‘Journey’ composer Austin Wintory shares 20-minutes of music from scrapped ‘Mass Effect 5’ soundtrack

Austin Wintory, the Grammy-winning composer behind Journey and Sword Of The Sea, has shared 20 minutes of music he created for the scrapped Mass Effect 5 soundtrack. READ MORE: AI, vinyl and indie supremacy: what’s shaping video game music in 2026? The original Mass Effect was released in 2007 and two sequels followed in 2010 and 2012. Across the beloved trilogy, players take control of Commander Shepard on a quest to stop the destruction of the universe at the hands of The Reapers. Mass Effect: Andromeda followed in 2017. Earlier this month, game developers BioWare confirmed that they had started work on Mass Effect 5 but that project was being scrapped and the studio was being shut down by EA. “What generations of BioWare built together is something to celebrate and remember. These games became so much more because you played them, debated your choices, fell in love with the characters, and made these worlds your own.” Following the news of Mass Effect 5’s cancellation, one ex-BioWare employee shared a work-in-progress trailer of the new game and more than 249,000 people have signed a petition asking EA to “take decisive action by committing to the continued development of Mass E...