Nintendo of Japan has announced a nine CD release of the soundtrack for Tears of the Kingdom for pre-order, scheduled to release July 31st, 2024. Returning from her duties on Breath of the Wild, composer Manaka Kataoka was joined by composers Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, and Masato Ohashi for the soundtrack. Collectively, these composers have created a soundtrack that carries forward the mysterious themes from the game’s predecessor, while adding both lofty themes for the sky sections and oppressive sounds for the underground areas. While the game is more iterative than its revolutionary predecessor, I felt the game’s technically intense and emotional finale surpassed the series’s pinnacle ending of The Wind Waker.