Limited edition Assassin's Creed vinyl emerges from the shadows

Pre-orders are now open for multiple Assassin's Creed Shadows vinyl releases, including individual albums and a limited edition 4LP box set. The 4LP set will contain 44 tracks on translucent red and black splatter vinyl, which includes the 2LP original score, 1 LP Naoe-focused Kage No Iro, and 1 LP Yasuke-focused UKOMBOZI. All albums will also be available to purchase separately.

Ubisoft and Laced Records have renewed their adherence to the brotherhood to bring the music of Assassin’s Creed Shadows to vinyl. 

Pre-orders are now open for the Assassin’s Creed Shadows – Soundtrack Collection Limited Edition 4LP box set (exclusive to www.lacedrecords.com) featuring 44 specially mastered tracks on translucent red and black splatter discs. The set includes three albums created for the game: the original score and two sets of songs focused on the game’s protagonists, blending psychedelic rock with Japanese sounds and instruments.

*2LP – Assassins’s Creed Shadows – Original Score (by The Flight)

*1LP – The Naoe-focused Kage No Iro (by Japanese-Canadian psych-rock band TEKE::TEKE)

*1LP – The Yasuke-focused UKOMBOZI (by composition team Thunderdrum featuring Tiggs Da Author)

Each album included in the box set is also available separately in Limited Edition disc variants.

Original score

Composer duo The Flight (Joe Henson and Alexis Smith) return to the Assassin’s Creed series to deliver a dark, modern score, fusing traditional Japanese instrumentation with orchestral and electronic elements. The resulting blend of contemporary production techniques and traditional music reflects the series’ fusion of science fiction and popular history. The dual protagonists of Assassin’s Creed Shadows are represented with different instruments and musical approaches: Naoe by her in-game instrument of choice, the clay flute (tsuchibue) and disembodied whispering during stealth moments; and Yasuke with the sharper sounds of the stringed Shamisen and rhythmic intensity.

The Flight turned to master players for the performances of Japanese instruments, including Keiko Kitamura (Koto) and Hibiki Ichikawa (Shamisen). Other performers include vocalist Akari Mochizuki; flautists Kristin Naigus, Oriol Singh and Andy Findon; and The Flight’s musical collaborator on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Michael Georgiades.

‘Kage No Iro’

The Montreal-based band TEKE::TEKE were commissioned to give Assassins’s Creed Shadows’ swift and stealthy protagonist Naoe her impactful ‘needle drop’ story moments. Their surf and psych rock influences were a natural fit for the game’s direction, with the developers imagining a Tarantino soundtrack when sourcing music for Shadows. In a twist, the band were tasked with interpreting Jesper Kyd’s iconic series theme, “Ezio’s Family” — normally adapted as part of the score music. The TEKE::TEKE members’ Japanese heritage connected them deeply to the game’s setting. Fittingly, through their research and absorption in the project, the band tapped into ‘shinobi-do’, the philosophy of the shinobi that remains central to the game.

‘UKOMBOZI’

Production team Thunderdrum (Alex Cameron Ward, Félix Rebaud-Sauer & Hugo Brijs) focused on bringing Yasuke’s redemptive story to life. They collaborated with British-Tanzanian vocalist Tiggs Da Author, who has worked with icons like J Hus and Stefflon Don. Fusing Morricone guitars, East African rhythms and traditional Japanese flutes with psych-rock instrumentals, Thunderdrum display their strength in guitar music and scoring whilst Tiggs Da Author enters bold new territory, this being his first release singing in his native language of Swahili.

Where to buy Assassin’s Creed Shadows soundtrack vinyl:

USA and Canada store — https://www.lacedrecords.com/collections/assassins​-cree​d

Rest of world outside USA — https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/assassins-​creed

Estimated shipping: October 2025

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