Sumthing Else Music Works presents the Dead Rising 4 original soundtrack featuring the original music score by Oleksa Lozowchuk including additional music by various artists such as Traz Damji, Boris Salchow, Jamie Christopherson, Robert Elhai, Stu Goldberg, Kevin Doucette, Melissa Kaplan, the Braxton Cook Quartet, Dominic and Rachael Davis and Jon Hassell. The soundtrack features all original music written for orchestra, string ensembles, big band, jazz combos, crooners, country duos, Americana roots/bluegrass bands and much more...

Now this is how you release a game soundtrack. God bless Sumthing Else Music Works and Capcom for incorporating just about every second of music from the game as well as some tongue-in-cheek commercials. There's something here for every taste. There's Oleksa Lozowchuk's haunting music (the highlight for me was the opening 'Coldest Time Of Year - DR4 Theme' performed by Melissa Kaplan and the beautiful 'Recon').

Lozowchuk describes the score as "atonal zombie action meets Classic Christmas in the Midwest. Our hero, Frank West, returns to Willamette, Colorado this holiday season, amidst a glorious cacophony of Americana, swooning sounds of Christmas cheer, and pure orchestral horror bliss."

There's plenty of reworkings of traditional carols and classic Christmas songs, some country based tracks and some jazz based pieces. 'Sugar Plum Toy Shop'; 'Jazz Vampire' and 'Deck The Halls With Sounds of Bollywood' are also worth seeking out.

The soundtrack, which is spread over 4 albums, contains 112 tracks (4 hr, 28 min, 47 sec). Four album's worth of music for the same price you'd normally pay for one? What's not to like?

Track listing:

Album 1:

01 - 'Coldest Time Of Year - DR4 Theme' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Melissa Kaplan
02 - 'Frank Main Theme' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
03 - 'Frank Mystery Theme' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
04 - 'Frank Hero' - Boris Salchow
05 - 'Frank Exo Suit' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
06 - ' Calder Battle 1' - Boris Salchow
07 - 'The Dam Battle' - Boris Salchow
08 - 'Frank Escape' - Jamie Christopherson
09 - 'Frank Chase' - Boris Salchow
10 - 'Frank Survive' - Boris Salchow
11 - 'Recon' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
12 - 'Tom Battle Part 1' - Traz Damji, Oleksa Lozowchuk
13 - 'Tom Battle Part 2' - Traz Damji, Oleksa Lozowchuk
14 - 'Tom Battle Part 3' - Traz Damji, Oleksa Lozowchuk
15 - 'Frank Sneak' - Boris Salchow
16 - 'Calder Battle 2' - Jamie Christopherson
17 - 'Frank Helipad' - Jamie Christopherson
18 - 'Commander Battle' - Stu Goldberg
19 - 'Fresh Escape' - Jamie Christopherson
20 - 'Fresh Infected' - Jamie Christopherson
21 - 'Evo 1' - Stu Goldberg
22 - 'ZT Horde 1' - Boris Salchow
23 - 'Prologue' - Jon Hassell
24 - 'ZT Horde 2' - Jamie Christopherson
25 - 'ZT Horde 3' - Traz Damji
26 - 'ZT Evo 2' - Jamie Christopherson
27 - 'ZT Evo 3' - Traz Damji
28 - 'ZT Evo 4' - Boris Salchow
29 - 'DR4 Loading Screen' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Stu Goldberg
30 - 'Frank Original Theme Variation' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
31 - 'Horde Passive' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
32 - 'Frank Final Moments' - Oleksa Lozowchuk

Album 2:

