The Pathless | Meditations - Full album by Austin Wintory

Dear Mr. Wintory,

My family and I were ABZUlutely moved by your music. You have brought us onto a Pathless Journey deep into our consciousness and into our emotions. The Flow of your music blends together in a mindful Syndicate, and we are so fortunate to have come across you and your works.

My 5-year-old child spotted the theme from ABZU (To Know, Water) within this album (prior to reading the comments!). He would sing that as well as the theme from Journey (Nascence) randomly anytime anywhere (even during school time, I heard from the teachers). I guess these tell how deeply in love he is with your music.

My family hope that one day we could meet you in person, Mr. Wintory. We also hope to have the honor to perform your music one day.

With much respect and love,
Harmony Timbre from Hong Kong :]

Your music has a deep impact on some of us and certainly captures and enhances the mood of the many wonderful games for which you have scored and for which we are very grateful

Such an amazing soundtrack, literally no one does it like you. Bought and finished this game with the true ending recently and it was absolutely beautiful. I am curious, if you're able to answer, what's the distinction between versions one and two of Discovery, Awakening, etc?

Your music gives life to everything. Hope you never stop.

I've listened to Discovery, one multiple times a day for a month straight and I cannot get sick of it.

Huge fan of your work.
After my mom died, I was having panic attacks.
I would lie in the tub and listen to the Journey soundtrack. Escaping into your musical universe helped me during those trying times. It brought peace to my troubled soul. Thank you for your work.

thank you so much for your music and for everything you do. you're not only a huge inspiration, but also your music carries me through some tough times, and i'm forever grateful.

just started playing through The Pathless and it's breathtaking, so i figured i'd come back to listen to this soundtrack to relax and put my mind at ease.

You stand next to Motoi Sakuraba as a contemporary legend of narrative in sound. I can't express enough gratitude and joy at this music, especially facilitating what you described to 8-bit Music Theory as "playable mythology". You've captured that like Sibelius captured Finnish legend, or Bartok Hungarian folk moods. Keep at it...

Ah, yet another INCREDIBLE score by my favorite videogame composer

What's the instrument at the start of Discovery, one? Some variation of a guitar? Love how deep it sounds

The cimbalom is an underrated instrument, and one that Austin uses so very, very well.

Have you thought about asking Bethesda to allow you to score Elder Scrolls 6? I think you and someone like Justin Bell would do a great job.

Thank you for uploading this! This music is perfect for D&D :)

You had me hooked since journey, instant like before this music even started playing lol

The beginning of Island brings me right back to Abzu. The oboe, the choir, the harps – it's not a coincidence, is it?

Criminally underrated

Which song is the one with the Mongolian throat singer?? When I played the game I absolutely loved the throat singing and have been searching everywhere for it :D

More lovely music to listen to! Definitely feels like your work, recognizable style. I'll have to check out the pathless now!

Abzu, Journey and Pathless these games would not be complete without your music. Music in those games perfectly captures that aura, it is just ideal for an open world, that is full of mystery and ready for you to explore. Amazing work Austin, can't wait for more.

Tenacity two's second part is always so good to me, like I can just feel the cold

If you loved truths, one.. wait until you hear truths, two!
seriously though, every time that track comes along I have to stop whatever I was doing and just close my eyes to take it all in.

Austin, like many here my first exposure to your work was when I played Journey many years ago. I recently found Abzu and I was completely blown away. I am such a huge fan of your work. This OST especially reminds me a lot of Jeremy Soule, but it feels even bolder and more stylized. I wish I knew enough about music theory and music in general to be able to explain why your work has such a profound impact... for now all I can say is that It's really great stuff. Thank you for sharing.

I love Discovery 1! It's such a fun calming theme that still manages to be energetic and not just flat. That's the main problem for me when finding music to work to, the calming music is always flat, and doesn't have enough energy. The only other video game music I can think of that works well is Greenpath and Queen's Garden from Hollow Knight composed by Christopher Larkin.

I have really bad motion sickness when I travel by planes.
This track has been a godsend, and I never once felt ill just meditating to this on my trips. Thank you.

This is so beautiful, I preordered the vinyls. I can't wait to receive them and annoy my husband by playing them all day long in repeat !

i had already loved the first album for this game to bits but i think this album release is what skyrocketed the ost to one of my top 3 of all time. the soundtrack was a huuuuge contributor to me falling in love with this game almost immediately, thank you austin! always a pleasure to listen to your music ^_^

Peace is so rare in this days

Thank you.

I remember giving up on spoilers and listening to just the Journey soundtrack because I never thought it’d come out for PC! (I got it as soon as it released for pc). Now I’m weak for your music and can’t resist so long again.

ive been looking for Awakening One's soundtrack everywhere!! the bass line from the redwood steppe area stuck out to me but i couldnt find it on the main album so i'm glad to see it here!

Huge fan of all of your work since I was first introduced to it in Journey. Loved the soundtracks to Abzu and Erica. Pathless is an instant favorite. Love it! Don't get to hear Tuvan throat singing in soundtracks too often.

I love the Mongolian throat singer, the Nyckelharpa, the way you have chosen to use barrel drum/frame drum, a Cymbalom or a kind of asian banjo (with Marimba sound)?... The recording engineer and the scoring mixer have done a stunning job capturing musicians' performance and mixing it. The depth is nicely mastered here.
I did not want to get spoiled during the contest, so I'm discovering Pathless' OST only now, sounds stellar! Great job Austin.

Wonderful :)

When you write a score like this, that has to react to the player in such a large and open environment, how do you collaborate with the game designers themselves, to control how it's used? Do they provide a set of events or states that the engine might trigger, and you compose according to those? Do you go into the engine and set up that system yourself?

Mindblowing, as always <3 <3 <3

love this! it sounds so peaceful in my ears

It's nearly 5am, and I've just started listening. All I can say is, utterly captivating.

I love the track "Caves" I remember hearing it in the game but I couldn't find it in the soundtrack, now I can finally listen to it:)

Yaaaay thank you so much! This is great for my writing!

Should I be worried about spoilers? I want to listen to the music, but I don't want to spoil the experience of the game I haven't had a chance to play yet.

Omg, thank you. I was looking for the "Caves" music. Spent a moment in the game just to listen to it.

Lov u Man!

Gonna listen to this for inspiration whilst working so much

Beautiful music. well created Austin!

Fantastic work Austin!! You've very much been an inspiration to me. As an audio engineer, I love hearing your stories and insight on the music industry in the podcast. Thank you for doing what you do!