As the credits roll in the original Alan Wake, players are treated to the haunting sounds of Space Oddity by David Bowie. While the song will continue to be thematically tied to the game, the game's music licensing for that specific track has changed. Those who have the 2012* adventure on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG) will be receiving an update next week to exchange the tracks.
Space Oddity will be replaced by a new track by the game's composer, Petri Alanko, called "Strange Moons". The update is scheduled to go out on September 10th at 11am UTC.
As a sneak peek into what players can expect, Petri posted on Twitter, “Written from a point of view of an astronaut who does have quite a few problems. But even _that_ is okay, as it is what it is. It wasn’t completely out of scratch (heh), as a section of the song was originally in a level in OG AW, but that level was cut out long before release.”
Remedy has clarified that the licensing changes will not impact those who have purchased Alan Wake Remastered.
Source: Remedy Entertainment via Twitter.
*We made a small change with our post. We're also going to be nerdy and very boring, so you are warned. In their post, Remedy talks about the 2010 version of Alan Wake as being the one that is impacted, to keep things straightforward and distance itself from Alan Wake Remastered. The 2010 version is technically the Xbox 360 edition, which seems to be staying as it is. In 2012, two years after Alan Wake first launched, the game was ported to PC in collaboration with Nitro Games where it received upgrades and visual improvements, along with both DLC packs for a more complete experience. That 2012 version will be the one that is changing. I'm fun at parties.