01 - 'Up On The Swingin' Housetop (feat. Antonio Gradanti)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Robert Elhai
02 - 'Oh Willamette (feat. Douglas Roegiers)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
03 - 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas (feat. Douglas Roegiers)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, The Braxton Cook Quartet
04 - 'Jingle Jazz (feat. Antonio Gradanti)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, The Braxton Cook Quartet
05 - 'Deck These Halls' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, The Braxton Cook Quartet
06 - 'Looking For Santa Claus' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
07 - 'Up On The Housetop (feat. Douglas Roegiers)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Robert Elhai
08 - 'Jumping Joe The Jackal' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
09 - 'Jingle Bell Swing' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Robert Elhai
10 - 'Sugar Plum Toy Shop' - Traz Damji
11 - 'Christmas Wish (feat. Chad Howie)' - Jamie Christopherson
12 - 'O Tannenbaum (feat. Douglas Roegiers)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Robert Elhai
13 - '12 Days Of Christmas (feat. Kami Ward)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Robert Elhai
14 - 'Jingle Bells Ballad' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
15 - 'Sleigh Ride (feat. Antonio Gradanti)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Kevin Doucette
16 - 'Glow-worm' - Jamie Christopherson
17 - 'Deck The Swing' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Robert Elhai
18 - 'Jazz Vampire (feat. Melissa Kaplan)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Robert Elhai
19 - 'Jazz Me Blues (feat. Melissa Kaplan)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Robert Elhai, Traz Damji
20 - 'Ain't We Got Fun (feat. Tamta Tskhvitava)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
21 - 'Blowing Bubbles (feat. Boris Bedia)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
22 - 'Ida Sweet As Cider' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Robert Elhai, Traz Damji
23 - 'Hot Lips (feat. Tamta Tskhvitava)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
24 - 'Take Me To The Land of Jazz (feat. Tamta Tskhvitava)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
25 - 'Auld Lang Syne (feat. Trant Lee-Amies)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
26 - 'Deck The Halls With Sounds of Bollywood (feat. Shabana Lalani)' - Traz Damji

Album 3:

01 - 'Pick Up Your Boots' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
02 - 'Old Dan Tucker (feat. Chad Howie)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
03 - 'Oh Susanna (feat. Shota Adamashvili)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
04 - 'Camptown (feat. Shota Adamashvili)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
05 - 'Kentucky (feat. Shota Adamashvili)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
06 - 'Good Ole Christmas Time' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
07 - 'Flowers Don't Mean Nothin' - Dominic Davis, Rachael Davis
08 - 'Hitch Me A Ride' - Dominic Davis, Rachael Davis
09 - 'Old Folks At Home (feat. Chad Howie)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
10 - 'When The Robins Have Returned' - KP Devlin
11 - 'Wild About You' - Dominic Davis, Rachael Davis
12 - 'Irrelevance' - Shota Adamashvili
13 - 'WLD 530 AM' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
14 - 'Hurly Bird Buffet' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
15 - 'Manskape Stylist' Traz Damji
16 - 'JaPop' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
17 - 'Max Dymond Jewelers' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
18 - 'Mr.Chefs' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
19 - 'Pumps Shoes' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
20 - 'Nickolls Ink' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
21 - 'Columbian Roastmasters' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
22 - 'Robsaka Digital Xpress' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
23 - 'Synthetic Cosmetics' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Kevin Doucette
24 - 'Chakra Flex Yoga' - Traz Damji
25 - 'Mackenzie Auto'- Oleksa Lozowchuk
26 - 'Zhengs Kung Fu Academy' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
27 - 'Freytags' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Boris Salchow
28 - 'Golden Apple Winery Vineyards' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
29 - 'Homerunners' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
30 - 'Whiterook' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, John Luongo
31 - 'Chakra Flex Yoga Meditation' - Traz Damji

Album 4:

01 - 'Holiday Mall' - Stu Goldberg
02 - 'O Christmas Tree' - Stu Goldberg
03 - 'Housetop' - Stu Goldberg
04 - 'Holiday Fire' - Stu Goldberg
05 - '12 Days' - Stu Goldberg
06 - 'Burning Embers' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
07 - ' Fortune's Deligh (Sax Version)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
08 - 'Frank's Fantastic Fotos' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
09 - 'Charms Of Desire' - Kevin Doucette
10 - 'Spa Aphrodisia' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Kevin Doucette
11 - 'Allessandro Dante' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
12 - 'Pirate Ship 1' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
13 - 'Pirate Ship 2' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
14 - 'Pirate Ship 3' - Oleksa Lozowchuk
15 - 'Skylab' - Jon Hassell, Lee Curreri
16 - 'Miami Race Track' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
17 - 'Miami Boulevard' - Traz Damji
18 - 'Medieval Town' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Kevin Doucette
19 - 'Hungry Joe's Pizza' - Boris Salchow
20 - 'Toy Store 1' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
21 - 'Toy Store 2' - Oleksa Lozowchuk, Traz Damji
22 - 'Stacey 1' - Traz Damji
23 - 'Halfway Dead (Frank Backstory)' - Oleksa Lozowchuk

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Darren Rea