Crimson Desert’s Second Official Soundtrack Is Out: 42 Tracks From the World of Pywel

The second official soundtrack for Crimson Desert is now available, and it tries to bottle the atmosphere of the vast open world of Pywel. The album carries 42 tracks and leans into a more dramatic narrative tone along with an even richer melodic sound than before.

What’s on the album

The selection covers a wide range of vocal pieces. You’ll find everything from calm, lyrical field themes and sweeping anthems to sea shanties that reimagine traditional Korean folk songs and children’s songs passed down through oral tradition in a Western style, plus songs of bards.

• Field themes – tranquil, lyrical pieces tied to traveling across Pywel.
• Anthems – sweeping, large-scale vocal numbers.
• Sea shanties – traditional Korean folk songs and orally passed-down children’s songs reworked in a Western style.
• Bard songs – the kind of music you’d expect to hear performed in-world.
• Combat and boss battle themes – thrilling tracks paired with expansive soundscapes.

Together, those combat and boss pieces alongside the broader soundscapes round out what Pearl Abyss describes as Pywel’s one-of-a-kind musical world.

Where you can listen

The album is available for streaming, and a free listening option is listed as coming soon. You can also listen to the whole thing in full on the Pearl Abyss Music YouTube channel.

Where to go next

If you’re still catching up on the game itself, the base game lives on the Crimson Desert page on Steam, and we keep a running archive of Crimson Desert news. For the technical side of things, we covered the most recent build in our write-up of patch 2.04.08, and ongoing problems are tracked in a separate article on the known issues list.

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