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Posted June 27, 2017
Classical music.


The timeless soundtracks from Baldur's Gate EE, Baldur's Gate II EE, <span class="bold">Siege of Dragonspear</span>, and Icewind Dale EE are now available for purchase, DRM-free on GOG.com with a 66% launch discount.

As a huge part of their undying charm, the soundtracks for these RPG classics deserve a place in every fan's playlist, even more so after getting enriched for the purposes of their Enhanced Editions.

- <span class="bold">Baldur's Gate EE OST</span> includes 33 of Michael Honig's haunting themes, plus 7 new ones composed by Sam Hulick.

- <span class="bold">Baldur's Gate II EE OST</span>: A massive game needs a massive soundtrack. There are 66 tracks here, composed by Michael Honig, Iron Zur, and Howard Drossin for the original game and Throne of Bhaal, plus 15 new ones provided once again by Sam Hulick.

- <span class="bold">Siege of Dragonspear OST</span> is made up of 21 tracks composed exclusively by Sam Hulick to accompany the story that bridges the gap between the events of the original BG and Shadows of Amn.

- <span class="bold">Icewind Dale EE OST</span> brings all 51 tracks composed by the legendary Jeremy Soule for this combat-heavy entry in the Forgotten Realms saga. The main theme alone will get you battle-ready in no time.



The 66% discount will last until July 4, 1PM UTC.
Incidentally, <span class="bold">Baldur's Gate EE</span>, <span class="bold">Baldur's Gate II EE</span>, and <span class="bold">Icewind Dale EE</span> are on discount right now in our grand <span class="bold">Weekly Sale Vol. 20</span>.
Posted June 27, 2017
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Stig79: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/65353/you-now-can-buy-soundtracks-for-bg-ee-sod-bg2-ee-iwd-ee-in-the-beamdog-store#latest

Update from Julius Borisov, the Beamdog employee that hangs around GoG doing damage control.

If you want to buy the soundtracks you are only "allowed" to buy them IF you buy the EE games first.
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juliusborisov: That is about the OSTs sold in the Beamdog store.
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jalister: According to a post on that link, the soundtracks here are supposed to be discounted to match the Steam sale prices.

Quote - "P.S. Act quick! We’re matching Steam Summer Sale prices on all four soundtracks for a limited time!"
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juliusborisov: That thread is about OSTs sold in the Beamdog store.
Best make people over at your site aware of the fact that they can just buy the soundtracks here then, so they don't pay 40 bucks extra in order to qualify for the soundtrack purchase. Wouldn't want people to pay too much, would we?

Why did you guys decide to sell the soundtracks separately. Surely someone over there must have been aware that it doesn't really help Beamdog's reputation?

We know it wasn't GoG's decision, since if that was the case they would have been selling the OSTs for their Witcher games separately.
Posted June 27, 2017
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juliusborisov: That thread is about OSTs sold in the Beamdog store.
That's counter to this:
http://i.imgur.com/70VXNO0.jpg

Is Throne of Bhaal even from a lossless source? I believe that PS:T saw a foreign release with the soundtrack, making FLAC plausible. ToB has no such release to my knowledge and the source materials were all supposedly lost so....?

Edit: Didn't realize I couldn't use image tags.
Post edited June 27, 2017 by The_Gypsy
Posted June 27, 2017
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Stig79: Update from Julius Borisov, the Beamdog employee that hangs around GoG doing damage control.

If you want to buy the soundtracks you are only "allowed" to buy them IF you buy the EE games first.
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PaterAlf: That has nothing to do with Beamdog. It's GOG's fault. They count soundtracks as DLCs and so you can only buy them when you own the base game. Doesn't make much sense, but that's how they do it for years.
The soundtracks were included for free for all of those games when you bought the classics.

If you buy a game on GoG, the soundtrack is included. That is how they have done it for years.
Post edited June 27, 2017 by Stig79
Posted June 27, 2017
Well, on the one hand it is GOOD that these aren´t exclusive to Beamdogs own store anymore...
...on the other hand it´s BAD that these aren´t included in the game packages anyways.

