Crimson Desert Soundtrack Volume 2 Out Now With 42 Tracks

Pearl Abyss has released Crimson Desert Original Soundtrack Volume 2, the second official soundtrack album for its open world action adventure game. The 42 track album arrived on November 10 2026 and is streaming now on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music, with a free download planned for Steam and the Epic Games Store at a later date.

42 tracks of field themes, anthems and boss battles

Volume 2 leans further into dramatic storytelling and sweeping melodies than the first album. According to the official announcement from the Crimson Desert notice board, the record moves from tranquil lyrical field themes and sweeping anthems to thrilling combat and boss battle themes, rounded out with bard songs and expansive soundscapes that capture the vastness of the continent of Pywel. The album was created by Pearl Abyss audio director Hwiman Ryu and music director Inro Joo together with composers from Korea and abroad and vocalists from around the world.

The guest list gives the album its scale. Vocalists Eivør, Colm R. McGuinness and Merethe Soltvedt each bring their own style alongside guitarist Nathan Mills and the Prague Metropolitan Choir. That mix of solo voices, guitar work and full choir recording is aimed at giving the music greater depth, and it shows how much weight Pearl Abyss puts on sound as part of the Crimson Desert identity. Players who followed the first volume will recognize the approach, since that 75 track collection already framed the world of Pywel through four themed discs when it arrived in April 2026.

Korean folk songs reimagined as sea shanties

The most distinctive material on Volume 2 is a set of traditional Korean folk songs and children songs reimagined as Western style sea shanties. The Prague Metropolitan Choir performs the melodies of Jindo Arirang, Gakseori Taryeong, Dukkeoba Dukkeoba, Kkomaya Kkomaya and Mugunghwa Kkochi Pieotseumnida with the rhythm and spirit of a ship crew, singing in English as a full chorus. The result blends traditional Korean melodies with the voices of international musicians into a sound built specifically for life on the seas around Pywel.

“Building on our origins as a Korean developer, we turned our own traditional melodies into authentic sea shanties that players all over the world can enjoy naturally and with real excitement,” said Hwiman Ryu, audio director at Pearl Abyss. That quote captures the intent behind the experiment. Rather than keeping the folk material in its original form, the team rebuilt it with Western choral arrangement so it reads as working crew music inside the game world while keeping melodies that Korean listeners will know by heart.

Where to stream the album and what comes next

The album is available now on major streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music. Listeners can also hear the full record on the official Crimson Desert YouTube channel and the Pearl Abyss Music channel, which keeps everything in one place for fans who prefer video. A free DLC version for Steam and the Epic Games Store will arrive at a later date, following the pattern of the first volume which also landed as downloadable content for PC players.

That two step rollout matters for collectors. Streaming covers day one listening on phones and desktops, while the later free DLC gives PC owners local files tied to their game libraries. Fans of the series music can already trace the arc from the 75 track Volume 1 release to this tighter 42 track follow up, and the nomination news below suggests the wider industry is paying attention. Readers tracking other PlayStation recognized titles can also see how awards momentum builds around music driven games in our coverage of the Crimson Desert Players Choice nomination, while Charting the Unknown DLC coverage follows the game side of the franchise.

Award nominations add momentum

The release lands while the Crimson Desert score is collecting nominations. The game is nominated for Best Soundtrack at the Golden Joystick Awards and for Score Video Game Console and PC at the 17th Hollywood Music in Media Awards, with the HMMA nomination crediting Hwiman Ryu and Inro Joo. Awards attention this close to a soundtrack launch tends to pull new listeners toward the albums, so Volume 2 arrives with a bigger spotlight than a standalone music drop would get on its own.

More information about the developer is available on the official Pearl Abyss site. Pearl Abyss is best known for the Black Desert franchise and is currently developing DokeV and PLAN 8 on its next generation BlackSpace Engine alongside Crimson Desert.

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