The most recent Grammy Award winner for Best Video Game Soundtrack (for Sword of the Sea — a hidden gem) is teaming up with the young studio Lunacy for the release of The House of Hikmah. This adventure game takes place "in a mythical version of the Islamic Golden Age," as Wintory put it on his Bandcamp page.
The OST was recorded in just under a week in Saudi Arabia, featuring a stellar lineup of musicians specialized in traditional instruments—but that’s not all! You can actually hear traces of an accordion, which must give the whole score a very distinct feel.
The House of Hikmah soundtrack is available now on Bandcamp, and the composer told me it will hit streaming platforms later this week.
The House of Hikmah is the debut game from Lunacy Studios, which is made up of folks who previously worked on Rise of the Tomb Raider, Borderlands 4 and Tales of Kenzera: ZAU. The team is currently hosting an AMA session over at r/cozygames. The game is out now on Steam.
