized machines.
    • Plays in "The War-Chief's Trail" main quest, in the cutscene of Aloy and Sona discussing the plan to clear the camp.
  16. Beasts of Steel - Joris de Man - 2:44
    • Plays when fighting middle-sized machines.
    • Plays in "Into the Borderlands" main quest, in the cutscene before invading Dervahl's camp.
  17. Drums in The Sun-Ring - Niels van der Leest (feat. Circle Percussion) - 6:06
    • Source music that can be heard near the Sun-Ring in Sunfall.
    • Plays in "The Terror of the Sun" main quest, during the fight with Corrupted Behemoth.
    • Plays in "The Terror of the Sun" main quest, in the cutscene of Aloy getting back her equipment.
  18. Death and Rebirth - The Flight - 1:13
    • Plays in "The Womb of the Mountain" main quest, in the cutscene during Aloy's nightmare.
  19. A Storm in the West - The Flight - 1:18
    • Plays in "The Face of Extinction" main quest, in the cutscene after the end credits.

Total runtime: 3:59:58

Chronological Order[]

  • Intro
    • Prologue
  • A Gift from the Past
    • Motherless
    • Vanished Voices
  • Lessons of the Wild
    • To The Hunt!
    • Seal Your Lips
    • The Welcome of Stones
    • Tell Me
    • Years of Training
  • The Point of the Spear
    • The Point of the Spear
  • Mother's Heart
    • Nora u Norawea
    • Envoys
    • The Blessing
  • The Proving
    • The Proving
    • Go Like Time Around An Arrow
    • A Boon
    • Will Against Will
    • Death and Rebirth
  • The Womb of the Mountain
    • Where You Came From
  • The City of the Sun
    • The Demon Remade
  • Maker's End
    • Identification
  • The Grave-Hoard
    • Buried Shadow
  • To Curse the Darkness
    • Threat Assessment
  • Deep Secrets of the Earth
    • The Bad News
    • The Good News
    • Seized From The Depths
  • The Terror of the Sun
    • Drums in The Sun-Ring
    • The Cavalry Breaks Through
  • The Heart of the Nora
    • What the Seeker Had Sought
    • Hologram Myth
    • Anointed
  • The Mountain That Fell
    • Aloy's Theme
  • The Face of Extinction
    • Battle Begins
    • The Future by its Throat
    • Hold the Ridge
    • Overrun
    • Countdown to Zero
    • Planned Obsolescence
    • Victory
    • Homecoming
    • End Credits Suite*
    • A Storm in the West

*End Credits Suite:

  • Aloy's Theme
  • Hologram Myth
  • The Proving
  • Within The Embrace
  • Unreleased Sundom Ambience
  • Unreleased Sundom Ambience
  • City On The Mesa
  • Meridian, Shining
  • Song to the Sun - Dawning
  • Song to the Sun - Midday
  • Song to the Sun - Evening

Complete Score[]

