Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Success Continues as Its Soundtrack Tops Billboard Classical Music Album Charts

Developer Sandfall Interactive has announced that the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack has managed to apical Billboard medium charts successful the weeks since its release.

As fans proceed to flock to the mega-hit turn-based RPG, 1 constituent that seems to person astir everyone pleased is its music. It’s been a circumstantial item for those discussing Sandfall’s debut rubric connected societal media, and now, that praise is being reflected crossed Billboard.

Head to the Billboard website and you’ll find that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 presently sits atop some the Classical Albums and Classical Crossover Albums charts. Sandfall besides revealed that the soundtrack has managed to marque a people astatine 13 connected the Official Soundtrack Album illustration and 31 connected the Official Album Download chart. It means players are gravitating to much than conscionable the experience’s communicative and gameplay arsenic its dreamlike tunes backmost the full adventure.

The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack is comprised of much than 150 idiosyncratic tracks, with galore boasting hundreds of thousands of streams connected Spotify. It’s the epic Lumière that has established itself arsenic the astir fashionable track, though, arsenic it has astir 1.9 cardinal views connected YouTube and a small much than 1.9 cardinal streams connected Spotify.

A video crippled resonating with euphony fans successful specified a mode is nary uncertainty a feat to beryllium arrogant of, but it’s particularly awesome considering the soundtrack was handled by composer Lorien Testard, who, arsenic Sandfall stated successful an interrogation with BBC, was discovered connected SoundCloud.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S (as good arsenic Game Pass) April 24, 2025, little than 2 weeks ago. In that time, it’s managed to stroke past the 2 cardinal copies sold milestone, securing Sandfall’s archetypal crippled arsenic rather the occurrence story. It’s seen truthful overmuch praise that French President Emmanuel Macron adjacent chimed successful to connection his congratulations.

For much connected however Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s reception, you tin work up connected wherefore Sandfall doesn’t judge the astonishment motorboat of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered impacted its sales. You tin besides cheque retired however the task is dredging up acquainted arguments surrounding turn-based games.

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