Well, I´ll continue using the old, low-bitrate soundtracks for a while and eventually pick these ones here up once they went on 90% off.
Posted June 27, 2017
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juliusborisov: That thread is about OSTs sold in the Beamdog store.
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The_Gypsy: That's counter to this:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/70VXNO0.jpg[/img]

Is Throne of Bhaal even from a lossless source? I believe that PS:T saw a foreign release with the soundtrack, making FLAC is plausible. ToB has no such release to my knowledge and the source materials were all supposedly lost so....?
That is not a counter. Stig79 quoted my post from the Beamdog forum about OSTs sold in the Beamdog store. That post can't be interpreted about anything else other than the Beamdog store.

Beamdog can't influence how GoG sells products in its store.
Posted June 27, 2017
What does "EE soundtrack" mean, exactly? Is it like a lossless rip of the original soundtrack CD, with maybe some extra songs added that I don't care about? Or is it enhanced more like by having been re-recorded by a bigger-name orchestra and with the voice of Beyonce singing on top?

In case of the former, great. One can get it without buying Siege of Dragonspear. Progress. Now go all the way and give me a nudge when I can buy it without also buying the Enhanced Editions. I'll even pay extra just to keep those off my account, as long as Beamdog isn't getting the money for a sale that didn't happen.

In case of the latter, I guess the former is no longer available nor will it ever be again.
Posted June 27, 2017
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RadonGOG: Well, on the one hand it is GOOD that these aren´t exclusive to Beamdogs own store anymore...
...on the other hand it´s BAD that these aren´t included in the game packages anyways.

Well, I´ll continue using the old, low-bitrate soundtracks for a while and eventually pick these ones here up once they went on 90% off.
They haven't been exclusive to the Beamdog store. Before, they had been available on Steam. The Beamdog store added them yesterday, the GoG store - today.
Posted June 27, 2017
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juliusborisov: That thread is about OSTs sold in the Beamdog store.
So, you decided to match the Beamdog stores prices with the current Steam prices, yet you sell them at full price on GOG? Do you expect anyone will choose to buy them from here? At the very best, GOG-loyal people will wishlist them and wait for the same discount; in the worst case scenario, they'll buy them from Steam.
Posted June 27, 2017
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juliusborisov: That thread is about OSTs sold in the Beamdog store.
Thanks, I missed that important bit of detail. I'll throw it on the wishlist then.

I only have the EE editions here, so this is the only place I can buy the soundtracks.
Post edited June 27, 2017 by jalister
Posted June 27, 2017
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Stig79: The soundtracks were included for free for all of those games when you bought the classics.

If you buy a game on GoG, the soundtrack is included. That is how they have done it for years.
Of course I wasn't talking about soundtracks that are included as free extras.

But please try to buy any of these soundtracks without owning the base game. Good luck!
Posted June 27, 2017
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Rixasha: What does "EE soundtrack" mean, exactly? Is it like a lossless rip of the original soundtrack CD, with maybe some extra songs added that I don't care about? Or is it enhanced more like by having been re-recorded by a bigger-name orchestra and with the voice of Beyonce singing on top?

In case of the former, great. One can get it without buying Siege of Dragonspear. Progress. Now go all the way and give me a nudge when I can buy it without also buying the Enhanced Editions. I'll even pay extra just to keep those off my account, as long as Beamdog isn't getting the money for a sale that didn't happen.

In case of the latter, I guess the former is no longer available nor will it ever be again.
The EE soundtrack includes songs from the original soundtrack + songs from the EE content. For example, (BG1 EE OST): "Experience the incredible original soundtrack for Baldur's Gate composed by Michael Hoenig, plus seven new tracks by Sam Hulick composed for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition."

