The Legend of Korra co-creators and composer have confirmed the upcoming release of the official soundtrack for season 1 of the animated series.
Bryan Konietzko, co-creator of The Legend of Korra, confirmed today that The Legend of Korra: Original Music From Book One will be released on July 16. The soundtrack will showcase 26 original instrumental tracks from the animated series, and will be available both as a CD and as a digital download. The cover art was painted by Bryan Konietzko.
The Wall Street Journal has a preview of the track “Republic City Under Attack”, along with the album’s full track listing. The soundtrack will include pieces called “Squeaky Rags,” “Greatest Change” and “Beifong’s Sacrifice.”
“I can’t begin to summarize the 9-year struggle [Mike DiMartino and I] have endured to get any sort of a soundtrack released,” Konietzko wrote on his Tumbler. “We love Jeremy [Zuckerman]’s music deeply, and we know the fans do too, so it has been an incredibly frustrating wait and battle to make this a reality.”
Konietzko admitted that it seemed for a long time that the soundtrack would never come to fruition, as the idea “was blocked at a bureaucratic impasse.” He thanked “key people inside and outside of Nickelodeon” who worked on the project for years, and finally succeeded in sharing Zuckerman’s music with fans of The Legend of Korra.
There is also reason for fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender to be hopeful. The Track Team (comprised of Jeremy Zuckerman and sound designer Benjamin Wynn) was also responsible for scoring that series, and added an addendumn to the announcement of The Legend of Korra soundtrack. “If this soundtrack sells really well,” they wrote, “It’ll be very likely that an [Avatar: The Last Airbender] soundtrack will happen.”
Konietzko concurred. “Our hope is that the Korra Book 1 soundtrack will be a success and show the company that there is a real demand for other music releases, Avatar included,” he wrote.
In any case, it is exhilarating for fans of The Legend of Korra to see more news emerge about the series. Earlier this week, fans were treated to the first official footage from The Legend of Korra season 2, and hopefully more information – including a release date for Book 2 – will be coming before long.
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