Official Tomb Raider video game music releases planned for franchise 30th Anniversary celebration

OCTOBER 24th, 2026, from the QUAD arts centre, in Derby, United Kingdom, at the TR30 panel: 

In an unprecedented gesture of artistic preservation and audio presentation, San Carlos, California-based franchise developer Crystal Dynamics has soft-announced at the TR30 panel today the planned, long-awaited official publication of the music to the Tomb Raider video games. Encompassing each mainline entry over the past thirty years, the scope of the project includes newly-produced, previously unreleased albums, expanded compilations as well as new presentations featuring previously unreleased material. In celebration of the 30^th Anniversary of the Lara Croft-starring franchise, the yet-to-be-announced albums are slated for release later this year.

"...more than 500 official Tomb Raider soundtrack tracks are expected to arrive on streaming services this November, including newly produced and previously unreleased albums, special compilations, and music being released on streaming platforms for the first time. We can't wait to share more exciting details soon!" - Crystal Dynamics

The music to the Tomb Raider video games has long been admired, cherished and sought after over the past three decades. In lieu of applicable official soundtrack releases, the sharing of substitute community developed productions has historically tied the fandom together in unanimous appreciation. In mainstream attention, bootleg Tomb Raider music has generated millions of millions of streams - specifically over the past fifteen years. In supplementation, Crystal Dynamics began dedicated original soundtrack releases for new titles from 2013, starting with their titular reboot. This interest stimulated the acclaimed composer-driven, and crowd-funded orchestral projects The Tomb Raider Suite (2018-2021) & The Dark Angel Symphony (2019-2021) spanning multiple album releases. Now, the long-overdue official publications of Tomb Raider video game music are on the way to preserve the original art in the streaming age.

Also as announced at the TR30 panel in Derby, the birthplace of Lara Croft, we are delighted to reveal that our very own Music of Tomb Raider webmaster Harry Hinds served on the Official Soundtrack project since 2021 as Curator and is credited additionally in sound mixing and as Producer on several albums. Challenges the project faced in a curatorial capacity were numerous, requiring analysis of 20-year-old audio archives in some cases, and were ultimately resolved on an individual basis with careful and thorough consideration.

Stay tuned for more information, coming soon, about the commercial catalogue of the majority of titles for the first time ever in the history of the franchise. Happy birthday Tomb Raider, indeed!

Tomb Raider: 30th Anniversary Lo-Fi Collection album released

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Tomb Raider franchise, long-standing community member Amanda Rostykus under the pseudoynm thatnorskchick contributes an officially published Tomb Raider: 30th Anniversary Lo-Fi Collection. The album is 52 minutes of lo-fi arrangements of newly produced remixes, sampling music from the original Tomb Raider video games and featuring voice samples performed by Alix Wilton Regan - the new voice actress for the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis (2027) & Tomb Raider: Cataylst (2028) - who recorded iconic Lara Croft lines specially for this collection.

"Created in celebration of 30 years of Tomb Raider, this special lo-fi album was produced through a collaboration between Crystal Dynamics and longtime Tomb Raider community musician That Norsk Chick and artist Tholia. Inspired by three decades of Lara Croft's adventures, the collection journeys through the Classic era, the Legend, Anniversary & Underworld trilogy, and the Survivor trilogy, reimagining iconic themes and musical moments in a relaxed lo-fi style. 

This collection contains new lo-fi arrangements and remixes based on original Tomb Raider music composed by: Nathan McCree, Peter Connelly, Martin Iveson, Troels B. Folmann, Colin O'Malley, Jason Graves, Bobby Tahouri, Brian D'Oliveira, Wilbert Roget, II & Paul Houseman."

With original artwork and animation by Tholia, the Lo-Fi Collection debuts on YouTube but should be arriving on all good music streaming services and digital storefronts as distribution rolls out. Full track listing after the jump below. Rostykus is further interviewed on her production process:

"My goal with this album was to capture the soul and the vibe of each game," explains That Norse Chick. "Stylistically, lo-fi hip hop is the main foundation for this album, but I don't let that stop me from exploring because this is Tomb Raider. We're going to explore stuff. " 

"My process comes from the same techniques that they use to sample music in hip hop," she continues. "I'll start with a track from the game, grab a little segment of it that I think is interesting, chop it up, create a loop, and then I let that loop guide me the rest of the way. What does the track need? What kind of drums is it going to want? What happens if I take the choirs form this game and mix it with the harps from this other game? Sometimes I'll beef up a melody by adding guitar or piano over it." After blocking out the composition, she then goes back and samples sound effects, voice clips, and ambient tracks for extra atmosphere.  

Norsk aims to take the listener on a journey through Lara's life, opening with the Survivor trilogy, venturing through the classic Core Design titles, moving on to Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: Underworld, followed by a tribute to Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris. The album closes with Tomb Raider: Anniversary. " I feel like it represents Croft Manor. You know, coming back home, it's like a full circle moment" concludes Norsk. 

 

Isobel Waller-Bridge attached to live action Tomb Raider series

Sophie Tuner is set to star in next year's Amazon MGM Studios production
British composer Isobel Waller-Bridge has been listed by IMDb as the composer for the upcoming Tomb Raider (2027) live-action series produced by Amazon MGM Studios. Amongst Isobel Waller-Bridge's credentials are the original scores to Emma, Sweetpea, Last Seen & Munich: The Edge of War, and she happens to be the sister of Tomb Raider showrunner Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

 
Tomb Raider was announced in May 2024 as produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Crystal Dynamics, with filming having begun in Surrey in January 2026. British actress Sophie Turner has been cast as the iconic video-game heroine Lara Croft and is accompanied by an ensemble cast including Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Celia Imrie & Bill Paterson. The franchise's first live action series series is slated for release next year.