Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum recording artist, songwriter, composer, poet and visual artist Serj Tankian today released the soundtrack to Midnight Star, via his own label Serjical Strike Records. The mobile sci-fi shooter game was originally released in February of 2015 by Industrial Toys, whose chief designer Alex Seropian also helped to craft the famed Halo video game franchise.

At the time of its release for iOS devices, Midnight Star received a healthy share of positive reviews for its fast paced, engaging gameplay and innovative game control mechanism. Although the game is no longer available for download via the iOS App Store, Tankian wanted to share the music from Midnight Star with his fanbase and make it available to stream and download worldwide.

For the game’s soundtrack, Serj Tankian took on the challenge head on by composing 23 original tracks with plenty of hard hitting, up-tempo and grandiose musical scores that accentuate this futuristic first person mobile game.

Set 120 years from the present, most of the gameplay in Midnight Star is set on an alien world light years from Earth that is chalked full of enemy characters and out of this world landscapes.

To compliment the game theme, Tankian unleashed a musical utility belt full of rapid fire beats, banging percussions, dark, driving electronic soundscapes and lush but anxiety ridden strings & symphonic elements.

At the time of its production, Midnight Star – Original Video Game Soundtrack was Serj Tankian’s first venture into the world of composing the full and complete musical score for a video game or film project. Since that time, he has composed for multiple award winning films and documentaries.

The album is available for download and streaming from all the major music servicesHERE