The Arcana: A Mystic Romance is a luxurious interactive visual story that, in part, owes its success to an excellent soundtrack which creates atmosphere of magic and mystery.
The main body of the soundtrack was composed by Kevin Macleod, an American composer and musician. MacLeod has composed over 2,000 pieces of royalty-free library music and made them available under a Creative Commons copyright license. His licensing options allow anyone to use his music for free as long as he receives credit, which has led to his music being used in thousands of films and commercial video games such as The Arcana.
The Water Sleep Audio Group, a record company, who brought the magical menu theme of the Arcana app to life, deserves an honourable mention as well as Keith Holden, Neil Cross, Chad Farran and even Frederic Chopin.
General Soundtrack[]
| No. | Composer | Title | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Water Sleep Audio Group | Dream Music and Rain Sounds | |
| 2 | Keith Holden | Memory | |
| 3 | Neil Cross | Magic Hour | |
| 4 | Chad Farran | Manuchi | |
| 5 | Frederic Chopin | Waltz in C Sharp Minor | |
| 6 | Kevin MacLeod | As I Figure | |
| 7 | Kevin MacLeod | Ascending the Vale | |
| 8 | Kevin MacLeod | Bittersweet | |
| 9 | Kevin MacLeod | Black Vortex | |
| 10 | Kevin MacLeod | Crowd Hammer | |
| 11 | Kevin MacLeod | Curse of the Scarab | |
| 12 | Camille Saint-Saëns | Danse Macabre | |
| 13 | Kevin MacLeod | Danse Macabre (Anxiety Mix) | |
| 14 | Kevin MacLeod | Deep Haze | |
| 15 | Erik Satie | Gymnopedie No. 1 | |
| 16 | Kevin MacLeod | Heavy Heart | |
| 17 | Kevin MacLeod | Hidden Past | |
| 18 | Kevin MacLeod | Intrepid (Piano) | |
| 19 | Kevin MacLeod | Lightless Dawn | |
| 20 | Kevin MacLeod | Magic Forest | |
| 21 | Kevin MacLeod | Master Disorder | |
| 22 | Kevin MacLeod | Miri's Magic Dance | |
| 23 | Kevin MacLeod | Mystic Force | |
| 24 | Kevin MacLeod | Relent | |
| 25 | Kevin MacLeod | River of Io | |
| 26 | Kevin MacLeod | Rynos Theme | |
| 27 | Kevin MacLeod | Sardana | |
| 28 | Kevin MacLeod | Sneaky Snitch | |
| 29 | Kevin MacLeod | Tango de Manzana | |
| 30 | Kevin MacLeod | The Complex | |
| 31 | Kevin MacLeod | Vanishing | |
| 32 | Kevin MacLeod | Wounded |
Ending Soundtrack[]
The soundtrack used in the ending chapters differs vastly from the soundtrack used in the rest of the game. To create an unnerving to downright scary atmosphere of the looming end the developers recorded the existing tracks backwards and chose the most menacing and epic compositions out of Kevin MacLeod's library.
| No. | Composer | Title | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Holden | Memory (Bubble) | |
| 2 | Kevin MacLeod | Danse Macabre (Reversed) | |
| 3 | Kevin MacLeod | Final Count | |
| 4 | Kevin MacLeod | Heavy Heart (Bubble) | |
| 5 | Kevin MacLeod | Intrepid (Piano Reversed) | |
| 6 | Kevin MacLeod | Intrepid (Vocals) | |
| 7 | Kevin MacLeod | Master Disorder (Reversed) | |
| 8 | Kevin MacLeod | Miri's Magic Dance (Reversed) | |
| 9 | Kevin MacLeod | River of Io (Reversed) | |
| 10 | Kevin MacLeod | Undaunted |