Composer Bear McCreary, best known for his work on television shows like Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., announced that his full soundtrack for Sony Santa Monica’s new God of War is now available on Spotify. You can listen to the entire 21-song album on your PS4 using PlayStation Music, or anywhere with a Spotify Premium subscription.

When announcing the release of the God of War soundtrack, McCreary revealed some background on the composition and production of the album. His favorite selection from the soundtrack that means the most to him is “Memories of Mother,” a song with a storied history that goes back to early in the game’s development.
When McCreary was just beginning the collaboration with Cory Barlog, it was determined that the new God of War would require all new music that did not revisit the scores present in the original games. Just as Kratos ventures forth into a new land and evolves, the music of the series had to change too. “I took my memories of that classic God of War soundtrack ? the deep choirs, pounding drums, and shrieking brass ? and reinvented them for a Norse age. I wrote new themes, and introduced to the music exotic instrumentation and languages from various Northern European folk traditions,” McCreary said.
“Memories of Mother” was one of those early compositions, originally written for Kratos. Inspired by the emotional themes of the story, McCreary reinvent...