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CUTSCENE SCORE - Main Quests
Quest / Cutscene No. Game File Title Album Title Runtime
Intro Prologue 05:29
Cutscene Description: Rost carries a newborn Aloy to the Naming Cliff.
Notes: Doesn't seem to appear in the game files in its final form separately from SFX.
A Gift from the Past 1 Mq01 5 Motherless Pt1 Motherless 01:41
Mq01 5 Motherless Pt2 00:47
Cutscene Description: Aloy encounters Nora children and runs away (Part 1). After falling into the Ruins, Aloy is calling for Rost (Part 2).
2 Mq1 5 Aloyfindsfocus 01:03
Cutscene Description: Aloy finds and puts on her first Focus.
3 Mq1 5 Happybirthdaydanny 00:59
Cutscene Description: Aloy watches the datapoint "Happy Birthday Isaac!".
4 Mq01 5 Rostrescue Vanished Voices 01:25
Cutscene Description: Aloy finds the exit from Ruins and has a conversation with Rost.
Lessons of the Wild 1 Mq02 Prepare 00:49
Cutscene Description: Rost gives Aloy her first bow.
4 Mq2 Boyintrouble 00:41
Cutscene Description: Aloy and Rost encounter Teb running a Brave trail.
7 Mq2 Tebfallingdown 01:24
Cutscene Description: Teb falls down the Brave trail next to a herd of Striders.
9 Mq2 Aftertherescue Seal Your Lips 01:31
Cutscene Description: Aloy and Teb safely exit the machine site.
10 Mq2 Rockstrike The Welcome of Stones 00:31
Cutscene Description: Bast hits Aloy with a rock.
11 Mq2 Rockstrike A The Welcome of Stones 00:16
Mq2 Rockstrike B 00:20
Mq2 Rockstrike C 00:09
Cutscene Description: Depends on the choice in the preceeding flashpoint: "Drop your rock" choice (A); "Aim for his head" choice (B); "Knock the rock from his hand" choice (C).
12 Mq2 Whymotherless Tell Me 01:56
Cutscene Description: Aloy talks to Rost about how she can learn about her origin.
The Point of the Spear 1 Mq3 Yearsoftraining Years of Training 02:22
Cutscene Description: A montage of Aloy training for the Proving.
2 Mq3 Atthehovel 00:38
Cutscene Description: Aloy walks out of the hovel, looking for Rost.
3 Mq3 Outoftheembrace 01:05
Cutscene Description: Aloy and Rost pass through the Northern Embrace Gate.
4 Mq3 Sawtooth Intro 01:01
Cutscene Description: Aloy and Rost encounter the Sawtooth.
5 Mq3 Pointofthespear The Point of the Spear 01:35
Cutscene Description: Rost tells Aloy his final lesson after she kills the Sawtooth.
Mother's Heart 3 Mq04 Stagespeech Envoys 02:19
Cutscene Description: Irid delivers the Sun-King's message to the Nora people.
4 Mq4 Theblessing Pt1 The Blessing 00:59
Cutscene Description: The High Matriarchs start the Blessing.
6 Mq4 Theblessing Pt2 The Blessing 00:40
Cutscene Description: The contestants send their prayer lanterns into the air.
7 Mq4 Bedding 1 00:37
Cutscene Description: Aloy enters the Hunters' Lodge.
9 Mq4 Bedding 2 01:25
Cutscene Description: Aloy talks to Vala before sleep.
Note: This track doesn't stop playing during the flashpoint and carries over to cutscene #10. Because of this, depending on how fast you make your choice, it might not end by the end of that cutscene. If that is the case, it fades out.
The Proving 1 Mq5 Provingclimb The Proving 01:43
3 Mq05 Shortcut 00:46
4 Mq5 Finishline A Boon 01:29
7 Mq05 Helisandrost Will Against Will 02:43
The Womb of the Mountain 1 Mq6 Deathandrebirth Death and Rebirth 01:14
3 Mq6 Killorder 02:24
4 Mq6 Teersadoorconversation 00:52
5 Mq6 Thehatch Where You Came From 02:20
6 Mq06 Teersaencouragement 01:25
7 Mq6 Outsideagain 02:43
8 Mq6 Demonattacks 01:18
9 Mq06 Postmortem 00:33
The War-Chief's Trail 1 Tna02-Trackingsona 00:51
2 Tna01-Overlookingdig 00:40
Revenge of the Nora 7 Tna02-Aftermath 00:34
The City of the Sun 4 Mq08 Aloybreakshatch 00:25
5 Mq8 Olinsfamily 00:15
6 Mq8 Thehackbotrises The Demon Remade 01:23
Maker's End 1 Mq09 Warbot 00:22
2 Mq9 Meetinghades 00:37
3 Mq9 Antotherhatch Identification 00:59
Note: Likely a misspelling of "another hatch".

Digital Music Platforms[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 2017-05-26,Behind the Music of Horizon Zero Dawnmcvuk.com
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