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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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Tarhiel: I suppose so.
And I looked at the descriptions and there are few bonus tracks in each OST, except Dragonspear.
ummmm, i don't see anywhere Icewind Dale EE got new tracks >.>

The price of each soundtrack reach the sky..more than one original game when they were still available as pointed above .....sigh that's disappointing

Asked prices on GOG (at least for this case) are too much....i guess that's Beamdog's fault & because of this :

Would be nice to be able to have packages on GOG, like on Steam, when you can complete a package if you partially own the content.....with a discounted price
Post edited June 27, 2017 by DyNaer
Posted June 27, 2017
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juliusborisov: The EE soundtrack includes songs from the original soundtrack + songs from the EE content.
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Rixasha: Okay, thank you for that bit of info.
Original recordings from the late 90's, not re-recorded by a different orchestra or anything?
No worries, no new re-recording.
Posted June 27, 2017
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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.
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juliusborisov: 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.
Then why does Neverwinter Nights have soundtracks included? Hasbro owns those too. Only the Beamdog D&D game soundtracks are being sold separately....

You aren't lying, are you?
Posted June 27, 2017
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Engerek01: I would like to know that too. If it has not changed, when you buy the Enhanced Editions, you get a key for classic versions which all have soundtracks included. So there should be a difference. Quality perhaps?
Me too I'm lost Oo
Posted June 27, 2017
the classic Icewind Dale soundtrack includes 51 tracks + 18 tracks from the Heart of Winter soundtrack
the "enhanced" soundtrack only includes the 51 tracks from the base game.

since buying the enhanced versions gives you the classic version+soundtrack as well, I don't see why you would want to buy this new releases ?!?

unless you are okay with buying the same thing twice to get the soundtrack in FLAC format.
Post edited June 27, 2017 by immi101
Posted June 27, 2017
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jalister: Thankfully I own both Neverwinter Nights DRM free, stored on my local file server and backed up offline. Beamdog cannot have them back.
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SpiderFighter: Why? I own the original Baldur's Gate games here, and they're still in my library (alone with the enhanced versions). To my knowledge, GOG has never removed a purchased game from a customer's library.
I know purchased games don't disappear from here. My comment was an exaggeration. I was simply stating I have the originals, so it doesn't matter if Beamdog makes any creative edits to the original stories, like they did with Baldur's Gate. I appreciate the enhancements, but I don't generally like when original content is rewritten.

Han shot first.
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.
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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!
What's the point of buying OTS without owning the base game?
Music is part of the game, and it can influence the mood when you playing games.
Standalone game music even it is a great one, is not attached to anything.
Says CIV 4 original intro music is a great one, but without the intro movie, how do you rate it?
If Beamdog sold the OTS along with initial release, we won't get much upset here.
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.
I must've misread, my bad.

Though my question remains unanswered, what is the source of the tracks?
Posted June 27, 2017
There are quite a few old threads about the ToB soundtrack, with some people saying it used to be here and got removed:

https://www.gog.com/forum/baldurs_gate_series/throne_of_bhaal_original_soundtrack
https://www.gog.com/forum/baldurs_gate_series/throne_of_bhaal_soundtrack
https://www.gog.com/forum/baldurs_gate_series/bg2_soundtrack
https://www.gog.com/forum/baldurs_gate_series/soundtrack
https://www.gog.com/forum/baldurs_gate_series/throne_of_bhall_inon_zur_ost

I suppose this is the only form in which it's returning.
Posted June 27, 2017
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Stig79: 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.
Yes, and I agree that this is a dick move.

But in the post that I originally replied to, you complained that you are only "allowed" to buy the soundtracks when you own the base game and I just pointed out that this is because GOG is handling them as DLC (like other soundtracks too).
Posted June 27, 2017
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juliusborisov: 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.
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Stig79: Then why does Neverwinter Nights have soundtracks included? Hasbro owns those too. Only the Beamdog D&D game soundtracks are being sold separately....

You aren't lying, are you?
No, I'm not. Neverwinter Nights is not EE, and the soundtrack to it is not an EE OST. This is a big difference. Contracts with the rightholder for the EEs and EE OSTs most likely are different to contracts with the rightholder regarding other games (including NWN).

If you buy the EEs from GoG, you get a gift code to Original games ([url=https://gogwiki.com/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate:_The_Original_Saga#Extras]https://gogwiki.com/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate:_The_Original_Saga#Extras[/url]) that come with original soundtracks (along other extras). Nothing has changed about the original soundtracks in that regard. Only the EE OSTs are added as separate items for sale.

https://www.gog.com/forum/planescape_torment_enhanced_edition/soundtrack_question/post4
Posted June 27, 2017
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immi101: the classic Icewind Dale soundtrack includes 51 tracks + 18 tracks from the Heart of Winter soundtrack
the "enhanced" soundtrack only includes the 51 tracks from the base game.

since buying the enhanced versions gives you the classic version+soundtrack as well, I don't see why you would want to be this new releases ?!?

unless you are okay with buying the same thing twice to get the soundtrack in FLAC format.
I don't think you get the soundtrack added with the Classic version after an EE purchase now. Got removed when they started selling the new soundtracks separately.
Posted June 27, 2017
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immi101: unless you are okay with buying the same thing twice to get the soundtrack in FLAC format.
Well at least, it wasn't GOG with one of their stunts in the past ,when they transcoded MP3 into FLAC (without knowing what they were doing o.O)
Post edited June 27, 2017 by DyNaer
Posted June 27, 2017
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Stig79: Then why does Neverwinter Nights have soundtracks included? Hasbro owns those too. Only the Beamdog D&D game soundtracks are being sold separately....

You aren't lying, are you?
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juliusborisov: No, I'm not. Neverwinter Nights is not EE, and the soundtrack to it is not an EE OST. This is a big difference. Contracts with the rightholder for the EEs and EE OSTs most likely are different to contracts with the rightholder regarding other games (including NWN).

If you buy the EEs from GoG, you get a gift code to Original games ([url=https://gogwiki.com/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate:_The_Original_Saga#Extras]https://gogwiki.com/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate:_The_Original_Saga#Extras[/url]) that come with original soundtracks (along other extras). Nothing has changed about the original soundtracks in that regard. Only the EE OSTs are added as separate items for sale.

https://www.gog.com/forum/planescape_torment_enhanced_edition/soundtrack_question/post4
I gave a BG gift code to a friend of mine. He says the soundtrack is not included.
Posted June 27, 2017
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Tarhiel: I suppose so.
And I looked at the descriptions and there are few bonus tracks in each OST, except Dragonspear.
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DyNaer: ummmm, i don't see anywhere Icewind Dale EE got new tracks >.> ....
My mistake then, I thought the bonus tracks were EE addition.
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