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The Tears of Metal score is an original soundtrack written specifically for the game, and it is where the title's second word comes from: the music is metal, matched to a medieval Scottish battlefield. Paper Cult has released one track publicly ahead of any full soundtrack release.

Composers

The soundtrack was composed by SIDE Montreal, the Montreal audio studio the developer has worked with since the game's reveal. Four composers are credited:

The same partner is listed on Paper Cult's own site as one of three named collaborators on the project, alongside the studio's public relations agency and the Canada Media Fund. See Developer for the wider studio picture.

Published Tracks

Metal, Flesh and Dragonstone was published on July 21, 2026, the day before the Early Access launch, as a soundtrack preview. It runs about three and a half minutes and Paper Cult described it as one of many intense metal tracks on the score. No full soundtrack release, storefront soundtrack listing or track list has been announced.

A new track was also aired publicly as part of the April 2026 Xbox announcement trailer, which the studio flagged at the time as a first listen rather than a release.

Voice Acting

The Early Access build has partial voice acting only. None of the ten supported interface languages, English included, ships with full voice-over, and Paper Cult lists more voice acting among the things it intends to add before the full release. Battles end with spoken dialogue scenes; one July 2026 fix addressed end-of-battle dialogue being partly covered by the Defeat screen.

Sound in Play

Audio carries some mechanical weight rather than sitting purely in the background. The Warcry, added to the game as a dedicated button after beta feedback, is an audible rally that affects the battalion mid-fight, and War Drummers are an enemy type defined by the effect their drumming has on the battlefield rather than by their own attacks.