Music of Genshin Impact explained

Since 2020, HOYO-MiX, the in-house music studio of the video game developer company miHoYo, has been releasing music soundtracks for in-game Genshin Impact. The music has received generally positive reviews, and has won several awards.

Mondstadt soundtrack

In 2019, video game developer company miHoYo got composer and music producer Yu-Peng Chen, also known as Chen Zhiyi, to produce the soundtrack for their title Genshin Impact with their in-house music studio HOYO-MiX. It was Chen's first major video game work, and he described the project as a difficult challenge. The game has an open-world environment that features areas referred to as regions, with visual designs inspired by different world cultures. In composing the music for these regions, Chen chose a style that integrates elements of traditional folk music with Western musical arrangements.[1] During the pre-release development stage, the game only featured Mondstadt and Liyue, two of the planned seven regions.[2] On top of idyllic rural scenery, medieval European architectural styles and cultures inspired the design of Mondstadt.[3] In composing the music for Mondstadt, Chen borrowed the language and rhythm of Impressionism and used the piano, tin whistle instruments, and medieval-style lutes. In composing the combat music, he used various composition techniques such as polyphony and taking orchestration elements from composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven.[4]

The Mondstadt soundtrack was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Robert Ziegler as the conductor, and Nick Wollage and Laurence Anslow as music engineers. The coordination with the orchestra was done by Lei Cine Music Management (Chinese: 擂闪音乐事务所), with preliminary communication taking place five months before the recording. The recording sessions took place from 16 to 18 September 2019, at AIR Studios.[5] [6] Lei Zhang (Chinese: 张磊), the founder of Lei Cine Music Management, joined Yu-Peng Chen and HOYO-MiX director Jinhan "Zoe" Cai (Chinese: 蔡近翰) for the recording in London.[7] At AIR Studios, Chen had conducted the "Genshin Impact Main Theme" himself.[8] [9]

The first original soundtrack album to be produced for Genshin Impact was The Wind and The Star Traveler (Chinese: 风与异乡人), which got released on 19 June 2020.[10] All fifteen soundtracks in the album were composed by Yu-Peng Chen. The next soundtrack album, City of Winds and Idylls (Chinese: 风与牧歌之城), is dedicated to the Mondstadt Chapter and commemorates the release of Genshin Impact.[11] The album got released on digital music platforms on September 28, 2020, and the proper release on the official Genshin Impact YouTube channel occurred on November 2, 2020.[12] Two tracks, "Whirl of Boreal Wind" and "Symphony of Boreal Wind", were performed by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

Vortex of Legends (Chinese: 漩涡、落星与冰山), the fifth Genshin Impact soundtrack album, got released on April 2, 2021. It featured a total of seventeen (17) tracks composed by Yu-Peng Chen of HOYO-MiX, each one an original composition for the Dragonspine area. The track listing was first announced on March 31, 2021, on Chinese platforms.[13] The soundtrack was recorded with the International Master Philharmonic Orchestra (Chinese: 国际首席爱乐乐团) at the Jintian Recording Studio (Chinese: 金田录音棚).

The Wind and The Star Traveler

Italic Title:no
The Wind and The Star Traveler
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Released:June 19, 2020
Recorded:September 2019
Venue:Lyndhurst Hall
Studio:AIR Studios
Length:28:50
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:Yu-Peng Chen
Prev Title:A Post-Honkai Odyssey
Prev Year:2020
Next Title:Review
Next Year:2020

City of Wind and Idylls

Italic Title:no
City of Winds and Idylls
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Cover:HOYO-MiX City of Winds and Idylls Album Cover.jpg
Recorded:September 2019, July 2020
Venue:Lyndhurst Hall
Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall
Studio:
  • Associated Independent Recording
  • Shanghai Symphony Hall
  • Studio 22
Length:02:01:03
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:Yu-Peng Chen
Prev Title:Cooking with Valkyries II
Prev Year:2020
Next Title:Jade Moon Upon a Sea of Clouds
Next Year:2020

Vortex of Legends

Italic Title:no
Vortex of Legends
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Released:April 2, 2021
Studio:Jintian Recording Studio
Length:24:55
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:Yu-Peng Chen
Prev Title:Alive
Prev Year:2021
Next Title:Encounter
Next Year:2021

