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Mat Ombler

@matombler.bsky.social

Purveyor of video game music. Former freelance journo, now head of music & gaming partnerships at Laced. Subscribe to my music and gaming newsletter, MusicEXP. https://musicexp.substack.com

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Bloodborne 10th Anniversary Vol. I & II Soundtrack Vinyl up for preorder at Laced Records ($98) buff.ly/cXQ9msx

20.11.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9
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I'm excited to reveal I'll be joining Nordic Game 2026 for a conversation with Laced Records Matt Ombler about my musical journey, creative process and scoring Warhammer Darktide. @lacedrecords.com @fatshark.se @matombler.bsky.social @nordicgame.com #warhammer #Darktide

13.11.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's an honour that Nintendo has chosen Laced as their partner to release The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild soundtrack on vinyl. This is the first time Nintendo has commercially released a game soundtrack in the West!

29.10.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Long live Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Love live video game music!

29.10.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starting to see pics of the Silent Hill 2 vinyl land with customers. Hope everyone enjoyed the added extras we didn't mention like Mary's Letter and Photograph! A lot of time and care went into creating this and the team at Laced absolutely smashed it.

27.10.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As far as emotional impact/saddest video game goes, I don’t think anything will ever top the ending for Life is Stange. That Foals Spanish Sahara sync is just fucking phenomenal.

22.10.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some amazing insight into Lorien's journey as a composer here.

21.10.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yusuf DikeΓ§ 17th October 2025 Playing Anatolian Rock, Turkish Disco. Olympian shooter Yusuf DikeΓ§ selects an hour of Turkish pop bangers. β€œMusic, like shooting, is about silence, rhythm, and focus. Every song tells a story of pat...

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20.10.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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God bless NTS

20.10.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Massive congratulations to Lorien Testard and our client Sandfall Interactive for winning the Game Music Award at the World Soundtrack Awards!

Testard's debut game score has surpassed 350 million track streams and spent 10 weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Classical Chart since its release in April.

17.10.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Game Music Digest | Daft Punk's Fortnite Boost & Rock Band 4's Licensing Woes Plus: Did UMG just quietly launch their first Fortnite Creative experience?

Read here: musicexp.substack.com/p/game-music...

08.10.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Latest edition of my music and gaming newsletter MusicEXP is out now and dives into the metrics behind Daft Punk's Fortnite activation and game music licensing lessons after Rock Band 4 was delisted

08.10.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you from Sandfall Interactive! To show our appreciation, we’ve been working on bringing you a few updates.

Over 333 million track streams for the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack since its release in April. Congratulations Lorien Testard and the Sandfall team! CDs and vinyl are still available to pre-order via Laced Records + partners.

www.expedition33.com/post/thank-y...

08.10.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh how the mighty have fallen

08.10.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hades 2 soundtrack is fucking ridiculous. Forget 2025 being a year just for great games; this is the same year we got soundtracks for a new Mario Kart, Hades, DOOM and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33!

30.09.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Give this a listen if you want to learn more about what goes into creating a GRAMMY-winning video game arrangement and the amazing communities surrounding video game music covers and arrangements!

25.09.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dunno who needs to hear this but just found out PlayStation Plus Premium subscription includes access to 100+ movies via Sony Pictures Core.

21.09.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

post-rock fans assemble

18.09.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Man's Sky: Journeys (Original Soundtrack) by 65daysofstatic, Paul Weir Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

Here’s your post rock fix for the day: 65daysofstatic just released 32 new tracks from No Man’s Sky πŸš€

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18.09.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Find me another game soundtrack that captures an entire era of music culture and knows its audience better than Sonic Adventure 2.

17.09.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do you reckon Takenouchi knew he was writing a tech death metal album when he wrote the music for Jewel Master

16.09.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Silent Hill f Review Thread:

CGM:
XboxEra:
TechRadar:
WellPlayed:
Shacknews:
Destructoid:
Wccftech:
Screen Rant:
Digital Trends:
DualShockers: 9.5/10
Game Informer:
IGN:
VGC:
Game Rant:
GamesRadar:
GameReactor UK:
Windows Central:
Gamespot:

15.09.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 584    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 11
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Brian Tyler’s score for the 'Super Mario Bros.' movie is a love letter to Koji Kondo The Fast and Furious composer tells NME why Nintendo music is in his DNA and how he used a love for Mario when composing for the new movie

Brian Tyler returning as composer to the new Mario film is a massive fucking W. Lives and breathes video games. Interviewed him a while back and was blown away by how much he knew about Nintendo games and music.

www.nme.com/features/sup...

12.09.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

If you can open DMs I'll send some Qs over!

08.09.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can you open DMs please :)

08.09.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Please open DMs so I can drop you a message!

08.09.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Can I please DM Qs or can you share an email?

08.09.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Can I please DM Qs or can you share an email?

08.09.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Can I please DM Qs or can you share an email?

08.09.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Can I please DM Qs or can you share an email?

08.09.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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