Bobby Krlic (The Haxan Cloak) Returnal (Original Soundtrack) LP (Yellow Vinyl)

Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) is a British artist, composer and record producer based in Los Angeles. Over the past decade, he has created music under The Haxan Cloak, releasing two critically acclaimed full-length albums (The Haxan Cloak and Excavation) and touring extensively as a solo artist, building a devout fanbase. As a producer, Krlic has worked with artists including Björk, Father John Misty, Khalid, Troye Sivan, serpentwithfeet, The Body and HEALTH. In 2015 Krlic began collaborating with fellow producer and Oscar-winning film composer Atticus Ross on soundtracks including John Hillcoat's Triple 9 and Michael Mann's Blackhat. Since then, Krlic has scored a number of major network television shows including TNT's Snowpiercer, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness and Hulu's Reprisal, as well as a recent collaboration with Swans for Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2. Notably, he wrote the much-lauded original soundtrack to Ari Aster's sophomore feature film, Midsommar, for which Krlic received The Ivor Novello for Best Original Score in 2020.

Returnal is a roguelike psychological third-person shooter developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Set in a futuristic universe, the game follows Selene, a cosmic explorer and pilot, who lands on the planet Atropos in search of a mysterious signal. The situation rapidly deteriorates as Selene finds herself cut off and trapped in a time loop on the dark, dismal world where not even death provides relief. Resurrected after each fatal encounter, Selene is forced to find a way off the hostile, ever-changing world as she is beset by both extraterrestrial entities and sinister visions of inexplicable origin.

Krlic brings his experience as an award-winning composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist to Returnal, imbuing the score with a gritty and experimental quality that matches the tone of the third-person shooter game. Now available on vinyl, the score to Returnal is pressed on a transparent yellow vinyl housed in a dress jacket. A credit insert is also included.