Music

Music is one of the three named pillars of SOL Shogunate, standing alongside combat and story. Chaos Manufacturing has stated that the studio's mission is to make all three work in harmony, and the soundtrack is built to fold into the action rather than sit underneath it. For wider context, see the Overview.

Quick Reference

Dynamic Soundtrack

The score uses a dynamic system rather than fixed loops. Tracks scale with battle intensity and shift again across the phase changes that mark the game's signature boss encounters, so a single fight can travel through several musical states from opening exchanges to the final phase.

Confirmed Artists

Japanese rock band AliA is the first publicly confirmed contributor. Chaos Manufacturing has stated that additional artists are part of the lineup but have not yet been revealed. No other musicians, vocalists, or composers should be assumed at this stage.

Boss Fights As Interactive Music Videos

Boss encounters are framed as interactive music videos. Each strike is meant to land in time with the score, so the rhythm of the player's attacks, parries, and weakness exploits reads as part of the track rather than as separate cues laid over it. That framing feeds the kinetic, music-driven boss philosophy: every boss is a multi-phase, cinematic encounter built to crescendo with its theme rather than a static damage check.

Three Pillars Philosophy

CEO Guy Costantini has described the studio's mission as combining combat, story, and music so that all three work in harmony. Music is treated as an equal pillar shaping how the other two land, not decoration applied at the end of development. That principle is part of Chaos Manufacturing's studio mission and is reflected in a founding team that mixes interactive game veterans with film post-production talent.

Tying Music To Combat

The dynamic score is wired into the combat layer. Phase transitions in boss fights line up with shifts in the music, and clean weakness exploits through the Vulnerability Matrix are designed to read as both a mechanical and a musical beat. Escalating intensity in the fight and escalating intensity in the score climb together.

• Battle scaling: tracks rise with combat intensity, not fixed loops.

• Phase shifts: boss phase changes trigger shifts in the score.

• Strike timing: attacks land on musical beats during boss fights.

• Pillar alignment: music sits with combat and story as co-equal pillars.

Unconfirmed Details

Several details have not been officially confirmed:

• Contributing artists beyond AliA have not been revealed.

• No tracklist, song titles, or named themes have been disclosed.

• Total soundtrack runtime and track count are unstated.

• The split between in-engine adaptive layers and pre-rendered cinematic music is undetailed.

• Whether separate vocal and instrumental variants ship is unknown.

• Soundtrack release plans have not been announced.

This page will be updated as more is revealed.