Liyue soundtrack

For Liyue, which had scenic Eastern fantasy as its basis,[14] Chen used elements of Chinese folk music—traditional instruments, the pentatonic scale, and ancient tonal melodies—with Western romantic harmonies and orchestral arrangements. The Liyue soundtrack got performed by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra at the Shanghai Symphony Hall (Chinese: 上海交响乐团音乐厅), with Jiemin Zhang (Chinese: 张洁敏) as the conductor. Dong An (Chinese: 安栋), one of Chen's mentors from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, served as a music supervisor during the scoring sessions of the soundtrack. Xiaoxing Lu (Chinese: 陆晓幸), noted as a co-awardee at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards for the soundtrack of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), served as the recording director and consultant.[15] The recording of the Liyue soundtrack took five days.[16]

Jade Moon Upon a Sea of Clouds (Chinese: 皎月云间之梦), the third Genshin Impact soundtrack album to be produced, is dedicated to the Liyue Chapter.[17] It featured a total of sixty-nine (69) tracks all composed by Yu-Peng Chen. One track, "Liyue", was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

The next soundtrack album for Liyue, Millelith's Watch (Chinese: 千岩旷望), got released on June 22, 2022. It featured a total of forty (40) tracks dedicated to The Chasm area, composed by Yu-Peng Chen, Dimeng Yuan (Chinese: 苑迪萌), Qian Ding (Chinese: 丁谦), Yijun Jiang (Chinese: 姜以君), and Xin Zhao (Chinese: 赵鑫). Before its release, the track listing was announced on June 19.[18] The album saw guest musician Haitao Li (Chinese: 李海涛) on the Morin Khuur. Li was known for performing the instrument on the streets of Shanghai, and had gained significant attention and following online for doing so since 2016.[19]

Jade Moon Upon a Sea of Cloud

Italic Title:no
Jade Moon Upon a Sea of Clouds
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Cover:HOYO-MiX Jade Moon Upon a Sea of Clouds Album Cover.jpg
Recorded:July 2020
Venue:Lyndhurst Hall
Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall
Studio:
  • Associated Independent Recording
  • Shanghai Symphony Hall
Length:01:46:02
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:Yu-Peng Chen
Prev Title:The Wind and The Star Traveler
Prev Year:2020
Next Title:Rubia
Next Year:2021

Millelith's Watch

Italic Title:no
Millelith's Watch
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Released:June 22, 2022
Studio:
  • 52 Hz Studio
  • Jintian Recording Studio
  • Ready Steady Sound!
  • Shanghai Audio & Video Company Recording Studio
Length:01:41:00
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:Yu-Peng Chen
Prev Title:Islands of the Lost and Forgotten
Prev Year:2022
Next Title:共赴
Next Year:2022

Jadeite Redolence

Italic Title:no
Jadeite Redolence
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Released:March 27, 2024
Length:01:38:08
Label:HOYO-MiX

Inazuma soundtrack

Realm of Tranquil Eternity

Italic Title:no
Realm of Tranquil Eternity
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Cover:HOYO-MiX Realm of Tranquil Eternity Album Cover.jpg
Studio:Heartbeat Recording Studio
  • Jintian Recording Studio
  • Onkio Haus
  • Shanghai Media Group
  • Shangri-la Studio
  • Sony Music Studio
  • SoundCity
  • Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
Length:01:51:03
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Prev Title:The Shimmering Voyage
Prev Year:2021
Next Title:Oracle
Next Year:2021

Like the soundtrack for the Liyue region, the music of Inazuma also took on the fusion of traditional or folk musical elements with Western orchestration. Much of the compositions took from historic Japanese melodies. One instance is "Sakura Sakura", which was adapted for the theme of the Electro Archon. After learning about the popularity of previous combat music with players, Yu-Peng Chen chose to compose four combat themes for Inazuma, opposed to the Mondstadt and Liyue regions only having three combat themes each. He also adopted the rhythmic style of modern electronic music in composing the music. The Inazuma soundtrack was performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, with Hirofumi Kurita (Japanese: 栗田 博文) as the conductor and Sachiko Miyano (Japanese: 宮野 幸子) of Shangri-La Inc. as the scoring sessions director. The sound recording was done at multiple studios in China and Japan, and the mixing and mastering was done by music engineers Simon Rhodes and Simon Gibson of Abbey Road Studios in London. The recording process took around one and half months; the production for four months in total with preliminary communication accounted for.[20]

