Riven (The Sequel To Myst) - full soundtrack

Composer: Robyn Miller

Tracklist:
1) Link - 0:00
2) Atrus' Theme - 0:07
3) Gateroom - 4:14
4) Jungle Totem - 8:00
5) Survey Island Theme - 10:41
6) Temple - 12:55
7) Village Entrance Theme - 15:38
8) Moeity Caves - 18:11
9) Moeity Theme - 21:05
10) Boat Ride - 23:18
11) Moeity Prison - 26:43
12) The Red Cave - 28:31
13) Wahrk Room - 30:25
14) Catherine's Prelude - 32:49
15) Catherine's Theme - 34:49
16) Catherine's Freedom - 35:54
17) Gehn Speaks - 37:53
18) Gehn's Theme - 42:17
19) Fissure - 46:17
20) Bonus Track - 51:49

[Neosin]

Riven is not a game!

It’s an experience we will never forget!

[prof.sirjeffreydarling-mil]

My son is obsessed with this, aged 8-9. Thank you for reading this comment

[aeonjoeyd]

Riven was my oasis, my escape, my world, i'd dream about it, and kept a notebook while playing it...

[gt]

This was closer to reading a book than playing a modern game. Glad I was there for that era!

[guidedmisselsnnot]

we are the rare group that appreciate this game, the books, the music!! Duni lives on!

[ChaoThing]

Hard to describe in words the way the experience of Riven affected my 11-year-old mind.

[calypso]

Something about Myst and Riven keeps me coming back to listen to these soundtracks and revisit those specific feelings again. Just like so many of us, I was a kid in the 90s when playing them. I'm in my mid thirties now, and yet even to this day, (May 29, 2024) the games, movies, and other media l've since enjoyed, have not come close to delivering the same sense of enigmatic curiosity and otherworldly wonder. I remember not knowing what I was doing when playing these games either (probably because I was too young) and yet somehow nothing beats the feeling after placing the disc in tray, the game booting up, and experiencing an immediate sense of being transported into what felt like a completely different universe. It's as if Cyan created an entirely unique genre. Amazing.

[brokenfingers]

"Thank god you've returned...I need your help. There's a great deal of history that you should know, but I'm afraid that...I must continue my writing. Here...most of what you'll need to know is in there. Keep it well-hidden. For reasons you'll discover, I can't send you to Riven with a way out, but I can give you this. It appears to be a linking book, back here to D'ni. But it's actually a one-man prison. You'll need it, I'm afraid, to capture Gehn. Once you've found Catherine...signal me, and I'll come with a linking book to bring us back. There's also a chance, if this all goes well, that I might be able to get you back to the place that you came from." 📖

[AlonsoDVJ]

One thing I noted while listening to this soundtrack, is that it's entirely on G key, which is the fifth musical note. If you played the game, you know what it means. The attention to detail in every aspect of this game is really outstanding. It's an amazing experience, and the soundtrack is one of the main reasons.

[derekgornall]

This game was so creepy to me as a little kid. I had the 5 CD version and I just remember the game in terms of the stages that took place on each disk. My dad, my sister and myself could never make it to disks 4 and 5, and looking back I realize I was WAY too young to figure out just what exactly this game was asking of it's players. I don't think I'll ever go back and finish it, but Riven still holds a place in my core memories and probably always will.

[naikuanchubattuta]

Thanks for the upload. Played the game when I was young and now I am a senior citizen. Riven is in my thoughts always. Spend two days in my office on a Sat and Sun playing it to completion. It's not a game, it's me in Riven. The only computer game I ever played in my life, I was never interested in computer games, too busy an academic and corporate guy. It came with the PC my company purchase for me and there on my table was the disks it came with. The graphic on the cover look so esthetic and anything esthetics will get my attention. It got me and I enjoyed it, it stays in me....captivated, willingly.

[NemFX]

Hello fellow Cyantists, I thought I'd toss my own story onto the pile.

I had the 5 cd version, and I used to play it so much, despite being utterly terrible at it. I couldn't figure out what to do. In my defense, I was younger then.

I think I got it during the winter? I associate being cold with this game, regardless of when I played it. I'd always have a blanket and hot chocolate, cause Gehn had something like that. I think it could have either been hot chocolate or coffee, and made good arguments for both. Hot chocolate is easier to refine, but coffee would be more appropriate for the character. Anyway, if I look hard enough I could probably find the sketchbooks I filled, trying to understand this game. They would probably be incomprehensible, but I'm sure I made some interesting doodles of things I thought were important. Apparently next year, we are getting a Riven remake. I can't wait. Maybe I can beat this one. I will settle for getting to pet a Sunner.

[Jiraius]

This game has been with me for practically my entire life. I remember playing this when I was super super young, and then revisiting it periodically throughout my life, and even still to this day. It still has that same sense of wonder and mystery, and even uneasiness today as it did back then. I remember back when I was a kindergartner or first grader, we did an art exercise of sorts where we had to paint nature. I painted that scene in Jungle Island past the wooden gates just before the fork in the road, where you could see those blue and black fungi, and the large dagger off to the left. It wasn't all that good in hindsight, you know cuz I was a young young kid, but that specific spot resonates with me.
This game and its music are a masterpiece, and I cannot wait for the remastering of Riven

[foreverspellman]

So glad to see people still enjoying this music. I haven't ever found anything so atmospherically wonderful and comparative to this. It's haunting, slow, and the instrument choices evoke a sense of unease without being overly distracting. I love it

[stoicunicorn]

I remember being a 10-year-old kid and finding these music files in the local installation folder and just being enchanted by them. Burned them to a disc and would listen to them for hours while drawing and writing.
Thanks for sharing these. Like rediscovering treasure.

[jonathanstark]

This soundtrack is so damn good. It took a beautiful game and added an aura of mystery and even horror to it. The music was like a dose of irony: it hinted that bad things had happened here, even when the imagery seemed to suggest peace. The two, of course, some more together the more attention you pay to the background and story, and so the music itself acts like the narrator of the story, leading you on. Gives me chills whenever I listen to it, and it's a go to for me while I'm writing.

[Jayy]

Just realised one of the lead designers composed this masterpiece of a soundtrack. Mind blown!

[weeverob]

The very best music of all the Myst related games.

[HerrProfM]

What a game, what a soundtrack! This was the only game I played where everything felt organic, felt like so natural. Puzzles, music, sceneries, everything. Not to mention it looked beautiful back in 1997 (and still looks good after almost 25 years).

[ODoyleRulz]

I’m running a D&D setting where these will be excellent background atmosphere.