
Of the soundtrack, composer RIK SCHAFFER says, “Of all the games I have scored over my career, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines was the best because I was given free rein to write music without censor, and drawing from my own life experiences. The vinyl edition of the album will include a digital download card that includes both the entire album as well as eight special bonus tracks not available anywhere else. Available Friday, October 25, the soundtrack features previously unreleased music from the first installment of the role-playing video game, which will return for its much-anticipated second installment in 2020. Here's a press release with the track list and some additional information: NEW YORK, NY – Milan Records, an imprint of Sony Music Masterworks, announces VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE – BLOODLINES (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) with music by composer RIK SCHAFFER (Elder Scrolls Online, Dark Age of Camelot). The soundtrack will be available on CD, vinyl and as a digital download, and will include a number of previously unreleased tracks that will be appearing in Hardsuit Labs' Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. The music to Bloodlines has never sounded better.Those of you who enjoy collecting video game soundtracks should be happy to know that Rik Schaffer's impressive soundtrack for Troika Games' Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines will be released by Sony Music Masterworks' imprint Milan Records on October 25, 2019. 15 years after the game’s original debut, Milan Records is honored to be releasing the score to Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines for the first time, featuring audio completely remastered by Schaffer specifically for this release. A masterpiece of gaming composition, Schaffer’s sinister score perfectly invokes the atmosphere of a darkly imagined early 2000s Los Angeles where paranormal danger lurks down every alley and behind every door. The score to Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines was composed by Rik Schaffer (Elder Scrolls Online). A sequel is scheduled for release by Paradox Interactive in early 2020.

In the ensuing years since Bloodlines released, it has been embraced for its world-class writing, narrative design and production, and is considered one of the greatest roleplaying games of all time. The game depicts the fledgling’s journey through early 21st century Los Angeles as they navigate the grimy underworld of vampire politics in the City of Angels.

Based on the White Wolf tabletop roleplaying game Vampire: The Masquerade, Bloodlines follows a character who is killed and subsequently revived as a fledgling vampire. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is the 2004 cult classic roleplaying game from Troika Games.