Realm of Tranquil Eternity (Chinese: 寂远无妄之国), the seventh soundtrack album to be produced for Genshin Impact and dedicated to the Inazuma Chapter, got released on 22 September 2021. Prior to that, its track listing was officially announced on September 17. The album featured sixty-two (62), all composed and arranged by Yu-Peng Chen.[21] [22]

Islands of the Lost and Forgotten

Italic Title:no
Islands of the Lost and Forgotten
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Released:April 13, 2022
Studio:
  • 52 Hz Studio
  • AIR Studios
  • Heartbeat Recording Studio
  • Jintian Recording Studio
  • Onkio Haus
  • Shanghai Media Group
  • Shangri-la Studio
Length:01:30:00
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:Yu-Peng Chen
Prev Title:チビちゃん
Prev Year:2022
Next Title:Millelith's Watch
Next Year:2022

The second soundtrack album dedicated to the Inazuma Chapter, Islands of the Lost and Forgotten (Chinese: 佚落迁忘之岛), and the tenth album to be released for Genshin Impact, got released on April 13, 2022. Its track listing was first announced on April 7. The album featured a total of sixty (60) tracks for the Watatsumi Island, Seirai Island, Tsurumi Island areas and the Enkanomiya region; the music was composed by Yu-Peng Chen, Dimeng Yuan, Qian Ding, Yijun Jiang, and Xin Zhao. It was a co-production between HOYO-MiX and Sony Music Entertainment Japan[23]

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Sumeru soundtrack

Forest of Jnana and Vidya

Italic Title:no
Forest of Jnana and Vidya
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Cover:HOYO-MiX Forest of Jnana and Vidya Album Cover.jpg
Studio:52 Hz Studio
  • Abbey Road Studios
  • Air-Edel Recording Studios
  • Budapest Scoring
  • Jintian Recording Studio
  • Redfort Studio
  • Smecky Studio
  • Sound Pro Studio
  • St Luke's
Length:03:21:24
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:miHoYo
Prev Title:Footprints of the Traveler
Prev Year:2022
Next Title:Cheer Up
Next Year:2022

The music of Sumeru region took inspiration from various cultures and regions of the North Africa Middle East and South Asia. For the rainforest area inspired by South Asia, the music featured traditional instruments included the bansuri performed by Eliza Marshall, the sitar performed by Jonathan Mayer and Arjun Verma, and the tabla performed by Kuljit Bhamra, among others. The composers incorporated elements of yoga music into their work to give the music "a feeling of contemporary wisdom and spirituality". Composer Yu-Peng Chen also took reference from symphonic suites by Russian classical composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and orchestration elements from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade". The London Symphony Orchestra, along with conductor Robert Ziegler returning from the Mondstadt soundtrack, performed majority of the music. The orchestra recording was done at Abbey Road Studios in London.[24] Other guest folk musicians included Baha Yetkin, Attab, and Kian on the oud, Steve Smith on the bouzouki and mandolin, Maya Youssef on the kanun, Peyman on the santur. Mixing engineer Simon Gibson of Abbey Road Studios returned from the Liyue music production to work on the Sumeru soundtrack.

Forest of Jnana and Vidya (Chinese: 智妙明论之林), the fourteenth Genshin Impact soundtrack album to be produced, is dedicated to the Sumeru Chapter. The track listing was officially announced on October 18, 2022, and the album got released on October 20.[25] It featured a total of one-hundred (100) tracks composed by Yu-Peng Chen, Dimeng Yuan, Qian Ding, Yijun Jiang, and Xin Zhao. Aside from the London Symphony Orchestra, other participating orchestra groups included the Budapest Scoring Orchestra, International Master Philharmonic Orchestra (Chinese: 国际首席爱乐乐团), and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Other participating musicians included Jiannan Gu (Chinese: 顾剑楠) on the bansuri, Ashley Blasse and Ye Fan (Chinese: 范晔) on the classical guitar, and Stephanie Gonley and Ming Liu (Chinese: 柳鸣) on the violin.

