Atlus Sound Team

Release Date: 11/07/2025
Format: 4 X LP
Label: IAM8BIT - 8BIT-8253-2
Release type: Stylish Character-Inspired Iris Burst Vinyl LP Pressing

Metaphor: ReFantazio presents a vision unlike any other title in the Atlus oeuvre. Its politically-charged high-fantasy narrative boldly explores timely themes of unrest, anxiety, equality, and utopia. Coupled with a refined take on the studio’s signature JRPG gameplay, as well as an enrapturing painterly visual style, it's no wonder Metaphor earned Game of the Year awards from several publications.

It’s a bold, unique game, with a bold, unique soundtrack that pulls from a global palette of auditory inspirations, including lyrics written in Esperanto and chanted beautifully by a Buddhist Monk. It is, in a word, unforgettable. We at iam8bit knew it deserved an unforgettable vinyl treatment to match.

Introducing the Metaphor: ReFantazio 4xLP Vinyl Soundtrack. We worked with Atlus Sound Team to hand-select the perfect arrangement of songs from their breathtaking score, mastering them especially for vinyl. For the discs, we crafted a character-inspired Iris Burst vinyl treatment, each one with its own color to represent the heroes at the heart of Metaphor’s charming cast.

For the album artwork, we teamed up with longtime iam8bit artisan, Drew Wise, to create not just packaging, but a full-on Metaphor-inspired experience. The outer box features gold embossments and a leatherbound-style look, drawing from the storybook motif in the game. We extended this concept to the parchment-esque inner sleeves.

The result is a veritable centerpiece to any vinyl collection, a one-of-a-kind package that celebrates one of the very best roleplaying games of all time.

1. Prelude to a Heroic Tale
   
2. Call of Magic
   
3. Traversing the Wastes
   
4. Breakfast at the Inn
   
5. Brimming
   
6. Determination
   
7. Devastated Fortress
   
8. Hero's Awakening
   
9. Human by Name
   
10. Ode to Heroes
    
11. Flight from the Mines
    
12. Warriors in Arms
    
13. King's Verdict
    
14. Royal Capital Grand Trad
    
15. Royal Capital Grand Trad -Night-
    
16. Desecrated Cathedral
    
17. Overflow Harmony
    
18. Journey's Legs
    
19. Martira Old Castle
    
20. Town
    
21. Recurring Thoughts
    
22. Belly of the Beast
    
23. Formidable Foe
    
24. Giant Sandworm's Nest
    
25. Warriors in Valour
    
26. Castle of Dread
    
27. Port Brilehaven
    
28. Port Brilehaven -Night-
    
29. Omen
    
30. Onward
    
31. Window to a New World
    
32. A Brief Respite
    
33. Rival Candidates
    
34. Skyrunner Charadrius Seeking the Curse Verge of Life and Death Fantasy's End
    
35. Fond Memories Treasured Moments Virga Island
    
36. Virga Island -Night-
    
37. A Small Helping Hand
    
38. Priestess of the Temple
    
39. Drakongrace Shinjuku
    
40. Altabury Heights
    
41. Altabury Heights -Night-
    
42. Opera House Tragedy
    
43. Arrow of Radiance
    
44. You Face Louis Guiabern
    
45. Requiem for a Hero
    
46. Ancient Eldan Sanctum
    
47. Determination’s
    
48. Denouement
    
49. Land of Sunlit Leaves
    
50. Lost Ruins
    
51. Abyssal Cemetery
    
52. Untrodden Caves
    
53. Soaring TowersGuiabern
    
54. Wings of Freedom
    
55. Face of the Palace
    
56. Melancholy Star
    
57. A World Culled
    
58. King of Destruction
    
59. Fantasy Lives On