It's hard to convey quite how big a deal it was in 1996 when id Software's Quake launched with a soundtrack by none other than Nine Inch Nails. Quake was a new evolution in games - it was dark, gritty, and 'adult' in a way that colourful graphics and AdLib sounds hadn't allowed for up until then, and Trent Reznor's sound design and theme music gave the whole thing an edgy credibility. Now you can finally buy the remastered Nine Inch Nails Quake soundtrack on vinyl.
Nine Inch Nails has been planning this for quite some time - the vinyl pressing briefly went up for pre-order three years ago, although it seems to have been by accident. Now it's the real thing, and you can go over to the band's official site to order the 180 gram double LP right now. It costs $35 USD (or about £27).
Reznor has worked on soundtracks since Quake: as Pitchfork notes, he and Nine Inch Nails producer Atticus Ross have won an Oscar for their score to David Fincher's The Social Network (2010) and have been nominated for two Emmy Awards for their soundtrack to the HBO series Watchmen.
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