Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Soundtrack Coming Tomorrow!
Back in the aughts, Telltale’s Sam & Max Save the World (aka Season One) and Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space (aka Season Two) had official soundtrack releases shortly after their season finales. Back then we used to listen to music on these silver drink coaster thingies called “compact discs.” It truly was a golden age.
When Telltale’s third Sam & Max season, The Devil’s Playhouse, wrapped in August 2010, fans eagerly anticipated its official soundtrack release… but that release never came. As documented in a long-running thread on Telltale’s forum, excitement gave way to frustration, and then to despair, as months passed with no announcement of a Devil’s Playhouse OST.
The studio grew, shifting its priorities to games based on splashier licenses like Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, and The Walking Dead, and the team members who’d worked on soundtracks in their spare time moved on. By the time Telltale shut down in 2018, any remaining chance of a Devil’s Playhouse OST seemed utterly destroyed. As CoastertheDimmwitt wrote on the forum after the studio’s closure, “Seems like the wait will truly be eternal now.”
But then… a plot twist!
The release of our Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse remaster in August 2024 brought another opportunity for this soundtrack to see the light of day. It’s taken eight months, since it’s a labor of love by people who also have day jobs. But boy is it worth the wait.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3652710/Sam__Max_The_Devils_Playhouse_Soundtrack/
TOMORROW, 5,344 days after the original season wrapped, you can get The Devil’s Playhouse soundtrack right here on Steam. If you have the memory of a dried trout, hit the wishlist button and you’ll get an email when it’s live.
And if you’re sitting there thinking “I was willing to wait 5,343 days, but 5,344 is one too many”—we hear you! Join us TODAY at 5pm PT / 8pm ET on YouTube for a live listening party, with Sam & Max team members hanging out in the chat.
The soundtrack features nearly three hours of music by series composer Jared Emerson-Johnson, overhauled with updated instruments, a new mix pass, additional live performances, and new tracks created for the remaster. It’s organized into three thematic sections, with never-before-heard Narrator dialogue* to carry you through this epic auditory odyssey.
Your ticket has been torn. There’s a concession booth up ahead. Prepare to take your seat in… The Devil’s Playhouse!
*Unless you’re one of the few who stumbled across these unused voice files lurking in the original game data!