One of gaming’s most beloved soundtracks is coming to vinyl very soon. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of Wild is still capturing hearts eight years on from release, but if you wish to bask in the peaceful sounds of Hyrule once more, you’d better be willing to part with heaps of your hard-earned cash.
Originally composed by Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, Hajime Wakai, and Soshi Abe, the collection is already available through the Nintendo Music app, although that requires a Nintendo Switch Online membership. Of course, there’s nothing quite like physically owning a copy, and if you want to enjoy the full experience on vinyl, you will have to spend a bumper £159. No, that’s not a typo!
The Limited Edition collection of music will be available through Laced Records and Nintendo when it releases on June 19, 2026.
It boasts an expanded catalogue of 130 tracks across eight vinyls. Each of them sequenced around a theme, mirroring Link’s progression across Hyrule as he explores the kingdom, frees the Divine Beasts, and has the ultimate face-off against Calamity Ganon.
If you can’t afford the £159.99 price tag, there is a more cost effective alternative. Yes, it only has 34 tracks, including ‘Overworld (Day)’, ‘Great Fairy Fountain’ and ‘Hyrule Castle’, but it won’t break the bank with an affordable price point of £49.99.
“All chosen to create an aural landscape that transports listeners back to the final days of the Great Calamity” said Nintendo.
Nintendo executive Bill Trinen told Variety: “In the Japanese market, CD is still a pretty prominent format there, and they do a lot of video game soundtracks on CD in Japan, and they’ve been doing that for years and years.
“Here in the US, we haven’t been releasing much in the way of physical soundtracks at all, and so partly, this is a little bit about us trying to gauge and understand what is the demand for physical soundtracks in the United States.
“Part of this is also simply an interest in trying to bring video game music to a broader audience, and it’s part of a few steps that we’ve taken.”
The release of the vinyl also coincides with the first-anniversary of Nintendo’s music streaming service for Switch Online subscribers.