Reaper's Breath | Soundtrack

"Reaper's Breath" is Hypermad's first original soundtrack, composed and created to fit the dusty, violent world of Shellstorm: The Great War. 

Aside from voice and guitar, most of the audio sources come directly from the game world: gunfire, trench whistles, explosions, vehicle motors, and the buzz of flying shells. The rhythm was created with in-game sounds rather than traditional or synthetic instruments to ensure it feels embedded in the game world rather than an abstract soundscape layered on top of it.  

Embedded video: “Reaper’s Breath” - official soundtrack.

This approach reflects HyperMad’s core design focus of embodied simulation. Hypermad's game systems are not symbolic shortcuts but coherent mechanisms governed by shared, fully integrated rules, allowing combat, movement, physics, and soundscapes alike to convey weight, meaning, and consequence. Upcoming HyperMad soundtrack releases follow the same method, deriving sound sources directly from the game world.

Track: Reaper's Breath
Game: Shellstorm: The Great War
Composer: Hayk Amirbekyan
Year: 2025