The Unfathomable Sand Dunes

Italic Title:no
The Unfathomable Sand Dunes
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Cover:File:HOYO-MiX The Unfathomable Sand Dunes Album Cover.jpg
Studio:Budapest Scoring
  • SKY FIRE STUDIO
  • 52 Hz Studio
  • TZ Studio
  • St Luke's
  • Abbey Road Studios
  • Redfort Studio
  • 2496 Top Music
  • FIRE STUDIO
  • Jintian Recording Studio
  • Ready Steady Sound!
  • Air-Edel Recording Studios
  • YX STUDIO
Length:03:16:30
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:miHoYo
Prev Title:Stellar Moments Vol.3
Prev Year:2023
Next Title:Fontaine of Belleau
Next Year:2023

The Unfathomable Sand Dunes is the sixteenth album of the Genshin Impact music. It consists of 108 soundtracks. The album was first announced on March 31, 2023 and its tracklist was announced the day before the album's release.[26]

The desert area, which was inspired by the Middle East, the traditional instruments featured included the ney performed by John Plotner, the duduk performed by Martin Robertson, and the saz performed by Dursun Can Çakin. Kuljit Bhamra of Red Fort Studios took on the role of supervisor for the folk instrumental performances.

Fontaine soundtrack

Fountain of Belleau

Italic Title:no
Fountain of Belleau
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Length:02:01:42
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:miHoYo

Pelagic Primaevality

Italic Title:no
Pelagic Primaevality
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Length:2:03:06
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:miHoYo

Cantus Aeternus

The Stellar Moments

The Stellar Moments Vol.4

The Shimmering Vovage

The Shimmering Vovage Vol.4

Footprints of the Traveler

Footprints of the Traveler Vol.1

Italic Title:no
Footprints of the Traveler Vol.1
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Length:42:49
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:miHoYo

Footprints of the Traveler Vol.2

Italic Title:no
Footprints of the Traveler Vol.2
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Length:25:08
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:miHoYo

Footprints of the Traveler Vol.3

Italic Title:no
Footprints of the Traveler Vol.3
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Length:26:24
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:miHoYo
Next Title:-

EPs and singles

"Fleeting Colors in Flight"

Italic Title:no
"Fleeting Colors in Flight"
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:HOYO-MiX
Venue:Shanghai Jingju Theater Company
Studio:Shanghai Media Group
Length:09:29
Label:HOYO-MiX
Producer:Yu-Peng Chen
Prev Title:Devastation and Redemption
Prev Year:2022
Next Title:Regression
Next Year:2022

"Fleeting Colors in Flight" is the eighth soundtrack and first EP album produced by HOYO-MiX and released in 2022 for the video game Genshin Impact.[27]

The album was performed by Yu-Peng Chen as composer and Dimeng Yuan as arranger and produced in Shanghai Media Group.[28] The first track single Devastation and Redemption was released on January 15, 2022 only one to three soundtrack was released. Yun Jin performed this musical piece in the style of Chinese opera. The vocals Yun Jin voice actor Yang Yang were performed in Shanghai Jingju Theater Company[29] [30] Later, The two Myriad of Lights and instrumental version of Devastation and Redemption got released on January 31, 2022. All three soundtracks in the album were composed by HOYO-MiX. and it's dedicated to the version 2.4 soundtrack release of Genshin Impact.[31]

The Road Not Taken

Music team

See also: HOYO-MiX.

Guest artists

Reception

Red Thomas of MMORPG.com said, "The Genshin Impact score is massive, complex, and exceptional with clear multi-cultural inspirations. I haven't played the game enough to say for sure, but I feel like the combat music is changing from region to region, which is a level of ambition that is just ridiculous. Even from what I've heard of the soundtrack so far tells me that composer Yu-Peng Chen stretched successfully to pull motifs and sounds from a diverse set of inspirations to produce what might be the most complex suite of compositions for a single game that I've ever found."[32]

Antonia Haynes of Goomba Stomp Magazine said, "...[Developer] miHoYo and Yu-Peng Chen—along with HOYO-MiX—clearly didn't want to treat this project any differently than you would any other game, film, or television series. In fact, they go above and beyond to create a soundtrack that revitalizes a game where the music may not have received that kind of attention had anyone else taken the reigns. Genshin Impact is an example of what can be done when you have enough passion for a project, no matter what kind of game it is."[33]

Awards and nominations

YearRecipientAwardResultRef.
2020Genshin ImpactBIGC Award for Excellent Game Music of the Year[34] [35]
2020Genshin ImpactGIAC Award for Excellent Game Music[36]
2021Genshin ImpactPlayStation Game Music Award[37]
2021Jade Moon Upon a Sea of CloudsCMIC Music Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Game[38]
2022Genshin ImpactGIAC Award for Excellent Game Music Design[39]
2023The Shimmering Voyage Vol. 2TMEA Award for Best Game Music Album[40]
2023Genshin ImpactGIAC Award for Excellent Game Music Design[41]

External links

Notes and References

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