The Last Of Us Is Getting A Limited Edition Tenth Anniversary OST

28.03.2024 - 14:45 / thegamer.com / Gustavo Santaolalla

The Last Of Us continues to leave such a mark on the video game industry, it's hard to imagine a time when it wasn't around. The original version of the first game was released in June 2013, celebrating its tenth-anniversary last summer. To celebrate ten years of The Last Of Us, Naughty Dog is releasing a tenth-anniversary vinyl featuring all of the music from the first game. Releasing shortly after the original game turns 11, you can pre-order your copy of the limited edition OST now.

Even though shorter than its sequel, there's a lot of music in The Last Of Us. So much so that its tracks have been spread across both sides of four discs in its tenth-anniversary box set. The discs are red and blue with matching artwork representing the cordyceps that bring about the end of the world as we know it in the game on the back of its cover. The same color scheme is used on the front cover, used to create a striking image of a Clicker, the creature people infected with cordyceps eventually become if left to their own devices.

While The Last Of Us's soundtrack isn't loaded with epic scores and tracks you can happily hum along to, its music is well-known by so many who have played it. Particularly the game's main theme that will take anyone who has experienced the first game, taking them right back to how they felt while playing it as soon as they hear the first few notes. Gustavo Santaolalla composed the music for both the first game and The Last Of Us Part 2.

The Last Of Us vinyl box set was curated to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first game's release. The collection includes four discs, tracks from the original game spread out across both sides of all of them.

You can pre-order the soundtrack through the link in the box above at Amazon for slightly less than it usually retails for on the site. Normally $109.98, the vinyl collection, which will become a piece of The Last Of Us history when released this summer, is currently available for $100.99. Still quite expensive, but there's a lot of music on there, and best of all, it's the best way to experience it without having to play through the game all over again. I'm not saying don't do that, but I'm not sure my heart could handle it.

2024 is shaping up to be a big year for video game OST collectors. Pre-orders are also open for the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth soundtrack, and if you act fast, you can grab a collector's edition which includes music from the sequel's minigames. A limited edition Baldur's Gate 3 triple vinyl set is also releasing this year and, like the Rebirth collection, also has a collector's edition if you want more from it.