YIIK: Electric Soul Archives Celebrates YIIK with Fittingly Eclectic New Album (Exclusive Video)

While YIIK: A Postmodern RPG launched over six years ago, developers Ackk Studios have been offering updates since then, though none as substantial as December’s YIIK I.V update, which brought a brand new battle mode to the game alongside a new playable character, new areas, and “So many surprises there aren’t enough bullet points to get it across.” And it’s in honor of this update that Scarlet Moon is releasing YIIK: Electric Soul Archives this week.

This new music collection features music and brand-new arrangements by five artists, including an original battle theme by SuperSweep’s Ayako Saso. Her discography is too extensive to list here, but some of her most notable work in the 80s and 90s include titles in the Ridge Racer, TEKKEN, F-Zero, Street Fighter, and Mega Man series. In addition, YIIK developer and composer Andrew Allanson contributed an original track inspired by the themes of loss and grief. The other three tracks are by Scarlet Moon’s extended family of game composers and cover a range of styles:

• coda (Read Only Memories: Neurodiver)
• Jamphibious (Kero Quest 64)
• Frank Van ‘t Ende (Clock Tower: Rewind)

Today, RPGFan is proud to present an exclusive music video for Jamphibious’ track, “Feverdream Future Fragments” – watch it below:

Big thanks to Scarlet Moon for allowing us to present this to our readers and listeners! Here’s a little more about the project from Ayako Saso and Scarlet Moon’s Jayson Napolitano:

“Congratulations to the team at Ackk Studios on the release of the YIIK content update!” notes SuperSweep composer Ayako Saso. “It’s been quite some time since I worked on the music, so listening to it now feels very fresh even for me. I was in charge of one of the boss battle tracks, and I remember crafting it in a way that preserved the original theme’s melody and atmosphere. The other arrangements also seem to carry a similar vibe, with some irregular time signatures that gives them a mysterious feel. I hope you enjoy it!”

“We’re so thrilled to have been able to bring this collection of music to fans,” notes Scarlet Moon’s Jayson Napolitano. “While we wanted to release Saso-san’s battle theme, we wanted to give fans something more to sink their teeth into, so it was a pleasure to work with composer Andrew Allanson on some original music and arrangements from our extended Scarlet Moon family to give these haunting melodies a variety of ways to express themselves. We hope fans appreciate the work that goes into these kinds of special releases!”

YIIK: Electric Soul Archives will be available on all major streaming platforms including Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify, and many others through this Scarlet Moon page. Look for our review soon!