Also, in the EE soundtrack all tracks are provided in both MP3 (320 kbit) and lossless FLAC format, while the original soundtrack, I believe, includes tracks in 192 kbit MP3.
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juliusborisov: That thread is about OSTs sold in the Beamdog store.
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Vythonaut: So, you decided to match the Beamdog stores prices with the current Steam prices, yet you sell them at full price on GOG? Do you expect anyone will choose to buy them from here? At the very best, GOG-loyal people will wishlist them and wait for the same discount; in the worst case scenario, they'll buy them from Steam.
Beamdog can't influence prices set in the GoG store.
Post edited June 27, 2017 by juliusborisov
Posted June 27, 2017
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The_Gypsy: That's counter to this:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/70VXNO0.jpg[/img]

Is Throne of Bhaal even from a lossless source? I believe that PS:T saw a foreign release with the soundtrack, making FLAC is plausible. ToB has no such release to my knowledge and the source materials were all supposedly lost so....?
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juliusborisov: That is not a counter. Stig79 quoted my post from the Beamdog forum about OSTs sold in the Beamdog store. That post can't be interpreted about anything else other than the Beamdog store.

Beamdog can't influence how GoG sells products in its store.
http://i.imgur.com/70VXNO0.jpg[/img Explain this then? You said you only had to buy the game to be able to buy the soundtrack on the Beamdog Store. So where does this come from? Clearly states this is a case on GoG too.

You really skipped that little bit of very vital information, didn't you?

We both know very well that it wasn't GoG that decided to sell the soundtracks separately. If they were doing things like that they would have done the same thing with their own Witcher games.
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Stig79: The soundtracks were included for free for all of those games when you bought the classics.

If you buy a game on GoG, the soundtrack is included. That is how they have done it for years.
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PaterAlf: Of course I wasn't talking about soundtracks that are included as free extras.

But please try to buy any of these soundtracks without owning the base game. Good luck!
The difference here is that these soundtracks were always sold separately. The BG games and so on had the soundtrack included before Beamdog changed it to sell them separately.
Post edited June 27, 2017 by Stig79
Posted June 27, 2017
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juliusborisov: That is not a counter. Stig79 quoted my post from the Beamdog forum about OSTs sold in the Beamdog store. That post can't be interpreted about anything else other than the Beamdog store.

Beamdog can't influence how GoG sells products in its store.
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Stig79: http://i.imgur.com/70VXNO0.jpg[/img Explain this then? You said you only had to buy the game to be able to buy the soundtrack on the Beamdog Store. So where does this come from? Clearly states this is a case on GoG too.

You really skipped that little bit of very vital information, didn't you?

We both know very well that it wasn't GoG that decided to sell the soundtracks separately. If they were doing things like that they would have done the same thing with their own Witcher games.
Most likely explanation is that GoG have a contract with Hasbro (WotC), just like Beamdog do. And their contract too might have a clause that EE OSTs could only be bought by those who have the EEs.
Posted June 27, 2017
Now I am saddened a little that I opted for the Enhanced Editions when I bought Baldurs Gate 1 + 2 as well as Icewind Dale on GOG instead for the originals. I hadn't played the EEs yet when I bought it but I would have been able to buy the original versions back then. I figured I might as well pay a bit more and test the Enhanced Editions because I could always get the originals later on.

Now, learning that the soundtracks would have been free goodies with the original versions, I do feel a little miffed. It's not like I hugely care about those extra tracks of the Enhanced Editions but the original soundtrack always makes me very nostalgic.

I never was on board of the whole Beamdog hate train since I see value in the Enhanced Editions, and I am still against bashing something on principle, but I understand it a little better now. And I am certainly happy to own the original versions of both the Neverwinter Nights and Icewind Dale II because those come with the soundtracks and are now Enhanced Edition proof.
Posted June 27, 2017
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juliusborisov: The EE soundtrack includes songs from the original soundtrack + songs from the EE content.
Okay, thank you for that bit of info.
Original recordings from the late 90's, not re-recorded by a different orchestra or anything?
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