Composer: Robyn Miller
Release Date: April 21, 1998
Length: 41 minutes, 26 songs
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Originally, Myst didn't have any music because the Miller brothers thought music would interfere with the gameplay. But after a few tests, they realized background music did not adversely affect the game, saying that in fact it "seemed to really help the mood of certain places that you were at in the game."
Robyn Miller ended up composing 40 minutes of synthesized music that was used in the game and later released as Myst: The Soundtrack. Mixing and effects were done on an E-mu Proteus MPS synthesizer. The soundtrack was recorded over the course of two weeks' evenings.