Mythological Units. Ancient China. In the divine Chinese realm, Fantastic Creatures are awakening to a dire situation. The land is dying, resources are scarce and time is running out. Incarnate one of the four Fantastic Creatures: Dragon, Tiger, Turtle or Vermilion Bird to unveil the ancient mysteries of Tian.
The Soundtrack for Fantastic Creatures tells the many stories that comes to form the Chinese creation myths: from the dismembered corpses of a primordial giant (Pangu), world parent siblings (Fuxi and Nuwa), to the later gods and goddesses such as Xiwangmu the Queen Mother of the West. The Soundtrack employs live recordings of many traditional Chinese instruments such as the pipa, guzheng, dizi, hulusi, sheng erhu, as well as cello solo performances by Armen Ksakijian. The Chinese instrumentalists are some of the best in the US, contracted through Zhonghua Chinese Orchestra. The full soundtrack album is available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon on Nov. 14th, 2019 along with the release of the game on Steam. It includes a song with lyrics taken from a Tang Dynasty poem that depicts a scene in "Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven" where Xiwangmu awaits for the arrival of her beloved King Mu of Zhou.
